With 1.11 remaining on the clock of the third period, an exclusion was given against Blue 2. Blue 2 answered back the referee Adam Older, who replied: “I’ve had enough of this and promptly left the pool. Since then an email has been received from him resigning from the referees’ lists for both BWWPL and Devon League.

Tom Bossom was in the balcony and agreed to come down and replace him to allow the game to finish.