Issue 19/18 18th May 2018
BAFRA Newsflash | |||
BAFRA CHARITY 2018
You, the members, decided at the Convention that Cancer Research UK would be the chosen BAFRA Charity for 2018. Following discussions with the Operations Team, it has been decided that the weekend of 30th June and 1st July will be the BAFRA Charity Weekend for this year. More details of how you may support our chosen charity will be published nearer the time.
Paul Sutton
ELITE PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATOR
The position of Elite Programme Coordinator is vacant, anyone who is interested in filling this position please reply to training@bafra.info.
Tzvi Lindeman
BAFRA WELFARE OFFICER
As part of BAFRA's implementation of the BAFA Safeguarding Policy the board are looking to appoint a Welfare Officer.
The Welfare Officer will be responsible for establishing and promoting guidelines, procedures and training opportunities, as well as keeping relevant records related to safeguarding and welfare matters. If any member wishes to put themselves forward for this role or wishes to understand in more detail as to what the role entails, please contact dwp1@bafra.info.
The deadline for submissions of interest is 1st June.
Pete Parsons
NORTH WEST REGIONAL TRAINING EVENT
North West officials are holding a regional meeting on Thursday 21st June at 19:15. The meeting will be held at the The Magnet Freehouse, 51 Wellington Road North, Stockport, SK4 1HJ. The venue is just off junction 1 of the M60 and right by Stockport train station.
The event is aimed at officials of all levels and is open to all BAFRA officials, if you are in the area, feel free to come along. If you require any further information or are planning on attending please contact me using my details on the BAFRA members area of the website.
Ben Griffiths #228
KIT FOR SALE
I'm an ex-member and looking to sell my kit to someone who might find it useful. Kit includes:
Long sleeved wind cheater (L)
Long Trousers (L)
Short Sleeve shirt (L)
Long Sleeve shirt (L)
Short Trousers (L)
Socks
Belt (38")
Cap (M)
2 Flags
2 Beanbags
1 Whistle
Coin
Pencils, scorecards etc
I refereed for 3 seasons so everything is in excellent condition. It all came from Honigs Europe and cost €266 originally - images available in request. If anyone is interested, they can contact me directly.
Daniel Wright
danielwright1987@btinternet.com
DISCIPLINARY CASES
NAME | # | TEAM | CODE | Q | OFFENCE | SUSPENDED | |
New this week | |||||||
Jack Casey | 18 | Nottingham Outlaws | FGT | 4 | Player repeatedly punched opponent who was on the floor | Unknown | |
Adam Adeniji | 30 | Hertfordshire Cheetahs | TUF | 1 | Player threw a ball at an opponent. Subsequently the player shoved an opponent when returning to the sideline. | 03/06/18 v Bournemouth Bobcats | |
Previous weeks | |||||||
Sebastian Januszewicz | 51 | Halton Spartans | FPF | 4 | Player lead with his head against his opponent and launched himself to make contact. | 20/05/18 v Morecambe Bay Storm | |
Dave Mead | 7 | Lancashire Wolverines | TUF | 4 | Told the referee he needed to learn the rules, then in the 4th quarter started swearing in dissent at a call. This was the player’s second ejection in a 12 month period. | 03/06/18 v Leeds Bobcats | |
Elliott Yates | 53 | Lancashire Wolverines | TUF | 4 | Called for one unsportsmanlike act after challenging a call, left the field, then came back on the field swearing at the umpire. This was the player’s second ejection in a 12 month period. | 03/06/18 v Leeds Bobcats | |
GAME MANAGEMENT REPORTS
HOME TEAM | REPORT | NEXT HOME GAME |
New this week | ||
Farnham Knights | No limit lines marked. Peter Parsons #321 | 15/07/18 v London Warriors |
East Sussex Sabres | All field lines were scorched into the earth with faint white lines in places. It was clear enough to play on. The pylons were incorrect but the cones used were safe. John Griffin #598 | 20/05/18 v Ipswich Cardinals |
Lancashire Wolverines | Field was well marked, although lines were quite faint in the sun. No coaches boxes marked, but players box present. John Roberts #145 | 03/06/18 v Leeds Bobcats |
Doncaster Mustangs | Very well marked field with only the limit lines missing, the game management were extremely slow in finding enough assistants to be trained. Chris Jarvis #10 | 17/06/18 v Coventry Jets |
