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BAFRA NEWSFLASH |
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Issue: 22/09 |
17th June 2009 |
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BAFRA NEWSFLASH |
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Issue: 22/09 |
17th June 2009 |
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Our scheduling problems have been compounded recently by a failure of Pete Johnson's home computer. He can currently only access email via his work machine. Phil Clarke is continuing to issue the schedules until Pete can get his technical problems sorted out. Once again, your forbearance with the delays in issuing the schedules is appreciated, as are the offers to help out that have come in.
Jim Briggs
president@bafra.org
The dates and fixtures for the BAFA Tri-Nations tournament in July are as follows:
Sat 18th July - Australia v Tamworth/Loughborough combined (warm-up game)
Tue 21st July - Australia v GB
Thu 23rd July - Australia v Sweden
Sat 25th July - GB v Sweden
All the games are being played in Loughborough with a 6pm kickoff.
BAFRA is planning to put out crews from the Elite Programme for the three tournament games, but it may be that for the midweek games we need to supplement the crew with officials who are not on the Elite Panel. Could all Elite Panel officials and anyone else who would be interested in working the tournament (or the warm-up game) please let Pete/Phil know their availability via operations@bafra.org.
Congratulations to Tim Fisher, Christian Olsson and Lee Mills on completing the Induction Training Programme. Thanks to Larry Rigby, Les Connor and Brian Yates for helping with their training.
Davie
Parsons
training@bafra.org
Occasionally, an official legitimately claims more than the expected mileage to a game – for example, because they make a detour to pick someone else up. If this is the case, please could the referee make a note of this on the Game Report form. This saves me having to contact the officials to ascertain the reason.
Paul
Sutton
secretary@bafra.org
The latest issue of The Neutral Zone, BAFRA's newsletter for clubs and teams, is now out. It can be downloaded from the BAFRA website (www.bafra.org).
Congratulations to Keith Wickham and Will Marriage who have been appointed as Referee and Side Judge respectively for the EFAF Cup Final in Prague on 4th July.
Davie Parsons and Jim Briggs are off to the Junior World Championships in Canton, Ohio, next week. Their first game is the opening night (27th June) clash between Team USA and Team France. You can follow the tournament online at http://www.usafootball.com/jwc.
Plaudits to both teams on a good game played in an excellent spirit.
Tim Ockendon #481
The league game was postponed, but both teams
agreed to have a controlled
scrimmage so that Norwich would not
have a completely wasted journey. Plaudits to both teams for fighting
hard in the sun and to Norwich for coming away victorious despite all
the odds.
Murray Gibson #268
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.
The following teams are known to be providing a microphone for the Referee: Colchester Gladiators, Kent Exiles, South Wales Warriors
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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 |
Bristol Aztecs 21-7 Sussex Thunder
Farnham Knights 21-24 Coventry Jets
Tamworth Phoenix 39-7 Nottingham Caesars
Redditch Arrows 2-14 Birmingham Bulls
Merseyside Nighthawks 0-30 Yorkshire Rams
Doncaster Mustangs 41-20 West Coast Trojans
Norwich Devils 12-56 Kent Exiles
Ipswich Cardinals 0-16 London Cobras
Shropshire Revolution 48-0 Lincolnshire Bombers
Watford Cheetahs 24-40 Colchester Gladiators
East Kent Mavericks 42-0 MKC Pathfinders
Plymouth Admirals 14-30 Berkshire Renegades
Clyde Valley Blackhawks 48-0 Chester Romans
Edinburgh Wolves 63-20 Hull Hornets
Redditch Arrows 0-6 Birmingham Bulls
East Kent Mavericks 0-64 London Warriors
Sheffield Tomahawks 0-40 Lancashire Wolverine Colts
Tamworth Phoenix P-P Norwich Devils – Norwich did not have enough players
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Suspended |
14th June 2009 |
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Nathaniel Hill |
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Sheffield Tomahawks (Youth) |
FPF |
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Came off substitutes' bench and aimed a flying kick at an opponent. |
28/06/2009 @ Leeds Varsity Rams |
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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BAFL are investigating the Nathaniel Hill case further.
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Home team |
Report |
Next home game |
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New this week |
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Bristol Aztecs |
Game suspended for 30 minutes to treat an injured player. Keith Wickham #423 |
28/06/2009 vs Coventry Jets |
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East Kent Mavericks (Youth & Senior) |
Youth kickoff delayed by 15 minutes due to late arrival of the ambulance and repairs to a potentially hazardous area of the field. Knock-on effect caused senior game to kick off 1 hour late. Milton Keynes had only 15 players remaining at halftime and forfeited the game. NFL hashmarks for both games. Tim Ockendon #481/Daniel Bridgland #506 |
Youth: Next season Senior: 16/08/2009 vs Maidstone Pumas |
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Farnham Knights |
Farnham Knights (both senior and youth) are now playing at Farnborough RFC. Field is 90 yards and reasonably well marked (but no numbers). Changing room fairly small but adequate. Jim Briggs #31 |
09/08/2009 vs Bristol Aztecs |
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Plymouth Admirals |
The game was suspended for 8 minutes in the fourth quarter for treatment of an injured player. Peter Parsons #321 |
28/06/2009 vs Cornish Sharks |
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Sheffield Tomahawks (Youth) |
Game suspended 1hr 5 minutes while the ambulance took an injured player to hospital. Tim Vickers #129 |
02/08/2009 vs Bolton Bulldogs |
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Tamworth Phoenix (Youth) |
Norwich arrived with only 15 players, fewer than league rules allowed. The game was postponed. Murray Gibson #268 |
02/09/2009 vs Birmingham Bulls Norwich: 28/06/2009 vs Birmingham Bulls |
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Outstanding items from previous weeks |
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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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MKC Pathfinders |
No numbers, no 9-yard marks. Brian Yates #29 |
21/06/09 vs Lincolnshire Bombers |
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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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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 |
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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 |
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! |
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July 18th (Sat) |
BAFA Board meeting |
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July 19th (Sun) |
BAFRA Board meeting |
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July 21st, 23rd, 25th (Tue, Thu, Sat) |
Great Britain Lions tournament |
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September 26th-27th (Sat-Sun) |
BritBowl XXIII weekend |
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October 24th (Sat) |
BAFA Board meeting |
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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
