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Issue: 34/09

9^th September 2009

ELITE TRAINING DAY

This Saturday sees the 2009 BAFRA Elite Programme Training Day at the Coventry Hill hotel (the site of the BAFRA convention). The day commences with coffee at 9.30 for a 9.45 start and has an estimated finishing time of 5pm. The agenda will include presentations, video review and position-specific breakout sessions, the presenters are drawn from some of BAFRA's most experienced officials.

There are still a few last minute spaces available to BAFRA members who are not currently members of the Elite Panel, so if you have been undecided to this point as to whether you wish to attend, you can still decide to do so by contacting myself at epcoordinator@bafra.org.

Pete Parsons

epcoordinator@bafra.org

RESULTS

BAFL Prem

Farnham Knights 13 - 33 London Blitz

Bristol Aztecs 14 - 28 Coventry Jets

BAFL 1

Cambridgeshire Cats 6 - 22 London Cobras

East Kilbride Pirates 25 - 0 Tamworth Phoenix

BAFL 2

Glasgow Tigers 6 - 7 Leicester Falcons

Hampshire Thrashers 20 - 49 Colchester Gladiators

BAFL Youth Kitted

Farnham Knights 13 - 12 London Warriors

Gateshead Senators 0 - 18 Lancashire Wolverine Colts

REGIONAL TRAINING MEETINGS

REGION	DATE OF NEXT MEETING	VENUE	CONTACT
Midlands	First Thursday of month	Coopers Tavern, Burton	Charlie Dean-Young or Keith Alldritt
London	Third Wednesday of month (16^th September)	The Doric Arch, Euston Station	Alan Dobson
Solent	15^th September	Havant	Jim Briggs

DISCIPLINARY CASES

NAME	#	TEAM	CODE	Q	OFFENCE	SUSPENDED
New this week - None

Previous weeks
Russ Lingwood	13	Shropshire Revolution	FGT	1	Player continued to tackle an opponent well after the whistle and then threw him to the ground. A brawl ensued and the player hit an opponent who had remonstrated with him.	1 game - unknown
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.

GAME MANAGEMENT REPORTS

HOME TEAM	REPORT	NEXT HOME GAME
New this week
London Cobras	Game started at 4pm (an hour late) due to injury in the youth game. Following a serious arm injury to a Cambridgeshire player with 12 minutes remaining in the 3rd quarter, which resulted in a long medical delay and various discussions between the two teams' coaches, Cambridgeshire conceded the game with the score 22-6 to the Cobras. Daniel Bridgland #506	Unknown
London Warriors	Changing rooms have no separate toilet or shower and are over 200 yards from the playing field (accessed under the M4 motorway). No numbers or nine-yard marks on field. Chain crew very slow and uncertain about what to do even after being told many times. Game suspended for almost an hour during the first possession in overtime due to what appeared to be a serious neck injury to a Farnham player. Daniel Bridgland #506	Unknown
Outstanding items from previous weeks – None

Note: it is possible that any game may be cancelled, or any team may arrange additional games. Any dates mentioned here are intended only as a guide.

END ZONE

PLAY OF THE WEEK:

New this week

Play: Overtime. A's ball on B's 25, 4th and 10. A4's field goal attempt is wide left. A36 is illegally in motion. B54 commits a personal foul (post scrimmage kick enforcement) on B's 12 during the kick..
Ruling?

Last week's play

Play: A's ball, try, on B's 3. Team A's kicker and holder are in their normal position to attempt a field goal. The snapper's backward pass is high and caught by kicker A6. A6 tosses the ball to the holder still on his knee. The holder places the ball and A6 kicks the ball between the uprights above the crossbar.
Ruling: A's ball, free kick, on A's 35. Successful try. Since the potential kicker is in position to kick the ball held for a place kick, the ball remains a live ball. This is therefore a valid kick (4-1-3-b).

CALENDAR

Date	Event	Contact for details
2009
September 12^th (Sat)	BAFRA Elite Training Day	epcoordinator@bafra.org
September 26^th-27^th (Sat-Sun)	BritBowl XXIII weekend	operations@bafra.org
October 24^th (Sat)	BAFA Board Meeting	president@bafra.org
October 25^th (Sun)	Patriots v Buccaneers @ Wembley
November 21^st (Sat)	BAFRA board meeting	secretary@bafra.org

BAFRA Directors
President	Jim Briggs	president@bafra.org	General Secretary	Paul Sutton	secretary@bafra.org
Finance	Andrew Lovell	finance@bafra.org	Operations	Pete Johnson	operations@bafra.org
Recruitment	Ben Griffiths	recruitment@bafra.org	Training	David Parsons	training@bafra.org
Director without Portfolio #1	Dan Bridgland	dwp1@bafra.org	Director without Portfolio #2	Steve Tonkinson	dwp2@bafra.org

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Editor: Dean Wright - Email: newsflash@bafra.org