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Issue: 47/08 |
10th December 2008 |
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Issue: 47/08 |
10th December 2008 |
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DISCIPLINARY
CASES
Nicholas Barker of ARU Phantoms, who was ejected from a game on 30th November, appealed against his ejection. His appeal was denied by BUAFL and he served one-game suspension this weekend.
Jim
Briggs
president@bafra.org
BAFA SWOTS
BAFA, the national governing body for American football in Britain, is having a meeting this coming Saturday to discuss the organisation's plans for the next 3, 5 and 7 years.
I'm putting together a SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) in advance of the meeting and would appreciate as many views as possible of what other people think are British American football's "SWOTs". I've received a few already but would appreciate all views.
Please send your replies to bafa357@bafra.org
Jim
Briggs
president@bafra.org
MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS
I am pleased to report that with renewals and recently joined members, membership currently stands at 114 – the highest it has been for a number of years. Of these, about 20 are non-active members (either affiliates or members who have retained their qualification but do not officiate).
There are, however, a small number of people yet to renew. There are at least four members from whom I was fully expecting to receive a renewal, yet they have not yet contacted me yet. That's a whole crew!
I urge those members to process their renewal as soon as possible, or if they do not wish to renew to contact me with their reason (which can remain confidential if they so wish). If anyone has any difficulty in financing their renewal, please contact either Charles Dean-Young or me and arrangements can be made in confidence to resolve this.
Under the rules of BAFRA, anyone who has not contacted me by 31st December will be removed from the membership list and thus not allocated to games unless and until they apply again for membership. In addition, passwords etc. will cease to be valid. We really do not want to lose good people.
Personal reminders have been sent more that once to the four concerned, this is a last public plea for them to get in touch.
Paul Sutton
GAMEDAY PAPERWORK
Please can all referees ensure that all of this week's paperwork is posted 1st class by Monday the 15th so that it can be included in the expenses which will be paid out on the 21st of December.
When filling out the invoice please include the £65 BAFRA fee and a total. Two teams have underpaid us this season because the BAFRA fee was not included.
The following BUAFL teams owe BAFRA money:
Hull
BCU
Glasgow
GCU
Royal Holloway
Stirling
Members who haven't renewed their membership by the 31st of December will have their membership cancelled. Please send in your renewal if you want to keep on officiating after Christmas. Many thanks to Andy Lovell for his sterling effort during my recent bereavement.
Have a great Christmas, and see you all next year.
Charlie Dean Young
RESULTS
Northumbria Mustangs - 14 Stirling Clansmen - 32
Nottingham Outlaws - 6 Sheffield Hallam Warriors - 0
Plymouth Blitz - 0 Bath Killer Bees - 56
Paisley Pyros - 32 Sunderland Spartans - 0
UCH Sharks - 6 Leeds Celtics - 51
Anglia Ruskin Phantoms - 22 Kent Falcons - 28
Greenwich Mariners - 20 Essex Blades - 34
Reading Knights - 19 Tarannau Aberystwyth - 8
Birmingham Lions - 45 UWE Bullets - 22
Portsmouth Destroyers - 40 Royal Holloway Bears - 6
Bristol Barracuda - 28 Cardiff Cobras - 47
Brighton Tsunami - 12 Surrey Stingers - 7
Glasgow Tigers - 34 Napier Mavericks - 6
Hertfordshire Hurricanes - 45 UEA Pirates - 14
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SUSPENDED |
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Duncan Palmer |
48 |
Warwick Wolves |
FPF |
4 |
Player headbutted an opponent with whom he was still engaged several seconds after the play ended. |
25/01/09 v Reading Knights |
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Previous weeks |
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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. |
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HOME TEAM |
REPORT |
NEXT HOME GAME |
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07/12/08 |
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Royal Holloway Bears |
This was a Royal Holloway home game played at Portsmouth. There were numerous calls to the medical people on call throughout the game of which at least 2 lasted 5 minutes or more. None were serious enough to have to call an extra ambulance to take anyone away. Fortunately due to the sunshine we were able to play the game without shortening the quarters. Credit to Portsmouth for remarking the pitch again. There were 9 yard marks instead of numbers. Goals were the same as last 3 weeks, too wide and too short. Field surface was good considering it was their 4th game in as many weeks. Crew were not paid. Colin Willox #539 |
25/01/09 v Brighton Tsunami |
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Staffordshire Stallions |
