British American Football Referees' Association
Responsibilities
The Directors are elected under procedures laid down in the Constitution.
Other persons are appointed by the Board of Directors.
| Role | Person(s) | Reserve(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Appeals Committee | Since the introduction of the new Constitution in October 2007, the Board of Directors has taken over the role of the Appeals Committee | |
| Assessment reports reception | James Ford-Bannister | |
| Assessment working party | Davie Parsons (c), Paul Sutton, Steve Tonkinson and others | |
| BAFA representatives | Davie Parsons, Steve Tonkinson | Other directors or members as appropriate |
| BAFRA Archivist | Steve Tonkinson | |
| Coaches reports reception | James Ford-Bannister | Lee Wood |
| Company Secretary | Paul Sutton | |
| Data Protection and Compliance Officer | Lee Wood | Davie Parsons (d) |
| Director of Finance * | Roger Brown | Stuart Tabberer (Dep) |
| Director of Operations * | Roger Goodgroves | Henry Richardson (Dep) |
| Director of Recruitment * | Oliver Maskell | Susannah Taylor (Dep), James Kilbane, Michael Prentice, Kieran Smith, Frank Thomson |
| Director of Training * | James Ford-Bannister | Amir Brooks (Dep) |
| Director without Portfolio #1 * | Peter Parsons | |
| Director without Portfolio #2 * | Steve Tonkinson | |
| Disciplinary Committee, Chair, | Chris Jarvis | Davie Parsons (d) |
| Disciplinary Committee, Members | Steve Tonkinson, Dave Moore | Roger Goodgroves, Lee Taylor |
| Electronic On-field Communications | Ben Griffiths | James Ford-Bannister |
| Elite Programme Development Coordinator | Keith Wickham | James Ford-Bannister (d) |
| Email mailing lists | Colin Willox | Davie Parsons (d) Richard Moger |
| Examinations Committee, Chair | Stuart Young | James Ford-Bannister (d) |
| Examinations Committee, Members | Peter Parsons, Steve Tonkinson, Dean Wright (Vice Chair), Ben Griffiths, Russell Newton, Paul Sutton, Steve Leonard | |
| Flag working party | Martin Cockerill (c), Alan Dobson, Phil Clarke | |
| Game expense claim processing | Roger Brown | Stuart Tabberer |
| Game report reception | Paul Sutton | Roger Brown |
| Gameday paperwork stockholder | Davie Parsons | |
| General Secretary * | Richard Moger | Paul Sutton |
| Head of Mentoring | Liam Wooten | Ollie Maskell (d) |
| Health & Safety Officer | James Ford-Bannister | |
| Hudl | James Ford-Bannister | Ben Griffiths |
| Incident report follow-up | Davie Parsons | Roger Goodgroves |
| Incident report reception | All directors plus Newsflash editor | |
| Induction training manual | James Ford-Bannister (d); Amir Brooks; Jed Brookes-Lewis; Ian Wainwright | |
| Intellectual property and licensing | Davie Parsons | Roger Brown |
| International liaison | Keith Wickham | Davie Parsons (d) |
| John Slavin Award data collection | Paul Sutton | Davie Parsons (d) |
| John Slavin Award trophies | Chris Jarvis | Davie Parsons (d) |
| Manual of Football Officiating | Jim Briggs | |
| Members handbook | Davie Parsons | Colin Willox |
| Membership Appeals Sub-committee | Peter Parsons, James Ford-Bannister, Roger Brown | Roger Goodgroves, Oliver Maskell (plus Davie Parsons, Richard Moger and Steve Tonkinson if not involved in original decision) |
| Membership enquiries | Oliver Maskell | Davie Parsons, Paul Sutton |
| Membership list | Richard Moger | |
| Membership Sub-committee | Paul Sutton, Davie Parsons | Steve Tonkinson |
| Newsflash distribution | Ben Griffiths, Colin Willox | Davie Parsons(d), Paul Sutton, James Ford-Bannister, Richard Moger |
| Newsflash editor | Ben Griffiths | James Ford-Bannister, Richard Moger, Davie Parsons (d) |
| NFL Liaison | Richard Vernon | David Parsons (d) |
| Officiating Review Committee, Chair * | Davie Parsons | |
| Officiating Review Committee, Members | Other directors | |
| President * | Davie Parsons | Steve Tonkinson |
| Public relations / press releases | Davie Parsons | |
| Publicity and Media | Susannah Taylor | David Parsons (d), Richard Moger, Jed Brookes-Lewis, Steve Leonard |
| Registered address | Richard Prattley (Harris, Beattie & Young) | Paul Sutton (d) |
| Returning Officer | Ben Griffiths | Richard Moger (d) |
| Rulebook editor | Jim Briggs | Martin Cockerill (flag and 5 on 5); Peter Parsons (8 on 8) |
| Rules and Mechanics Committee, Chair | Jim Briggs | Davie Parsons (d) |
| Rules and Mechanics Committee, Members | Paul Sutton, Peter Parsons, Steve Tonkinson, Shawn Sombati | |
| Scheduling | Roger Goodgroves | Henry Richardson, Mike Hansford, Ian Davies |
| Selection Committee, Chair * | Roger Goodgroves | |
| Selection Committee, Members | Davie Parsons (until 2021), Liam Wooten (until 2021) David Knight (until 2022), Peter Roberts (until 2022) Andrew Murrell (until 2023), Pete Parsons (until 2023) N.B. Terms of office end after selection of the College Bowl | |
| Status of games * | Roger Goodgroves & Roger Brown | |
| Video library | Keith Wickham | |
| Webmaster | Colin Willox | Krister Halvorsen, Viktor Jánvári, Davie Parsons (d) |
| Welfare Officer | Graham Smith | Peter Parsons (d) |
* indicates an ex officio responsibility; (c) = chair; (d) = responsible director (Dep) = Deputy Director
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