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Issue: 29/16 |
21st July 2016 |
A GENTLE REMINDER TO ALL MENTORS AND TRAINEES
Can all trainees and mentors please remember that all pages in the training logbook need to be filled in including the module pages numbered 14 to 16 and the log book must be signed by the mentor before sending it in, incomplete logbooks sent to the director of training will be returned delaying the progress of the trainee to qualified status. Also, when sending logbooks, please use the correct postage as I do not collect and pay for underpaid items.
Pete Thom
DISCIPLINARY CASES
NAME |
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TEAM |
CODE |
Q |
OFFENCE |
SUSPENDED |
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New this week |
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Richard Kier |
92 |
Merseyside Nighthawks |
FPF |
3 |
Towards the end of a punt play, players were jogging downfield when the player flagrantly and viciously blocked an opponent who was well out of the play. This triggered a fight. |
31/07/16 v Coventry Jets |
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Christian Holmes |
9 |
Tamworth Phoenix |
FGT |
3 |
Following the action above, the player reacted by confronting several opponents very aggressively which sparked a fight between a number of players, coaches and spectators near the home-team sideline. |
31/07/16 v Sheffield Predators |
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Stephen Donaldson-Ellison |
19 |
Lancashire Wolverines |
FPF |
4 |
Player was seen to kick an opposition team member while on the floor. |
07/08/16 v Coventry Jets |
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Previous weeks |
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Lee Lamb |
98 |
Halton Spartans |
FGT |
4 |
In retaliation to taunt from opponent (see below), threw a punch. |
24/07/16 v Leeds Bobcats |
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Nicholas Smith |
59 |
Birmingham Bulls |
TUF |
3 |
The player disqualified committed two Unsportsmanlike fouls both in the 3rd quarter within five minutes of each other. |
31/07/16 v Ouse Valley Eagles |
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Niall Scott-Grant |
5 |
London Warriors |
ASS |
1 |
In an attempt to get to the dead ball pile, deliberately went through the game official making forcible contact with them. |
07/08/16 v London Blitz |
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GAME MANAGEMENT REPORTS
HOME TEAM |
REPORT |
NEXT HOME GAME |
New this week |
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Merseyside Nighthawks |
The hash marks were not always in line across the field and some were significantly shorter than 1 yard apart while others were longer. This resulted in first downs being decided based on the chains. Lee Taylor #183 |
Playoffs? |
Portsmouth Dreadnoughts |
The 5 yard marks reached the sideline with no gaps - there were no limit lines and no 3 yard marks. With 6 minutes left in the 3rd quarter and the score 22-0 to the home team, the visiting team requested that due to mounting injuries the rest of the game should be under a running clock - the home team agreed to this so the running clock was adopted David Knight #135 |
07/08/16 v Hastings Conquerors |
Solent Thrashers |
Goals beyond end line by about a yard. Euan Paterson #165 |
31/07/16 v Kent Exiles |
London Warriors |
No 9-yard marks or numbers. Hash marks longer than required. No coaching box/team area at all on visiting team sideline; incorrectly marked one on home team sideline. Field uneven and grass needed cutting. Balls very worn. Jim Briggs #31 |
Playoffs |
Crewe Railroaders |
80 yard field only, Crewe had been forced into a late change of field by South Cheshire College although only an 80 yard field plus end zones it was perfectly marked out Richard Whitby #136 |
14/08/16 v Leeds Bobcats |
Kent Exiles |
Well marked 100-yard field just missing limit lines and numbers/9-yard marks. Changing room good size but not lockable and shower and toilet not private. Tim Ockendon #481 |
Playoffs? |
East Kilbride Pirates |
Pitch was found to have numerous lines cut into the pitch for a reason which was unclear. Some of these cuts were deeper than 1 inch and stretched the length of the field the pitch – was deemed unplayable. Fortunately a second pitch at the rugby club was able to be used . So after a delay while this second pitch was marked out to meet minimum requirements the game was able to proceed, but kickoff was delayed by 45 minutes. Credit should be given to the EK Pirates organisation for they way there were able to reline a second pitch in such a short period of time Henry Richardson #25 |
Playoffs? |
Outstanding items from previous weeks |
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London Blitz B |
No numbers or nine yard marks. No marked coaching box or team area. No limit lines. Some lines feint and difficult to see if looking towards the sun. Peter Parsons #321 |
