Flag Football Regional Finals Tournament

Our Year 5 Flag Football team took part in the NFL South East Regional tournament last week after having successfully won the previous round. This time we headed to Portsmouth for the day to play against 6 other local area winning primary schools from across Kent. Flag football is a mix between Tag rugby and American football. The event was organised and run by the NFL with expert officials and equipment. We were assigned the Seattle Seahawks as our affiliated team, and we took to the field as the only all year 5 team. Defensively we were well organised and kept the opposition in their own half on many occasions, conceding never more than two or three touchdowns. Our offence (attack) developed the more we played and we gained greater confidence when going forward with the ball, just missing the finishing touches or being beaten by the clock. The children represented North West Kent and St. Botolph’s to the highest level and the wining school commented on how we tested them the most. We look forward to challenging again next year and will be adding Flag Football to our sports list for clubs and team games with the hope of representing England next time in the finals- which are held in California! Well done Team Bots! We have year 4 Trust Football next and hope to bring another trophy to the ‘burgeoning’ cabinet!