BAFRA Newsflash

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Issue: 38/09

21^st October 2009

MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS

Although there may be postal difficulties continuing in some areas, renewals are still coming in daily.

I am acknowledging receipt via e-mail (for those with a valid and accessible e-mail address!). This list is accurate to 21st October, so if you have sent your renewal and think I should have received it by that date, please let me know.

If anyone has misplaced their form or has any other difficulties they should contact me as a matter of urgency.

As a final reminder, the fees go up on 1st November, so make sure that your renewals are with me by 31st October please.

In addition, I thank those of you that have returned the annual survey. Almost everyone has included one with their renewal. It is showing some different information to previous years and I will publish the findings after the New Year. In particular there are some interesting comments in the free text areas, and the Directors will be looking at which of these can be followed up in the coming year.

Paul Sutton

secretary@bafra.org

BUAFL ASSIGNMENTS & AVAILABILITY

Assignments for the BUAFL season up until Christmas have been sent to all members by email and are now posted on the website. Thanks for your help everyone. The efforts made to get availability in have helped me immensely in getting the assignments out well ahead of the BUAFL season and for the whole of the pre Christmas period.

It would still be useful if the few remaining officials who have not completed their availability forms could do so. If I have received no updates by Friday 31st of October I will mark these officials as unavailable for the season.

It will also be useful if everyone ensures they update their availability, should it change, as soon as they possibly can.

Pete Johnson

operations@bafra.org

BAFRA TECHNICAL PROBLEMS

Apologies if you've noticed some technical problems with the BAFRA website and emails in the last few days. We believe the problems are now fixed.

If you've tried and failed to send an email to anyone in BAFRA in the last few days, please resend it.

Jim Briggs

president@bafra.org

ELITE PANEL

The selection committee are pleased to announce that Henry Richardson has been selected to the BAFRA elite panel of officials. Please join us in congratulating Henry on his appointment.

Pete Johnson

operations@bafra.org

REGIONAL TRAINING MEETINGS

REGION	DATE OF NEXT MEETING	VENUE	CONTACT
Midlands	First Thursday of month	Coopers Tavern, Burton	Charlie Dean-Young or Keith Alldritt

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PLAY OF THE WEEK:

New this week

Play: A's ball, 3rd and 5, on B's 18. B24 intercepts a legal forward pass in B's end zone. While B24 is running in B's end zone, B48 blocked A52 below the waist on B's 4. B24 is downed in B's end zone and then A73 piles on with helmet to helmet contact after the ball is dead.
Ruling?

Last week's play

Play: A's ball, 2nd and 3, on B's 43. After the ready for play signal, substitute A89 sprints onto the field and takes a position as a wide receiver. Replaced player A85, the tight end, leaves the field. Substitute B28 enters the field when he sees A89 enter the field. Replaced player B56 is leaving the field and is at the numbers when the ball is snapped.
Ruling: A's ball, 2nd and 8, on B's 48. Team A commits a dead ball illegal substitution foul. The foul occurs when the ball is snapped. A Team B substitute entered the field at a time corresponding to A89's entry or immediately thereafter. Team A must allow Team B to respond with a corresponding replacement. Rule 3-5-2-e is applicable.

CALENDAR

Date	Event	Contact for details
2009
October 24^th (Sat)	BAFA Board Meeting	president@bafra.org
October 25^th (Sun)	Patriots v Buccaneers @ Wembley
November 7^th (Sat)	BUAFL Season Starts
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