Revolution News

The Shropshire Revolution American Football team held 2 rookie days at TCAT Dome over the last 2 weeks. A chance for people to test out the sport and the team for themselves, attendance was high with over 60 people taking the opportunity to try.
The first day saw attendees take part in several stations revolved around the sport, getting a chance to try throwing and catching, tackling and footwork movement associated with the sport. There was also a time to try on kit.
The second rookie day built on the previous day and saw returning rookies and veterans take part in a football fundamentals session. Various team drills took place with many participants getting to kit up and give everything a full go. Returning players from both senior and youth team also participated, with the Dome managing to hold everyone inside.

Both the senior and youth team looked to have picked up some exciting prospects with a lot of talent on show. The Revolution is hoping that there squad will be bolstered by rookie numbers as they look to take on the challenges of Division 1. A number of veterans from the squad have retired and stepped down and a fresh injection of talent is just what the team requires.
Head Coach Dave Reid said ‘On all levels this was a triumph for the club, not only with the numbers but the talent on display which was very impressive. I am really excited about the clubs future.’

If you have an interest in American Football why not come and try? The Shropshire Revolution Senior and Youth teams are on the lookout for anyone with an interest in the sport aged 14 years and over

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Shropshire Revolution American football club are delighted to announce the details for the Shropshire Revolution "Rookie Camp 2012" which will take place on the 8th and 15th of January 2012 at the TCAT Superdome, Shropshire Revolutions winter practice facility. more info here http://www.tcat.ac.uk/dome/index.html

 

2012 aims to be our most exciting recruiting season as we are now able to cater for the footballing interests of the Junior age range so we are actively seeking players 14 and over to join the Revolution Junior team.

 

8th - January: Come and Try Day 09.00 - 12:30

This will be an event open to all and will be an opportunity to sample all aspects of the sport. You will be able to meet current coaches and players try out various American football activities to give you a taste for British American Football.

The session will begin at 09:30 but you will be required to be present 30 minutes prior to this time to register. Please bring clothing and footwear suitable for Outdoor and indoor (No Studs) as temperatures in the dome are variable.

15th - January: Rookie Practice 9:30 - 12:30

This will be a session for those who want to expand upon the interest and excitement of the week before, or anyone who couldn't make the previous week, and even another chance for those who were not sure about the previous week. This will be a practice session where rookies will be integrated with returning veterans to provide a sample of the level of coaching received and commitment required to play the sport.

Please bring clothing and footwear suitable for Outdoor and indoor (No Studs) as temperatures in the dome are variable. The session will begin at 09:30 but you will be required to be present 30 minutes prior to this time to register if you didn't attend the week before.

If you would like anymore information please sign up to our forum via index.php (if you have already done so please email me your Username if you cannot gain access) or feel free to contact HC Dave Reid
on 07795843699

Please consider this email an open invite and feel free to invite along any friends or family who may also be interested.

Look forward to meeting you all soon

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The British American Football National League has announced a restructure of the league for 2012 which means the Rev will be playing in a new division.

The Revolution will be playing in the newly created Division 1 North in 2012 and their rival divisional teams can now be announced.

The division will include the following teams:

Nottingham Caesars
Gateshead Senators
Merseyside Nighthawks
Lancashire Wolverines
Shropshire Revolution
Coventry Jets
West Coast Trojans

Whilst the advent of seven teams could have meant a possible 12 game season, all teams will be limited to playing only 10 games in 2012 with the league announcing the full schedule in February. The games will be played between early May and August 2012 with the playoffs and finals in September.

It's also likely that games will be played on both Saturdays and Sundays to ensure that all games have proper officiating crews.

The creation of a new division was necessitated by the expansion of the leagues premier division which will now feature a north and south division with 2011 playoff teams from Division 1 being promoted to premiership football.

The Premier North will feature the Pirates, Mustangs, Falcons, Pheonix, Bulls and Rams. The Premier South will feature the Blitz, Warriors, Aztecs, Knights, Olympians and Cardinals.

The full league structure and schedule will be announced as soon as known.

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The Shropshire revolution will host associate team, the DC Presidents on October 29th at Harper adams University in an end of year exibition match

more details to follow

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The Shropshire Revolution American Football Club will embark on the ‘Evolution’ of their youth and junior American Football teams this weekend.

Following an extensive fundraising and coach education programme since Janauary, the club are now ready to offer both flag and full contact American Football to young people in Telford. The club have been able to secure funding from both Sport England and Telford Council in order to provide discounted opportunities to young people aged 14-19.

Head Coach Tom Altinok is extremely excited about the prospect of seeing new players develop in the sport; ‘It’s going to be a lot of fun to coach these young people up and see them progress in the sport, hopefully going on to play for our senior team in the future.’

