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Issue: 27/10 |
4th August 2010 |
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EFAF EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
The European Championships ended on an excellent note for British officiating, with all three BAFRA
representatives being chosen to officiate the Final between Germany and France.
Davie Parsons (BAFRA President) worked Umpire, Keith Wickham was Line Judge, and Pete Parsons made it an all-British
sideline as Field Judge. This meant that nearly half the crew for the Final was from BAFRA, and further demonstrates the
extremely high regard in which British officiating is held.
The other members of the crew were Einar Bolstad (Referee, Norway); Bojan Savicevic (Head Linesman, Austria); Fereed Adus (Side Judge, Sweden); and Wilhelm Edelmuller (Back Judge, Austria).
Alan Dobson
Expenses
The next batch of travel expenses is currently being prepared. They will be sent this week to officials who are due £10 or more in travel expenses. Payments are being made for games where we have received completed paperwork from beginning of June to mid July. Please allow up to one week in the post.
If, after a week, you still have not received a payment and you believe one is due, please contact the Referee for the games in question first. Experience continues to show that non payment of expenses is a result of non receipt of game day forms from the Referee. If after contacting the Referee, the payment is still in doubt please contact myself or Charlie Dean-Young.
Andrew Lovell
AVAILABILITY
Please note you can now submit your availability for the rest of the year via the online form on the website.
I urge you all to update your availability as soon as possible. The Selection Committee will be sitting in a few weeks time to discuss bowl crew selections and the availability information is a key part of the process. If you haven’t submitted, you will be assumed unavailable.
On the subject of availability I must request that you keep your availability current. I am scheduling officials to games only to have them come back to say they cannot do them as they are now unavailable. This seems to be on the increase at the moment. By not updating your availability it makes the job of scheduling that much more difficult. Your cooperation would be much-appreciated.
Finally, on August the 15th I am short of officials. If there is anyone out there who is not assigned as they thought they would be unavailable but who now might be able to work a game (In particular Watford, Norwich, Chester ) could you please let me know asap.
Pete Johnson
MEMBER ACHIEVES QUALIFIED STATUS
I am pleased to report that Lee Stephenson has achieved qualified status. Congratulations to him. Thank you to those who assisted in his training.
Charlie Dean-YoungPLAUDITS
Plaudits to Colchester Gladiators for the game day management on their first game at their brand new home - Royal Oak Stadium (Harwich & Parkeston FC). There is a covered stand with seats for spectators, a snack bar, a game day announcer, and a radio mike for the Referee. Nice size officials changing room right next to the field with its own toilet and shower. The condition of the grass on the field is better than their old ground too. All in all, a very pleasant venue that I think people will enjoy visiting.
Steve Tonkinson #99
Plaudits to the East Kent Mavericks and Kent Exiles youth teams for a very close competitive game of football played in an excellent spirit that made it a pleasure for the entire crew to officiate.
Phil Clarke #262
RESULTS
EFAF European Championships (Group Stage)
Germany 24-3 Finland
Great Britain 2-14 Sweden
EFAF European Championships (5th place playoff)
Great Britain 9-32 Finland
EFAF European Championships (3rd place playoff)
Austria 30-0 Sweden
EFAF European Championships Final
Germany 26-10 France
BAFA CL Division 1
Birmingham Bulls 34-14 Nottingham Caesars
Colchester Gladiators 0-10 Ipswich Cardinals
East Kent Mavericks 44-0 Kent Exiles
Leicester Falcons 45-6 South Wales Warriors
Yorkshire Rams 23-6 Doncaster Mustangs
BAFA CL Division 2
Clyde Valley Blackhawks 34-14 Nottingham Caesars
Lincolnshire Bombers 14-16 Maidstone Pumas
Norwich Devils 14-6 Bedfordshire Blue Raiders
Staffordshire Surge 7-38 Chester Romans
Watford Cheetahs 21-17 Hampshire Thrashers
West Coast Trojans 26-16 Glasgow Tigers
BAFA CL Youth Contact
Leeds Varsity Bobcast 34-20 Gateshead Senators
