The Way We HNC It: A Flag Football Show

Bez and Tom chat through the news from Flagging New Year, Team GB and the Guernsey American Football Association before turning their attention to the BAFA finals this weekend. Get the scoop on live stream action, first round schedule and, of course, a tangent about how to reorganise everything about flag football.  Enjoy, have a great weekend and we hope to meet as many of you as we can over the...

Bez is joined by new Chieftains Head Coach Nicky Farrell for a chat about the next phase of the team.  #TheWayWeHNCit  Ep.68

This week on the show Bez and Tom (@TomTomABZ) are joined by Lewis Phillips, BAFA's Competition Manager to talk us through all things finals, including a predictor battle with some obvious (#HNCloyal) results.  There's also a look around the wider world of flag, including some travel information should you be thinking about a trip to Finland for the World Championships in 2024.  We break some huge...

Luke Pattimore with a short update for The Way We Guernsey It.

After a huge cross conference weekend the boys are back together and this time have done their homework.  Greg With The News found 3 stories all by himself, one of which is a discussion around the new All Region Series and how it can expand over the coming years.  We go through the Northern Premier results across all 4 venues which seemed to have some superb games which spelled doom for the handic...

All 3 of the gang are back together in this weeks show to battle through the news, some views and Greg's internet connection. There's a recap of the World Games, do you think they were a success in growing the game? Then it's on to HNC/NEC clinching scenarios for the weekend.  The key feature of the show is a game of pick'em at as we go through all the matches from the weekend and pick the winners...

It's been about a month since our last show and an awful lot has gone down. We are in the middle of the World Games 2022 where some of the finest teams in the world are facing off for the right to be on an official live stream. Bez has a conspiracy theory that Greg does not immediately dismiss.  Closer to home there has been some British American Football Association drama that we take a flag view...

The NEC and HNC met for the first time over the weekend to bring cross conference football back to the masses. Games in Manchester, Edinburgh and Grangemouth provided plenty of action for the boys to discuss as well as other news from around the league.  We are joined by Paul Johnstone of the Renfrewshire Raptors who tells us about the Raptors first big trip and provides more insight from around t...

Week 2 already! Somehow it's the end of May and cross conference games are creeping up onto the horizon but first it's time to discuss the goings on around the league and preview the coming weekend of Flag Football action.  There's news from Sportmonda Bowl and also a strange moment where Bez calls for referees to throw more flags. Finally, we put Tom on the spot to answer the handicap picks LIVE....

Bez is back in the hot seat and takes a quick Q&A on the behind the scenes of commentary at the King Bowl championship games. It's then into the news as we discuss SCOFF's newest marathon challenge and more as Greg bought himself a new notebook to read the news from. We take a dive into the Week 1 results and Bez is forced to explain is super (pseudo) scientific method behind the handicap leag...

A short King Bowl wrap up (more to come, that deserved it's own show) followed by the (in)famous BAFA SEASON PREVIEW, featuring game picks for week one and of course, final season standings. If you bring the bulletin board, we will being the material.  Like the show? You can now buy the boys a brew to say thanks: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/HNCit

A slightly bias preview of this weekends King Bowl tournament. We are joined by Dunfermline Kings QB Stuart Anderson for some insight into the teams we will face this weekend and also his method into how to make a cup of tea. There's the usual news from around the league as well as an answer to where we should put an AFFL franchise.  Happy Kings Day!

Levels of silliness reach their peak as the boys are finally back in a room together and start making some executive decisions. We cover the news from around the league and flag football world, the return of the baby Broncos, the recruitment drive for many teams including a trip abroad and tame a lion. There's more Olympics 2028 chat following the NFL's billion dollar investment and the boys are n...

Bez is back in the hot seat as we take a dive into the news from around the conference and beyond this week. We sample the delights of Coatbridge bakery, the dizzying alliteration of Tom's Tom Ten 'Tings and of course, bring you a recap of the BAFA Preseason event. There's also much more pirate chat than you would think about, rouge promises, the announcement of who won the spotify wrapped mug and...

It's our first ever episode with a guest host! With Bez travelling it was up to the mystery guest to corral the regulars as we take a look at good old glow in the dark footballs, a round up of the news and what we can expect from this weekends BAFA Preseason event.

On this weeks show the boys read this weeks news from around the HNC before moving on to the second instalment of our 2022 interview series as Lewis Phillips, the man behind the British American Football Association adult mixed schedule joins the show to tell us how he does it, what the challenges are and how he got involved. There's also chat about tournaments, travel and teams for the future.  T...

Massive show for you this week as Greg tries to work out what the news is at the same moment he is asked, there's a preseason tournament to come and an EPIC Flagging Iron Man Tournament to discuss. Then, we finally send the Abigail home with our No1 player of 2021 as voted for by the HNC players themselves. 

The first tournament of the year means that the 2022 HNC Season is officially open for business!  Bez and Tom kick off the show with a little recap of the Scottish Flag Football X UK Dukes Marathon game which you can still donate to, it was an amazing effort by all involved so if you've not dropped some pennies in yet please do! https://justgiving.com/crowdfunding/flag-marathon Then it's onto the...

Alan Young joins the show to talk SCOFF and UK Dukes flag football marathon and the amazing causes that are being represented. We also discuss his flag football life from Carluke junior to GB Men’s Head Coach and the future of the Flagging Flag Football Tournaments.

This week on The Big show we chat international tournaments as a gaggle of HNC stars head to Tampa Bay, Florida for the Flag Football World Championship Tour under The UK Dukes Banner. Closer to home there is light at the end of the tunnel with good omens for the Flag Football Marathon and, our favourite, Flagging Iron Man.  The heart of the episode is the schedule release spectacular as we now kn...

Full disclosure, this was recorded well before the new year, you might be able to tell! Happy New Year folks, here’s our first output of 2022. We hope you had a superb Christmas and as we look towards the new year are still feeling positive and testing negative. It's a short show this week with just the next batch of superstars on our countdown of the Top 25 Players in the HNC as voted for, by the...

Huge show this week as we lead into Christmas!  We've got news from The Cobras success at Pie Bowl hosted by the Wigan Bandits. We've got IFAF World Championships chat. We've got the new alignment of the BAFA Premiership and Division 1 for 2022. We've got a roundup of the goings on we witnessed at the WFFL Playoffs and we introduce the first 5 names ranked 25-21 on the HNC's Top 25 players of 2021...

Welcome back to the Big Show. We've been off the airwaves for a hot minute but we return to take on the big stories from around the HNC and beyond. We look forward to the UK Dukes tournament at Ravenscraig this weekend and how that could be our last chance of playing ball before Flagging New Year 2022.  There's a look at the final weekend of BAFA WFFL action, Bez runs out of his words but eventual...

Hello HNC this is Mumbai calling! Greg returns to the show and we learn about many new and interesting things. Things like, what has recently changed Greg's life for the better? Why are we happy for the Moray Distillers? Why is there something fishy about the World Games where flag football will make it's debut next year? Who is going to be in the Top 25 and why are we so excited about this weeken...

The Mayor of Delhi & Tsar of Moscow remains abroad and despite his absence we take a look around some international news to begin this weeks show. Champions Bowl 2021 took place in Spain but the other big tournament was the Russian Flag Football National Championships and we couldn't let them slide under the radar.  Closer to home The Top 25 Players voting for 2021 is almost ready so Bez gives...