General Manager Andrew Morgan added to these comment; ‘ Since January when there was no team, money or infrastructure in place, we have done a fantastic job as an organisation to be in the position we are in today, where we can offer this fantastic sport to as many young people as possible.

The inaugural youth team training session takes place on Sunday, 2nd of October at Oakengates Leisure Centre. The session starts at 9:30. For further  information, contact youth team general manager Andrew Morgan on evolution.youth@live.co.uk. 

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The Shropshire Revolution booked their place in this weeks Northern Semi-final against West Coast Trojans with a 14-2 win at Berkshire

 

Match Report BELOW

Shropshire Revolution muscled their way into the semi-finals for the second year running with a dominating defensive display away at South -western conference champions Berkshire Renegades. Making the rare trip south the Revolution defense would hold the home side attack scoreless, with only a handful of first downs and an extremely busy Punter the whole game with an impressive number of stops on the day. The Home defense would make an impressive statement of their as both defensive units would dominate the first half, however the Renegades relied more on an opportunistic secondary which ended the game with 5 interceptions on struggling Shropshire Quarterback Rob Mclean. Shropshire would gift the Renegades with the only score of the first half when an errant snap from the punting unit sailed through the back of the Endzone for the safety and a 2-0 lead for the hosts. Shropshire’s attack despite being able to move the consistently would be thwarted by turnovers and stiff Redzone resistance in an attempt to reply before the half.

The second half would see much of the same in the third period, with the away sides front 7 able to control proceeding, whilst the Revolution offense would continue to find the endzone elusive. The break through would come when duel threat Receiver and runner Lee Kazeem would help steer the all important drive with some fine running along with a big completion from Giant Receiver Josh Vines set up Kazeem for the go ahead score with dashing 19 yard run on the opening play of the fourth quarter, rookie kicker Neil Jones converting the extra point to take the score to 2-7. The lead would seem to invigorate the Shropshire defense further as they would ensure a mute retorted from the Renegades and quarterback Paul Waddington, who was picked off twice in the latter stages by Jack Garnsey and Sean Austin. Rob Mclean would have the last laugh by ending the contest when he connected with Rich Mantle for a 12 yard scoring pass, Jones converting again to make it 2 – 14 at the final whistle.

Victorious head coach Dave Reid spoke of his relief at his teams late heroics “I began to think we’d never score, but I thought our efforts deserved the victory, defensively our physicality up front proved to significant as we shut down their run game, which made it easier for our secondary to swarm on and nullify their passing threat” Offensively coach Reid spoke of mixed day “ The Turnovers obviously didn’t help but credit to them I have never seen secondary catch and make plays like that for some time. However I felt we were able to the ball from the start but just lacked composure when it mattered.”
Shropshire now prepare for the challenge of Northern champions West Coast Trojans, with a trip north of the border to Glasgow on Sunday the 4th of Septembe

 

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The Shropshire Revolution, will head south to Berkshire to face the Renegades on August 28th in the first round of the BAFANL play offs..

 

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Sundays win over the Surge saw the Revolution win 8 games for the first time in their 5 year history & bests last years 7 win mark..

RB Andy Calvert became the first player in Rev history to rush for a 1000 yards in a season, in the first quartet yesterday..

The Revolution Will Face their next opponent on August 28th

 

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The Revolution clinched their place in the 2011 2nd division playoffs with a 49-6 win over neighbours Staffordshire Surge

Match Report HERE

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Shropshire Revolution kept their play off hopes alive with a vital 40-12 victory over Chester..

 

Match Report HERE

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Shropshire Revolution won there final road game of the season, with a 44-6 victory at the Lincolnshire Bombers

 

Match report HERE

 

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Shropshire Revolution, the county’s only American Football team, is proud to announce that they have been successful in obtaining a grant from Sport England in order to promote the sport of American Football to local teenagers.

The grant monies will be used to purchase helmets and shoulder pads for the creation of a new youth team, catering for local kids aged 15-18 who wish to play the sport but are currently not old enough to join the existing adult team.

Commenting on the award, Revolution General Manager Andy Barnett said “Our management team have been working hard behind the scenes to put in place the infrastructure required for a junior team for some time, and we have always wanted a kitted junior team associated with the club to help sustain it for years to come”.

“However we have always acknowledged that the cost of equipment in this sport can be prohibitive to participation, so naturally we are thrilled that our successful grant application will enable the club to acquire its own helmets and shoulder pads.”

In addition to the kitted discipline of the game, Revolution will be using some of the monies to invest in the equipment needed for both adults and juniors to play the non contact version of the game (known as flag football).

