MARLOW Wolves are now the third most successful club in the 28-year history of the BritBowl despite completing just their fifth season last week.

They won their sixth championship in five years in Doncaster last weekend placing head coach Sam McKee third on the all-time list.

All three of their teams qualified for the season’s climax as number one seeds, an unprecedented achievement, and although the Youth squad were the only one to go all the way it has been another hugely impressive season for the Marlow club.

McKee said: “We thought it might possible to win all three championships, but you need so much to come off on the day.

“It’s so hard to win a BritBowl. Not only have you got to have a great season but then you need to have the perfect day.

“And you need some luck.

“It was a bit of a floor to ceiling, floor to ceiling day. I had jubilant faces on the left and disappointed faces on my right.

“But we can still take massive pride in the season.

“You hardly ever have clubs getting two teams to the finals and we had all three going there as number one seeds.

“That’s never happened before and although we didn’t win everything, we still won a lot.

“That was our sixth national championship in five years; we’ve got a winning habit here and we don’t intend to break it.

“I hope the area can be proud.”

The Youth team retained their national title in glorious fashion.

They steamrollered Doncaster 46-30 in an action-packed semi-final before retaining the crown they won last year with a 33-7 victory over Horsham in the final.

The job was done in the first half. They scored a touchdown from the first play and then intercepted Horsham’s first attack to add a second.

It was 27-0 at the interval and Wolves weren’t going to lose it from there with Jacob Few signing off for the team with two touchdowns and four interceptions.

McKee said: “It was over before it began. It was one of those days when everyone executed and everything clicked.”

However, the Cadets weren’t able to lift the BritBowl for the fifth time in a row.

They were unbeaten all season but never got going in the final against Coventry, losing 12-6 with two of Coventry’s touchdowns coming from interceptions.

McKee told the Free Press : “It just didn’t click in offence. We’re used to winning and building and big leads but once they fell behind they weren’t able to adjust. I think it was down to nerves, only two of last season’s winning team were still there.”

And the kitted team also fell short, ending up sixth after losing their opener 12-6 to East Kilbride Pirates.

However, the sense of missed chances was palpable as they saw Kent, a team they’d beaten 44-0 in the regular season, go all the way to the final.

McKee said: “There is a lof of fuel for the fire for next season. For a lot of the guys this was their first experience of the play-offs and I think we’ll be in a great position next year.

“Our minimum goal will be to get all three teams to the play-offs again.”