Sussex Thunder | 90 yard field with narrow hash-marks. Viktor Janvari #63 | 19/05/18 v Bristol Apache |
Torbay Trojans | 90 yard field. Field is tight in the surroundings causing limit lines to be less than 18ft. Euan Paterson #165 | 01/07/18 v Cornish Sharks |
West Coast Trojans | No Coaches' box marked and team area marked incorrectly. Very faint inbound lines. Two changes to officials' assistants during the game. Game was stopped for 38 min during 2Q for serious injury requiring ambulance. Quarters reduced to 12 min for 2nd Half by request of home team and agreed by visiting team. Shawn Sombati #15 | Unknown |
Kent Exiles | Well marked 100 yard field, however some lines were quite faint in places so could do with re-marking. Changing room is a portacabin which is lockable but is also storage for some team equipment meaning that a larger sized crew [>5] might have space issues. Game management and officials' assistants were all to the Exiles’ usual very high standards. Phil Clarke #262 | 24/06/18 v Cambridgeshire Cats |
Bournemouth Bobcats | Between the goal line and the 5 yard line on the Head Linesman's sideline there were only 3 hashes marked out. The field had no nine yard marks, while the coaching boxes while marked out were only a yard from the each sideline. Richard Moger #472 | 20/05/18 v Swindon Storm |
Manchester Titans | The pitch is only 80 yards long Murray Gibson #268 | 24/06/18 v East Kilbride Pirates |
Bristol Aztecs | There were a number of sets of soccer goals located close to the end line that had to be moved prior to kickoff. Jen Brookes’Lewis #395 | 10/06/18 v London Blitz |
Solent Thrashers | Goal crossbar hung over into the endzone approximately 2 yards. Both 10 yard lines are faint and a different colour to the rest of the field markings. Markings in yellow 10 yard lines are blue as they share location with the goal line of the Association Football markings (halfway line is white but distinctive). David Knight #135 | 20/05/18 v Oxford Saints |
Jurassic Coast Raptors | No goal posts. Barbara Jacquin #48 | 10/06/18 v Torbay Trojans |
Outstanding items from previous weeks | ||
East Kilbride Pirates | With only a short time before kick off Game management was informed that the paramedic had a family emergency and could not attend. Fortunately the Game Day Manager was able to arrange for a substitute, and the game kicked off with only a 30 minute delay. Ian Sneddon #427 | 03/06/18 v Manchester Titans |
Gateshead Senators | Played at Gateshead Stadium due to waterlogged pitch at Monkton. Pitch had been remarked incorrectly (NFL hash marks / endzone had hazard in middle). Old lines were still clearly visible and used for the game. Condition of Astroturf very poor with some tears. Game stopped on one occasion to replace area of Astroturf. Dan Johnston #347 | 24/06/18 v Glasgow Tigers |
Portsmouth Dreadnoughts | On arrival we were informed that the hash marks were in the incorrect position. The team repainted the hash marks prior to the game KO. Game was delayed 40 minutes waiting for the arrival of the medical cover David Knight #135 | 20/05/18 v Hastings Conquerors |
Northumberland Vikings | Very well marked field, missing team area lines. Game management was brilliant throughout the day, Vikings intend on live streaming all of their home games. Liam Wooton #478 | 17/06/18 v Yorkshire Rams |
Crewe Railroaders | During card check, prior to the game, Crewe Railroaders player #81 Craig Edmondson went down on one knee and proposed to marry Becky Hathaway. Becky accepted. The BAFRA crew sends its warmest wishes and congratulations to Becky and Craig. Andrew Lovell #559 | 01/07/18 v Knottingley Raiders |
Cornish Sharks | No private changing rooms were available - the officials had to change at the venue's public changing rooms. The goalposts are soccer goals with long rugby uprights strapped to them, meaning that the posts were too wide apart and the crossbar is too low by rule. The fields markings were in red, except the inbounds hashmarks which were white and only marked out around 1 hour before kick-off due to a soccer match being played on the field beforehand. The inbounds hashmarks were very poorly marked out. They were unevenly spaced in places, with some marks barely half a yard apart and others almost 2 yards apart. They also badly lined up - at one end, they were the correct distance from the sideline, but both sets of marks noticeably veered off to one side such that one set ended up around 15 yards from the sideline. The officials used the end line pylons to spot the ball. Amir Brookes #593 | 20/05/18 v Somerset Wyverns |
