Issue 33/25 20th September 2025
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JOHN SLAVIN AWARD - BAFANL SEASON 2025
Congratulations to all of the winners of the John Slavin Award for the BAFANL 2025 season. The award is named after John Slavin. John was a long-serving BAFRA official and sometime director of the Association who sadly died in October 2005. In his memory, BAFRA has dedicated an award made to a team that shows commitment to improving the game experience for players and fans, as well as officials.
BAFRA awards the John Slavin Trophy in odd-numbered years to the team with the best game day management. This includes prompt provision of properly attired and effective chain crew and ball persons, spectator facilities such as covered seats, a scoreboard, a referee’s microphone and a game day manager available to the officiating crew from when they arrive. The title is awarded to the team that has come out best in an audit carried out by BAFRA members at each game. A perfect facility scores 0.
The winners were:
BAFANL Adult Mixed:
Staffordshire Surge - Overall Winner and Division 1 winner
East Kilbride Pirates - Premier Division Winner
Oxford Saints - Division Two Winner
BAFANL Junior:
East Kilbride Pirates
NWFL (9-a-side):
Solent Thrashers
More information, including a list of the best performing teams, may be found on the BAFRA website at: www.bafra.info/info/jst/BAFANL2025.pdf
Paul Sutton - Assistant General Secretary
DISCIPLINARY CASES
NAME | # | TEAM | OFFENCE | SUSPENDED |
Previous weeks | ||||
Nathan Kwame Owusu-Ansa | 3 | South London Renegades | Misconduct | All games until 24th September 2025 |
GAME MANAGEMENT REPORTS
HOME TEAM | REPORT | NEXT HOME GAME |
New this week | ||
Northants Knights | A well-marked 7-vs-7 field in white, with other sports markings in different colours. A series of significant holes needed to be filled prior to kick-off. No down box was provided. Changing rooms were small for a crew of four, but were lockable. Will Fazackerley #227 | Unknown |
PLAY OF THE WEEK: | |
New this week | Play: Third and 15 at the A-2. Quarterback A11 drops back to pass. About to be tackled in the endzone, they throw the ball forward to an area where there are no eligible receivers. Tackle A72 catches the pass at the A-1 and is tackled at the A-3.
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Last week | Play: There are 3 seconds remaining in the game. Team A have 1st and 10 at the B-20 yard line. Team A are trailing by 4 points. QB A1 drops back to pass and throws the ball to A89 who catches the ball while in the endzone. When the pass was thrown, lineman A67 was stood at the B-10 yard line. Time expired during the down.
A67 was committed a foul for Ineligible Receiver Downfield (7-3-10). As a Live Ball foul has been accepted the period shall be extended for one untimed down (3-2-3-a-1). |
MECHANICS: | |
New this week | Game Situation: Running Back A46, runs towards the right edge, where his is hit, as he is going to ground he looses control of the ball, and B91 recovers the ball while their knee is touching the ground. When in doubt is the ball carrier down or is it a fumble?
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Last week | Game Situation: Which official is responsible for giving a list of officials to each Head Coach (the “Coaches Card”)? Answer: The Referee is responsible for ensuring all Rosters (& Coaches Cards) are exchanged prior to kick-off. They must not delegate this to another official. The game must not kick off until all list have been exchanged. (BR 5.1.7 & BR 5.1.8) |
Date | Event | Contact for details |
2025 | ||
BAFRA Directors | |||||
President | David Parsons | General Secretary | Richard Moger | ||
Finance | Mark Schofield | Operations | Oliver Maskell | ||
Recruitment | Emma Harris | Training | James Ford-Bannister | ||
Director without Portfolio #1 | Peter Parsons | Director without Portfolio #2 | Steve Tonkinson | ||
The opinions expressed in this Newsflash are those of the contributors, and not necessarily of BAFRA or its Directors. All Incident Reports to be submitted via www.bafra.info. Deadline for articles submitted by email (newsflash@bafra.info) is midnight Tuesday. |
