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Issue: 13/11

14^th April 2011

ANNUAL EXAM

As of 13^th April, exams have been received from Amir Brooks, Phil Cottier, Charles Dean-Young, Cameron Gibson, Murray Gibson, Michael LeFevre, Richard Madge, Julian Mallia, Lee Mills, Tim Ockendon, Norval Scott, Lee Taylor, Mark Wilson and Brian Yates. If you have sent your answers in and believe I should have received them by that date, please contact me. The onus is on members to ensure that they receive a copy of the exam and return it by the closing date. It may be possible to negotiate a short extension to the closing date on an individual basis. Charles Dean-Young the Director of Training is the only Director authorised to grant such an extension; he may be contacted via training@bafra.org. I remind people it is compulsory for qualified officials to sit the annual exam (including those who become qualified during the exam period). Associate members are strongly encouraged to attempt the exam as it will give them an indication of their areas of strength and weakness.

Paul Sutton

secretary@bafra.org

MICROPHONE & PLAUDITS

Plaudits to the Lancashire Wolverines organisation. For their season opening double header on Sunday they had set up a commentator, scoreboard and Referee’s microphone. This made a significant improvement to the game day atmosphere and was appreciated by officials and spectators alike. At this week's game the commentary was excellent, unbiased and factual.

Mike Cavanagh & Ben Griffiths

#465 & #228

RESULTS

BUAFL Finals

Portsmouth Destroyers 20 – 19 Birmingham Lions

Cardiff Cobras 20 – 0 Hull Sharks

BAFA CL Premiership

Farnham Knights 0 - 49 London Warriors

BAFA CL Division 1

Colchester Gladiators 20 - 20 Ipswich Cardinals

Doncaster Mustangs 30 - 6 Merseyside Nighthawks

Gateshead Senators 0 - 56 East Kilbride Pirates

Cambridgeshire Cats 24 - 14 Peterborough Saxons

BAFA CL Division 2

Bristol Apache 26 - 22 Bournemouth Bobcats

Carlisle Border Reivers 0 - 52 West Coast Trojans

Dundee Hurricanes 25 - 7 Clyde Valley Blackhawks

Gloucester Banshees 0 - 20 Cornish Sharks

Lancashire Wolverines 34 - 6 Shropshire Revolution

Maidstone Pumas 20 - 62 Kent Exiles

BAFA CL Junior

Colchester Gladiators 28 - 6 South London Renegades

Farnham Knights 22 - 14 London Warriors

Lancashire Wolverines 12 - 6 Leeds Varsity Bobcats

BAFA CL Youth

Chester Romans 48 - 13 Sheffield Tomahawks

Chorley Buccaneers 46 - 0 Sheffield Tomahawks

Chorley Buccaneers 19 - 33 Chester Romans

Woodham Warriors 37 - 6 Chester Romans

Woodham Warriors 40 - 6 Chorley Buccaneers

Woodham Warriors 43 - 12 Sheffield Tomahawks

DISCIPLINARY CASES

NAME	#	TEAM	CODE	Q		OFFENCE	SUSPENDED
New this week
Jidr Sogbrtun	74	Colchester Gladiators	FUC	4	After an incident had been contained the player instigated another confrontation.		24/04/11 v Hampshire Thrashers
Ifeanyi Okunggwu	66	South London Renegades	FUC	4	After the play continued to engage with a Colchester player then ripped his own helmet off and threatened an opponent.		01/05/11 v Kent Exiles
Lee Smyth	63	Peterborough Saxons	FPF	4	After the whistle was blown at the end of a play the player headbutted an opponent. After being dragged away he got loose and headbutted the same opponent again.		24/04/11 v Oxford Saints
Michael Purdham	70	Farnham Knights	FGT	3	Player threw a punch whilst engaged with an opponent - after the flag was thrown the player continued to throw several punches until pulled away by the official.		01/05/11 v London Blitz
Paul Weston	88	Doncaster Mustangs	TUF	4	The player verbally abused an opponent. This was his 2nd unsportsmanlike conduct foul.		15/05/11 v Gateshead Senators
Previous weeks
Searle, John	62	Sussex Thunder	FPF	2		Drew a bead on an opponent and ran at full speed into his back. Retaliation for some earlier action.	24/04/11 v London Olympians
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
Carlisle Border Reivers	Game was suspended for approx 45 minutes due to ambulance having to take an injured player from field (ankle injury). Approx 4-1/2 minutes remained in 2^nd quarter, both teams agreed to call completion of half and go to half time. Game recommenced upon ambulance returning to field at 4:05pm after transferring player to NHS ambulance for transport to hospital. Later heard that injury was not serious, and player may only miss a couple of games. Also, congratulations to the Carlisle team and game management for an excellent representation of their team for their first regular season game in BAFA CL. Excellent communications, and assistance for the officials and provision of after game 'nibbles' was very much appreciated by all. Mark Snow #430	24/04/11 v Glasgow Tigers
Lancashire Wolverines	Changing room full of rugby kit, wet and dirty, leaving very little space for five officials to change and have pre-game. Down box operator changed at Half Time due to medical requirement. Adequate notice given for his withdrawal and new operator provided in good time to rebrief for second half Mike Cavanagh #465	08/05/11 v Staffordshire Surge
Maidstone Pumas	Goals too wide. Field generally well marked apart from hashmarks too long and too far from sideline. 3 areas of the field needed repair prior to kickoff. Game suspended for 5 minutes with 6 minutes remaining in the 2nd quarter to allow an official to receive medical treatment. Game proceeded with a 3 man crew for the next 2 minutes of game time until the official was able to return to the field. Tim Ockenden #481	08/05/11 v Bedfordshire Blue Raiders
Farnham Knights	Game shortened to 12 minute quarters due to late KO of this game. Game was second game in a double header and the first game over ran for some considerable time due to player injury stoppage. Game finished at 19.50. Dave Knight #135	15/05/11 v Tamworth Phoenix
Gateshead Senators	Game was delayed for 1 hour, until the BAFA minimum medical requirements were met. Les Connor #152	01/05/11 v Manchester Titans
Outstanding items from previous weeks – None

END ZONE

Play of the week will return after the examination period

CALENDAR

Date	Event	Contact for details
2011
May 7^th (Sat)	BAFRA Board Meeting	secretary@bafra.org
July 23^rd (Sat)	BAFRA Board Meeting	secretary@bafra.org
November 6^th (Sun)	BUAFL 2011/12 Season Starts
November 19^th (Sat)	BAFRA Board Meeting	secretary@bafra.org

BAFRA Directors
President	David Parsons	president@bafra.org	General Secretary	Paul Sutton	secretary@bafra.org
Finance	Andrew Lovell	finance@bafra.org	Operations	Richard Vernon	operations@bafra.org
Recruitment	Tim Vickers	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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