The clubs newly appointed Youth Development Officer, Andrew Morgan, who played a major part in the successful grant application added “This is a great day for the sport of American Football in Shropshire. There is a huge interest in the game in the local area and we regularly get enquiries from kids in the area who are not quite old enough to play for the adult team. Unfortunately until now, and despite our best efforts, we haven’t been able to properly cater for them.”

“Our new junior team will allow these kids to play one of the most exiting team sports in the world with the added benefit that as they grow they will naturally feed in to the senior team.”

Revolution will now need to wait a few weeks for the kit to arrive and will announce the dates of the first junior practice shortly.

Revolution are also pleased to announce their participation at Telford & Wrekin Council’s Culture Festival in Telford on Saturday 23 July, which will culminate in their penultimate home game of the 2011 season against old foe the Chester Romans. The match will be at Oakengates Leisure Centre and kick off is 4 o’clock. Entrance to the event is free.

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Shropshire Revolution won round one of the famous border war, with a physical 27-8 victory @ Staffordhire Surge

 

match report here

 

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Revolution improved its record to 4-2 with a 23-20 win over the visiting Sheffield predators

match report here

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The Shropshire revolution beat the Sheffield Predators 26-14 in the first of their back to back games..

 

Match Report HERE:

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Shropshire revolution slipped to 2-2 on the year, with a tough 24-10 loss at home to the Lancashire Wolverines

match report here

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The Shropshire revolution, notched their second win of the year with a 28-0 win over Lincolnshire...

match report here

 

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The Revolution evened their season up at 1-1 with tough 25-12 win,

match report here

 

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The Revolution opened their 2011 campaign with a 34-06 loss today..

match report here

 

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Shropshire Revolution the counties only American Football Club, debuted their new Helmet design for the upcoming season this past Sunday in a Preseason contest with the Merseyside Nighthawks. The design sees a move away from the traditional symmetrical look with a unique asymmetrical design with a now solitary Revolution Saw blade retained at the back left of the Helmet, large print numbers balancing on the left and new horn like stripes down the center.

The design was inspired by current GM David Ralphs, after viewing a televised game involving College Footballs Boise State Bronco’s using one of their alternate uniforms. Power House Defensive Tackle Chris Ford then worked on the design and produced the prototype which was previewed and voted on by impressed club members in early November 2010. On the design Ford commented “ We really wanted to find a totally different look from anyone else in the league, and we feel we have that”

Shropshire Revolution open up their season with a tough Journey North to face the Lancashire Wolverines in little less than a fortnight on April 10th. Kick Off is 3.pm at Blackburn Rugby Club.

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As from Sunday 13th March, training will be moved to our outdoor facility at Oakengates.

Venue: Oakengates Leisure Centre
New Road
Wrockwardine Wood
Telford
TF2 7AB

Tel: 01952 382810
Start - 9.30 am (Ready to go)

Finish: 12.30 pm
Type: Full Kit

 

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The Shropshire Revolution are pleased to announce their 2011 schedule:

Week 1 10/04 Lancashire Wolverines (A) 3PM KO
Week 2 01/05 Chester Romans (A)
Week 3 08/05 Lincolnshire Bombers (H)
Week 4 15/05 Lancashire Wolverines (H)
Week 5 29/05 Sheffield Predators (A)
Week 6 18/06 Sheffield Predators (H)
Week 7 26/06 Staffordshire Surge (A)
Week 8 17/07 Lincolnshire Bombers (A)
Week 9 23/07 Chester Romans (H)
Week 10 31/07 Staffordshire Surge (H)

Home games are bolded. And for the first time, The Revolution will be hosting TWO games on a saturday afternoon

more details to follow..

 

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Shropshire’s only American Football team, the Revolution were celebrating the conclusion of another successful rookie camp last weekend.

Held at the TCAT Superdome in Wellington, players new to the sport who had the previous week attended a non-kitted ‘come and try’ day returned for a full training session which was also attended by returning players from the 2010 squad.

With all of Revolutions 7 qualified coaches in attendance, the session focussed around the basics of the game and built on the fundamentals demonstrated the week before.

Commenting on the day, General Manager Dave Ralphs said “It was really good to see the rookies return from last week.  We have been able to kit them up with club issue equipment with help from our sponsorship with both Fisher & Banks and The Space Place, and this means we will be able integrate them much more quickly into our full training schedule should they decide to play with us in 2011.”

Second year Head Coach Dave Reid added “It’s been a long time since our disappointing defeat to Manchester in last year’s Northern Final, but the players have returned from their winter break seemingly hungry to go one step further this year.  Add to that some of the potential the new rookies have shown over the last 2 sessions, and 2011 looks to be a very exciting time for all involved with the club.”

Revolution return to full training on Sunday 30th January at TCAT Superdome.  Players existing or new to the sport are still welcome to attend and should arrive for a 9.30 start. 

