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ISSUE 23/07 18 June 2007

VIDEO NASTY

Ever wondered why as a wing official you are taught that you should not venture in-field during the play?

Take a look at this http://www.bafra.org/members/videos/hl.htm and wonder no more.

Roger Stangroom
newsflash@bafra.org

PARKING AT THE BLITZ

When officiating at the London Blitz home games at Finsbury Park, please be aware that parking is no longer free. Depending on arrival time, it will cost something in the region of £6 to park your car. It is a pay-and-display and you will need to ensure that you take enough change with you.

On Sunday, the car next to ours had been clamped, so be warned. You will be able to claim this back as part of the normal game expenses.

Roger Stangroom
secretary@bafra.org

ELITE PROGRAMME TRAINING: 30/06/07
TRAINING FOR NEW RECRUITS: 01/07/07

As promised in last weeks Newsflash, here are some further details on the above training days being held as part of the inaugural BAFA Convention at the University of Leicester.

Both events commence at 10:00am. However, you do need to be there a bit earlier to register. The registration desk will be located at Gilbert Murray Hall and will be open from 9:00am.

The attached file is a generic document that has been issued to all the guest speakers attending the Convention. On Page 5 you will find a map of the area with a red box marking the location of Gilbert Murray Hall. If you zoom into the map you will see the location clearly marked.

I look forward to seeing you all on the day. If anyone has any questions or needs more details on travel or accommodation please get in touch.

Davie Parsons
training@bafra.org

ROGER'S RHETORIC

From last week Play: 4th and 22 at the A30, while kicker A7's punt is in the air, B44 blocks A82 below the waist at mid-field. A33 tries to secure the rolling kick at the B20, but muffs it there. The ball rolls to the B10 where it touches B22's leg. A33 falls on the ball at the B8.

Ruling: A 1/10 at the A45. PSK is out because A has the ball at the end of the down, the illegal touch privilege is cancelled by the penalty. Block-below-the-waist fouls during a kick (non-PSK) are enforced from the previous spot (15yds and automatic 1st). Note that Team A cannot decline the penalty and take the ball at the 8 because of the illegal touching.
New this week 3rd and 9 at A’s 24. Back A32 takes a handoff from QB A1 at the A22 and runs to the A31 when player B51 who is out of bounds reaches in and bats the ball out of his hands. The ball rolls to the A34 where B43 bats the loose ball out of bounds at the A39.

Ruling?

TEAM PAYMENT STATUS

TEAM NAME LEAGUESTATUS COMMENT
Sussex Thunder BAFL Pre-paid Referee contact Director of Finance on Thursday before the game to arrange payment.

DISCIPLINARY CASES

NAME # TEAM CODE Q OFFENCE SUSPENDED
  17 June
Anthony SCOTT 5 Bristol Aztecs Youth FPF 4 Led with his helmet (spearing) player out of bounds. He had previously had a major penalty against him. tba
Andrew BOYLE 23 East Kilbride Pirates FPF 4 Held a player upright & repeatedly head-butted him. 24/06/07
  Outstanding items from previous weeks
NONE            
Note: it is the responsibility of the individual teams to ensure that their suspended players serve their suspensions in the proper game (according to the BAFA Disciplinary Code), and any dates mentioned here are intended only as a guide.

GAME MANAGEMENT REPORTS

HOME TEAM REPORT NEXT HOME GAME
  17 June
Bath Cardinals There were full numbers on one side of the pitch but no nine yards marks on the away side.
Russell Newton #324 		tbd
Essex Spartans Only one ball boy provided. Game abandoned in 4th quarter due to Essex player injury.
Lee Baker #413 		05/08/07
East Kilbride Pirates Game held up for 30 mins awaiting the arrival of the chains & downmarker. No team area or coaching box. No hashmarks in middle of field. No 9yd marks. Only 2 balls provided 1 poor quality, away team provided 1 ball
Les Connor #152 		24/06/07
  Outstanding items from previous weeks
East Kent Mavericks Field markings were faint in some areas. Hash marks were not especially clear. Field surface needed filling in some places. Home team only had two quality balls so the away team provided the third.
The game was played in generally good spirits and plaudits to both teams for a close contest until Norwich scored in the last two minutes.
Dan Bridgland #506 		24/06/07
Farnham Knights There were no five yard lines. There were hash marks but only along one sideline. In the middle there were lines at each ten yard line to show where the hash marks would have been. There were similar lines to denote the 9 yard lines. There was an additional such line half way between the hash marks and the 9 yard marks that caused a little confusion on one occasion.
Keith Wickham #423 		24/06/07
Staffordshire Surge The markings could not be seen from the middle due to the grass on the field being of pampas proportions.
Tony Newsham #302 		24/06/07
Cornish Sharks Cornwall have rectified the problems reported previously. The Pitch is now 100 yards long with 8 yard endzones. The trip hazard has been covered, or removed.
The shirts are still illegal by rule, but accepted by the league as previously reported.
Like to thank both teams for an excellent game in great spirit.
Charles Dean-Young #258 		08/07/07
Norwich Devils 90yd pitch . No Game balls presented until we had to chase them again just prior to kick off. Crew waited 40 minutes to be paid , finally paid by a member of the team so we didn't have to wait anymore. No Changing room available had to wait for teams to move out to get changed. Change to chain crew at half time.
Martin Cockerill #345 		08/07/07
Cambridgeshire Cats Three small separate changing rooms available, but all of them have minimal seating and the shower and toilet are not in cubicles.
Essex kitted 18 players and requested to play with a running clock, Cambridgeshire agreed.
Half-time extended to 30 minutes by agreement of both head coaches.
Alan Dobson #308 		15/07/07
Chiltern Cheetahs Path intersects endzone, covered this with a crash mat and declared it out of bounds. Stanchion near end line padded. 1 ball person provided by Cambridge. Kick off delayed 6 minutes due to late arrival of ambulance. Pitch and dressing room problems from last week rectified.
Brian Yates #29 		15/07/07
London Olympians No ambulance and so no game.
Also, 9-yard marks were 10-yards from sideline, end-zones were 7 yards deep, goals were soccer goals with uprights attached, thus too wide and too low. Chain crew and ball-boys provided after normal kick-off time. One of the ball-boys appeared to be under 14 years of age. Balls were provided after normal kick-off time and were over-inflated.
Roger Stangroom #180 		15/07/07
Birmingham Bulls Some hashmarks in one endzone, some yard lines not always 1 yard apart, and no 5 yard lines. The Bulls did a good job of marking the field at the last minute due to original stadium being unavailable. Gateshead arrived late so game kicked off 3/4 hour late. We ran 12-minute quarters as the Bulls had the field for a set period of time.
Brian Yates #29 		21/07/07
Sussex Thunder Sussex provided the ball boy for their sideline but Colchester had to provide one for their sideline. Chain crew were provided only 5 minutes before kick-off. Chain crew were slow, but there were no willing replacements so we did not change them at half time.
Sussex ball boy is only 12 years old but he is good nonetheless.
Dan Bridgland #506 		29/07/07

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