1 October 2010 - Inside American Football
1 October 2010 - Inside American Football
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MATCH REPORTS<br />
Jets Adult Flag Take the Eagles<br />
Coventry Jets Flag 19 - Leicester Eagles Flag 2<br />
15th August <strong>2010</strong><br />
The Coventry Jets adult flag team<br />
travelled to Leicester for just one game<br />
on Sunday as the London Rebels were<br />
unable to attend. Whilst Coventry were<br />
happy to postpone the event until a<br />
later date, it went ahead at the request<br />
of the Eagles. The hosts may well be<br />
regretting that decision now as Head<br />
Coach Andrew Gambrill and his squad<br />
gave possibly their best performance<br />
of the season to pull off a surprise 19-2<br />
victory. Ironically the Eagles only had<br />
five fit players whilst the Jets had their<br />
best travelling numbers all season,<br />
kitting 12 players.<br />
Hungry for a second win of the season,<br />
and coming off of a good performance<br />
recently in Woodham, Gambrill<br />
continued the development of his<br />
team for next year by starting rookie<br />
quarterback Rob Coleman for a second<br />
successive tournament. Coleman<br />
started comfortably completing his first<br />
five passes but he couldn’t lead the Jets<br />
into the endzone as the visitors came<br />
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agonisingly close, driving down to the<br />
two before stalling.<br />
Leicester also went close on their first<br />
couple of drives before Coleman found<br />
Offensive MVP Steve Timmins in the<br />
endzone for the first score of the game.<br />
The Offence ticked along nicely all<br />
day as the jets played a very steady<br />
short passing game. The real stars of<br />
the game were on the defensive front<br />
line in the shape of the Jets three<br />
female linebackers; Tendai Chieza,<br />
Gemma Eaton and Tikisha McCook.<br />
Chieza, who only began playing flag<br />
football a few months ago, secured the<br />
Defensive MVP for the game.<br />
The linebackers, with the help of the<br />
Jets’ defensive backs, kept the Eagles<br />
offence scoreless all day “The Eagles<br />
were very short of players today”<br />
said Gambrill, continuing “I had faith<br />
in my trio of linebackers that they<br />
could do a job and they exceeded my<br />
expectations”. First string quarterback<br />
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Adam Grindrod also picked up his<br />
second rushing touchdown of the<br />
season since moving over to allow<br />
Coleman under centre. Captain<br />
Grindrod was happy with the teams’<br />
effort too, adding “All of the guys did<br />
their part today and it’s great to see<br />
Rob coming on under my guidance,<br />
I’ll have to watch my back soon.”<br />
James Pimperton did get two points<br />
back for the Eagles late on as Gambrill<br />
went deep into his bench to give Lorne<br />
Sam his first opportunity as a flag<br />
quarterback. The former Green Bay<br />
Packer’s first pass was the point after<br />
conversion that Pimperton picked off<br />
and returned for the score, ending the<br />
game at 19-2. The Jets travel again on<br />
the 5th of September to start the run<br />
in to the end of their season. A trip to<br />
Chichester will see the bottom placed<br />
club take on the hosting Sharks as well<br />
as the Basingstoke Zombie Horde,<br />
both teams are still hopeful of a playoff<br />
place and the Jets will look to spoilers<br />
once more.<br />
...Rob Coleman
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