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Issue: 03/08 |
6th February 2008 |
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Issue: 03/08 |
6th February 2008 |
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PRE-PAY BUAFL TEAMS
The following teams still owe BAFRA money: Hull, Reading, Plymouth and Leicester.
Reading were added to the list this week as they forgot to pay the crew after the match.
Prepayment teams are Teeside, Loughborough, Greenwich, Surrey, Kent, Bristol, UWE, Birmingham, ARU, Royal Holloway and Hertfordshire.
Warrick, Staffordshire and Paisley have made arrangements to pay BAFRA by invoice before the game, they should be treated as prepaid. For all prepaid teams please send in a request for payment by Thursday lunchtime, but only once your crew has been confirmed.
Hull have finally contacted me and expect to pay this week. All the other debt – with the exception of Reading – is outstanding from the weekend when many games were called off late due to bad weather, we have charged the teams according to rule.
Charlie Dean
Young
finance@bafra.org
DERRICK INCE
Members will be sorry to hear of the passing of Derrick Ince, who died on 15th January. Derrick was a member of a crew of officials who were together for 2 and a half years and later known as 'The Dream Team'. Derrick was the Umpire with myself as Referee and two Americans - Larry Mastin (HL) and Leroy Chatman (LJ) - making up the 4 man crew. Derrick has been missed over the last few years, his death has come as quite a shock to his Chiltern Area colleagues and the Dream Team members in particular.
Phil Cotier
#141
AVAILABILITY
Could I offer a gentle reminder to those of you who have not yet updated your availability forms to do so as soon as possible. I am about to start scheduling for the 24th Feb and beyond and there are a significant number of you – including 8 elite officials – who currently have no availability listed for that period.
Pete Johnson
#166
RESULTS
Saturday 2nd Feb
Birmingham Lions 49 @ Warwick Wolves 8
Cardiff Cobras 17 @ Tarannau Aberystwyth 0
Sunday 3rd Feb
GCU Roughriders 35 @ Glasgow Tigers 18
Paisley Pyros 0 @ Napier Mavericks 26
Sheffield Sabres 1 @ Huddersfield Hawks 0
Sunderland Spartans 28 @ UCH Sharks 10
Newcastle Raiders 64 @ UT Cougars 16
Derby Braves 24 @ Lincoln Colonials 0
Leicester Longhorns 2 @ Loughborough Aces 21
Nottingham Outlaws 0 @ Staffordshire Stallions 9
Oxford Cavaliers 37 @ Bristol Barracuda 14
Portsmouth Destroyers 12 @ Reading Knights 15 (OT)
RHU Vikings 26 @ Surrey Stingers 0
Brighton Tsunami 0 @ Southampton Stags 58
Hertfordshire Hurricanes 16 @ Greenwich Mariners 8
ARU Phantoms 0 @ Kent Falcons 6 (OT)
Essex Blades 28 @ UEA Pirates 0
Plymouth Blitz 0 Bath Killer Bees 30
Bath Killer Bees 17 Plymouth 0
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Leon WILLIAMS |
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Greenwich Mariners |
FPF |
4 |
On a Take-a-Knee play near the end of the game, player came across the line of scrimmage at full speed to hit an opponent. All players had been previously warned not to hit anyone. |
Kent Falcons (10/02/08) |
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Outstanding items from 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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03/02/07 |
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Greenwich Mariners |
Game balls were
very worn. Chain crew provided very late, kickoff delayed so HL
could brief them. Chain crew and 1 ballboy disappeared at
Halftime. Replacement chain crew were poor, 2nd half kickoff
delayed so HL could brief them. On the other hand, the
replacement ballboy was excellent and also did the clip to try and
help out the chain crew. |
Unknown |
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Kent Falcons |
Inbounds lines
quite irregular (never equal distance apart laterally). Kent use
cheerleaders for chain crew and they are often quite slow or move
despite being asked to stay put! Well done to both teams for a
hard fought contest. |
17/02/08 |
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Bristol Baracudas |
The crew had to
change in a small room with bags of balls and bottles stacked
inside, making it even smaller. No toilets in the changing room.
