The Phoenix Youth Team defeated the East Kilbride Pirates 34-6 in a friendly fixture at Duncanrig on Sunday 20th. After a shaky start the Phoenix kept up the pressure on the Pirate Offence throughout, causing havoc with the Center/QB exchange. This accounted for quite a few points through safeties and defensive touchdowns. On Offence, Touchdowns were scored by David Fisher and Cory Johnson with passes from QB Alex Cleary. MVP was the defensive force that is Connor Nicholson.

Phoenix are now training like Spartans, courtesy of former player Scott Campbell. Every Thursday evening the team will be putting themselves in the hands of Scott - a strength and conditioning expert - and pushing themselves to the limit in preparation for the new season. If you would like to join in - get in touch

Flag football continues in Gourock High and Greenock Academy in November with good numbers attending in both. Notre Dame join in from the 24th and St Columbas soon after. After School Clubs and inter-school competition is on the cards in the near future once everyone has got the basics down. So who will be the School Flag Football Champions in Inverclyde? Watch this space.

Congratulations to Fabio Marturano and Kieran McFadyen on passing their Level 1 BAFCA qualification. Well done guys!!!

Inverclyde Phoenix have just been awarded a grant of £850 from the Big Lottery to run a series of Flag Football Taster Sessions in local schools. Starting on the 20th October the Phoenix Coaches will run lunch clubs at Gourock High, Greenock Academy, Notre Dame and St Columbas. These schools will then form Cluster Clubs to play against each other in After School Clubs. We would like to thank the awarding body for their help.

Three Phoenix players took part in the Weighlifting Scotland Competition at the Palace for an Art Lover in Glasgow last Sunday and came back with three medals and more UK records. Paolo Sassarini came second in his weight class; Ross Gallagher won his weight class; and of course Jonny Gallagher won his weight class and broke his own GB records.
Keep up the good work guys! Congrats!

JONNY GALLAGHER POWERED TO MORE SCOTTISH AND BRITISH RECORDS ON SUNDAY 25TH JULY 2010. THIS TIME IT WAS THE POWERLIFTING RECORDS AT THE PALACE OF ART. HE POSTED A TOTAL OF 510KG!! IMPRESSIVE STUFF! WELL DONE JONNY

The Phoenix Junior team got off to a good start on Saturday 19th June - playing their first tournament of the year. Taking on the much improved Edinburgh Wolves first the Phoenix set up the win behind the dominance of Nose Tackle Jonny Gallagher and an impressive debut at QB by Alex Cleary. Receivers Jonny McKillop and Jack Murray ran amock with some great runs and catches. Edinburgh relied on the pace of #24 to keep in touch and had a solid defence but the Phoenix ran out comfortable winners.
In the second game we faced the Glasgow Tigers who were unbeaten vs the Phoenix last year but teams change quickly at this age group and the Tigers were no match for this years Phoenix team - again led by the strength upfront of Mr Gallagher and backed up by Chris O'Donnel, Connor Fowler, David Fisher, Grant Donnachie and Kieran Wilson. The game saw debuts for many rookie players including QB Ally Joyce who threw a pass completion to fellow rookie Kyle Ellis. On the defence there were good contributions from Jordan McKillop, Liam Horne, and Jim Crae while on Offence Danny Watson got his first TD for the team.
It then came down to the battle of the two unbeaten teams - Clyde Valley and the Phoenix. These two always have great games and this was no exception. The Phoenix got off to a slow start - allowing a long TD run and a fumble recovery in the endzone to go 13 - 0 down but came back with two touchdowns from the arm of Alex Cleary. Down by 1 at half time the Phoenix came out on attack in the second half but failed to score on the first drive. The defences held firm with Mr Gallagher once again requiring the blocking skills of 2, sometimes 3 Falcons to hold him back. It was getting very tense. With 90 seconds left on the clock Jack Murray caught a great long pass from Alex Cleary and the team went wild - possibly too wild - with excitement. Penalised for over celebrating the team lost its composure and with 25 seconds left, the Falcons showed their experience and went ahead for the final score of the game - running out the winners by 20-18. It was a great advert for Junior football - hard hitting, exciting football. Highly recommended!
Special thanks go to the family, friends and players who provided great support. Coaches Gillen, Allan and McInnes were highly impressed with the teams performance and look forward to our next tournament.
Want to be part of the fun? Get in touch - come and try it!

PHOENIX PLAYER JONNY GALLAGHER WON THE YOUTH OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTING COMPETITION AT PITLOCHRY ON SATURDAY 12TH JUNE 2010. JONNY NOW HOLDS THREE SCOTTISH YOUTH RECORDS. WELL DONE JONNY! GO PHOENIX!