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BAFA Rules Committee

Terms of Reference

The following procedure will apply to determining the playing rules from 2023 onwards.

BAFA Rules Committee

The BAFA Rules Committee consists of members nominated by BAFRA, BAFCA and the contact and flag commissions.

The main tasks of the Committee are to:

  1. Review the effect of previous rule changes
  2. Make proposals for change on behalf of BAFA to IFAF (to any timetable set by IFAF)
  3. Determine BAFA-specific amendments to rules as permitted by IFAF (once IFAF has issued any changes)
  4. Advise the BAFA Board on the changes to the BAFA Regulations

The Committee can either meet face-to-face or conduct its discussions by electronic means.

The Committee is supported by three specialist working groups focusing on:

  • contact football (11 and 9-a-side)
  • small-sided football (e.g. 5, 7, 8-a-side) including age group and women's football
  • flag football

The decision of the committee will be reported to the BAFA Board for confirmation.

A member's term of office is indefinite but will be reviewed every 2 years after appointment or if they miss 2 meetings/votes, whichever is earlier.

BAFRA will continue to produce the rulebooks on behalf of BAFA and retains the copyright on behalf of BAFA of any such material.

Members

BAFA Rules Committee

  • Jim Briggs (BAFRA) Chair
  • Ali May (BAFRA)
  • Tim Ockenden (BAFRA)
  • Neil O'Hare (BAFCA)
  • Pete Parsons (BAFRA)
  • Steve Rains (BAFCA, Solent Thrashers and Bournemouth University Bobcats)
  • Paul Sutton (BAFRA)
  • Kyle Taylor (BAFA Flag Commission)
  • Jon Wyse (BAFCA and Staffordshire Surge)
  • + Joe Walker II (observer: Contact Lead)

Contact football Specialist Working Group

  • Jim Briggs (BAFRA) Convenor
  • Kwame Hakeem (Solent Thrashers and Brunel Burners)
  • Ali May (BAFRA)
  • Pete Parsons (BAFRA)
  • Steve Rains (BAFCA, Solent Thrashers and Bournemouth University Bobcats)
  • Paul Sutton (BAFRA)
  • Steve Tonkinson (BAFRA)
  • Joe Walker II (BAFA Contact Commission and Leeds Beckett University)
  • Jon Wyse (BAFCA and Staffordshire Surge)

Small-sided football Specialist Working Group

  • Pete Parsons (BAFRA) Convenor
  • Alan Dobson (BAFRA)
  • Ben Gadsby (BAFRA)
  • Tam McKendrick (East Kilbride Pirates)
  • Mathew Micklethwaite (NWFL Competition Manager and wheelchair football Welfare Lead)
  • Tim Ockenden (BAFRA)
  • Neil O'Hare (BAFCA)
  • Joe Walker II (BAFA Contact Commission and Leeds Beckett University)
  • + Sam Stoddart and Verity Dean (observers: U19/U16 coordinators)

Flag football Specialist Working Group

  • Tim Ockenden (BAFRA) Convenor
  • Jed Brookes-Lewis (BAFRA)
  • Martin Cockerill (BAFRA)
  • Nick Coe (Solent Red Storm)
  • Neil Henderson (Chichester Sharks and South Coast Spitfires)
  • Kyle Taylor (BAFA Flag Commission)
  • one vacancy

Last updated 2023