2009 saw a whole of lot of changes in the Coaching staff at the Bucs with not a single coach staying in the same position as they were in 2008 and many new coaches coming on board. In the Junior Kitted team, Mark Greally (Head Coach 2006 – 2008) and Chris Martin (Defensive Coordinator 2008) both stepped down from their roles with Junior Flag Head Coach and Club Manager Ian Nicolson taking on the role as Head Coach and also appointing new coaches to the Junior Kitted Staff. Greg Adam, a brand new coach was welcomed to the Club and was appointed as Junior Kitted Offensive Coordinator. Coach Nicolson also appointed former Kitted players Lawrence Quinn and Steven Czarnecki as positional coaches for the Junior Kitted team.

The Junior Flag team seeing their 6 year Head Coach Ian Nicolson step down to coach the Junior Kitted also had brand new coaches in the form of Lawrence Quinn the 2008 Cadet Flag Head Coach and another first year coach Steven Czarnecki. Lawrence was appointed the Head Coach and took control of the Offence while Steven was appointed the Defensive Coordinator. The Cadet Flag also having both their 2008 Coaches step down with James Hull head off to University and Lawrence Quinn move up as the Junior Flag Head Coach found themselves with brand new coaches. Dedicated supporter of the Club Lee Taylor accepted the role as the Head Coach & Defensive Coordinator and then another supporter Andrew Wilson joined the coaching staff as the Offensive Coordinator.

Mark ‘Bud’ Greally stayed with the Club as a Club Quarterbacks Coach which was a first for the club, also a new Volunteer came along called Ashley Power and joined the club as a Fitness and Conditioning Coach.

2009 Cadet Flag Team
With new Coaches and plenty of new players coming along for the start of the season, the Cadet Flag team looked like it could be in for a promising season. With only one Cadet in the form of Dominic Wilson not having moved up to Junior Flag and then their 2008 Mascot Andrew Carr finally becoming of age and being old enough to play for the team, the Cadets of 2008 was a mainly Rookie team.
Their first tournament of the year was up in Woodham in which they finished 2nd beating the Studley Bearcats but being beaten by the Coventry Bears.
A couple of weeks later the Academy held its own tournament with all 3 clubs coming to Chorley to enjoy a football filled day. The Bucs were to face local rivals Standish Raiders playing them twice and beating them both times. In July the Bucs headed down to Redditch for the Festival of Football and again finished 2nd once again beating the Studley Bearcats but being turned over by the Coventry Bears. However due to the state of the league looking a bit like it did in 2005 the Cadets had sealed a spot in the in National Finals where they would face these two teams again in a 3 way round robin.
September came and the Bucs travelled up to the Keep Moat Stadium in Doncaster to compete in the National Finals, the Bucs were to face Coventry first and it looked like they may cause an upset for the first time this year with Rookie James Schofield catching any pass that was thrown within arm’s reach of him and also chasing down everything on Defence. However in the second half the Bears managed to get the better of the Bucs leaving them with 2nd place spot being the highest they could finish.
The Studley Bearcats had obviously been training hard to improve themselves and went on to win the National Finals beating the Bucs in the their game and then the Coventry Bears in the final.
Towards the end of the year the Coventry Bears travelled up to Chorley to play a friendly game against the Bucs, the weather was bleak and cold but this didn't deter any of the players and the game got underway. This was a great chance for Bucs new player Tom Powley to get a feel for playing in a competitive game and he did a great job, a long with the rest of the Bucs who went on to beat the Bears 35 - 24, giving them their first victory over the Bears in 2009.

2009 Cadet Flag Roster
Players
Andrew Carr
Zak Christie
Stefan Collins
Liam Cornes
Josh Kinsella
Tom Powley
James Schofield
Kaine Willets
Zak Willets
Dominic Wilson

Coaches
Lee Taylor – Head Coach
Andrew Wilson – Offensive Coordinator
Mark Greally – Quarterbacks Coach

2009 Junior Flag Team

The Junior Flag team gained three players from the cadet team in the form of Alex Gordon, Bradley Hutchins and Connor Martindale, although they lost Team Captains Tommy Schofield and Chris Hutchins who moved up to the Junior Kitted along with Lee Blundell.
However the team gained some new players including one player who they had played against in previous years. Chris Varney joined the Club from the Sheffield Tomahawks, being the first ever player to transfer from to the Bucs from another Club.
With new coaches, new players and some good experienced players still there to lead by example, the Junior Flag were set to go and in early may they travelled up to Woodham with the Cadet Flag team to compete in their first tournament of the year. The Bucs were beaten by Woodham 1 in the first game but went on to get their first win of 2009 against the Coventry Bears with Rookies Matt Holt and Will Powley getting their first ever Touchdowns. Woodham 2 then went on and beat the Bucs with a score in the last few seconds of the game, meaning that the Bucs finished 3rd.

In the Academy tournament at Chorley, the Bucs played the new team Burnley Crusaders and were just beat by them but put on a great performance against not only junior players but also Youth players. The Bucs then went on and beat their local rivals Standish Raiders to finish 2nd. Then in July the Bucs headed to the Festival of Football and put on a great performance against Woodham narrowly losing to them but then let themselves down by poor performances against Woodham 2 and the Coventry Bears.

