John Slavin Award 2013 BAFANL Season

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 boys, spectator facilities such as covered seats, a scoreboard and 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 comes out best in an audit carried out by BAFRA members at each game. A perfect facility scores 0.

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. . The top-performing teams in the BAFANL Senior Season 2013 were as follows:

DC Presidents 15.8 Overall winners and national division winners Nottingham Caesars 23.2 Premier Division winners Doncaster Mustangs 23.5 Wolves 26.8 London Blitz 26.8 Ipswich Cardinals 27.2 Gateshead Senators 28.2 East Kilbride Pirates 28.5 Kent Exiles 35.2 Romans 37.4 South Wales Warriors 37.4 Coventry Jets 38.0 Cornish Sharks 40.8 Yorkshire Rams 42.6 Tamworth Phoenix 43.2 Lancashire Wolverines 44.8 Sussex Thunder 47.8 Gloucester Centurions 49.0 Oxford Saints 49.0 Solent Thrashers 49.4

The average for the Premier Division was 56.78 and for the National Division 63.29. The overall average for BAFANL Senior teams was 60.59

The top-performing teams in the BAFANL Junior Season 2013 were as follows:

Nottingham Caesars 28.4 Junior winners Coventry Jets 43.0 Lancashire Wolverines 47.0 Highland Wildcats 66.0 London Blitz 67.7 68.5 Cambridgeshire Cats 70.5 Colchester Gladiators 77.7

The overall average amongst all BAFANL Junior teams was 75.45