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Issue: 17/09 |
13th May 2009 |
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BAFRA NEWSFLASH |
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Issue: 17/09 |
13th May 2009 |
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Sussex Thunder are pre-paying for their home matches this season. If you are assigned to one of their home games, to ensure you are paid, after the game can the Referee or one other official please complete the online Crew Request for Payment Form, and I will arrange for the officials to be paid.
Note that due to potential changes to crews, any requests for payment received before the game is played will be ignored.
Andrew Lovell
finance@bafra.org
As you may or may not be aware: as a result of some personal issues I am having to deal with, Phil Clarke is kindly managing the assignments for me. Clearly there are some issues, as we have not been able to get assignments out as quickly as we would normally have liked. We are working hard to address the issues and I can only ask that you bear with us while we sort things out.
Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience that the current situation may be causing.
Pete Johnson
operations@bafra.org
By the closing date, I had received 86 papers and a few have arrived since. I am acknowledging via e-mail the receipt of papers, so if you think that I should have received yours and you hear nothing it may not have reached me (or there may be a problem with your e-mail account). If in doubt feel free to check with me. I am able to accept papers up to 16th May, which is when the results will be posted out. I cannot accept papers after this date as the answers will be in the public domain.
I have sent an e-mail to all who originally received the exam and had not returned it by the due date. Please note that people who have joined BAFRA since the start of the exam period (4th April) were not sent a paper.
The returns from the BAFRA officials, together with those from our colleagues in Ireland who sat our exam over the same period, mean that this has been the busiest exam period for many a year.
I will publish some information in next week’s Newsflash about which questions caused the most problems, plus one or two other exam-related items that may be of interest.
Paul Sutton
secretary@bafra.org
A quick reminder (from our expenses policy, and for the benefit mainly of newer members) that, where possible, all members attending the same game or event should travel together, to minimise costs. Where this is not possible, due to a member's personal commitments, BAFRA will not pay expenses to that member unless agreed in advance by the Director of Finance (or the Director of Operations in his absence).
Andrew Lovell
finance@bafra.org
The Midlands officials meet once a month on the first Thursday (next meeting 4th June). Meetings are held at the Coopers Tavern in Burton, from 7.30pm. All members are welcome. Contact Charlie Dean-Young or Keith Alldritt for details.
Solent
The recently formed Solent Officials Association is meeting fortnightly on Thursdays (next meeting 21st May) at 8pm at Jim Briggs's house in Havant. Contact him on 023 9236 5232 for details.
The next meeting of the Thames Valley Officials Association is on Monday 18th May at 8pm at Pete Parsons's house in Reading. Contact Pete for details.
Please continue to email newsflash@bafra.org with dates and locations of your future meetings. We remain pleased to see that local associations are coming back into vogue in places that haven't had them for some time.
May I remind people that they should send in two audits for double-header games, and that the audit is being conducted on youth games as well as senior games.
Additionally, please check that you are using this year’s audit form. I have received one back that is on an obsolete form that was last in use two years ago. If you do not have a copy of the current form, it may be downloaded from the BAFRA website at http://www.bafra.org/rulesctee/field/forms/GMAuditR03B.pdf
Paul Sutton
secretary@bafra.org
The following teams are known to be providing a microphone for the Referee. If you are assigned as Referee for one of the following teams, please be aware that there will be a microphone available:
Colchester Gladiators, Kent Exiles, South Wales Warriors
If you know of any other teams that are providing one, please let us know.
Alan Dobson
newsflash@bafra.org
Farnham Knights 6-44 London Blitz
Coventry Jets 16-7 Bristol Aztecs
Birmingham Bulls 0-23 Tamworth Phoenix
Dundee Hurricanes 12-30 East Kilbride Pirates
Gateshead Senators 45-13 Doncaster Mustangs
Peterborough Saxons 34-14 Norwich Devils
South Wales Warriors 46-0 Redditch Arrows
Lancashire Wolverines 14-14 Chester Romans
Shropshire Revolution 12-14 Staffordshire Surge
Leicester Falcons 41-0 Berkshire Renegades
Bedfordshire Blue Raiders 6-0 Watford Cheetahs
Hampshire Thrashers 76-8 Plymouth Admirals
Maidstone Pumas 0-54 London Olympians
Birmingham Bulls 32-22 Tamworth Phoenix
Kent Exiles 2-28 London Blitz
For the past two weeks, Chris Littler of Lancashire Wolverines was inadvertently listed as being suspended for Lancashire’s game against Chester Romans on May 10th. In fact, he served his suspension on May 3rd against Highland Wildcats and was therefore eligible to play against Chester. Apologies for the error.
