Availability – URGENT and Important

The BUAFL season starts shortly. The new availability form is online and all members need to complete it quickly. I have promised to let the league know by October 14^th which of their 18 games we will and will not be covering.

Pete
operations@bafra.org

Situations Vacant

With the introduction of the new constitution on 1^st October, we currently have 3 vacancies for the Board of Directors, viz:

1. Director of Recruitment
2. Director without Portfolio #1
3. Director without Portfolio #2

We are also looking for a chair and a few members of a Flag Working Party, the job of which will be to come up with:

• a mechanics manual for flag football
• a competency test for flag football
• an induction training programme for flag football
• recruitment material specifically to attract flag officials

If you wish to apply formally for one of these posts, please email me. I'm also available to answer informal enquiries about the duties that they might entail.

Jim.
president@bafra.org

Change of personnel

I'm sure nobody missed Roger Stangroom's sign-off last week with his last issue of Newsflash and from his other BAFRA roles.

On behalf of everyone, I'd like to thank Roger for the sterling service he has done the Association over several years. It's a measure of Roger's contribution that we have appointed five people to take over his jobs! So while we say goodbye to Roger and wish him well in all his future endeavours (I'm sure he'll get bored on Sunday afternoons!), we also say welcome to the new members of the BAFRA team:

BritBowl medallions

To all members of the 4 BritBowl weekend crews…

If you haven't got the correct medallion from the BritBowl weekend, please let me know which one you've got and which one you should have. Some people got "runner up" medals by mistake. BAFL have apologised for the confusion.

Jim.
president@bafra.org

Revisions to the BAFRA Terms & Conditions

With effect from 1^st October, there are two small revisions to the BAFRA Terms & Conditions.

1.      We will no longer waive the admin fee for friendlies. We are incurring just as much travel costs on those as for regular season games, and they are no longer the opportunity for training rookies that they were when the policy was introduced 17 years ago. The normal charge of £60 will therefore apply to all senior games, and £30 to all youth games.

2.      Secondly, we no longer offer the 50% discount on the admin fee to teams playing on days other than Sunday. Again, these games cost us just as much in travel expenses, and there are now so many games being played on Saturdays that we don't want to make this an incentive to play more. The full £60 (£30 for youth) is therefore charged every day of the week.

Full details can be found at http://www.bafra.org/info/handbook/tcannex2007.htm. The leagues have been informed and asked to pass the information on to their teams. Please ensure you charge teams the new correct amount.

BAFRA Board of Directors

Football Refereeing website

Frank Kristensen, who is one of the Danish EFAF officials, publishes a monthly newsletter on his website http://www.whitecap.dk. The October issue is out now.

DISCIPLINARY CASES

30^th September 2007

GAME MANAGEMENT REPORTS

30^th September 2007

BAFA Consultation on discipline

BAFA is consulting its members on changes to the BAFA Disciplinary Code. If you wish to take part, go to http://www.bafra.org/rulesctee/consult/discipline.htm and answer the questions.

Next edition

The next edition of Newsflash will be in two weeks' time on 17^th October 2007, unless circumstances require an earlier one.

This week's Newsflash was a Jim production. Dean Wright will be taking over when he gets back from his holiday.

CALENDAR

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Contacts

All Incident Reports to be submitted via www.bafra.org. Deadline for articles submitted by email (newsflash@bafra.org) is 2359 Tuesday

The opinions expressed in this Newsflash are those of the contributors, and are not necessarily those of BAFRA or its Directors.