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The British Arctic Territories were a region of British North America, composed of islands to the north of continental North America. They are now known as the Arctic Archipelago . The British claim to the area was based on the discoveries of Martin Frobisher (1535–1594) in the 16th century.
Football has also been played in the nearby British territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.According to Eduardo Triunfo, a Uruguayan whaling station worker, football was played between Uruguayan workers and Norwegian whale hunters in the 1940s, as well as with the British SS Queen of Bermuda ship.
The United Kingdom has had a continuous presence in the far South Atlantic since 1833 when it reasserted sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.In 1908, the UK extended its territorial claim by declaring sovereignty over "South Georgia, the South Orkneys, the South Shetlands, the Sandwich Islands, and Graham's Land, situated in the South Atlantic Ocean and on the Antarctic continent to the ...
8.1 British Overseas Territories. 8.1.1 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. 8.2 Crown Dependencies. 9 United States. ... Flag of the British Indian Ocean ...
The flag of the British Antarctic Territory was granted on 21 April 1998. [1] It features the coat of arms granted on 1 August 1963, a year after the British Antarctic Territory, a British Overseas Territory, was created. Previously, the Territory was a part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies and used the same flag. [2]
Flag football, long a tradition in schoolyards and sandlots, is now an internationally recognized sport – coming to the Olympics in 2028. Coaches and players say it provides a safer alternative ...
Flag of the British Antarctic Territory; B. Flag of Bermuda; C. Flag of the Cayman Islands; F. Flag of the Falkland Islands; G. Flag of Gibraltar; H. Flag of Hong ...
Flag football competition in the United Kingdom is, mostly, 5-a-side. There are two main organizations: The adult-only Outlaw Flag League, [40] which run Tournaments from March to October, culminating in playoff and championships. Secondly, the NFFL, The National Flag Football League, organized by The British American Football Association (BAFA ...