East Kent Mavericks 0-6 Kent Exiles
BAFA Flag
Carluke Cobras 40-13 Grangemouth Broncos
Carluke Cobras 39-26 Aberdeen Oilcats
Kirkcaldy Bulls 49-19 Carluke Cobras
Kirkcaldy Bulls 61-26 Aberdeen Oilcats
Grangemouth Broncos 12-20 Glasgow Hornets
Chichester Sharks 35-52 London Rebels
Chichester Sharks 32-28 Basingstoke Zombie Horde
London Rebels 30-13 Basingstoke Zombie Horde
South Wales Warriors 25-27 Woodham Warriors White
DISCIPLINARY CASES
Name |
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Team |
Code |
Q |
Offence |
Suspended |
No new cases this week |
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Shaun Groves |
38 |
Gateshead Senators (Youth) |
FUC |
4 |
Threatened to injure opponents. |
22/08/10 vs. Lancashire Wolverines (Youth) |
Outstanding items from previous weeks |
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Thomas Proctor |
49 |
Bristol Aztecs |
TUF |
4 |
After being flagged for baiting the quarterback before the ball was snapped early in the fourth quarter, the same player taunted the Farnham sideline after a late hit out of bounds. |
08/08/10 vs. London Blitz |
Jaiah Benson-Turay |
30 |
London Blitz (Youth) |
FGT |
4 |
In apparent frustration, the player aimed a punch at an opponent's head. |
15/08/10 vs. Farnham Knights (Youth) |
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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GAME MANAGEMENT REPORTS
Home team |
Report |
Next home game |
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Cornish Sharks |
80-yard field. No numbers or 9-yard marks. Kick off delayed 45 minutes due to away team caught in traffic. Martin Cockerill #345 |
01/08/10 vs. Chester Romans |
Clyde Valley Blackhawks |
Chain crew and ball boys changed throughout the game - sometimes without notifying the officials they had changed. Ben Griffiths #228 |
22/08/10 vs. Glasgow Tigers |
East Kent Mavericks (Youth & Senior) |
Games played at Deal RFC. The league had sanctioned an 80-yard field, but only a 70-yard field was available. Posts at one end were quite close to back gardens of residential premises; therefore, all teams and coaches were advised that kicks at goal would only be attempted from one end where there was easy access to retrieve footballs. Both games kicked off late due to problems with providing chain crew and ball persons; the Exiles provided ball persons for their sideline in the youth game, and we also had several changes to the game day assistants in both games. Phil Clarke #262 |
Youth: 22/08/10 vs. Cambridgeshire Cats Senior: Next season |
Lincolnshire Bombers |
Game suspended 32 minutes for an injured player. Cameron Gibson #286 |
Next season |
London Warriors (Youth) |
Crossbar was calculated to be approximately 9 feet 6 inches from the ground. Mark Snow #430 |
Playoffs? |
Outstanding items from previous weeks |
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Oxford Saints |
Poor field quality. Grass very long. Murray Gibson #268 |
08/08/10 vs. Tamworth Phoenix |
Farnham Knights (Youth) |
Kickoff delayed 1 hour 10 minutes. No ambulance was present at the scheduled time, but one was procured after a considerable delay. During the 3rd quarter, one of the Blitz assistant coaches was observed along the sideline outside the team area. After being first requested to return and then warned, he was penalised for being out of the team area. He continued to refuse to return to the team area, saying that he had "quit" his coaching role. After consultation with game management and the Blitz head coach, and to avoid a scene, the individual was allowed to remain on the Blitz sideline (though outside the team area) until the end of the game. At the end of the game an unidentified member of the Blitz sideline staff entered the field and remonstrated with the departing officials in a way that was clearly audible to the spectators present. Before the game, Blitz had alleged that Farnham #27 Christopher Neate was overage. Farnham were able to produce a copy of the player's BAFA registration form showing the player's date of birth as February 1991 and he was allowed to play. Jim Briggs #31 |
08/08/10 vs. Bristol Aztecs (Youth) |
East Kilbride Pirates |
With the score at 51-0 in favour of the home team and with 1:36 remaining in the third quarter, the Nighthawks Head Coach informed the Referee that due to a falling number of fit players at his disposal, he did not want to continue playing on the grounds of player safety. Home team head Coach and game management were made aware of the situation and accepted it. The game was abandoned at that point. Henry Richardson #25 |