The club are always on the lookout for fans of the game who would like to help the club in a non playing capacity

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Shropshire Revolution, the counties only American Football Team are celebrating after hosting their fourth annual ‘come and try’ event last Sunday in Wellington.

The event, designed to introduce potential new players to the fast and exiting sport of American Football, was attended by over 30 enthusiasts who were introduced to a number of non- contact football drills over the course of the morning.

After a morning of football at the Superdome in Telford, the rookies were invited to The Duke of York in Oakengates (Revolutions post game sponsor) for a meet and greet session with current players and an introduction to the clubs backroom management team. 

Commenting on the day, second year Revolution Head Coach Dave Reid said “We are really pleased with the enthusiasm and athleticism of the rookies this year and hopefully some of them will look to take up the sport and join the club for the upcoming season.  The aim of the sessions is not to try out players for the team, but rather for people to try us out as a club and as a sport.  Some of the new guys look to be really enthusiastic and we hope to see them return and become members of our club.”

“Rookie and recruitment is a very exciting time, for I could be meeting my new star player.  Last year our rookie camp helped produce some exiting talent and hopefully this year can end in similar results.”

A follow up session will be taking place on Sunday 16th January as the club start preparation for their 2011 British American Football Community League Division 2 campaign.

Players over the age of 16, both new to the sport and existing, are invited to the follow up session to take place at TCAT Superdome in Wellington.  Players should arrive at 9.00 for a 9.30 start and wear suitable indoor clothing and footwear.

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January 5th saw BAFA release its division alignment for 2011, With the Revolution staying in division 2 central. Shropshire will again face CHESTER ROMANS, SHEFFIELD PREDATORS, STAFFORDSHIRE SURGE,, LANCASHIRE WOLVERINES, HULL HORNETS & 2011 will see the Revolution face a familiar foe in LINCOLNSHIRE BOMBERS. This year will see the Revolution play all ten games within its division. BAFA will announce the 2011 schedule on February 5th

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The Revolution will host its Rookie Taster day on sunday january 9th, The club hope the session , now in its second year, will be as successful as it proved in 2010 where 60 potential players came and tasted american football REVOLUTION STYLE! :

Several of the guys from last years tryouts went on to contribute in the revolutions 2010 play off run.
Anyone wanting to attend is welcome, regardless of size, ability and knowledge of the sport..
we would ask only that participants bring:

SUITABLE FOOTWEAR
DRESS IN PREPERATION FOR PYHSICAL ACTIVITY ( shorts, track bottoms etc )
WATER OR DRINK OF CHOICE

 

The rookie day begins at 9 am:

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News Date January 1st 2011:
Awards Night 2010

Shropshire Revolution, the counties only American Football Team rounded off their most successful season to date with their annual awards dinner in Telford last weekend. Players, coaches and cheerleaders were all joined by representatives of the clubs sponsors, The Duke of York (Oakengates), The Space Place and Fisher & Banks (both of Stafford Park, Telford).

Revolution head coach Dave Reid addressed the attendees and thanked all associated with the club for their efforts in helping the Revolution to winning record of 7-3 on their way to the BAFACL Northern Final where they were only just beaten 28-20 away to eventual Northern Champions, the Manchester Titans.

‘Rookie of the year’, an award dedicated to the best newcomer to the sport, was won by Wide Receiver, Ben Langford. A credit to the Revolutions 2010 recruitment campaign, Langford was not the only newcomer to the sport to take home an award with Kicker Matt Pierce scooping the ‘Special Teams player of the year’ award.

Linebacker Alasdair Jervis was voted ‘Defensive player of the year’ whilst defensive team mate, Dave Trefor won ‘Most improved player of the year’. On the offensive side of the ball, Offensive Tackle Neil Holtschke won ‘Lineman of the year’ and Wide Receiver Richard Mantle took home ‘Offensive player of the year’. Mantle from Telford, capped a terrific year personally as he also beat strong completion to win the ‘Coaches player of the year’ award.

The ceremony concluded with the presentation of ‘Spirit of the Revolution’ award, an award designated to recognise the individual who made an outstanding contribution to the club during the year. The award this year went to Mike Dean, the clubs official photographer. Dean, from Telford, who followed the team home and away from the sidelines during the 2010 season, also won a nationwide competition earlier in the year to photograph from the Wembley sidelines when the Denver Broncos played the San Francisco 49ers back in October.

The Revolution now turn their attention to their assault on the 2011 British American Football League title and have announced a round of ‘come and try’ sessions on 9th and 16th January 2011 at the TCAT Superdome. The sessions are aimed at anybody who is interested in American Football and who are interested in joining the team in 2011.

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