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BAFRA NEWSFLASH |
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Issue: 21/09 |
10th June 2009 |
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BAFRA NEWSFLASH |
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Issue: 21/09 |
10th June 2009 |
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Due to recent resignations and changes to people’s commitments, BAFA wishes to fill a number of vacant posts.
The posts on offer include:
General Secretary
Finance Director
Central Registration Officer
Welfare Officer
Disciplinary Officer
Appeals Officer
Webmaster
At least one deputy for each of the above is also desired. Full details of the posts and how to apply can be found at http://www.bafa.org.uk/artman2/publish/bafa/Situations_Vacant_at_BAFA.shtml.
BAFA will continue to accept applications until each post is filled. However, applications received by Friday 3rd July 2009 will be given preferential consideration.
BAFRA would like to encourage people from all sectors of the sport to apply for these jobs. Only by having the widest possible pool of candidates to choose from will the best appointments be made.
Further to the news that the BAFRA Board has nominated Davie Parsons to join Jim Briggs as BAFRA's second BAFA director, Jon Wyse is lined up to be the second BAFCA representative with Jim Messenger, and Russ Hewitt joins Andy Fuller as the BUAFL directors. At the time of going to press, BAFL were still to announce who their nominees will be.
Plaudits to Gloucester for the top-notch quality of their game management. The officials' changing room was well equipped with drinks and biscuits, the balls and towels were ready and waiting for us on arrival. Gloucester were also the first team I've seen in years to meet the requirements of Rule 1-3-2-b [look it up!]. The field was well marked and spectator areas were roped off. The only downers were the distance between the changing room and the field, and the lack of a dome to counter the pouring rain we had. Well done.
Jim Briggs #31
I would like to applaud the players' and coaches' attitude from both teams; they played with tremendous energy in trying conditions and gave the crew not one ounce of trouble. No major penalties. Both are a credit to BAFL.
Alun Price #377
The following is going out to all teams in the next edition of The Neutral Zone.
As this summer season goes on, BAFRA has continued to introduce more new football officials onto the field. However to allow British American football to continue to grow we all need to continue to recruit more officials. Over half of BAFRA officials are ex-players or coaches and this remains the most common route into officiating. Each year players retire from playing, and rather than lose these people from the sport why not encourage them into becoming an official?
BAFRA has a strong training programme in place for all new officials, which includes one-on-one mentoring system and a thorough introduction to the rules and mechanics of officiating football. BAFRA has long had a policy of waiving membership fees for new applicants in their first year.
How can your club help? It is clear that many teams have helped us in raising the profile of officiating. We have benefited from them pointing more and more people towards the BAFRA website (www.bafra.org). We are keen to further develop this way of working, and will be providing more resources for teams to use. A variety of articles to aid in recruitment are available in our Team Pack. These can be used in your match day programme, on your website, or simply as a poster that can be displayed around your club or on game day.
Posters and other recruitment materials can be downloaded from http://www.bafra.org/teampack2009/.
Ben
Griffiths
recruitment@bafra.org
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Region |
Date of next meeting |
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Contact |
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London (proposed) |
to be arranged |
to be decided |
Alan Dobson |
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Midlands |
first Thursday of month |
Coopers Tavern, Burton |
Charlie Dean-Young or Keith Alldritt |
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Solent |
Thursday 18th June |
Havant |
Jim Briggs |
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Thames Valley |
Monday 22nd June |
Reading |
Pete Parsons |
The following teams are known to be providing a microphone for the Referee. Colchester Gladiators, Kent Exiles, South Wales Warriors
Tamworth Phoenix 23-7 Oxford Saints
London Cobras 43-14 Cambridgeshire Cats
East Kilbride Pirates 50-3 Gateshead Senators
Yorkshire Rams 30-18 Doncaster Mustangs
Merseyside Nighthawks 8-20 West Coast Trojans
South Wales Warriors 6-10 Birmingham Bulls
Highland Wildcats 0-30 Edinburgh Wolves
Manchester Titans 36-3 Clyde Valley Blackhawks
Chester Romans 0-10 Glasgow Tigers
MKC Pathfinders 0-43 Bedfordshire Blue Raiders
Watford Cheetahs 0-27 Staffordshire Surge
Hampshire Thrashers 30-13 Cornish Sharks
Colchester Gladiators P-P East Kent Mavericks – waterlogged pitch
Tamworth Phoenix 30-6 Peterborough Saxons
London Warriors 20-2 London Blitz
Leeds Varsity Rams 32-0 Bolton Bulldogs
Sheffield Tomahawks 8-28 Forth Valley Fusion
Colchester Gladiators P-P Redditch Arrows – waterlogged pitch
