NAME

#

TEAM

CODE

Q

OFFENCE

SUSPENDED

New this week – none

Previous weeks

Joe Thompson

9

London Blitz

FPF

1

With exactly 1 minute in the 4th quarter

and after a pile was breaking up. Player

pushed an opposing player back down and then kick him in the head

25/08/13 v London Warriors

HOME TEAM

REPORT

NEXT HOME GAME

New this week

Watford Cheetahs

Changing rooms not lockable and were not available until vacated by one of the teams. One ball person changed at half time.

Peter Parsons #321

Unknown

Outstanding items from previous weeks

Bristol Apache

Very rutted field, sand applied in places to fill potential trip hazards, a supply of spare sand was provided for both sidelines to fill holes where necessary. Field only 80 yards, with sidelines of differing lengths (home side shorter).

Colin Edwards #76

Playoffs?

London Olympians

Team areas were marked to the 20 yard lines. Changing rooms were not locked during the game.

Peter Parsons #321

25/08/13 v South Wales Warriors

Leicester Falcons

Game scheduled for 4pm kick-off did not commence until 4.40pm due to the minimum medical requirements not being present. An ambulance arrived at 4.40 and the home team charged with a delay of game. Half-time was reduced to 10-minutes.

Andrew Binns #575

01/09/13 v Lincolnshire Bombers

Yorkshire Rams

Kick off delayed by 40 minutes due to late arrival of visiting team coach. Pitch was generally well marked, albeit faintly in places, although some main lines and one sideline were a little wonky.

Tim Ockendon #481

25/08/13 v Sheffield Predators

Lincolnshire Bombers

90 yard field, no numbers, nine yard marks or limit lines. Home team only provided two game balls so the away team provided a third.

Dan Holt #371

25/08/13 v Crewe Railroaders

Oxford Saints

Changing rooms not lockable during the game. Other than that, excellent game management.

Pete Parsons #321

25/08/13 v Gloucester Centurions

Farnham Knights

Chain crew and ball boys changed on several occasions. The game was called with the score Farnham 29 – Cornish 0 when the Cornish coach made the officials aware that of his 18 starters, only 14 were fit to continue playing.

David Knight #135

25/08/13 v Bristol Apache

Bristol Aztecs

Field was 80 yards long. The field condition was poor, with a number of divots and cracks that had to be repaired before the game could proceed. One ball boy was changed at half time.

Amir Brooks #593

25/08/13 v East Kent Mavericks

PLAY OF THE WEEK:

New this week

Play: On a try attempt at Team B's 3 yard line, B1 intercepts Team A's legal forward pass and runs it to midfield. During the run back after the interception, B2 clips in the Team B end zone. Ruling?
Ruling?

Last week

Play: 4^th and 18 for Team A from the Team B 48-yard line. A4's punt breaks the plane of Team B's goal line, and then A87 bats the ball backwards into the field of play. B44 muffs the ball on the Team B 2-yard line and A67 recovers on the Team B 6-yard line. During the kick, B82 blocks an opponent below the waist on the Team B 14-yard line. Ruling?

Ruling: Team B foul for blocking below the waist. This is a special case of PSK enforcement in which Team B's privilege for taking the ball at the spot of the illegal touching is not cancelled by accepting the penalty (6-3-11). 1^st and 10 for Team B at the Team B 7 yard line after enforcing the penalty half distance from the spot of the foul, which is behind the PSK spot. Clock starts on snap. Note that this is contradicted by AR-6-3-11-III, but the rules always take precedent over the Approved Rulings.

MECHANICS:

New this week

Game Situation: How many times should the umpire allow the ball to fall off the tee at a kick off before insisting that the kicking team get a player to hold the ball in place?
Answer next issue...

Last week

Play: With 3 minutes remaining in the game, team A have just scored and are kicking off. They are losing by 4 points. On a 4 man crew, which official(s) should be signaling / reacting to this possible onside kick situation?
Answer: The Referee must signal to the official who should move in an onside kick situation (M-9-1-a-1). For a 4 man crew, the linejudge must be aware of this and be prepared to move up to the team B restraining line if the Referee signals (M-11-1-a-1).

Date

Event

Contact for details

2013

September 21^st (Sat)

BAFA Youth / Junior Final

September 28^th (Sat)

Elite Training Day

training@bafra.org

September 29^th (Sun)

NFL @ Wembley, Steelers v Vikings

October 5^th (Sat)

Britbowl

October 27^th (Sun)

NFL @ Wembley, 49ers v Jaguars

November 16^th (Sat)

BAFRA Board Meeting

secretary@bafra.org

April 5^th (Sat) & 6^th (Sun)

BAFRA Annual Convention 2014

president@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

James Meredith

recruitment@bafra.org

Training

Pete Thom

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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