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style="font-size: larger;" | Carlisle Border Reivers
Year Formed	2009
Team Colours	Maroon, Silver & Black
Home Field	Sheepmount Stadium, Carlisle
Conference Alignment	BAFACL Division 2 North
Head Coach	Coach Paul Brady
Offensive Coordinator	Coach Dave Bailiff
Defensive Coordinator	Coach Paul Brady

The Carlisle Border Reivers are an amateur American Football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

club playing in Division 2 North of the BAFA Community Leagues

BAFA Community Leagues

The BAFA National Leagues are the primary American football competition in England, Scotland and Wales. They were formed by the British American Football Association in 2010 to coordinate contact football and flag football across all age ranges...

. They are based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England

England

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Introduction

The Carlisle Border Reivers are Cumbria’s only American Football

American football

Team and have gained full status to the British American Football Associations League (BAFA Community Leagues

BAFA Community Leagues

) for the 2011 Season. The Reivers first training session was in January 2010 and the team was associate members in the league in the 2010 season playing 4 friendly games against Gateshead, Dundee, Clyde Valley and Loughborough.

The Reivers will Compete in Division 2 North for the 2011 Season.

The Reivers Colours are Maroon, Silver and Black.

The Reivers train every Sunday between 1pm and 4pm at the Sheepmount Stadium in Carlisle.

History

In December 2010 The Reivers were associated as full members to the BAFA Community Leagues

BAFA Community Leagues

and for the first full season the Reivers were aligned to Division 2 Northern Conference along with Clyde Valley Blackhawks, Dundee Hurricanes

Dundee Hurricanes

The Dundee Hurricanes are an American football team based in Dundee, Scotland. They are members of Division 1 North of the BAFA Community Leagues after winning promotion through the 2007 BAFL Division 2 playoffs...

, Glasgow Tigers, Highland Wildcats

Highland Wildcats

The Highland Wildcats are an American Football team based in Inverness, Scotland. The Highland Wildcats are the performance level teams of the Inverness Blitz Academy of American Football. Currently there are currently 4 Wildcat teams in Inverness, 2 Junior Flag Football teams, a Junior kitted...

and West Coast Trojans

West Coast Trojans

The West Coast Trojans) are a fantastic, world class American Football Team based in Renfrew, Scotland. The Trojans play their home games at Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow and are a member of the BAFA Community Leagues, where they compete in Division 2 North.The team posted a number of high profile...

.

The Border Reivers were formed in the winter of 2009. The Reivers have roots mainly from the Cumbria Mariners of 2007-2009, a small team from Whitehaven

Whitehaven

Whitehaven is a small town and port on the coast of Cumbria, England, which lies equidistant between the county's two largest settlements, Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness, and is served by the Cumbrian Coast Line and the A595 road...

, West Cumbria

Cumbria

Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...

. In 2010 the Reivers played 4 games as BAFACL Associate Members, on their way to achieving full league status, the Reivers lost all 4 games against experienced teams and will look to build on these games for the future. The 2010 games were against Division 1 teams, Dundee Hurricanes

Dundee Hurricanes

& Gateshead Senators and Division 2 team the Clyde Valley Blackhawks. The final game of the 2010 season was against Loughborough Aces who are one of BUAFL’s most successful teams

The Cumbria Mariners were Associate Members to BAFA

Bafa

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in 2008 and were unable to achieve full league status in 2009 despite playing 3 full games in the Summer of 2008. The Cumbria Mariners were based in Whitehaven

Whitehaven

, West Cumbria

Cumbria

. The team moved to Carlisle to achieve larger playing numbers which would enable the club to grow.

The Reivers can also trace roots from Cumbria's original teams from the 1980s and early 1990s, the Carlisle Kestrels who reached a league final in their second year, the Furness Falcons and Cumbria Cougars who all played in the original British American Football League.

The mainstay of the committee who seek to run the Reivers have also gained big game experience recently with a number players playing in the British American Football League for the 2009 season at Clyde Valley Blackhawks, Edinburgh Wolves

Edinburgh Wolves

The Edinburgh Wolves are a Scottish American football team based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Their home ground is Meadowbank Stadium. They play in Division Two North of the BAFA Community Leagues .-History:...

and Gateshead Senators.

Home ground

The Reivers both practice and play home games at the Sheepmount stadium, Carlisle. Admission to the Reivers games is free.

The future

The Reivers are about to enter their first full season in the British American Football League. The Reivers look to build experience in this season and recruit more players.

Long-term goals for the club are to consolidate in the league and develop a youth programme to bring football to all ages in Cumbria.

Results

In 2010 the Carlisle Border Reivers Played 4 Games

Scrimmages

Reivers @ Gateshead Senators (Lost)

Reivers Vs Clyde Valley Blackhawks (Lost 78-0)

Games

Reivers Vs Dundee Hurricanes (Lost 30-4)

Reivers @ Loughborough Aces (Lost 49-0)

In 2008 the Cumbria Mariners Played 3 Games

Mariners @ Clyde Valley Blackhawks (Lost 30-0)

Mariners Vs Clyde Valley Blackhawks (Lost 34-0)

Mariners Vs Merseyside Nighthawks (Lost 12-0)

External links

Reivers Football - Club Website
Reivers Twitter - Club Twitter
Reivers Facebook - Club Facebook
BAFACL Website - BAFACL Website
BAFA Website - BAFA Website

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