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Brighton Tsunami

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Brighton Tsunami logo Logo
Entered BCAFL/BUAFL	2003-2004
Team Colors	Navy/White
Universities	University of Brighton
Home Field	Falmer Sports STP, University of Brighton, Falmer Campus, Brighton
Division	4th Conference-Southern Division
Regular Season Record	61-45-2
Playoff Record	3-3-0
Challenge Trophy Record	0-1-0
Playoff Appearances (1) 2007, 2014
Division Championships (1) 2013/14
Conference Championships (1) 2013/14
BCAFL/BUAFL Championships (0) 2013/14
BUAFL Challenge Trophy Appearances (1) 2010
BUAFL Challenge Trophy Champions (0) n/a

The Brighton Tsunami are a member of the British Universities American Football League (BUAFL)'s 4th Conference-Southern Division. The Tsunami have seen constant improvements since their acceptance to the BCAFL, becoming SCC Division champions in the 2013/14 season, which coincided with their tenth year anniversary. They are currently coached by Chris Denny.

2009-10 Season Schedule

Date	Team	Result	Offense MVP	Defense MVP
Sunday November 8, 2009	v Solent Redhawks	0 - 20 L	Alex Surplice	Ant Morrison
Sunday November 15, 2009	@ Royal Holloway Bears	0 - 18 W	TK Chisango	Whole Defense
Sunday November 22, 2009	@ Southampton Stags	14 - 6 L
Sunday November 29, 2009	v Imperial Immortals	33-2 W	TK Chisango	Ant Morrison/Giles Kennedy
Sunday December 13, 2009	@ UEA Pirates	8-10 W	Audley Swain/Romaine Jackson	Dan Inniss/Oliver Whitfield
Sunday January 31, 2010	@ Portsmouth Destroyers	30-20 L
Sunday February 21, 2010	v Anglia Ruskin Phantoms	27-14 W	Audley Swain/Romaine 'action' Jackson	Oliver Whitfield
Sunday February 28, 2010	v Greenwich Mariners	9 - 26 L

2009-10 Post-season Schedule

Date	Team	Result	Offense MVP	Defense MVP
Sunday March 14, 2010	@ Greenwich Mariners	6 - 26 L

Season-by-Season Record

Season	Win	Loss	Tie	Finish	Playoffs
2003-04	5	3	0	N/A	N/A
2004-05	3	4	1	N/A	N/A
2005-06	2	6	0	N/A	N/A
2006-07	4	3	1	2nd	1st round lost to Essex (away)
2007-08	2	6	0	5th	N/A
2008-09	4	4	0	3rd	N/A
2009-10	4	4	0	3rd	1st round Challenge Trophy lost to Greenwich (away)

Coaching

Current Coaching Staff

Position	Name	Years with Tsunami
Head Coach	Chris Denny	2
Assistant Head Coach	Rich Cooling	5
Offensive Coordinator	Rich Cooling	5
Defensive Coordinator	Chris Denny	2
Special Teams Coordinator	Brad McManus	6
O-Line	Luc Higham	6
O-Line Asst.	Chris Goulding	5
Quarterbacks
Running Backs	Karl Filmer-Sankey	2
Running Backs Asst.	Adam Hart	2
Wide Receivers	Mike Ashby	2
Wide Receivers Asst.	Luke Bentley	2
D-Line	Brad McManus	5
D-Line Asst.	James Gulc	4
Linebackers	Mike Gumbs	1
Defensive Backs	Dave Lees	4
Defensive Backs	Giles Kennedy	6
Strength and Conditioning	Bola Labulo	5

Head Coaches

Chris Emery- 2003-06

Record 10-13-1

Emery was the first head coach for the Tsunami, helping to set up the team. He was recently inducted into the Tsunami Hall of Fame.

Eber Kington - 2006-08

Record 6-9-1

Kington was the president of the first committee for the Tsunami having helped to set up the team. He played as a Linebacker and as Quarterback during his playing career with the club.

With the resignation of Emery, Kington assumed the controls and helped steer Brighton to their first playoff appearance in 2006-07 season.

