Final Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Ealing Eagles	8	7	1	0	345	26	.875
*Park Centre Bandits	8	7	1	0	270	26	.875
Kent Knights	8	2	5	1	42	137	.313
Worthing Guardians	8	2	6	0	30	306	.250
Kent Panthers	8	1	6	1	46	138	.188

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	JGL Youth Bowl		Horsham Stadium
05.09.1993	Ealing Eagles	44	Park Centre Bandits	0

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
09.05.1993	Park Centre Bandits	34	Worthing Guardians	0
09.05.1993	Kent Panthers	0	Ealing Eagles	56
	Week 2
16.05.1993	Ealing Eagles	–	Kent Knights	–
16.05.1993	Worthing Guardians	0	Park Centre Bandits	54
	Week 3
23.05.1993	Worthing Guardians	0	Kent Panthers	20
23.05.1993	Kent Knights	0	Park Centre Bandits	50
	Week 4
06.06.1993	Worthing Guardians	0	Kent Knights	28
06.06.1993	Park Centre Bandits	0	Ealing Eagles	6
	Week 5
13.06.1993	Kent Knights	14	Kent Panthers	12
13.06.1993	Ealing Eagles	112	Worthing Guardians	0
	Week 6
20.06.1993	Ealing Eagles	–	Park Centre Bandits	–
20.06.1993	Kent Panthers	14	Worthing Guardians	20
	Week 7
27.06.1993	Kent Panthers	0	Park Centre Bandits	46
27.06.1993	Kent Knights	0	Ealing Eagles	30
	Week 8
04.07.1993	Kent Panthers	0	Kent Knights	0
04.07.1993	Park Centre Bandits	24	Ealing Eagles	20
	Week 9
11.07.1993	Park Centre Bandits	36	Kent Knights	0
11.07.1993	Worthing Guardians	2	Ealing Eagles	44
	Week 10
18.07.1993	Kent Knights		Worthing Guardians
18.07.1993	Ealing Eagles		Kent Panthers
	Week 11
25.07.1993	Park Centre Bandits	26	Kent Panthers	0
25.07.1993	Kent Knights		Ealing Eagles

Report

Park Centre Bandits, from Burgess Hill, and Ealing Eagles met in the Junior Gridiron League Youth Bowl in 1993 after both finished the regular season on 7-1 records. The JGL was a Youth Two Touch League for 15-18 year olds with teams in the North and South of England. This League was a South East England League with the other teams being Kent Knights, Kent Panthers and Worthing Guardians.

The Ealing Eagles triumphed 44-0 in the JGL Youth Bowl Mark Zaki destroying the Park Centre defense with three touchdown catches. The MVP Wide Receiver teamed up with Quarterback Chris Miles, who threw five touchdowns in all to end the dreams of the Bandits in their inaugural season. The Bandits quarterback had a nightmare, throwing seven interceptions, one of which was returned for a TD.

References

[1] Anon. (1993) “FD Previews the 1993 Junior Gridiron league Season: No kidding around as the race for the title begins! ” First Down. May 15, 1993. pg. 19

[2] FD Reporter (1993) “JGL Gets Geared up for ’93 Title Clashes: Final JGL Standings” First Down. Auguat 28, 1993. pg. 17

[3] Anon. (1993) “Zaki race” First Down. September 12, 1993. pg.

[4] Anon. (1993) “Results, standings and Fixtures: JGL JUNIORS” First Down. 22 May 1993, 1993. pg. 20

[5] Anon. (1993) “Results, standings and Fixtures: JGL JUNIORS” First Down. 29 May 1993, 1993. pg. 20

[6] Anon. (1993) “Results, standings and Fixtures: JGL JUNIORS” First Down. 19 June 1993, 1993. pg. 19

[7] Anon. (1993) “Results, standings and Fixtures: JGL JUNIORS” First Down. 26 June 1993, 1993. pg. 19

[8] Anon. (1993) “Results, standings and Fixtures: JGL JUNIORS” First Down. 3 July 1993, 1993. pg. 19

[9] Anon. (1993) “Results, standings and Fixtures: JGL JUNIORS” First Down. 10 July 1993, 1993. pg. 19

[10] Anon. (1993) “Results, standings and Fixtures: JGL JUNIORS” First Down. 17 July 1993, 1993. pg. 15

[11] Anon. (1993) “Results, standings and Fixtures: JGL JUNIORS” First Down. 31 July 1993, 1993. pg. 18

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Kate Hartnett.

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