Northern Floorball League
The Northern Floorball League has again expanded for the coming season with two news teams joining the league, however last seasons champions - Glenrothes - have had to pull out due to a combination of circumstances. They intend to come back in season 2008/9 though as they take time to recruit more players. Aberdeen Oilers - who participated in the Nationals and Spring Cup in 2007 - are joined by the new team from Central Scotland - Forth Phoenix. Forth will comprise a few players who played for Balwearie Thunder last season and some of whom are returning the sport to the Boness area from whence they came.
So the full list of teams for season 2007/8 are:
Chapel, Dundee Northern Lights, Balwearie Thunder, Hawick, RBS Linlithgow, Balwearie Lightning, Aberdeen Oilers, and Forth Phoenix.
Hawick win - Christmas Cup in Glenrothes
Hawick - boosted by some Glenrothes floorballers - beat shock finalists Balwearie Thunder 6-2 in the Final of the 2007 Xmas Cup. Shock results of the day were RBS Linlithgow beating Dundee Northern Lights 2-1 in the quarter finals and Balwearie Thunder gaining a first ever win (4-3) against Chapel.
Full results can be seen below next to the league fixtures.
Below: 2007 Xmas Cup Winners Hawick (with guest goalkeeper Bob Paterson - Balwearie Lightning)
Northern League Table as at 8th December 2007
As a result of the games in T3, Chapel lead the league, followed by the league’s new team Forth Phoenix. The current table is:
|
Position
|
Team
|
GP
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
+/-
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Chapel
|
10
|
9
|
1
|
0
|
82
|
17
|
+65
|
28
|
|
2
|
Balwearie Thunder
|
9
|
7
|
0
|
2
|
51
|
23
|
+ 28
|
21
|
|
3
|
Forth Phoenix
|
10
|
6
|
2
|
2
|
44
|
32
|
+12
|
20
|
|
4
|
Dundee Northern Lights
|
10
|
5
|
1
|
4
|
64
|
50
|
+14
|
16
|
|
5
|
Hawick
|
10
|
4
|
0
|
6
|
58
|
43
|
+15
|
12
|
|
6
|
Aberdeen Oilers
|
9
|
4
|
0
|
5
|
34
|
49
|
-15
|
12
|
|
7
|
Balwearie Lightning
|
9
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
32
|
68
|
-36
|
3
|
|
8
|
RBS Linlithgow
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
11
|
92
|
-81
|
0
|
|
The fixture list for the coming season proved to be quite challenging to sort out using two venues and keeping Dundee at home. Some teams have to play back to back games but breaks have been scheduled to make that easier for the teams in question. Three of the league committee spent a bit of time and came up with the following:
|
MAYFIELD
|
FIPRE
|
|
T1
|
23rd SEPTEMBER
|
|
LIGHTNING 2
|
ABERDEEN 5
|
CHAPEL 19
|
RBS 0
|
|
FORTH 3
|
DUNDEE 3
|
THUNDER 4
|
HAWICK 3
|
|
LIGHTNING 7
|
DUNDEE 18
|
HAWICK 12
|
RBS 1
|
|
FORTH 7
|
ABERDEEN 3
|
CHAPEL 4
|
THUNDER 2
|
|
LIGHTNING 2
|
FORTH 9
|
HAWICK 1
|
CHAPEL 6
|
|
T2
|
28th OCTOBER
|
|
ABERDEEN 5
|
DUNDEE 3
|
HAWICK 7
|
LIGHTNING 0
|
|
DUNDEE 3
|
CHAPEL 7
|
RBS 1
|
HAWICK 10
|
|
THUNDER 3
|
ABERDEEN 5
|
FORTH 5
|
RBS 3
|
|
ABERDEEN 3
|
CHAPEL 11
|
FORTH 8
|
LIGHTNING 5
|
|
THUNDER 8
|
DUNDEE 4
|
|
|
T3
|
25th NOVEMBER
|
|
DUNDEE 8
|
RBS 2
|
ABERDEEN 2
|
FORTH 3
|
|
THUNDER 7
|
LIGHTNING 2
|
CHAPEL 7
|
HAWICK 2
|
|
RBS 1
|
LIGHTNING 8
|
CHAPEL 7
|
ABERDEEN 2
|
|
THUNDER 18
|
RBS 1
|
FORTH 6
|
HAWICK 2
|
|
DUNDEE 3
|
THUNDER 4
|
CHAPEL 2
|
