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- The University of Canberra Firebirds are an American Football club established in 1993 to compete in the ACT Gridiron league. Based in the Belconnen area in the northern part of Canberra, the Firebirds were one of five clubs originally formed for the seniors competition and the only one still remaining. Funding and support by the University of Canberra Union resulted in the club adopting the organisation's colours – yellow, red and blue. The original playing strip consisted of yellow jerseys and yellow helmets. The Firebirds have won the most championships in ACT Gridiron history with 10 Capital Bowl victories from 17 appearances. The club has also won 11 minor premierships by having the best regular season win-loss record (1994, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018). The Firebirds are nine-time winners of the Charity Bowl (2001, 2006–08, 2011–12, 2016–18), which is annually held in the first week of the season between the previous season's winners of the Capital Bowl and Charity Bowl. If one team holds both trophies, the opponent is the Capital Bowl runner-up. During this period, the Firebirds under 18s team won ACT championships in 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. The 1999 championship was as the University Rockets – a joint venture with the ACT Astros side then competing in the NSW Gridiron League. (en)
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