24/07/16 v Cambridgeshire Cats |
Leeds Bobcats |
The kick off was delayed 15 minutes due to Walney getting lost on the way into Leeds. 80 yard field ,no 9 yard marks or numbers,no limit lines. David Hewitt #607 |
24/07/16 v Halton Spartans |
Jurassic Coast Raptors |
Well-organised and well-marked field (excluding missing PAT marks), otherwise good example of game day management. Philli Hume #52 |
24/07/16 v Bristol Apache |
Dundee Hurricanes |
The balls presented by the home team did not have white stripes - the away team did not object or offer any alternate balls. Ian Sneddon #427 |
24/07/16 v Northumberland Lightening |
Tamworth Phoenix |
Game abandoned with 7 minutes remaining in the 4th quarter due to lack of fit linemen for Coventry. Plaudits and thanks to the Coventry players who changed the referee's tyre after the game when a puncture was discovered. Jed Brookes-Lewis #395 |
07/08/16 v Merseyside Nighthawks |
Hertfordshire Cheetahs |
Plaudits to both teams for a hard fought and well disciplined game Brian Yates #29 |
31/07/16 v Bury Saints |
Bournemouth Bobcats |
The standing water meant one end line was incomplete and the game was played using only one goal Julian Mallia #336 |
07/08/16 v Maidstone Pumas |
Birmingham Bulls |
One set of goalposts were too wide: they were Gaelic football posts. Darryl Morton #493 |
31/07/16 v Ouse Valley Eagles |
Bristol Apache |
No field numbers and coaches and team areas only go to the 35 yard lines. Mike LeFevre #341 |
14/08/16 v Cornish Sharks |
Hastings Conquerors |
Well-marked 90-yard field although markings were quite faint. Inbounds lines not always 1-yard apart & numbers too large and at incorrect depth. Changing facilities good but not lockable. Tim Ockendon #481 |
24/07/16 v Bournemouth Bobcats |
PLAY OF THE WEEK:
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New this week |
Play:
Team A punt. B23 is in a position to catch the kick in flight. B23
makes a legal fair catch signal and the ball then bounces on the
ground. The ball bounces up into the air and B23 attempts to
recover it. He muffs the ball at the Team B 30 yard line and the
ball flies forwards to the Team B 35 yard line where B23 recovers
it on the ground. Ruling? |
Last week |
Play: Team A line up to attempt a PAT with A15 positioned as a holder and A7 positioned as a kicker. Snapper A63’s snap is high and A7's place kick is blocked at the line of scrimmage by B98, the ball then lands at Team B’s 5-yard line. A7 is about to pick the ball up when B60 bats it backwards and it rolls into Team B’s end zone where B44 picks it up and runs it all the way back across Team A’s goal line. Ruling?
scrimmage kick that has crossed the neutral zone is subsequently untouched by Team B before touching the ground on or behind Team B’s goal line (6-3-9). A7's legal kick is untouched beyond the neutral zone when it rolls into the end zone, since the legal bat by B60 happens behind the line of scrimmage. Therefore the ball is dead as soon as it touches the ground in the end zone, and all subsequent action is with a dead ball. The impetus for the ball being in the end zone is charged to Team B, since the ball was batted after it hit the ground (8-7-2-b-1). Therefore the ball is dead in Team B's end zone, with Team B responsible for it being there – the result of the PAT play is a safety. Team A score 1 point (8-1-1). |
MECHANICS:
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New this week |
Game
Situation:
On a 4th down play, in which situations will the clock not stop
at the end of the play? |
Last week |
Play:
4th and 7 from Team A’s 15-yard line near the end of
the 1st quarter. Team A line up to punt facing a very strong
headwind blowing straight down the field with punter A8 standing
on the Team A goal line. Snapper A55’s long snap is wayward
and the ball bounces along the ground and rolls into the end zone
where it stops. How should the wing officials react to ensure
that the potential kicker A8 is covered? |
Date |
Event |
Contact for details |
2016 |
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July 23rd (Sat) |
BAFRA Board Meeting |
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July 30th (Sat) |
BAFRA Elite Training Day |
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August 27th (Sat) |
Britbowl |
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19th November (Sat) |
BAFRA Board Meeting |
BAFRA Directors |
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President |
David Parsons |
General Secretary |
Paul Sutton |
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Finance |
Charlie Dean Young |
Operations |
Richard Vernon |
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Recruitment |
James Meredith |
Training |
Pete Thom |
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Director without Portfolio #1 |
Peter Parsons |
Director without Portfolio #2 |
Steve Tonkinson |
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