Alan Dobson
newsflash@bafra.org
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10th May 2009 – No new cases |
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No outstanding items from previous weeks. Plaudits to all players and teams for maintaining a good disciplinary record. |
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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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Next home game |
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New this week |
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Coventry Jets |
No 5-yard lines. Lines marked only every 10 yards. Game suspended 25 minutes to treat an injured Bristol player. Brian Yates #29 |
31/05/09 vs London Blitz |
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Farnham Knights |
The field is only 78 yards long with 10-yard
end zones. (It would be better if it was re-marked as 80 yards
with 9-yard end zones.) Jim Briggs #31 |
14/06/09 vs Coventry Jets |
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Peterborough Saxons (Youth) |
Norwich turned up with less than the minimum required squad members. The game was forfeited 1-0 to Peterborough. Larry Rigby #269 |
31/05/09 vs Colchester Gladiators (Norwich’s next game: 17/05/09 vs Cambridgeshire Cats) |
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South Wales Warriors |
Changing room too small for 5 officials.
Officials changed in away team changing room. |
24/05/09 vs Nottingham Caesars |
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Outstanding items from previous weeks |
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Norwich Devils |
Crew had to change in shower until players had vacated a changing room. Chain crew member changed for the second half. Martin Cockerill #345 |
17/05/09 vs Peterborough Saxons |
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Gloucester Banshees |
Game was suspended for 8 minutes in the 3rd quarter to allow treatment of an injured player, who was too close to the field to allow play to continue safely. Phil Clarke #372 |
17/05/09 vs Plymouth Admirals |
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Clyde Valley Blackhawks |
No card check conducted by Glasgow. Officials' assistants changed at half-time and needed to be re-briefed; otherwise excellent game management by Clyde Valley. Ben Griffiths #228 |
24/05/09 vs Edinburgh Wolves |
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East Kent Mavericks |
Game was played at Faversham Recreation Ground/Rugby Club. Parking is at a premium. Changing rooms could not be locked (we used changing rooms in larger of two buildings and took bags out to the field). No numbers or nine yard marks. Field markings in blue but quite visible. Daniel Bridgland #506 |
24/05/09 vs Maidstone Pumas |
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Hull Hornets |
The kick off was delayed by 47 minutes owing to the late arrival of the ambulance. There was only one set of goalposts, both coaches agreed to play on the understanding that if a field goal or 1 point try was to be attempted then that down would be played towards the goalposts. This did not unduly affect the game as it happened only once during the game in the first quarter Tim Vickers #129 |
24/05/09 vs Highland Wildcats |
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Plymouth Admirals |
There were three separate incidents where the game was delayed for more than 5 minutes due to players requiring treatment for injuries. Russell Newton #324 |
31/05/09 vs Hampshire Thrashers
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Colchester Gladiators |
Both head coaches agreed to a running clock in the second half. Alan Dobson #308 |
07/06/09 vs East Kent Mavericks |
This week's Newsflash was produced by Alan Dobson. Dean Wright will be resuming normal service in two weeks’ time.
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Event |
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July 18th (Sat) |
BAFA Board meeting |
president@bafra.org |
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July 19th (Sun) |
BAFRA Board meeting |
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October 24th (Sat) |
BAFA Board meeting |
president@bafra.org |
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October 25th (Sun) |
Patriots v Buccaneers @ Wembley |
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November 21st (Sat) |
BAFRA Board meeting |
Send updates to newsflash@bafra.org
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BAFRA Directors |
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President |
Jim Briggs |
president@bafra.org |
General Secretary |
Paul Sutton |
secretary@bafra.org |
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Finance |
Andrew Lovell |
finance@bafra.org |
Operations |
Pete Johnson |
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Recruitment |
Ben Griffiths |
Training |
David Parsons |
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Director without Portfolio #1 |
Dan Bridgland |
dwp1@bafra.org |
Director without Portfolio #2 |
Steve Tonkinson |
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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 2359 Tuesday.
Editor: Dean Wright, Email: newsflash@bafra.org