NAME

#

TEAM

CODE

Q

OFFENCE

SUSPENDED

  New items this week

David Mead

17

Lancashire Wolverines

FPF

4

Head butting an opponent

26/07/08 v Edinburgh Wolves

Mark Brunson

55

Merseyside Nighthawks

FPF

3

Head butting an opponent

20/07/08 v Chester Romans

Paul Settle

55

Bedfordshire Blue Raiders

FGT

2

After a brief confrontation with an opponent, 55 slapped the opponent around the head, then as the opponent got to his feet, 55 head butted him.

27/07/08 v Cambridgeshire Cats

Jason Osei

79

Hertfordshire Hurricanes

FPF

4

Lifted an opponent into the air and dropped him on his head.

Next regular

season or playoff

game he is eligible

for

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

13/07/08

Farnham Fast Lane Knights

No coaching area or team area markings. Both teams were in white jerseys.

Peter Parsons #321

17/08/08 v London Blitz

Reading Renegades

Start of game delayed 14 minutes due to late arrival of ambulance. Field audit score of 30, game played in a good spirit, plaudits to both teams.

Mike LeFevre #341

Unknown

Milton Keynes Pathfinders

No numbers or 9 yard marks, limit lines only 6 feet from sideline

Brian Yates #29

27/07/08 v Cornish Sharks

Essex Spartans

No team areas or coaching boxes. Essex say that this is due to limitations on what lines they may mark on the field. The field lines are red and can be difficult to see.

Dan Bridgland #506

20/07/08 v East Kent Mavericks

Colchester Gladiators

Coaches' lines too close to field. Team lines also too close to field. No numbers or 9 yard marks. Field surface broken up in places (pieces of turf came up). No working shower in changing room (which is also quite small and could not be locked).

Dan Bridgland #506

27/07/08 v East Kent Mavericks

Sheffield Tomahawks

Team areas had only one line stretching from the thirty yard line. No goalposts at either end so no PAT kicks or field goals were allowed. Prior to game, following discussion with both Head Coaches, officials agreed to run 20 minute per quarter running clocks, as Yorkshire Rams did not have sufficient players to field both offence and defensive teams.

Mike Cavanagh #465

27/07/08 v Bolton Bulldogs

  Outstanding items from previous weeks

Birmingham Bulls

80 yard field, no team areas or coaching boxes, game delayed for 30 minutes due to Farnham being held up in traffic, ran 12 minute quarters as ambulance was booked until 5.30 pm

Brian Yates #29

20/07/08 v Gateshead Senators

Nottingham Caesars

Game was suspended for 15 minutes in the 2nd Qtr to treat an injured player. Plaudits to the Nottingham groundsman who managed to mark out a superb pitch despite only have a couple of days notice.

Ian Wainwright #567

27/07/08 v Shropshire Revolution

Hampshire Thrashers

No hash marks at the inbounds lines. No coaching box lines. Team areas marked between 20yd lines. Changing room could not be locked.

Jim Briggs #31

17/08/08 vs Reading Renegades

Manchester Titans

Start was delayed by 5mins due to the slightly late arrival of the away team. Manchester only had white shirts available. Both coaches agreed to play with different coloured numbers/ panels on shirts. The match was played without problem or confusion. The crew would like to offer plaudits for the excellent attitude of the players and coaches of both teams. It was a hard-fought game played in very windy conditions that was a superb advert for the game.

Keith Alldritt #323

03/08/08 vs Lancashire Wolverines

Maidstone Pumas

East Kent's red jerseys were not a complete contrast to Maidstone's orange jerseys. This made some calls difficult to make.

Jim Briggs #31

03/08/08 vs London Cobras

Peterborough Saxons

There were no team areas marked and no numbers on the field

Muz Gibson #268

17/08/08 vs Bedfordshire Blue Raiders

Cambridgeshire Cats

The game was delayed for 10 minutes because the ambulance was caught in traffic

Muz Gibson #268

10/08/08 vs Watford Cheetahs

Sheffield Tomahawks

Pitch was only 70 yards long. Game was not played due to a dispute over the pitch dimensions.