Chain crew weren't provided until right before kickoff. Chain crew
late for second half. |
10/02/08 |
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Tarranau Aberystwyth |
Changing room not available on arrival as it was full of Cheerleaders and no separate changing facilities after the game - home team, away team and officials were all sharing the same changing area. No pylons or cones to mark the goal and endlines, Cardiff supplied them for us. One game ball was inadequate and was going down during the game, Cardiff supplied a spare. Several of the assistants had to be changed during the game, plaudits to Heidi - one of the Tarranau cheerleaders - who stepped in as ball person at very short notice. Game suspended for 7 minutes to deal with an injury to a player. Officials were not paid, and neither was the admin fee. The game itself was played in good spirits so plaudits to both teams. Phil Clarke #372 |
Unknown |
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Bath Killer Bees |
80 yard field. Access to officials changing room was via the players changing area. Game suspended for 9 minutes to deal with an injury. Both teams played in excellent spirit and there was only one major penalty in the entire game, plaudits to both teams. Phil Clarke #372 |
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Outstanding items from previous weeks |
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Newcastle Raiders |
The
front and rear stakes were made from mops. They were not tall
enough and were sometimes difficult to spot on the sideline. |
Unknown |
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Portsmouth Destroyers (though technically a Royal Holloway Vikings home game) |
Game held at Portsmouth Roko Centre as agreed by league. Pitch had not been marked since before the Xmas break; cans of spray paint were used in order to mark (very wobbly) the sidelines, goal lines, end lines, hash marks at 5 yard intervals at the sidelines and inbounds. There were no 5 yard or 10 yard lines, no 9 yard marks or numbers present. No team areas or coaching boxes marked. Both goals were inadequate in terms of width and height, and were completely different at each end. Phil Clarke #372 |
10/02/08 |
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Sheffield Hallam Warriors |
No
five yard lines; inbound short yard marks soon disappeared during
the first half; confusing rugby markings near the 10 yard
lines. |
Unknown |
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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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PICTURE OF THE WEEK:
Graham Coleman was feeling a little left out after the plethora of recent baby photos in newsflash, so he sent in one of himself and his very own daughter. Aren't they cute? |
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New this week |
Play:
A's ball, 2nd and 12, on
A's 30. B67 holds eligible A81 on A's 44. The pass is deflected
behind the neutral zone. The pass is catchable by A81 (or would
have been if not for the hold by B67). |
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Last week's play |
Play:
A's ball, 4th and goal, on
B's 4. The score is A28-B28. A3's field goal attempt is blocked
and does not cross the neutral zone. The ball is rolling on B's 5
when B96 kicks (implies intentionally) the ball. B47 picks up the
ball in B's end zone and advances across A's goal line. Time
expires in the fourth quarter before B47 recovers the
ball.
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Contact for details |
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2008 |
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March 23th (Sun) |
BUAFL bowl game |
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April 5 (Sat) |
BAFRA AGM, Coventry |
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April 5/6 (Sat/Sun) |
BAFRA Convention |
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April 13th (Sun) |
BAFL season starts |
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April 26th (Sat) |
BAFA board meeting |
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May 10th (Sat) |
BAFRA board meeting |
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June 27th - 29th (Fri - Sun) |
BAFCA meeting |
n/a |
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July 26th (Sat) |
BAFA board meeting |
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August 9th (Sat) |
BAFRA board meeting |
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September 20th & 21st (Sat/Sun) |
Britbowl weekend |
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October 18th (Sat) |
BAFA board meeting |
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October 26th (Sum) |
NFL game at Wembley |
n/a |
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November 22nd (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 Thom |
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Recruitment |
Alun Price |
Training |
David Parsons |
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Director without Portfolio #1 |
Dan Bridgland |
Director without Portfolio #2 |
Vacant |
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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. |