08/08/10 vs. Dundee Hurricanes |
Chester Romans |
With 3.30 remaining in Quarter 3, game was suspended for 32 minutes for paramedic and ambulance assistance to Chester Head coach who collapsed on the sidelines. County ambulance conveyed Coach to hospital, allowing game to proceed following discussions with both teams and their coaching staffs. Mike Cavanagh #465 |
08/08/10 vs. Hull Hornets |
Merseyside Nighthawks |
Two ball boys were provided, but the second ball boy was also in charge of the down box, which caused some problems regarding down box movement. Mike Cavanagh #465 |
08/08/10 vs. Yorkshire Rams |
Bristol Aztecs |
One team area marked (at one end) to the 30-yard line. Otherwise the field markings are perfect. Chain crew and ball-boy poor, even making allowances for the heat. Jim Briggs #31 |
08/08/10 vs. London Blitz |
Gateshead Senators |
This report applies to the youth game played as first of double header. Game played on a multi-use pre-marked astroturf pitch with white soccer markings. No 9-yard marks, team areas 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. In the senior game only one ball-boy was provided Tzvi Lindeman #381 |
08/08/10 vs. Doncaster Mustangs |
Sussex Thunder |
Goal crossbar almost certainly more than 10 feet above ground level and uprights only extend a few feet above it. Goals are located about 2 yards beyond the end line. Otherwise excellent facilities with fruit and water in the officials' changing room. Jim Briggs #31 |
15/08/10 vs. London Cobras |
UNTIMED DOWN
play of the week
CORRECTION: Thanks to everyone who pointed out the two rather major flaws in the ruling that appeared last week. Firstly, the momentum exception only applies if the ball had been declared dead in the end zone in possession of B28, and therefore the enforcement spot is in fact the goal line (so, if B accepts the illegal batting penalty, it will be 1st and 10 on their 15). Secondly, and rather more obviously, the result of the play is a touchback, and B will decline the penalty so they can take the ball on their 20. Moral of the story; the Referee must always be aware of what the result of the play is.
New this week
Play: 4th and 20 from A’s 25. Punter A1 punts the ball downfield from A’s 15.
The kick bounces at the midfield line and rolls to B’s 40. B20 recovers it there and runs to B’s 45, where he is tackled by A81. While the ball was rolling, B35 blocked gunner A85 in the back at the midfield line.
After punting the ball, A1 regained his balance and stood still. After a delay of approximately three seconds and before the ball bounced, B99 blocked A1 and knocked him to the ground.
Ruling?
Last week: Free kick after a safety from A’s 20. A1 punts the ball from A’s 20, high in the air. It travels to A’s 31, where A80 jumps and catches it, half a yard inside the left hash mark. The closest Team B player is:
a). B15, who is on A’s 32 on the left hash mark.
b). B90, who is on A’s 36 on the left hash mark.
Rulings: In (a), by catching the ball, A80 has denied B15 an unimpeded opportunity to catch it, and therefore commits kick catch interference (Rule 6-4-1). 15 yards from the spot of the foul, Team B’s ball, 1st and 10 on A’s 16.
However, in (b), B90 is so far from the ball that he could not possibly have caught it if A80 had not done so. There is no foul. A’s ball, 1st and 10 on their 31.
NEWSFLASH
This week's Newsflash was produced by Alan Dobson.
Dean Wright is moving house (again) and will resume normal service as soon as he is able.
CALENDAR
Date |
Event |
Contact for details |
September 18th & 19th |
BAFA CL National Finals Weekend |
BAFA CLOC |
October 31st (Sun) |
Denver Broncos @ San Francisco 49ers, Wembley |
NFL |
November 20th (Sat) |
BAFRA Board meeting |
CONTACTS
BAFRA Directors |
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President |
David Parsons |
General Secretary |
Paul Sutton |
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Finance |
Andrew Lovell |
Operations |
Pete Johnson |
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Recruitment |
Ben Griffiths |
Training |
Charlie Dean-Young |
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Director without Portfolio #1 |
Martin Cockerill |
Director without Portfolio #2 |
Steve Tonkinson |
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