The pitch was hard and slightly frozen when we arrived, kick off was delayed until 1-45 awaiting ambulance which was held up at serious road accident. The pitch thawed, but ambulance could not arrive till 2-45. The game had to be cancelled due to insufficient daylight. Staffordshire have now received new padding for the posts. Charlie Dean Young #258 |
25/01/09 v Nottingham Outlaws |
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Reading Knights |
Reading had only one cheque for all officials and bafra Brian Yates #29 |
08/02/09 v Birmingham Lions |
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Glasgow Tigers |
Crew arrived to be met by the Groundsman who stated that the astroturf pitch was unplayable and he had already called off a soccer match due to take place later in the day. Pitch was frozen solid, waited until shortly after 12pm and reinspected pitch. Some areas had thawed sufficiently to be playable but at least 1/3 of the pitch was still frozen solid and deemed to dangerous to allow the game to go ahead. Henry Richardson #358 |
08/02/09 v Stirling Clansmen |
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Brighton Tsunami |
Field markings almost impossible to see until the sun went down (red markings on dark green astroturf). Team areas marked out with cones. Goals affixed to fence around field and had soccer goals in front of them - they were just behind the end line and not padded. Two wires ran across the field at roughly the 30 yard lines, but the ball never touched them in flight. Crew had to wait until 11.45 to get into the changing rooms (locked), they were freezing cold and could not be locked. Start of game delayed until 13.10 while we waited for the ambulance. It was a good close game with few penalties (no majors) so plaudits to the teams. Dan Bridgland #506 |
25/01/09 v Royal Holloway Bears |
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ARU Phantoms |
With 6:30 left in first quarter chain crew was changed. The game was suspended at half time for 55 minutes due to an injured player being taken to hospital. Due to fading light the third and fourth quarters were reduced to 12 minute running clock. Plaudits to both teams for a well contested game following the lengthy suspension. Lee Baker #413 |
01/02/09 v Essex Blades |
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Outstanding items from previous weeks |
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U T Cougars |
No goal posts. No team areas markings, no nine yard marks numbers 5yrds from sideline. Well done to both teams for what was a great game played in great spirit. Tony Newsham #302 |
08/02/09 v Sunderland Spartans |
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BNU Buccaneers |
No team areas or coaching boxes. No access to changing room until 45 mins before kick off. Game abandoned with 1.48 remaining in the 4th quarter following an injury to a BNU player and failing light. Brian Yates #29 |
25/01/09 vs Oxford Cavaliers |
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Kent Falcons |
No ambulance or paramedic with sufficient kit and vehicle arrived at the game (apparently a crew were booked and paid for but were not answering their phones). There would have been a kit clash if we played (Kent were in black and Greenwich in dark blue. Kent had a white training kit which they were prepared to lend to Greenwich if the game had gone ahead. Greenwich only have one kit.) Kent did not have 3 legal game balls. Numbers were too small and close to sideline (tops were about 6-7 yards from sideline). Team areas were between the 20 yard lines. No limit lines. Field surface very muddy even before planned kick off time. A lot of people turned up to watch this game (including 3 potential BAFRA members) so it was very unfortunate that there was no ambulance. Dan Bridgland #506 |
08/02/09 v Hertfordshire Hurricanes |
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Cardiff Cobras |
Late kick-off (13:45) due to late arrival of ambulance so, with the agreement of both coaches, we played 4 * 12 minute quarters. Plaudits to both teams for a very close game with very few penalties. Russell Newton #324 |
08/02/09 v Warwick Wolves |
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Leicester Longhorns |
Field markings faint, NFL hashmarks, only one person for the chain crew, away team had to supply two people for the chain crew. Chain crew did a good job. Martin Cockerill #345 |
22/02/09 v Staffordshire Stallions |
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GCU Roughriders |
90 Yard field, no limit lines, no coaching box or team area marked out, no numbers on field, no hash marks at inbounds lines or on sidelines. Chain crew reluctantly supplied after kickoff time. No ball boys supplied. Officials were not paid, the home team management asked for the names of officials to be forwarded to them to allow cheques to be obtained from their university. Apparently officials names were sent on Thursday evening and the finance dept of the University is closed on a Friday so the team were unable to obtain the cheques. BAFRA admin fee also not paid Henry Richardson #358 |
