In Today’s Programme

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3 Chairman’s Welcome

4 Meet The Visitors: Wembley Stallions

5 Meet The Visitors: Bristol Aztecs

6 London Blitz: Models in the Matrix

7 Match Photography: London Blitz A vs.

8 Meet The Players: Glen Toonga, RB #21

9 Meet the Partners: DraftKings

10 Meet the Partners: Fit Fab Therapy

11 London Blitz B: SFC 2 East Schedule and Standings

12 London Blitz B: Roster

13 Wembley Stallions: Roster

14 London Blitz A: Premiership South Schedule and Standings

15 London Blitz A: Roster

16 Bristol Aztecs: Roster Chairman’s Welcome

Welcome to Finsbury Park.

This game marks the mid way point of the regular season and the Blitz so far remain undefeated. The last home game saw a fiercely competitive contest between the Blitz and the Warriors, with the Blitz eking out victory 14-13. As exciting as the victory was for the team, we well know that the Warriors have had our number over the last few years and any excess confidence would be misplaced.

But that was then and this is now. The Aztecs continue to step up their game and fight competitive games with the whole of the league. With an influx of youthful talent they promise to be gunning for the top spots in the division both this year and in the seasons to come. It was a home game vs. Bristol last year where the Blitz suffered defeat and it is going to take a great effort to achieve a victory this week.

The Blitz B are also riding high off a string of victories and face a Stallions team that has handed them their one loss so far. The team is really finding an identity now and a host of playmakers are starting to emerge. Today will be a tough match up but one that can indicate the team's playoff aspirations with a win.

Being back at Finsbury Park has been an incredible feeling so far, it's our home, such as it is, and we hope to use it to our advantage today for both games.

Enjoy the show.

Meet The Visitors: Wembley Stallions Warren Smart - Head Coach

“The Wembley Stallions were formed in 2013 and entered the league in 2014. Each year the Stallions have not only posted a winning record but have qualified for the playoffs. Not bad for a team of new boys.

The hallmark of the team is how we bring new people into the sport. In common with our hosts today, the Stallions boast a high percentage of rookies and very few of this years roster having played more than two full senior ball seasons.

Known already for our organisation the club boasts a coaching squad of 15 and a playing roster of 50+.

Today we take on your vibrant B team having won out the first encounter 21-0. Obviously we’d like more of the same, but we know your boys are up for some payback.

The Stallions are working hard on providing football across the board. The Women’s team recently won the 5v5 Southern Conference in only their second year. The U17’s are developing with each tournament and no-one thinks they are a push over and plans continue to field an U19 team in 2018.

There is lots to fight for in this North London derby. It should be an entertaining game. We’d like to thank Coach Coverdale and the Blitz organisation for hosting us today.”

Meet The Visitors: Bristol Aztecs Chris Powles - Head Coach

Since being promoted to the Premier leagues in 2006, the Bristol Aztecs have consistently finished as one of British American Football's top 5 teams. A large part of this achievement is down to the coaching programme instituted by former player Chris Powles, who has helmed the team since 2012. In recent times the Aztecs have performed very well against the best sides in the country and this past week held the reigning British champions the Warriors to just 13 points for three quarters of their visit to SGS wise last week; and on the strength of their victory against the Blitz last season (and their brilliant defensive stand against them a few weeks ago) the Aztecs travel to Finsbury Park looking to defeat the multi-time champions on their own turf.

Head Coach Powles had this to say before the fixture:

“Given the score last time we won't be making any big changes. We thought at 30- 23 we were in with a chance late, and on Sunday it was 13-6 in the 4th. So we feel we are competing, we just need to play a full game and avoid costly mistakes late in games.

Sam Hemmingsley is having another good year, hopefully he continues to perform well at WR , Ryan Morton at LB is playing well, had an interception Sunday and Will Bunce at guard is playing solid football in his second year with us.