FORTH 2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
XMAS CUP 9th DECEMBER (FIPRE)
|
|
Quarter Finals
|
|
|
|
|
RBS Linlithgow 2
|
Dundee Northern Lights 1
|
Aberdeen Oilers 5
|
Hawick 6
|
|
Balwearie Thunder 6
|
Balwearie Lightning 1
|
Forth Phoenix 3
|
Chapel 7
|
|
Semi Finals
|
|
|
|
|
Hawick 12
|
RBS Linlithgow 0
|
Balwearie Thunder 4
|
Chapel 3
|
|
Final
|
|
|
|
|
Hawick 6
|
Balwearie Thunder 2
|
|
|
|
Other games
|
|
|
|
|
Forth Phoenix 4
|
Balwearie Lightning 1
|
Aberdeen Oilers 3
|
Dundee Northern Lights 3
|
|
T4
|
27th JANUARY
|
|
DUNDEE 6
|
HAWICK 5
|
FORTH 1
|
CHAPEL 5
|
|
ABERDEEN 4
|
LIGHTNING 3
|
RBS 1
|
THUNDER 4
|
|
HAWICK 6
|
DUNDEE 7
|
RBS 1
|
CHAPEL 14
|
|
DUNDEE 9
|
LIGHTNING 3
|
FORTH 0
|
THUNDER 5
|
|
ABERDEEN 5
|
HAWICK 10
|
|
|
T5
|
24th FEBRUARY
|
|
RBS
|
DUNDEE
|
HAWICK
|
ABERDEEN
|
|
CHAPEL
|
LIGHTNING
|
THUNDER
|
FORTH
|
|
CHAPEL
|
DUNDEE
|
HAWICK
|
FORTH
|
|
LIGHTNING
|
RBS
|
ABERDEEN
|
THUNDER
|
|
T6
|
23rd MARCH
|
|
DUNDEE
|
FORTH
|
LIGHTNING
|
CHAPEL
|
|
ABERDEEN
|
RBS
|
HAWICK
|
THUNDER
|
|
RBS
|
FORTH
|
THUNDER
|
CHAPEL
|
|
DUNDEE
|
ABERDEEN
|
LIGHTNING
|
HAWICK
|
|
RBS
|
ABERDEEN
|
LIGHTNING
|
THUNDER
|
|
LEAGUE CUP 27th APRIL (FIPRE)
|
|
25th MAY MIXED FIVES (FIPRE)
|
Spring Cup
Chapel beat both Balwearie teams to win the Spring Cup. League winners Glenrothes had a bad day losing for the first time to a Balwearie team - Thunder in the semi-final and then losing to Balwearie Lightning in the 3rd/4th play-off. Aberdeen Oilers travelled south for a few friendlies and appear a useful addition to the league.
Nationals 2007 Sponsor - Wishart International
- "We as a company became involved with Floorball this year through our sponsorship of the Glenrothes Grrrowl Floorball Club and I personally have started to take a keen interest in the sport. I am highly impressed with the commitment shown by those involved with the sport locally and can only see it going from strength to strength in the future. We are therefore delighted to sponsor the GBFF National Championships 2007, and expect it to be a marvelous event. I'd like to wish all the teams involved the very best of luck."
- Kevin Huskie
- Joint Managing Director.
- Wishart International
T7 News
Glenrothes received the Northern League trophy at T7 in Dundee on sunday 25th March. Chapel finished the league strongly with three wins to finish within 2 points of Glenrothes. The key result for Chapel was the 2-2 draw with Dundee in an earlier round. Dundee beat Balwearie Thunder 4-3, coming back from 0-2 and 2-3 to finish strongly. Thunder finished the league with two convincing wins against Hawick and Linlithgow. Linlithgow suffered two defeats but came out on top again against the league’s bottom team Balwearie Lightning. Lightning finished on a high with a 6-6 draw with Hawick. Hawick are to be congratulated on travelling again with just 5 players and a goalkeeper. Their fitness level and dedication is superb. Hopefully they can build on this for next season.
Pictured above: Glenrothes Grrrowl (sponsored by Wishart International) Winners of the Northern League 2006/7
Above: action from Chapel versus Balwearie Thunder in the Spring Cup Below: Niall (Balwearie Lightning) with Alan Campbell (Glenrothes) in the background.
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