Tim Vickers #129

Unknown

Shropshire Revolution

Team Areas extended to the 20yd line

Martin Cockerill #345

20/07/08 vs Tamworth Phoenix

Oxford Saints

Officials' changing room could not be locked, but Oxford provided keys to lockers within the room. Tea, coffee, cold drinks and biscuits were provided in the changing rooms. Plaudits to Oxford for that and an excellently marked pitch (field audit = 6).

Jim Briggs #31

20/07/08 vs Norwich Devils

South Wales Warriors

Disc style plastic pylons. Ball boys consistently slow. Uneven surface and quite long grass on the entire field. Yardage markers on one side of field only.

Phil Clarke #372

20/07/08 vs Hampshire Thrashers

Bolton Bulldogs

BAFRA agreed to cover the game if kick off was 1100 as the crew were committed to cover the Chester game at 1430. At 1000 crew were informed by the coach of the home team that kick off would not be till 1200. Crew reluctantly had to withdraw from coverage from the game.

Charles Dean Young #258

10/08/08 vs Lancashire Wolverine Colts

Watford Cheetahs

Game was abandoned 12 minutes from the end of the 3rd quarter as the away team did not have enough fit players to complete the game.

Norman Cox #139

13/07/08 vs Peterborough Saxons

Sussex Thunder

Changing rooms were not lockable. The field scored a perfect 0 on the field audit. Plaudits to both teams for a hard fought game with no major penalties.

Peter Parsons #321

24/08/08 vs Southern Sundevils

Bristol Aztecs

End zones were 7.5yds. Distance from Goal Line to 10 Yard line was only 9.5yds. Coaching Line less than 6 feet from sideline on both sides of the field. Second line to mark team area less than 12 feet from sideline on both sides of the field. No second box was present, therefore all coaches and players for both teams were in the box. Chains could not be fully operated 6 feet out of bounds. Yard markers were placed on the first line from the sideline. No numbers or 9 yard marks. Sidelines and several of the 5 yard lines were crooked. Field audit scored 111 in total.

Alan Dobson #308

17/08/08 vs Birmingham Bulls

Note: it is possible that any game may be cancelled, or any team may arrange additional games. In addition, the large number of game cancellations this week means that the fixtures listed here are highly likely to change. Any dates mentioned here are intended only as a guide.

PLAY OF THE WEEK:

New this week

Play: A's ball, free kick, on A's 35. B21 is retreating toward B's goal line when he accidentally kicks the ball on B's 2 over B's end line.

Ruling?

Last week's play

Play: Player A67 is verbally abusive to an official during the 2^nd quarter and penalised for unsportsmanlike conduct. During the 3^rd quarter A67 is outside the team area, between the coaches box and the sideline. A67 is warned to return to the team area, he does so but drifts back towards the sidelines during the next play. An official on the sideline accidentally runs into A67 during the play and falls over. Ruling?

Ruling: A67 is guilty of unsportsmanlike conduct and team A will be penalised 15 yards from the succeeding spot. A67 is not ejected since his second unsportsmanlike foul does not come under those acts specifically prohibited and penalised as such in 9-1-2-a

Date

Event

Contact for details

2008

July 26^th (Sat)

BAFA board meeting

president@bafra.org

August 9^th (Sat)

BAFRA board meeting

secretary@bafra.org

August (Date to be confirmed)

Southern Training Event (Chelmsford)

training@bafra.org

September 13^th (Sat)

BAFRA Elite panel clinic (Heathrow)

training@bafra.org

September 20^th & 21^st (Sat/Sun)

Britbowl weekend

operations@bafra.org

October 4^th (Sat)

Northern Training Event (Manchester / Stoke Area)

training@bafra.org

October 18^th (Sat)

BAFA board meeting

president@bafra.org

October 26^th (Sun)

NFL game at Wembley

n/a

November 22^nd (Sat)

BAFRA board meeting

secretary@bafra.org

BAFRA Directors

President

Jim Briggs

president@bafra.org

General Secretary

Paul Sutton

secretary@bafra.org

Finance

Charles Dean-Young

finance@bafra.org

Operations

Pete Johnson

operations@bafra.org

Recruitment

Vacant

recruitment@bafra.org

Training

David Parsons

training@bafra.org

Director without Portfolio #1

Dan Bridgland

dwp1@bafra.org

Director without Portfolio #2

Keith Wickham

dwp2@bafra.org

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