Following Brighton's win over Surrey Stingers on the last day of the season, Kington announced his resignation as Head Coach to pursue his playing career with Sussex Thunder where he helped guide them to the BAFL 2008 Division 1 National Title. He is also quarterback for the Great Britain Lions American Football Team.

He was recently inducted into the Tsunami Hall of Fame and is currently the Tsunami Quarterback Coach.

Tony Bainbridge - 2008-2009

Record 4-4-0

Bainbridge joined the Tsunami as Defensive Coordinator in 2006-07 season. He was voted in unanimously as Head Coach at the Brighton Tsunami AGM following the 2007-08 season.

Bainbridge has been involved with American Football in the UK at many levels. He helped set-up the Greenwich Mariners along with Martin Boffey and has played for several years in the senior league, most recently on the O-Line for Kent Exiles.

In June 2009, after only one season as Head Coach, Bainbridge announced that he was stepping down from the role due to both personal and health reasons. This was a surprise to the whole Tsunami family.

Jim Roberson - 2009

Record 0-1-0

Roberson joined the Tsunami in August 2009, just 6 weeks before the start of the Tsunami pre-season. However, after one game in charge, he announced his shock retirement from American Football, leaving the Tsunami with no Head Coach or Assistant Head Coach for their game against Royal Holloway.

Tony Bainbridge - 2009 - 2010

Record 3-3-0 (7-7-0 all-time)

Following the win against Royal Holloway, President Rob Falconer announced the immediate return to coaching of Bainbridge. He guided the team to their first appearance in the BUAFL Challenge Trophy after winning the 3-way tiebreaker with Southampton and Surrey.

James Ormrod - 2010 - 2013

Record 13-11-0

In his final season in charge of the Tsunami, Head Coach James led them to their most successful season; starting the season with 5 consecutive wins, including former national champions Southampton and Portsmouth, before eventually losing the remaining 3 fixtures and narrowly missing out on a place in the plate challenge play-offs.

Chris Denny - 2013 - Present

Record 10-1-0

In his first season in charge, Head Coach Chris Denny guided the Brighton Tsunami to their most successful season in their history to date. They enjoyed an undefeated regular season, boasting club record-breaking offensive and defensive stats and finishing with the #3 overall national seed. They also enjoyed their first ever national play-off appearance, which was disappointingly brought to an end in the Quarter-Finals.

Current Players

Quarterbacks 4 Audley Swain (c) 6 Alex Surplice Running Backs 9 Chris Duke 14 James Howard 24 Sam Dagger 34 Bryan Kup 35 Glen Begley 49 TK Chisango Tight Ends 20 Josh Trimmer 40 Jon Wibberley 47 Ryan Bushby 48 Stewart Probert		Wide Receivers 12 Luke Hughes 15 Matt Russell 17 Lee West 80 Simeon Marriot-Dixon 82 Dan Griffiths 83 Tom Lowe 84 Anthony Bowes 89 Romaine Jackson Offensive Line 60 Rob Jenkins 65 Andy Graham 67 Ruban Sriranjan (c) 71 Aaron Lavisquant 75 Stefan Matthiessen 77 Brad (Tim Tebow) McManus		Defensive Line 1 Ant Morrison 19 Dan Inniss 90 Matt Dillon 92 Merrigan Baylis 93 Luc Higham 97 Andy Rayner 99 Grant Woollard Linebackers 31 Aidan Sharples 50 Tom Cole 54 Neil Atkinson 57 Giles Kennedy 58 Shane Huffer 94 Olly Whitfield 95 Gavin Hanmer		Defensive Backs 10 Marcus Dilley (c) 11 Robert Falconer 16 Nick Pyke 22 Elliott Kirk 23 Mikey George 26 Russ Mumford 27 Ryan Wilson 32 Pat (Mincer) Foley 37 Jonny Elliott 38 Pawel Serafin 43 Chris Hope (c) Special Teams 4 Audley Swain (KR) 10 Marcus Dilley (KR/PR) 16 Nick Pyke (K/P) 26 Russ Mumford (KR) 43 Chris Hope (KR/PR) 89 Romaine Jackson (KR)		Rookies in Italics Captains = (c)

Committee

Every year, Tsunami players vote for 5 players who will run the club for the following year.

