If you’re looking for a challenging, fast-paced and exciting team sport which will get your heart pumping, American football won’t disappoint.

Whether you’ve played American football before or are new to the sport, BU Bobcats, our American football team, welcomes all abilities. What matters is that you have a desire to succeed and a will to win.

Each season, BU Bobcats compete in the British Universities American Football League (BUAFL), which is part of British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS).

Key information

Match days

Sundays

Home location: Chapel Gate, BU Sports Campus, Parley, Christchurch BH23 6BL

Training

Training is a combination of classroom-based learning and physical training:

Wednesdays

Wallisdown Recreation Ground, 2 Talbot Drive, Poole BH12 5ED, 1pm-4pm

Thursdays

Lees Lecture Theatre, Talbot Campus, 7pm-9pm

Fridays

Chapel Gate, BU Sports Campus, Parley, Christchurch BH23 6BL, 7:30pm-10pm

Sundays

Chapel Gate, BU Sports Campus, Parley, Christchurch BH23 6BL, 4pm-7pm

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