Pics from Oct

What a great day of football! While we did not get the result we wanted, the boys battled hard through some adversity and bad case of fumbleitis, and should be proud of their efforts. The smiles on a lot of faces at the end of the day are a true measure of the day, rather than the scoreboard.

Thanks to all the parents that helped out with whatever was needed, both set up , or cleanup. Special thanks to Matt on the microphone who made the day more enjoyable for all. Also special thanks to the fellas in the striped uniform who worked all 3 games, and made it possible for us to enjoy the day.If you see them around, be sure to thank them.

Practise next week are cancelled. There is a home game vs Melville this WEDNESDAY at 4:00. I am sending Mr. Anderson a list of names with a cc to MMS parents, asking them to be let out at 3:15 so they can make there way to the DRCSS in time for kickoff. I will be asking for DRCSS players to be let out 5 min early to get ready. If someone wants to be at the field at 3:30 to help put out yardage markers etc that would be great. We will need some people to run the yardage sticks as well.

Here are some pictures from the day. Oct 5 games in Dauphin
Miss Sochan also took some great pictures, they are posted to http://clippersfootball.blogspot.ca/

Sept 14 games in Brandon

Bantam-Played at Massey( at 715 MacDermid Dr.  Please head west on Victoria Ave. until the Tim Horton's on 28th and Victoria Ave. and turn left prior to Tim's and follow the road around the bend.  Please park on the west side of the school as the field is located there.)

11:30 am Westman vs. Dauphin

  1:00 pm Dauphin vs. Swam River

  2:30 pm Swan River vs. Westman

All games are two 25 minute halves with a 10 minute halftime.  If you should need to have a coach in the huddle then please make arrangements with the other coach and ref.

Please be aware that there is no washrooms available at each location.  There will be no canteen at either venue.  Please have your athletes bring plenty of food for themselves and plenty of fluids.

Plays

Super job from everyone tonight, we are starting to look like a team. I recorded 20 plays with my iPad tonight, so people can watch them and have a look at what went right or wrong.

Play list at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ_Dqbyz6zeBtWon9JmhQdGybDFghylCv

cancelled

Practise is cancelled tonight, we will go to Tuesday and Thursday this week 6:00 - 8:00

Practise #2 - Wednesday Aug 14

Good work last night everybody, the equipment distribution went very well, nice and smooth with not too many issues.

Reminder that next week practices are Monday and TUESDAY with no practice on Wednesday (get your ticket for the Team Canada vs Team Peru International Volleyball match at the DRCSS , Wednesday night).

For Monday

-          If you have a mouth guard, form it , and bring it to practice on Monday

-          If you don’t have one, get one and form it and bring it to practice on Monday

-          You can get one at practice on Monday, but it will not be formed to your mouth

-          If we get to tackling on Monday, players must have a mouth guard to participate.

-          If you have not yet got your equipment, please see Coach Ricketts on Monday, he will get you set up with gear.

Potential Quarter backs and running  backs , please have a look at some of the material on our website at http://bantamclippers.wikispaces.com/home . In particular the instructional YouTube videos, QB’s pay close attention to the footwork being demonstrated.

Also, players please fill in the following. We are looking at where people are likely to play, so we need a little background info.

See http://bantamclippers.wikispaces.com/file/view/Bantam%20Clipper%20Football%20positions.docx/356978666/Bantam%20Clipper%20Football%20positions.docx if you are unfamiliar with some position names.

Name

Years played

Positions played before

Positions you would like to try this year (pick at least 1 from each offense and defense and special teams)

                                Offense

                                Defense

                                Special teams (punter , snapper, punt coverage , kick off kicker, kick off return , kick off coverage )

Practise number 1 - Monday Aug 12

Great practice tonight everybody, saw lots of hard work, and kids having fun.

Practice this Wednesday, we will start handing out equipment around 5:45 . Meet outside at the back of the school.

Practices next week will be Monday and Tuesday at 6:00.

2013 Season welcome

Welcome to the Bantam Clippers for 2013 - this looks to be a promising season, with well over 20 players interested in playing.

All news emails will be posted here, for reference, along with pictures , and videos etc. Documents such as schedules, rosters (so parents can find their kid and other kids!) are available at http://bantamclippers.wikispaces.com/home.

Our coaches for the season are

Cam Bennet
John Marshall
Ron Ricketts
Jason Taffinder
Mike Jestin

Please feel free to talk kto any of us, we are here to keep the kids safe, teach them some football, and have a lot of fun. At the end of the season, our win - loss record means much less than the answer to the questions "Did they learn something?" and "Did they have fun?"