John Slavin Award 2015 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 2015 were as follows:

Ipswich Cardinals 16.2 Overall winners and Division 2 winners Halton Spartans 19.2 Kent Exiles 22.6 East Kilbride Pirates 22.8 Premier Division winners Doncaster Mustangs 25.6 Division 1 winners Sandwell Steelers 33.6 Merseyside Nighthawks 34.2 Newcastle Vikings 35.6 Leicester Falcons 37.8 London Blitz 38.2 Edinburgh Wolves 39.4 Solent Thrashers 43.4 Sussex Thunder 46.8 Farnham Knights 47.0 Humber Warhawks 47.2 Wembley Stallions 47.8 Cambridgeshire Cats 48.4 Bury Saints 49.6 Essex Spartans 50.2 Peterborough Saxons 50.6

The average for the Premier Division was 62.02, for Division One 58.75 and for Division Two 67.38. The overall average for BAFANL Senior teams was 61.88

The top-performing teams in the BAFANL Junior Season 2015 were as follows:

Kent Exiles 28.0 Junior winners Cambridgeshire Cats 42.0 Essex Spartans 44.0 Pennine Panthers 48.0 East Kilbride Pirates 48.5 Farnham Knights 51.7 Buckinghamshire Wolves 54.7 Solent Thrashers 56.0 Hertfordshire Cheetahs 56.5 Clackmannanshire Ravens 57.3

The overall average amongst all BAFANL Junior teams was 76.70