Chester Romans | Second half KO was delayed due to a change in chain crew. Home game management were charged with a DOG. John Roberts #145 | 03/06/18 v Carlisle Sentinels |
Cambridgeshire Cats | With 4.30 left in the first half one stake broke and we had to use only half with the temporary measures continually breaking. John Griffin #598 | 17/06/18 v Wembley Stallions |
Hastings Conquerors | A rugby game was taking place on a parallel field, which was only 1 yard from the back of the team area. We agreed with coaches before the game that if a rugby player or ball entered the field at any time, we would immediately blow the ball dead and apply inadvertent whistle procedures. Fortunately, we never actually had to do this, as rugby balls only entered the field while the ball was dead. Ben Gadsby #564 | 01/07/17 v Swindon Storm |
Yorkshire Rams | On arrival, field was well marked, by the time of kick off, the middle of the field was almost a quagmire, plaudits to both teams for the way they played the game and the chain crew, which was one of the best I've worked a game with. Liam Wooton #478 | 03/06/18 v Gateshead Senators |
Knottingley Raiders | 90 yard field. No limit lines. The surface was extremely hard in places due to the hot weather baking the bare patches where the grass was worn. Coaching areas were incorrectly marked between the 30 yard lines rather than the 25 yard lines. No 9 yard marks or numbers and the sidelines hashes were joined to the sidelines. Lines were only 2 inches wide rather than the desired 4 inches.The toilet in the officials changing room has been FIXED much to everyone's relief. The goal posts are not very tall but they won't present a problem at their current height. David Hewitt #607 | 03/06/18 v Humber Warhawks |
Oxford Saints | No coaching box line or team area marked. Width of team areas was marked with cones. No limit lines. Changing rooms not lockable. Peter Parsons #321 | 10/06/18 v Bristol Apache |
Shropshire Revolution | The field was well marked but had a lot of athletics in same colour as the football lines. Ian Wainwright #567 | 20/05/18 v Leicester Falcons |
PLAY OF THE WEEK: | |
New this week | Play: In overtime, it is 4th and 10 from the Team B 25 yard line. A5 throws a legal forward pass towards A99. While airborne, A99 bats the pass backwards towards A79, who catches the ball at the Team B 16 yard line. A79 then advances the ball to Team B's 12 yard line, where he is tackled. Ruling? |
From issue 12/18 | Play: Team A line up for a field goal attempt at the Team B 10 yard line. The ball is legally kicked low and hits the Umpire on the head. The ball loops up into the air and passes between the posts & over the crossbar without touching anyone else or the ground. Ruling? |
MECHANICS: | |
New this week | Game Situation: Officials may remind themselves that the 4th down fumble rule is in effect by giving a supplementary signal that involves crossing their wrists in front of the chest. Is this correct? |
From issue 12/18 | Game Situation: 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 with punter A8 standing on the Team A goal line. The long snap is wayward and the ball rolls into the end zone where it stops. B55 is moving to recover the ball when A8 holds B55 in the end zone. B98 muffs the ball causing it to roll across the end line. Time expires in the 1st quarter during the down. A8 is guilty of holding. As the hold occurred in the end zone, should the officials should regard enforcement of the penalty as 'obvious'? |
Date | Event | Contact for details |
2018 | ||
July 21st (Sat) | BAFRA Board Meeting | |
November 17th (Sat) | BAFRA Board Meeting |
BAFRA Directors | |||||
President | David Parsons | General Secretary | Paul Sutton | ||
Finance | Roger Brown | Operations | Richard Vernon | ||
Recruitment | Lee Taylor | Training | Tzvi Lindeman | ||
Director without Portfolio #1 | Peter Parsons | Director without Portfolio #2 | Steve Tonkinson | ||
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