1. Pioners L'Hospitalet 5-0
2. Valencia Firebats 4-1
3. Las Rozas Black Demons2-3
4. Badalona Dracs 2-3
5. Osos Rivas 1-4
6. Barcelona Búfals 1-4
In Spain, the Pioners continue to wreck havoc tearing into the 6th placed Bufals 44-0 putting them at an undefeated 5-0 halfway through the season. The Valencia Firebats stayed put at #2 after a highly contested 42-33 win over the 1-4 Osos Rivas Madrid. The surprise win of the weekend were the Black Demons beating the Badalona Dracs on Saturday by a point to claim the tie breaker over them and the #3 seed at the midway point.
1. La Courneuve Flash 4-0
2. Aix Argonautes 4-0
3. St Ouen Cougars 2-1-1
4. Grenoble Centaures 2-1-1
5. Elancourt Templiers 1-3
6. Thonon Black Panthers 1-3
7. Amiens Spartiates 1-3
8. Nice Dauphins 0-4
The Flash stayed unbeaten beating the Dauphins by 20 at home. Alongside them are the Argonauts who came away with a 1 point victory over last year's French Champs the Spartiates. The St. Ouen Cougars and Centaures from Grenoble tied, keeping them tied at the 3 and 4 spots. While the Templiers got their first win of the year over the Black Panthers. Two of the three international competitors from France currently find themselves at the 6th and 7th ranks in the country one month prior to international play, which is by far the most shocking truth to the 2011 season in France. This provides some insight to the competitiveness that the league offers this year.
Away from the season updates and an announcement from just north of France. The Belgian Bowl, to be contested on June 4th has recently been promoted by John Van de
Mergel, the Belgian Bowl event coordinator and President of the FFL (one of the two leagues in Belgium). The West-Vlaanderen Tribes (FFL) has won the title a record 7 times since 2000, and since 2006 five times in a row, with the past three seasons having unblemished records, try that on for size ’72 Dolphins. The first ever Atlantic Cup, another international European Federation of American Football (EFAF) competition like the Eurobowl and EFAF Cup was played in Brussels in 2009 and inagurally won by the Tribe of West-Vlaanderen. You can keep tract of the season/scores at the below mentioned websites of each conference. Be sure to visit the Belgian Bowl Website and Facebook Page of the Belgian Bowl for video highlights and more info.website of the Flemish Conference
website of the Walloon Conference
This month more football action ensues when Italy, Switzerland, and Austria each kick off their 2011 seasons.