In the last league tournament of the year down in Coventry the Junior Flag had a special guest coach as their Defensive Coordinator Steven Czarnecki was not available; the former Head Coach Ian Nicolson joined forces with the new Head Coach Lawrence Quinn. This was an incredible spectacle as only 3 years earlier it had been Nicolson who had been coaching Quinn for the same team.

The Bucs went on and beat the Coventry Bears twice to win the tournament to finished joint 2nd place in the league along with the Woodham Warriors 1, but due to Head to Head games against the Warriors the Bucs just missed out in a place in the National Finals.

In September, 5 of the Junior Flag team attended trials for the Great Britain Lions Flag Team, with Captain Jonny Tickle being selected along with Rookie Mattie Holt and they both went on to play a team from Miami. Arron Taylor, Derry Holt and Will Powley all gave had exceptional trials but just missed out on being selected.

The Bucs last game of the year was against Coventry Bears when travelled up to Chorley with their Cadet team in October, this gave the coaches a great chance to let their two new players some game time in the form of Callum Gray and Tom Bretherton. These two proved to be great additions to the team and really put on great performances.
This was an awesome game with Endzone to Endzone action, which eventually finished 40 - 40 with the Bears getting a touchdown in the last second of the game. Bucs new player Callum Gray racked up 3 touchdowns proving that in 2010 he will be a key player.

2009 Junior Flag Roster
Players
Alex Gordon
Derry Holt
Mattie Holt
Connor Martindale
Will Powley
Arron Taylor
Alex Tickle
Jonny Tickle
Chris Varney

Coaches
Lawrence Quinn – Head Coach
Ste Czarnecki – Defensive Coordinator
Mark Greally – Quarterbacks Coach

2009 Junior Kitted

With the 2008 team reaching the National Finals and some big name players moving up to the Lancashire Wolverine Colts, the pressure was really on for new Head Coach Ian Nicolson and his Coaching Staff.

The team trained for several months before its first friendly against the Woodham Warriors in which the Bucs Defence showed just how dominating it was against the run and the Bucs Offence showing its traditional dominating running game as well as a good passing game from the one and only Rachel Hull who had now joined the kitted team. The Bucs beat the Warriors in their first game quite convincingly but lost the second game in the game of the backups.

The Bucs had to wait a while after that for their first league tournament as teams kept dropping out but in July the time came to play against the Coventry Jets in which they took out all their frustrations of being messed about by the league and hammered them 42 – 6 and 45 – 6. Two weeks later the Bucs then travelled down to the Jets for the return fixtures and found out that the Jets only had a couple of Junior players and needed to use Youth Players to compete in the games, the Bucs allowed this and showed great heart as they stepped up to the plate and beat the Jets 32 – 12 in the first game and then 12 - 6 in the Second game. Meaning that for the 2nd year running the Bucs Junior Kitted had qualified for the National Finals.

The Bucs then offered a game to the Southern Conference Champions the London Warriors but it was declined and the Bucs were ranked 2nd in England meaning that they would be playing the Clyde Valley Falcons in their Semi-Final in the Britbowl.

September came and the Bucs headed up to the Keep Moat Stadium for Britbowl, as they came out to entrance music, and a great crowd the Bucs played against the Falcons but it wasn’t to be their year as the Falcons beat them and went on to be crowned the Junior Kitted Champions for the 2nd year running.
The Bucs then played the Glasgow Tigers in the 3rd / 4th place playoff game and beat them 28 – 20 to finished 3rd in Great Britain, which was one place higher than 2008. Not only had the Bucs ranked themselves a place higher than the previous year but the Bucs managed to repeat an achievement that they got in 2008 by having one of their players being awarded the tournament MVP, and that player was none other than Rachel Hull.

Rachel also went on to set herself another achievement as she was selected the Great Britain Lions Youth Flag team and got to play against a team from Miami.

In October the Bucs travelled up to Doncaster to play a team called the Balby Carr Mustangs. The Bucs breezed past the Mustangs in both games beating them 74 - 0 in the first game and then 59 - 0 in the second game. The Bucs last game of the year was against their new local rivals Burnley Crusaders who they had only managed to play once in the year but in a flag game, but one in which the Bucs won convincingly. Things were no different for this game and the Bucs really took it to Burnley and went on to smash them 85 - 6.

2009 Junior Kitted Roster
Players
Mark Balcombe
Joe Bentley
Lee Blundell
Jonny Frayne
Mike Frayne
Jack Ginger
Jonny Gordon
Jake Hodgkinson
Rachel Hull
James McGovern
Ryan Morton
Diego Vielma - Moralejo
Alex Williams
Nathan Wimlett

Coaches
Ian Nicolson – Head Coach
Greg Adam – Offensive Coordinator
Steven Czarnecki – Defensive Backs Coach
Mark Greally – Quarterbacks Coach
Ashley Power – Fitness & Conditioning Coach
Lawrence Quinn – Running Backs Coach