The Blitz have shown to be the early favourites this year for Brit Bowl. They’re motivated and they're at home, so it's another tough game. We have the toughest schedule in all of Brit Ball, playing Warriors and Blitz twice each in our first 5 games, but we think we have held our own so far. The defense had a good day Sunday, and if we can build some momentum we should be able to compete. We started slow last time getting behind 23-0 at the half so we can't let that happen again, we embrace the opportunity to play the best.” London Blitz: Models in the Matrix

A couple of weeks ago, the London Blitz partnered with a UK-based tech consultancy called Fanview to help them show off their ground-breaking real-time 3D scanning technology.

Three players, Temi Oduyemi, Jamie Charles and Oliver Bishop volunteered to take part in the trial, hosted at Repronauts’ 3D content creation studios in North London.

The technology itself is a bespoke, highly portable, high speed scanning rig, optimised for 3D body scanning. It lets you capture high accuracy, full photorealistic colour scans, on location, quickly. Together, Fanview and Repronauts have developed an efficient process which allows them to rapidly rig and animate the models to produce high quality virtual characters, which can be used for 3D broadcast as well as game engines.

In just a couple of days, Temi, Jamie and Oliver were transformed into 3D digital versions of themselves, which look like they’ve come straight out of the latest Madden demo.

Click on the names below to see for yourselves. We think you’ll agree that they look fantastic!

3D Temi Oduyemi

3D Jamie Charles

3D Oliver Bishop Match Photography London Blitz A 14 - 13 London Warriors

Images ©phil3productions Meet The Players: Glen Toonga, RB #21

Where did your Blitz journey begin? So my Blitz journey began in the 2015, so it’s now my third season with the Blitz programme. After completing my second season of uni-ball at Southampton, I wanted to challenge myself and see if I could compete with the best. I attended my first session and well the rest is history.

What is your goal for this season? My main goal for this season is to be injury free. Obviously because of the nature of the game, I'm expecting to get hurt, but my aim is to be able to play every game and do everything I can on and off the field to be healthy. If I can take care of that then everything else like performance and stats will take care of itself.

Who is the best coach you've ever had and why? It would definitely have to be Coach Hogan. Simply because he was my first coach of the game. He did such an excellent job in introducing me to the running back position. He only coached me for a year but within that year he did such a good job at teaching me the fundamentals.

What was the best game of your career and why? My best game to date would be the first game of my second season of uni-ball against Sussex Thunders. I ran for over 300 yards, so you can imagine why it’s my best game. I’m obviously looking forward to doing that again. Meet The Partners DraftKings

Following extensive engagement throughout the off season, The London Blitz are pleased to announce the team's partnership with Draft Kings on a multi year sponsorship deal. In a pioneering partnership, Draft Kings will be the primary sponsor of the elite senior team for the next three years. As part of the partnership, Draft Kings are committed to developing interest in the sport and will provide valuable practice resources for the club.

Draft Kings allows users to enter daily and weekly fantasy sports-related contests and win money based on individual player and team performances in five major American sports (MLB, the NHL, the NFL, the NBA and the PGA), Premier League and UEFA Champions League soccer, NASCAR auto racing, Canadian Football League, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), as well as American college football and college basketball.

With the NFL still on hiatus before a new season starts in September, Draft Kings still has a number of activities to be involved in. Keep your eyes on the Blitz Facebook page for information on how to get involved with the club on various leagues with the potential for some substantial prizes Meet The Partners Fit Fab Therapy

Proud to be in partnership with both London Blitz American Football Team and Ouse Valley Eagles American football team.

Our Team of qualified and experienced graduate Sports Therapists provide first class pitch side first aid as well as offering pre-game taping and massage.