25/01/09 v Northumbria Mustangs |
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Sunderland Spartans |
No 9 yard marks
or numbers, NFL Hashmarks, yard lines only every 10 yard lines, no
team areas marked, hashmarks unevenly spaced. No Goal posts. No
Yardage markers or Pylons. Field Surface was very uneven and in
places very boggy. Grass was very long, and unevenly cut. One
game ball deflated during 4th quarter and game management was
unable to reflate it. Ben Griffiths #228 |
25/01/09 vs Napier Mavericks |
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Lancaster Bombers |
Game played on an 80 yard pitch with faint blue markings which were hard too see. Field goals were poles attached to fence outside pitch. No coaches area, limit lines or hash marks at sidelines. No pylons, flat cones were used instead. Officials had to wait 15 minutes after the game for the changing rooms to be unlocked. Ben Griffiths #228 |
08/02/08 v Sheffield Sabres |
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Huddersfield Hawks |
The game was shortened to 10 minute quarters after a delay due to a lack of padding around the posts. The field markings were dark blue and difficult to see against the green grass. The field was slightly wider than prescribed. Both teams shared one side of the field, as the other would not allow for a team area and coaching box between sideline and team area. The chain crew had to be changed half way through the first quarter because of improper conduct - though game management were very helpful and effective in doing this. The referees' changing area is very small. Tim Vickers #129 |
25/01/09 vs Lancaster Bombers |
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UWE Bullets |
Field only 80 yards. No hashmarks. One set of goal posts. No team or coaches areas marked. No numbers on field; numbers on sideline constantly blew over. Mike LeFevre #341 |
08/02/09 vs Bristol Barracuda |
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Southampton Stags |
90-yard field, 8-yard end zones, goals attached to fence about 2 yards off the end lines. Game suspended for 6 minutes in the 3rd quarter to treat an injured player. Alan Dobson #308 |
01/02/09 v Hertfordshire Hurricanes |
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Note: it is possible that any game may be cancelled, or any team may arrange additional games. In addition, the large number of game cancellations this week means that the fixtures listed here are highly likely to change. Any dates mentioned here are intended only as a guide. |
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PLAY OF THE WEEK:
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New this week |
Play:
A's ball free kick on A's 30. A15 kicks, while the kick is in
flight returner B24 touches the ball before it rolls into team B's
end zone. B24 – worried that a team A player is about to
recover the ball – kicks the ball out of the back of the end
zone. Ruling?
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Last week's play |
Play:
A's ball, 4th and 12 on A's 48. A15 punts and while
the kick is in flight returner B24 touches the ball before it
rolls into team B's end zone. B24 – worried that a team A
player is about to recover the ball – kicks the ball out of
the back of the end zone. Ruling? |
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2008 |
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February 7th (Sat) |
BAFA Board Meeting |
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February 21st (Sat) |
BAFRA board meeting |
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April 4th (Sat) |
BAFRA AGM |
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April 25th (Sat) |
BAFA Board Meeting |
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May 9th (Sat) |
BAFRA board meeting |
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July 18th (Sat) |
BAFA Board Meeting |
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July 25th (Sat) |
BAFRA board meeting |
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October 24th (Sat) |
BAFA Board Meeting |
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November 21st (Sat) |
BAFRA board meeting |
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BAFRA Directors |
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President |
Jim Briggs |
General Secretary |
Paul Sutton |
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Finance |
Charles Dean-Young |
Operations |
Pete Johnson |
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Recruitment |
Ben Griffiths |
Training |
David Parsons |
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Director without Portfolio #1 |
Dan Bridgland |
Director without Portfolio #2 |
Keith Wickham |
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The opinions expressed in this Newsflash are those of the contributors, and not necessarily of BAFRA or its Directors. All Incident Reports to be submitted via www.bafra.org. Deadline for articles submitted by email (newsflash@bafra.org) is midnight Tuesday. |
Editor: Dean Wright - Email: newsflash@bafra.org