BAFRA Newsflash

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Issue: 33/09

3^rd September 2009

AVAILABILITY UPDATE

No sooner do we approach the end of one season when the next one raises its head.

I would very much like to start preparing the schedules and assignments for the BUAFL season, which starts around the end of October. To do this I will need your availability.

Could everyone login to the availability system and provide an update through to end of December please. Even if you do not intend to officiate the BUAFL league please provide an update showing your availability as NO for all weeks.

If at all possible I would like to issue the first assignments sheet as early as I can, hopefully showing the full period of the BUAFL season through to December. I also need to advise BUAFL of how many games we will be unable to cover each week. There are as many as 28 games a week this year so there is plenty of officiating for those that want it in all regions.

Your help and cooperation is most appreciated.

Pete Johnson

operations@bafra.org

PLAYOFF FEES

Will Officials and Teams note that as detailed in the Annex to Terms and Conditions, the following Play Off fees apply:-

League / Division	Regular season	Playoffs	Bowl games
Elite games	7	7	7
BAFL Premier	5	5	7
BAFL Div 1	4	5	7
BAFL Div 2	4	5	7
BAFL Youth Contact	4	5	5
BAFL Junior Contact	4	5	5
BAFL Flag (senior, youth, junior, cadet)	3	4	4

Andrew Lovell

finance@bafra.org

DIRECTOR OF TRAINING

Davie Parsons is still having email issues. He can receive email but cannot send them. If you need to contact him with any degree of urgency please telephone him.

Pete Johnson

operations@bafra.org

ELITE CURRY

Pete Persons and Graham Coleman cordially invite BAFRA members attending the Elite Day to a curry at the Mumbai Blue restaurant. It opens at 5.30, so if you do not have to rush off home or catch a plane then why not join us?

http://www.mumbaiblue.com/index.php

Graham Coleman

#177

RESULTS

BAFL 1

West Coast Trojans 6 - 64 Dundee Hurricanes

Doncaster Mustangs 0 - 66 London Cobras

Kent Exiles 20 - 27 Tamworth Phoenix

Gateshead Senators 0 - 28 East Kilbride Pirates

Cambridgeshire Cats 25 - 13 Oxford Saints

BAFL 2

Bedfordshire Raiders 16 - 41 Colchester Gladiators

Leicester Falcons 39 - 15 Manchester Titans

Glasgow Tigers 12 - 0 Staffordshire Surge

East Kent Mavericks 6 - 24 Hampshire Thrashers

BAFL Youth Kitted

Colchester Gladiators 0 - 24 London Warriors

Farnham Knights 9 - 8 Birmingham Bulls

Forth Valley Fusion 6 - 40 Lancashire Wolverine Colts

REGIONAL TRAINING MEETINGS

REGION	DATE OF NEXT MEETING	VENUE	CONTACT
Midlands	First Thursday of month	Coopers Tavern, Burton	Charlie Dean-Young or Keith Alldritt
London	Third Wednesday of month (16^th September)	The Doric Arch, Euston Station	Alan Dobson
Solent	15^th September	Havant	Jim Briggs

DISCIPLINARY CASES

NAME	#	TEAM	CODE	Q	OFFENCE	SUSPENDED
New this week - None

Previous weeks
Russ Lingwood	13	Shropshire Revolution	FGT	1	Player continued to tackle an opponent well after the whistle and then threw him to the ground. A brawl ensued and the player hit an opponent who had remonstrated with him.	1 game - unknown
Rich Davies	45	Leicester Falcons	FGT	1	Player took exception to the actions of an opponent and hit him. Recent appeal to the appeals committee was rejected.	30/08/09 v Glasgow Tigers
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.

GAME MANAGEMENT REPORTS

HOME TEAM	REPORT	NEXT HOME GAME
New this week
London Warriors	Game suspended 50 minutes for an injured player. The injury occurred at the two-minute warning of the second half, and the second quarter was ended immediately by agreement of both head coaches. Warriors did not pay on the day as the Head Coach did not have his chequebook for the youth team's bank account. Alan Dobson #308	06/09/09 v Farnham Knights
London Cobras	Second half played with a running clock by agreement of both coaches. The officials were paid for this game, including the BAFRA fee - it's only the youth game for which payment is owed. Alan Dobson #308	06/09/09 v Cambridgeshire Cats
Outstanding items from previous weeks
Coventry Jets	There were no 5 yard lines and the down box did not operate properly. There were some issues with Farnham's shirt numbering, they were resolved when they agreed to use an old strip which had a few duplicate numbers. Muz Gibson #268	06/09/09 v Bristol Aztecs
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.

END ZONE

PLAY OF THE WEEK:

New this week

Play: A's ball, try, on B's 3. Team A's kicker and holder are in their normal position to attempt a field goal. The snapper's backward pass is high and caught by kicker A6. A6 tosses the ball to the holder still on his knee. The holder places the ball and A6 kicks the ball between the uprights above the crossbar.
Ruling?

Last week's play

Play: 4th and 8 on A's 21. A12's punt is blocked. The ball is rolling around at A's 10 when B75 – reaching down in an attempt to recover the ball – unintentionally kicks the ball into A's endzone where A77 recovers while grounded.
Ruling: Safety. Team A free kick on A's 20. Blocking of the punt does not change the impetus of the ball, B75's accidental kick counts as a muff. The impetus comes from A12's punt, therefore team A are responsible for the impetus which placed the ball in their endzone, where it was declared dead.

CALENDAR

Date	Event	Contact for details
2009
September 12^th (Sat)	BAFRA Elite Training Day	epcoordinator@bafra.org
September 26^th-27^th (Sat-Sun)	BritBowl XXIII weekend	operations@bafra.org
October 24^th (Sat)	BAFA Board Meeting	president@bafra.org
October 25^th (Sun)	Patriots v Buccaneers @ Wembley
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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