The British American Football Association (BAFA) is the national governing body for the sport of

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

and non-contact

Flag Football Flag football is a variant of American football where, instead of tackling players to the ground, the defensive team must remove a flag or flag belt from the ball carrier ("deflagging") to end a Down (gridiron football), down. The sport has a ...

in the

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since 1985. It is affiliated to the

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(IFAF). In 2010, they formed the

BAFA National Leagues The BAFANL (BAFA National Leagues) are the primary American football domestic League competition in Great Britain. The League is run by the British American Football Association to coordinate contact football within England, Scotland and Wales. ...

as the country's primary competition for contact football. Their flagship event is the annual

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which is competed by the top two sides of the BAFANL Premier Division's.

Competitions

Adult

Youth

2021 BAFA National Youth Flag finals

Final standings

Member bodies

Current

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

Defunct

* 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)

Boards of directors

References

External links

BAFA

EFAF

IFAF
American football in the United Kingdom American football governing bodies in Europe Organisations based in Northumberland Sport in Northumberland

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