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Offence |
Suspended |
7th June 2009 |
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Andy Larwall |
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MKC Pathfinders |
FGT |
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Kicked a prone opponent |
14/06/2009 vs Bedfordshire Blue Raiders |
Outstanding items from previous weeks |
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Rich Swain |
66 |
Leicester Falcons |
FPF |
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Punched an opponent while on the ground |
21/06/2009 @ Staffordshire Surge |
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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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New this week |
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Colchester Gladiators (Youth & Senior) |
Youth game was postponed by home team management due to waterlogged field. It was apparent that the field would not dry out sufficiently to allow the senior game to proceed safely, so we informed home management that the game would also have to be postponed. Tim Ockendon #481/ Daniel Bridgland #506 |
28/06/09 vs Tamworth Phoenix (Youth) 28/06/09 vs London Olympians (Senior) |
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London Warriors & London Cobras |
No numbers or 9-yard marks. PAT mark on the 2-yard line. Both games suspended for about 15 minutes each to treat injured players. Alan Dobson #308 |
Warriors: 12/07/09 vs Maidstone Pumas Cobras: 28/06/09 vs. Ipswich Cardinals |
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Manchester Titans |
Medical facilities were a qualified first
aider in a rapid response type vehicle. No stretcher was
available in this vehicle but one was found within the rugby
club. No ambulance or vehicle capable of carrying a
stretcher bound patient was present, no doctor or paramedic was
on site. I refused to allow the game to start under Rule
1-5-1-d. Manchester identified to me 2 of their squad who
were qualified paramedics, one of whom (to his credit) did not
then play and took the role of paramedic in order for the medical
requirements to be met. The game kicked off on
time. Alun Price #377 |
12/07/09 vs Lancashire Wolverines |
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MKC Pathfinders |
No numbers, no 9-yard marks. Brian Yates #29 |
21/06/09 vs Lincolnshire Bombers |
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Outstanding items from previous weeks |
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Bristol Aztecs |
Both end zones 7yds deep. Some hashmarks
(especially at the upper end of the field) were not 1yd apart. Jim Briggs #31 |
14/06/09 vs Sussex Thunder |
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Doncaster Mustangs |
Owing to work by the groundsman in the days previous to the game it had not been possible to mark out the hashmarks either at the inbounds or sidelines. In the end this did not prove as big a problem as was first anticipated. Plaudits to both teams for an excellent, hard hitting game played for the most part in a very good spirit. Tim Vickers #129 |
14/06/09 vs West Coast Trojans |
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East Kent Mavericks |
The changing rooms were not lockable. Two members of the chain crew were changed at half time. Peter Parsons #321 |
14/06/09 vs MKC Pathfinders |
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Farnham Knights (Youth) |
Field still 78 yards with 10-yard end zones
and NFL hashmarks. Changing room still a long way from the
field. Crew not paid. |
14/06/09 vs Maidstone Pumas |
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Norwich Devils |
Goal posts (at both ends) not vertical and
crossbar not in line with end line. Jim Briggs #31 |
14/06/09 vs Kent Exiles |
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London Olympians |
Game played at Warren Avenue Playing Fields in
Bromley due to unavailability of Crystal Palace. The crew was
not informed. Kickoff delayed 15 minutes while we travelled
to the alternate venue. Alan Dobson #308 |
21/06/09 vs Maidstone Pumas |
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Maidstone Pumas |
Game suspended for 10 minutes in 1st quarter to treat an injured Maidstone player. Daniel Bridgland #506 |
28/06/09 vs East Kent Mavericks |
This week's Newsflash was produced by Alan Dobson.
Dean Wright has recently moved house, is now waiting to be reconnected to the internet, and will be resuming normal service when this happens.
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Event |
Contact for details |
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July 3rd -5th (Fri-Sun) |
BAFCA convention, Leicester. All BAFRA members are welcome! |
president@bafca.com |
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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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July 21st, 23rd, 25th (Tue, Wed, Sat) |
Great Britain Lions tournament |
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September 19th-20th or 26th-27th (Sat-Sun) |
BritBowl XXIII weekend (subject to confirmation) |
operations@bafra.org |
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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