If you are interested in us covering an event or working with your team please call company director Lara Inge on 01234 302619 or email [email protected] London Blitz B SFC 2 East Schedule

Date Opponent H/A Result Score 7th May Wembley Stallions Away Loss 21 - 0 14th May Essex Spartans Home Win 19 - 3 21st May Ipswich Cardinals Home Win 34 - 0 11th June Wembley Stallions Home - - 18th June Ipswich Cardinals Away - - 25th June Essex Spartans Away - - 9th July East Kent Mavericks Home - - 23rd July East Kent Mavericks Away - - 30th July East Essex Sabres Away - - 6th August East Essex Sabres Home - -

London Blitz B SFC 2 East Standings

Team Win Loss Tie PCT PF PA Wembley Stallions 3 0 0 100 86 14 London Blitz B 2 1 0 66 53 24 Essex Spartans 2 1 0 66 40 33 East Kent Mavericks 2 1 0 66 106 52 Ipswich Cardinals 1 4 0 20 35 144 East Essex Sabres 0 3 0 0 14 26 London Blitz B Roster

Number Player Name Position Number Player Name Position

3 Timothee Liechti QB 41 Jordan Jones LB

3 Junior Savage Mcdonald WR 42 Scott McCartney LB

4 Sandeep Rajput DB 44 Ollie Stevenson DL

5 Keith Steel DB 47 Jenna Alnajar LB

6 Chris Walker QB 49 Lee Farmer LB

7 Nii Anteson DB 50 Matthew Rose OL

8 Freddy Clapson QB 51 Alex Igoh LB

10 Bart Slomka WR 52 Sebastian Hubbard LB

11 Will Bentley WR 53 Ion Teale LB

12 Alex Hoffman QB 54 Charlie Morris LB

13 Philip Robinson WR 55 Stephen Parry LB/DL

14 Harry Herbert WR 56 Miles Hubbard LB

15 Glenn Roberts F 58 Nathan Henry Phillips DL

17 Ben Scarisbrick RB 60 Sam West OL

19 Paul Drillingcourt WR 62 Hassen Rashed OL

20 Jeeva Thavarajah DB 65 Sam Hill OL

21 Jack Morrissey DB 66 Aaron Critchley OL

23 Simon Cruise WR 74 Matthew Ganga OL

24 Adam Hudson RB 74 Tom Basford OL

25 Nadir Hedioued DB 79 Lorde Junior OL

28 Felix Cornehl DB 80 Ankit Mishra WR

29 Joe Boon DB 81 Giordy Diangienda WR

30 Daniel Gilson RB 82 Giulio Gardella WR

32 Jean-Pierre Tumi DB 83 Giles Smith F

33 Paul Bannerman RB 84 Jacob Howard WR

34 Mattia Di Silverio DB 85 Yaw Owusu-Nyarko WR

34 Richard Bevan LB 88 Henry John WR

36 Rayann Tohr RB 98 Leon Green DL

40 Jacob Smith LB 99 Chris Sandford DL Wembley Stallions Roster

Number Player Name Number Player Name

2 Tom McGinty 44 Paul Fergus

4 Seb Pettican 45 Chris Fox

6 Lawrence Wild 46 Dan Tuckwell

7 Chris Treacy 51 Marco Mukendi 8 Art Bakmanidis 52 Kelli Dunbar 10 Alex Di Bonito 53 Dave Francis 18 Peter Coppenhall 54 Johann Johnson 19 Henry Young 55 Ian Stewart 20 Alex Callum 59 Conrad Kaad 21 Dylan Flanaghan 62 Jamie Foster 22 Glenn Trafford-Smith 65 Andis Mema 23 Tevin Tom 70 Richard Kaad 24 Luke Johnson 38 Kelvin Fawaz 25 Ben Lyons 71 Matt Malcher 26 Zoltan Kadar 75 John Blenkinsop 27 Basil Gazali 80 Nick Glenday 28 Frank Bishop 81 Sharif El Fiky 29 Matt Gibson 82 Dan Grech 32 James Kelvin 83 Sean Coughlan 33 Aaron Greenidge

34 Junior Ejehu 84 Casey Walker

36 Emmanuel Olagbaju 85 Krystian Czadowski

39 John Maddalena 86 Carl James

40 Rickell Ricketts 87 Charlie Douglas

41 Kwame Sarfo 89 Brett Parnham London Blitz A Premiership South Schedule

Date Opponent H/A Result Score 30th April Bristol Aztecs Away Win 23 - 36 7th May Bury Saints Away Win 7 - 36 14th May London Warriors Home Win 14 - 13 21st May Farnham Knights Away Win 14 - 64 11th June Bristol Aztecs Home - - 18th June Bury Saints Home - - 2nd July Bury Saints Home - - 9th July London Warriors Away - - 16th July Farnham Knights Home - - 6th August London Warriors Away - -

