John Slavin Award 2018 BAFANL Season

BAFRA awards the John Slavin Trophy in even-numbered years to the team with the best marked field. This includes correct field dimensions, correct line and other markings, correct size goal posts, correct positioning of pylons and the condition of the field surface. 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 2018 season were as follows:

Norwich Devils 0.00 Overall winners and Division 2 winners Cambridgeshire Cats 1.00 Division 1 winners Ipswich Cardinals 1.75 Colchester Gladiators 2.40 Wembley Stallions 2.80 Halton Spartans 11.75 18.40 Berkshire Renegades 19.40 Doncaster Mustangs 19.75 Bury Saints 20.60 Premier Division winners Aberdeen Roughnecks 23.00 London Blitz 27.60 South Wales Warriors 28.00 Farnham Knights 29.50 Hertfordshire Cheetahs 29.75 Somerset Wyverns 31.50 Furness Phantoms 32.00 Nottingham Caesars 32.20 Humber Warhawks 32.25 Staffordshire Surge 33.50

Overall in the BAFANL Senior Season, all teams averaged 50.00. Within this, the Premier teams averaged 47.89, Division One teams 43.64 and the Division Two teams 54.64.

The top-performing teams in the BAFANL Junior Season 2018 were as follows:

London Warriors 16.00 Junior winners Thames Valley Tigers 21.00 Hertfordshire Cheetahs 41.00 Solent Seahawks 43.50 Nottingham Caesars 49.50 Cobham Cougars 56.00 East Kilbride Pirates 58.50 Romans 59.33

The overall average amongst all BAFANL Junior teams was 68.31