Secretary's Announcements

BFA VIPER Update - January/February 2021 tournaments

Submitted by Rachel Short on Tue, 17/11/2020 - 21:22
The BFA committee has been closely following updates regarding national and local guidance relating to COVID-19. Due to the new national lockdown in England, with no guarantees it will end on 2nd December, or how the tiered restrictions might impact on us all when the full lockdown is lifted, the decision has now been made that there will be no BFA sanctioned tournaments held during January and February 2021. Although we are all missing flyball terribly, we feel this is the right decision to make at the present time.

November Rule update

Submitted by Katie Burns on Mon, 09/11/2020 - 08:05

The BFA Committee have continued to work through COVID-19 and have made some minor changes to the Rules of Racing.  The list of changes are below and are highlighted in the attached updated rules.

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BFA Media Team Vacancies

Submitted by Rachel Short on Mon, 26/10/2020 - 22:12
The BFA committee established a media and marketing team in 2018 and their work has been instrumental in increasing the positive way in which flyball is promoted.

BFA VIPER Update - November & December Tournaments

Submitted by Rachel Short on Mon, 21/09/2020 - 18:59

BFA Committee VIPER Update 21st September 2020

The BFA committee has been closely following updates regarding national and local guidance relating to COVID-19.

The decision has been made that there will be no BFA sanctioned tournaments held during November and December 2020.

We have supported teams to host competitive unsanctioned events, but due to recent changes in government guidance these plans have had to be postponed.

BFA Viper update - October Tournaments

Submitted by Katie Burns on Mon, 24/08/2020 - 20:14

BFA Committee VIPER Update 24th August 2020

The BFA committee has been closely following updates from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and we have consulted with tournament organisers who are scheduled to host BFA sanctioned events in  October.

Following this consultation, the decision has been made that there will be no BFA sanctioned tournaments held during October 2020.

BFA COVID-19 Latest

Submitted by Justin Shearing on Wed, 29/07/2020 - 14:11

The BFA Committee is committed to the safety and welfare of our membership and their dogs, and we will carefully manage the return of flyball activities with safety as our top priority. We continue to be led by UK Government advice and will continue to update our guidance depending on how the national COVID-19 situation develops.

BFA Action Plan for COVID-19 Adapted Flyball Activities

Submitted by Justin Shearing on Fri, 24/07/2020 - 19:30

Following our release of the BFA Roadmap we have done some further work on Step 4 and how flyball activities may be allowed to proceed in accordance with new changes on social distancing and recreational sporting activities announced by the government. Published below is a comprehensive BFA Action Plan for COVID-19 Adapted Flyball, which provides advice and guidance on conducting flyball activities safely before we get to Step 5.

BFA VIPER update - September tournaments

Submitted by Katie Burns on Tue, 21/07/2020 - 10:40

BFA Committee VIPER Update 20th July 2020

The BFA committee has been closely following updates from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and we have consulted with tournament organisers who are scheduled to host BFA sanctioned events in September and October.

Following this consultation, the decision has been made that there will be no BFA sanctioned tournaments held during September 2020.

BFA AGM Minutes 2020

Submitted by Rachel Short on Sat, 18/07/2020 - 00:00

Attached are the minutes from this year's AGM held on Saturday 25th April via Zoom webinar.

BFA COVID Roadmap

Submitted by Justin Shearing on Thu, 16/07/2020 - 18:02

The BFA Committee is committed to the safety and welfare of our membership and their dogs, and we will carefully manage the return of flyball activities with safety as our top priority. We continue to be led by UK Government advice and will continue to update our guidance depending on how the national COVID-19 situation develops. To make it clear how we will manage this, we have devised a BFA Roadmap which mirrors the Government Roadmap for the recovery out of COVID-19 lockdown.