Kent Exiles AFC History

Another disappointing year which had shown promise in pre-season, although we did greatly improve on the 2001 season, and grew as a team for the second year running.

Our final record of 1-7-1 was our best in three years, although we were still to win a game in our own right, rather than being awarded the points.

The season was blemished slightly be the demise of the Maidstone Puma's who were forced to pull out on the eave of the season due to lack of players, thus giving us only an eight game schedule rather than 10.

Season Stats

General:
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Hall of Fame
Season Reviews:
2004	2003
2002	2001
2000	1999
1998	1997
1996	1995
1994	1993
1992	1991
Tonbridge Tigers '86-'90

The highlight of the year was the long planned inception of the youth teams, after finding a coach in Mike Pemberton the Exiles recruited around 15 children to play, and formed a cadet and a junior flag football squads.

Both teams played in two tournaments in the summer, with the Cadets winning their second tournament, and the Juniors only losing to the defending national champions by one touchdown in theirs.

The end of the 2002 season also saw the retirement of Nick Cursley as head coach, Nick had been a great servant to the club, and a driving force behind the steady improvement the playing squad had shown.

FIXTURES/RESULTS

Date	H/A	Opponent	W/L	Score			Report?
21.04.02	A	Chiltern Cheetahs	T	14	-	14
28.04.02	A	Norwich Devils	L	0	-	60
05.05.02	H	Maidstone Pumas	W Awarded	1	-	0
19.05.02	A	Plymouth Admirals	L	10	-	52
02.06.02	H	Cambridgeshire Cats	L	12	-	32
16.06.02	H	Essex Spartans	L	12	-	21
23.06.02	H	South Wales Warriors	L	7	-	26
21.07.02	A	Sabres	L	6	-	14
28.07.02	H*	Dominos Oxford Saints	L	8	-	28
*Played at varsity centre, Guildford as pat of a double-header.

FINAL STANDINGS: DIVISION TWO SOUTH

Team	W	L	T	PF	PA	Win%
Norwich Devils	9	0	0	271	38	1.000
Plymouth Admirals	7	2	0	304	140	0.778
Cambridgeshire Cats	6	3	0	107	102	0.667
Sabres	5	4	0	144	135	0.556
Chiltern Cheetahs	3	5	1	89	183	0.388
Dominos Oxford Saints	3	6	0	98	144	0.333
South Wales Warriors	3	6	0	177	174	0.333
Essex Spartans	3	6	0	100	139	0.333
Kent Exiles	1	7	1	69	247	0.167

END OF SEASON AWARDS

Players player of the year:	Martin Jefkins
Coaches player of the year:	Rob Osborn
Offensive player of the year:	Andy Mountain
runner up:	Martin Jefkins
Defensive player of the year:	Mat Tompsett
runner up:	Gary Mewse
Special Teams player of the year:	Roy Hall
runner up:	Mat Tompsett
Lineman of the year:	Paul Pester
runner up:	Justin Daniels
Rookie of the year:	Kris Maciolek
runner up:	Steve Collison

PHOTOS
Game and social photos can be found within the Exiles Photo Gallery.