BAFOC's annual mechanics clinic will be held on the 7th of December. Details will follow regarding the place and time. Our clinicians our set for the clinic and travel plus room and board arrangements are being made.
The first is becoming a household name in Belgium and is Frank Kristensen and to recap his experience here is his officiating biography:
Frank started officiating in 1992 and has been an EFAF official since 1999 working 30 plus games a year. He has worked 27 EFAF games and one of a select few to have worked all 7 positions in an EFAF game. He has also attended NFLE clinic in Tampa, Florida twice and has called Junior college games in California. He has worked 11 Danish finals, 4 on line of scrimmage, 3 deep and 4 as referee. He is the supervisor for both the World and European school flag football finals. He is also the supervisor of officials for the under 19 Nordic Championships along with being the coordinator for the officials in the highest league in Denmark. He also has his own website dedicated to his officiating avocation:
http://www.whitecap.dkThe second is his Norwegian friend Einar Bolstad:
Einar started officiating in 1992 in Sweden and has been an EFAF official since 1998. He was an NFL Europe official 2005 and 2006 and worked World Bowl XIII in 2005 as the Line Judge. He has officiated two Euro Bowl finals, several European championships and other EFAF games and several Swedish and Norwegian national championships on different levels. He also has officiated high school football in Texas and college football in California. Einar has served on the NoAFF officiating committee since 2000 and presently is the chairman. As an instructor he has participated at clinics in several countries including the EFAF clinic. He was on the instructors staff at the 2008 Reno Collegiate Football Officiating Camp which some consider the one of the best football officiating camps in the world. He presently serves on the Officiating Committee of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) as well as the Technical Committee of the EFAF Officiating Committee.
More details to follow.
Thanks. Tim