NAME

#

TEAM

CODE

Q

OFFENCE

SUSPENDED

New this week - None

Previous weeks (from last season)

Cornelius Walker

??

Cambridgeshire Cats

BGD

-

At the end of an abandoned game, the player threw a water bottle that struck an official.

16/05/10 v Ipswich Cardinals

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.

HOME TEAM

REPORT

NEXT HOME GAME

New this week

Gateshead Senators

Game played on a multi-use pre-marked astroturf pitch with white soccer markings. No 9 yard marks, team area indicated by 5 a side markings. 90 yard pitch with 8 yard endzones. Goal posts 12 yards from goal line, one set not parallel to end line.

Tzvi Lindeman #381

30/05/10 v Yorkshire Rams

Manchester Titans

Members of chain crew changed at half time. New crew not presented to officials until kick off for second half. Home team charged with a delay penalty. In the youth game beforehand there was one change of ballboy at half time.

Mike Cavanagh #465

30/05/10 v Shropshire Revolution

Sheffield Tomahawks

Field was 90 yards marked out on a rugby field with two 5 yard endzones, it was shortened to an 80 yard field with two 10 yard end zones. Originally marked to the full width of the rugby field, narrowed so that the rugby field 5 metre lines constituted the sidelines, still too wide but nearer to the dimensions of a football field. Hash marks were high school width not NCAA. Chains were found to be only 9 yards long, they were adjusted and lengthened to make them 10 yards.

Tim Vickers #129

23/05/10 Sheffield Predators v Staffordshire Surge

South Wales Warriors

Home team agreed to use their old white kit due to a colour clash with Leicester, but the old white kit has the single numbers prefixed by zero. Leicester provided the game balls and the ball boys. Chain crew provided less than 30 minutes before kick-off. No 9 yd markings (or numbers). Extra point marking was at the 4 yd line at one end. No coaches boxes. The changing room is okay for the 3 man rugby officials but is cramped for a 5 man crew. Announcer was critical of a DPI against South Wales.

Russel Newton #324

30/05/10 v Tamworth Phoenix

Farnham Knights

Changing room provided would have been large enough had it not also been used as a general storage room; most of the seating space was unavailable. The first half was delayed by 10 minutes due to Farnham's failure to provide a chain crew. A game management delay was enforced. The field surface in one of the end zones is very bumpy and uneven, although playable.

Alan Dobson #308

23/05/10 v London Blitz

Greenwich Mariners

Bowl games were played at Northampton Town's Sixfields stadium. The pitch was marked out full width of field. hash marks were incorrect and there were only ten yard lines and no team areas. Prior to the first game the referee arranged for the side line to repositioned to the correct width, and cones were used to reposition the hash marks. The goal posts were plastic extensions on to the football goalposts. We had to change the balls during the first quarter. BUAFL did there best to improve the field and the rest of the day was excellent as was the plate game.

Charlie Dean Young #258

Unknown

Outstanding items from previous weeks

Hampshire Thrashers

No numbers or 9 yard marks. No sideline markers to indicate yard lines. Home team only had a down box - fortunately one of the officials had a chain set in the boot of his car! Chain crew changed at half-time. Game kicked off 5 minutes late due to late arrival of ambulance. However, offsetting the above, we had an officials changing room with leather armchairs and a private bar!

Jim Briggs #31

23/05/10 v Gloucester Banshees

Shropshire Revolution

It was reported to me with 50 seconds remaining that the down box operator had a two way radio, which he had used to update the scoreboard operator and the commentator errors on the board. Lancashire had objected claiming an unfair advantage. By rule no offence had occurred, unless the league has sanctions. This was a great game with a 50yard field goal, and both sides playing good hard football.

Charlie Dean-Young #258

06/06/10 v Sheffield Predators

Oxford Saints

Official's room was probably the smallest I have seen. Another room next door is larger but full of clutter and made showering difficult.

Brian Yates #29

30/05/10 v Birmingham Bulls

Bristol Aztecs Youth

Very well marked out field - only problems were that one of the team areas was marked only as far as the 30-yard line. Also, there was a "spare" 3-yard mark 3 yards from the end line in each end zone. Chain crew and ball boys provided very late and game kicked off a few minutes late as a consequence.

Dean Wright #553

09/05/10 v Hampshire Thrashers

Bristol Aztecs

Field marked as above. Some members of chain crew changed at half-time, but all were OK. Excellent game (1 point in it), decided in the last minute after two failed field goal attempts.

Jim Briggs #31

16/05/10 v Sussex Thunder

East Kent Mavericks

Field had following incorrect markings: top of numbers only 6 yards from sideline, inbounds lines a further 6 yards from sideline (ball was spotted well inside these during game). Field surface degenerated into swamp during game due to heavy rainfall. Chain crew tardy in returning after halftime and were partially replaced. Ball persons slow and inattentive (one also changed). Balls supplied late and of poor quality (not new and therefore no half-white stripe). Teams almost both played in white kit until home team realised that they could get black shirts. Game management generally very poor!

Dan Bridgland #506

16/05/10 v Peterborough Saxons

Cornish Sharks

90yards field, NFL hashes, numbers too close to sideline, no team area lines. Biggest problem is that the tuning-fork posts were damaged and rugby posts used, but 4yards deep in endzone. Endlines were remarked and goal-line moved up to the 5 yard line, making an 80yard field with 9 yard endzones. All other aspect of management excellent as usual.

Simon Ryan #408

16/05/10 v Watford Cheetahs

London Blitz

Kickoff delayed 10 minutes due to both teams' indecision about whether to conduct a card check. Any crews working at Finsbury Park this season should be aware that London Blitz are now supplying a microphone for the Referee.

Alan Dobson #308

20/06/10 v Coventry Jets

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.

PLAY OF THE WEEK:

New this week

Play: 4th and Goal on B's 15. Team A attempts a field goal. The kick is partially blocked by B25 at B's 21. The ball falls well short and bounces on B's 13. It rolls to B's 9 and is muffed by B82. The muff causes the ball to roll to B's 18, where it is recovered by A45. A45 advances to B's 13 and steps out of bounds. Next Play? Clock?
Ruling?

Previous week's play

Play: A's ball, 4th and 19, on the 50. A's punt is rolling on B's 4 when B41 bats the ball through B's end zone.
Ruling? Impetus occurs if a player bats a loose ball after it strikes the ground or kickes the ball. Impetus only involves the ball going from the field of play into an end zone. New impetus by B41. There is no foul since B41 batted the ball backward in the field of play. Safety. No other option. B's ball, free kick, on B's 20.

Date

Event

Contact for details

2009

July 24^th (Sat)

BAFRA board meeting

president@bafra.org

October 31^st (Sun)

Broncos @ 49ers, Wembley

November 20^th (Sat)

BAFRA board meeting

president@bafra.org

BAFRA Directors

President

David Parsons

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

Charlie Dean Young

training@bafra.org

Director without Portfolio #1

Martin Cockerill

dwp1@bafra.org

Director without Portfolio #2

Steve Tonkinson

dwp2@bafra.org

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