The BAFRA Board of Directors are delighted to welcome Bill LeMonnier as Guest of Honour and Principal Speaker at our 2024 Convention and Training Weekend - 6th and 7th April 2024. BAFRA's Annual Convention has grown in stature to become one of the best officiating training events in Europe and we consistently attract over 95% of our active officials every year.

Davie Parsons, BAFRA President said, "We are thrilled that Bill has accepted the offer to be our guest at the Convention in this our 40th year. This will be his sixth visit to our shores and our members are really looking forward to his presentations and insight. Bill has an extensive background in officiating and is a renowned Clinician. He is in constant demand to speak at training events all over the world and we are privileged to have him on-board.

As well as Officiating in the Big Ten Conference for 20 years, LeMonnier has an impressive list of 20 Bowl assignments and numerous awards to his credit. In 2013 he was awarded the National Association of Sports Officials' Gold Whistle Award which recognises outstanding contributions of sports officials, referees, and umpires beyond their officiating duties. Since 2014 to date Bill has been taking his wealth of knowledge and experience to ESPN/ABC as rules analyst for NCAA football broadcasts.

The Convention will be held at Yarnfield Park Training & Conference Centre in Yarnfield, Staffordshire over the weekend of 6th and 7th April and places are going fast. Attendance is not restricted solely to BAFRA members as we have Officials attend every year from all over Europe. Information on how to attend the Convention is published in BAFRA's weekly Newsflash available here.