British American Football Association

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The British American Football Association (BAFA) is the national governing body for the sport of American football and non-contact Flag football in the United Kingdom since 1985. It is affiliated to the International Federation of American Football (IFAF). In 2010, they formed the BAFA National Leagues as the country's primary competition for contact football. Their flagship event is the annual Britbowl which is competed by the top two sides of the BAFANL Premier Divisions.

British American Football Association
Formation	1985
Headquarters	Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
Chairman	Nichole McCulloch
Key people	Ian Deakin, Bruce Leatherman, Pete Ackerley, Richard Watson, Kenny Bello, Ian Deakin, Heather Smith.
Website	http://www.britishamericanfootball.org/

Adult

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League	Code	Teams	Participants	Notes
BAFA National Leagues (BAFANL)	Adult Contact Football	70	Men/Women 18+	Winning teams play in the Britbowl^[1]
National Women's Football League (NWFL)	Women's Contact Football	17	Women 18+	^[2]
British Universities American Football League (BUAFL)	Adult Contact Football	81	University Students 18+	^[3]
National Flag Football League	Adult Flag Football	60	Men/Women 16+	^[4]
Women's National Flag Football League	Women's Flag Football	15	Women/Female University Students 18+	League features both Club and University sides ^[5]

Youth

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League	Code	Teams	Participants	Notes
U19's League	Youth Contact Football	38	Youths 16–19	Winning teams play in the Junior Britbowl^[6]
U16's League	Youth Contact Football	41	Youths 13–16	Winning teams play in the Junior Britbowl^[6]
U17's Flag League	Youth Flag Football	14	Youths 14–17	^[7]
U14's Flag League	Youth Flag Football	20	Youths 11–14	^[7]

2021 BAFA National Youth Flag finals^[8]

Under 14s
South Coast Spitfires	44	20	Leicester Huntsmen

Under 17s
South Coast Spitfires	20	18	Coventry Cougars

Final standings

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2021 Standings
U14s	U17s
1. South Coast Spitfires	1. South Coast Spitfires
2. Leicester Huntsmen	2. Coventry Cougars
3. Chorley Buccaneers Cutlasses	3. Waveney Wolves
4. London Blitz	4. South London Renegades
5. Nuneaton Jaguars	5. Nuneaton Jaguars
6. Solent Red Storm	6. Brighton & Hove Scorpions
7. Houghton Bears
8. Chorley Buccaneers Blades

Current

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BAFCA (British American Football Coaches Association)
BAFRA (British American Football Referees Association)
BUAFL (British Universities American Football League)

Defunct

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BAFL (British American Football League) - split from BAFA in 2010, and ceased operations in the same year.
BYAFA (British Youth American Football Association) - dissolved 2007 and merged into BAFL
BSAFA (British Students American Football Association) - Disaffiliated 2007 leading to the foundation, by BAFA, of the BUAFL.
SGA (Scottish Gridiron Association)

Role	Name
Chairman	Nichole McCulloch
Senior Non-Executive Director	Ian Deakin
Chief Executive Officer	Pete Ackerley
Director	Bruce Leatherman
Director	Richard Watson
Non-Executive Director	Colin Allen
Non-Executive Director	Kenny Bello
Non-Executive Director	Heather Smith

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British American Football Association

Contents

Competitions

Adult

Youth

Final standings

Member bodies

Current

Defunct

Boards of directors

References

External links

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