London Blitz A Premiership South Standings

Team Win Loss Tie PCT PF PA London Blitz 4 0 0 100 150 57 London Warriors 4 1 0 80 172 73 Bury Saints 2 3 0 40 141 160 Bristol Aztecs 1 2 0 33 93 83 Farnham Knights 0 5 0 0 60 239 London Blitz A Roster

Number Player Name Position Number Player Name Position

2 Dominic Husbands WR 40 Chibuzor Ezeugwa LB

3 Kyle Jervier WR 42 Nick Halfpenny DB

4 Shane Afolabi DB 50 Dan Howard LB

5 Joe Thompson QB 53 Lewis Hunter LB

6 Luke Prendergast DB 54 Eddie Cheadle LB

7 Remmy Ezeabasili RB 56 Majid Alsahlani OL

8 Craig Marron WR 57 Scott Hillcoat OL 9 Stuart Franklin QB 58 Alex Davies OL 10 Jack Daley WR 60 Justin Adenuga OL 11 Ronel Daley-Thomas WR 62 Phil Cherry OL 12 Josh Adamson QB 65 Matt Meyer OL 13 Mike Aboujaoude WR 66 Joshua Olajumoke OL 15 Aaron Linley F 70 Juke Whitney DL 17 Alex Salter WR 71 Bam Olaseni OL 18 Oliver Bishop RB 72 Pete Sochart OL 19 Germain Pelie LB 74 Ayodeji Ogunkolati DL 20 Mike Grant DB 77 Olly Sunmola OL 21 Glen Mbeleg-Toonga RB 78 Azmi Sbaiti OL 23 Dwight Caulker RB 80 Henry Charlton-Weedy WR 24 Enoch Hankombo DB 81 James Draper F 25 Dotun Ademiju DB 84 Sam Rodgers WR 26 Lewis Owusu-Afriyie RB 86 Alex Laird F 27 Kodjo Davis DB

28 Temi Oduyemi RB 88 Jasper Van-Dooren WR 29 Jason Selormey DB 90 Alan Blake DL 30 Jacob Spindler DB 92 Panashe Chinex DL

32 Jose van Oosten DB 94 Charlie Cohen DL 33 Tom Wilkinson DB 95 Ari Halldorsson LB

34 Gabriel Quartey RB 98 Jamie Charles DL 38 Sam Jeater DB 99 Kamil Potrec DL Bristol Aztecs Roster

Position Player Name Position Player Name QB Gareth Thomas DL Shaun Rees

QB Simon George DL Alex Gray DL Nathaniel Mensah RB Bikrant Babuls M DL Andy David

RB Max Gallagher DL Jeff Mensah RB Tapiwa Craig DL Will Harris

RB Alex Reilly DL Todd Clarke RB Chris Robson Close DL Nick Long RB Richard Thompson DL Johnathan Baysting

RB Bobby Nightingale LB James Armah WR Dan Gilding LB Jorge Rosera

WR Sam Hemmingsley LB Trafford Ali WR Sean P Cook LB Gareth Rees WR Harris Tzen LB Josh Bailey

WR Tim Penny LB James Gilchrist WR Joe Cotterill LB Callum Evans

WR Stefan Pollitt LB Leon Klosowicz WR Tom Wilson LB Callum Wright WR Stefan Collins

WR Tom Reeve DB Eddie Onamade DB Cameron Burkinshaw OL Matt Taylor DB Alex Ngunjoh

OL Levi Smith DB Matt Tait OL Steve Davey DB Dan Pell OL Chris Sinnige DB Nathan Willis

OL Ben Ashby DB Ben Cooper OL Will Bunce DB James Perrett

OL Josh Sykes Abreu DB Tom Grant OL Andrew Greer DB Ryan Morton OL Harrison Andrews DB Will Crowfoot