Following the conclusion of the regular season twenty teams will be entered into the BUAFL’s play off programme.
The fixture schedule is shown at the foot of the article.
Sixteen of these teams will compete for the BUAFL National Championship and eight will compete for the BUAFL Challenge Trophy.
The BUAFL National Championship Play offs:
The Last Sixteen:
In the Championship play offs the top two teams from each division will progress into the last sixteen where the winners and runners-up in each group play each other with matches confined to a conference basis. The divisional winners will be awarded home field advantage.
Conference Title Games
The winners from the first round of play-off games will go forward to a Conference title game.
Inter-Conference Tiltle Games
Each of the Conference winners will play in the Inter-Conference Championships. The champions from Conference 1 will play the champions from Conference 2 and the champions of Conference 3 will play the champions of Conference 4.
National Championship Game
The winners of the two Inter-Conference games will play in the National Championship Game.
The BUAFL Challenge Trophy Play-offs:
Quarter Finals:
Each Division will provide one team to go forward to the Challenge Trophy quarter finals. This team will have had the third best competitive record in the Division.
The Quarter Finals will be confined to Conferences.
Semi Finals:
The victorious team from Conference 1 will play the winning team from the Conference 2 quarter final and the team from Conference 3 will play the team from Conference 4.
Challenge Trophy Final:
The winners of the Challenge Trophy semi finals will go head to head in the Challenge Trophy game.
The BUAFL Play-offs commence on the weekend of March 8th and culminate in the National Championship Game and the Challenge Trophy Game.
Games kick off at 13.00 hours unless stated.
National Championship Play-offs
Play-Off Round One: Weekend of 13th March 2010
Conference 1:
Game 1 - Durham Saints (0) @ (42) Glasgow Tigers
Game 2 - Edinburgh Predators (0) @ (78) Newcastle Raiders
Conference 2:
Game 3 - NTU Renegades (0) @ (30) Hallam Warriors
Game 4 - Leeds Celtics (14) @ (42) Loughborough Aces
Conference 3:
Game 5 - Bristol Barracuda (6) @ (52) Birmingham Lions
Game 6 - Reading Knights (22) @ (33) UWE Bullets
Conference 4:
Game 7 - Portsmouth Destroyers (8) @ (21) Hertfordshire Hurricanes
Game 8 - Essex Blades (0) @ (22) Solent Redhawks
Play-off Round Two: Conference Championships: Weekend of 27th March
Conference 1:
Game 9 - Glasgow Tigers (16) @ (6) Newcastle Raiders (21st March)
Conference 2:
Game 10 - Loughborough Aces (19) @ (7) Hallam Warriors
Conference 3:
Game 11- UWE Bullets (7) @ (62) Birmingham Lions
Conference 4:
Game 12 - Hertfordshire Hurricanes (45) @ (7) Solent Redhawks
Play-off Round Three: Inter-Conference Championships: w/e of 2nd May
Northern Inter-Conference Title
Game 13 - Loughborough Aces (35) @ (0) Glasgow Tigers
Southern Inter - Conference Tile
Game 14 - Hertfordshire Hurricanes (12) @ (28) Birmingham Lions
Play-off Week Four: National Championship Game
9th May 2010
National Championship Game
Loughborough Aces vs. Birmingham Lions
Kick Off: 16.00hours
Entry price: £3 for adults (all day); £1 for U18s (all day)
Challenge Trophy Play-offs
Challenge Trophy Play-offs
Divisional Play-offs Weekend of March 13th
Game 1 - Stirling Clansmen (32) @ (0) Northumbria Mustangs (March 20th)
Game 2 - Derby Braves (20) @ (8) Lancaster Bombers
Game 3 - BNU Buccaneers (6) @ (48) Cardiff Cobras (March 20th)
Game 4 - Brighton Tsunami (6) @ (26) Greenwich Mariners
Inter-Conference Play-offs Weekend of March 27th
Game 5 - Stirling Clansmen (16) @ (12) Derby Braves
Game 6 - Cardiff Cobras (6) @ (20) Greenwich Mariners
Challenge Trophy Final
Challenge Trophy Final
Stirling Clansmen vs Greenwich Mariners
May 9th Sixfields Stadium
KO Midday
