Monthly Archives: January 2009
Notre Dame High School aims to join the UOVHSAA
Martin Cleary’s “Scouring the Sidelines” blog included a story recently about Notre Dame High School’s (located in Carleton Place) attempts to enter a junior team in the UOVHSAA. Now while I don’t tend to follow junior high school football (only because I need to have a job to live…stupid society…) the goal is to eventually [...]
Sooners accomplish their goal!
According to this Facebook event notification, the Ottawa Sooners have not only been accepted into the OFC, but they already have their first game of the season lined up. Burlington Braves vs Ottawa Sooners 08 August 2009 Time: 18:00 – 22:00 Location: Keith Harris Stadium, Carleton University Congratulations to all who worked hard to make [...]
OFA Evaluation Camp results
Last November, the Ontario Football Associaton held a number of camps throughout the province. The goals were to measure a player’s athletic ability and make information available to universities for the purpose of recruiting. I only now have come across the results but was disappointed to see that they didn’t list the players’ area. Regardless, [...]
Still can’t seem to catch that carrot…
This morning’s Citizen says… City council will be holding no official discussions on either the planned Lansdowne Park redevelopment or the Eugene Melnyk soccer stadium proposal in Kanata until early April. Councillor Peter Hume, who is chairman of the planning and environment committee, said yesterday his committee would be evaluating “the best place for the [...]
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2009 Empire Football League structure
I received this EFL press release in my inbox earlier today. The Empire Football League held its 40th Annual Meeting recently in Plattsburgh, New York and announced that it will have 8 member teams for the 2009 season. The Broome County Dragons returned from a leave of absence, while the Scranton Eagles were granted a [...]
Sooners ready to present bid to OFC
Good to get something of a progress report about this issue. Credit to Don wilcox of the Ottawa Sun for the story. The Ottawa Sooners will present a bid this week to return to the Ontario Football Conference, Sun Media has learned. The Sooners elected a new board of governors Sunday featuring a who’s-who of [...]
Lansdowne vote now Feb. 17th (give or take)
By Don Campbell (Citizen) Still hopeful of a CFL return to Ottawa by the 2011 season, CFL commissioner Mark Cohon hopes the next news he hears from Ottawa is a date for a shovel to go into the ground at Lansdowne Park. The deadline for a conditional expansion franchise for an Ottawa group fronted by [...]
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Hull-Aylmer Cardinals
I have been made aware of an attempt to to start a new youth club in the Hull-Aylmer area. The goal is to start in 2009 at the Tyke (10 and below) and Mosquito (12 and below) levels with the possibility of adding a peewee team in 2010. There are still a number of steps [...]
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2009 Team Canada Football Tours and Tryouts
Team Canada has not updated the main page of their website in a little while (apparently, they’re in the process of upgrading, a pain I know all too well…), but they are active on Facebook. Their goals and accomplishments: Travelling teams to bring Canadian Football players to the world. Showcasing Canadian Football Talent, Networking with [...]
Vic Washington
I received a notice in my e-mail inbox earlier today about recent Rough Riders news. Usually I’m led to a link about a Grey Cup recap or some such, but this time I was taken to a site apparently announcing the death of former Riders running back Vic Washington. I was reluctant to post anything [...]