2014-2015

Position	Name	Years with Tsunami
Club President	Luke Dickson	3
Club Secretary	Alex Holt	3
Club Treasurer	Kostya Petrov	2
Fundraiser & Social Secretary	Jordan Hart	2
Kit Manager	Clyde Eccleston-Barrows	3

Presidents

A list of all presidents since the team's first year in BCAFL.

Name	Year
Luke Dickson	2014-15
Alex Surplice	2013-14
Richard (Dick) Matkins	2012-13
Richard (Dick) Cooling	2011-12
Ruban Sriranjan	2010-11
Robert Falconer	2009-10
Justin Handley	2008-09
Alex Maxwell	2007-08
Martin Harrison	2006-07
Ben Brooks	2005-06
Jon Leese	2004-05
Eber Kington	2003-04

Awards

Hall of Fame

In 2008, the inaugural class of famers were inducted into the Brighton Tsunami Hall of Fame. These are players who have shown the greatest level of professionalism and commitment towards the team and the game. On 25 April 2009, the class of 2009 was inducted.

Name	Position	Year Inducted	Years with Tsunami
Ben Brooks	DB	2008	2004–2007
Chris Emery	HC	2008	2003–2006
Mike Hall	LB	2008	2004–2007
Justin Handley	O-Line	2009	2005–2009
Eber Kington	LB/QB/HC	2008	2003–2008
Jack Lidyard	QB	2008	2005–2008
Ali MacKenzie	DL/OL/FB	2009	2003–2006
Derrick McGriffin	LB	2009	2006–2009
Toyin Omodara	RB	2009	2005–2009
Simon Ritchie	DE/FB	2008	2003–2007
Sergio Sabada	LB	2008	2003–2006
James West	DB/QB	2008	2003–2006

2008-09

Award	Name	Position
Tsunami MVP	Chris Hope	LB/KR
Defensive Rookie of the Year	Jon Elliott	DB
Offensive Rookie of the Year	Ruban Sriranjan	OT
Most Improved Player	Phil Winslow	LB
Best Lineman	Niall Sweeney	OT
Special Teams Player of the Year	Chris Hope	KR/PR
Offensive MVP	Oliver Bishop	RB
Defensive MVP	Marcus Dilley	DB
Head Coach's Award	Joshua Van Nes	WR/P
Social Legend	Chris "Tumnus" Duke	RB
Player's Player	Oliver Bishop	RB
Spirit of the Wave	Bryn Price	QB/DB
Cheeries Player	Rob Falconer	DB

2007-08

Award	Name	Position
Defensive Rookie of the Year	Chris Hope	DB
Offensive Rookie of the Year	Niall Sweeney	RB
Most Improved Player	Shane Borrett	DB
Best Lineman	Justin Handley	OG
Special Teams Player of the Year	Josh Van Nes	P
Offensive MVP	Matt Russell	QB
Defensive MVP	Derrick McGriffen	LB
Head Coach's Award	Nick Pyke	DB/K
Social Legend	Justin Handley	OG
Player's Player	Justin Handley	OG
Spirit of the Wave	Trish Yorke	Water
Cheerie's Player	Henry Furnell	OL

2006-07

Award	Name	Position
Head Coach's Award	Simon Ritchie	FB
Social Legend	Ben Brooks	DB
Player's Player	Mike Hall	LB
Spirit of the Wave	Tony Bainbridge	DC

2005-06

Award	Name	Position
Social Legend	Justin Handley	LB
Player's Player	James West	DB
Spirit of the Wave	Hayley Churchyard	Cheerie

2004-05

Award	Name	Position
Player's Player	Simon Ritchie	DE
Defensive MVP	Simon Ritchie	DE

#25

2014 - jersey #25 was retired to honour QB Bryn Price.

#45

2005 - jersey #45 was retired to honour Eber Kington. Eber was president playing both QB and LB for the Tsunami and later Head Coach.

#70

2008 - jersey #70 was retired to honour the achievements of Tsunami Centre, Martin Harrison - later O-Line coach and Offensive Co-Coordinator.

External links

• BUAFL
• Brighton Tsunami Official Site