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Coaching Clinic with REDBLACKS

Grab your clipboard and join the OSEG Foundation for the upcoming Football Coaching Clinic hosted by the Ottawa REDBLACKS. The one-day clinic is designed to give youth football coaches the opportunity to learn new skills and techniques that will help them to improve minor football programs. Coaches will be exposed to strategies for all aspects of the game and have the chance to network and learn from professional CFL Coaches. Register today for the OSEG Foundation’s Football Coaching Clinic. Limited spaces available.

Clinic Includes:

  • Positional Training
  • Tactical Support
  • Program Development
  • On-Field Demonstrations
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REGISTRATION: $25

CLICK TO REGISTER ONLINE

Head Coaches 2019 Summer Elite Teams (SET) Program.

NCAFA is proud to announce the two Head Coaches who will be leading the 2019 Summer Elite Teams (SET) Program.

Jeff Koradi (U15) and Dan Lachance (U17) both thoroughly impressed the Selection Committee and will take the reigns of their respective teams effective immediately.

As a long-time Cumberland Panthers Head Coach, Coach Koradi has guided multiple NCAFA teams to A Cup championships. In addition, he led the Panthers OPFL Junior Varsity squad to a Provincial Championship in 2017. Coach Koradi has a storied history in Ottawa football and he now brings his experience to the SET Program with a goal of uniting the Ottawa football community under the best coaching and developmental process this City has ever seen.

As President of the Kanata Knights, Coach Lachance has guided his Club to become one of the most consistently successful minor football programs in the region. In addition, Coach Lachance has long been a coordinator with the Myers Riders OVFL Bantam Varsity team, a team that was among the top in the Province for many years. Coach Lachance is excited to showcase the 15 and 16 year olds in a critical season for their ongoing development.

For the first time in almost 20 years, all football players in the Ottawa region are eligible to join forces under a single banner and prove just how strong of a football community we are. No territories. No excuses. 

 

Ottawa Football. UNITED!"

2018 Inter-Provincial Bowl - Recap

By Jesse Card 11/12/2018, 11:30am EST

Montreal executes clean sweep (4-0) at 2018 Bowl Series

The final whistle on Saturday night , from Montreal, marked the end of the 2018 NCAFA and Montreal civil Football seasons, as the 2nd Annual Inter-Provincial Bowl Series came to a close. 

The feedback from parents, coaches and the greater Ottawa and Montreal Football communities was overwhelming to put things modestly. The hospitality shown by the Montreal league representatives and their volunteers was nothing short of first class and definitely raised the bar for this new annual season ending celebration. 

Firstly, the game day facilities at Stade Hebert were spectacular, offering both the visiting and host teams fully functional change rooms, showers and amenities provided by the host hospitality services. Finished rest rooms were available for all spectators and players which went a long way to make the traveling Ottawa / NCAFA teams feel right at home during their Inter-Provincial experience. 

The on field results were clear - as Montreal took the series 4 games to none and increased their all -time series score (over two years) 6-1. The clean sweep in the 2018 Bowl Series has raised questions about how Football is structured in Ottawa and has also provided a good goal to work towards in developing local community teams capable of competing at a provincial calibre level. 

MOSQUITO - 76 - 00 ( St. Lazare Stallions > Nepean Eagles)

PEEWEE - 48 - 33 (I'll Bizarre Vikings > Cumberland Panthers)

BANTAM - 32 - 14 (La Salle Warriors > Cumberland Panthers)

MIDGET - 37 - 7 (Sun Youth Hornets > West Ottawa Knights)

Like Ottawa, The Montreal teams competing in the Bowl series were the local championship teams at the city level and are not all-star teams composed of out of territory players much like the Ottawa's NCAFA representatives are. Unlike the summer football programs in Ontario, NCAFA has always stayed true to developing it's local territories, promoting Football in these districts and keeping Football accessible through subsidized league fees and player registration costs. The result is more, not less players playing the game of Football in both these cities and developing average ability players into high level players capable of not only playing at the higher levels, but also of becoming quality coaches in the these league themselves one day. 

NCAFA would like to personally thank Renzo Fraraccio (QMFL) and all their volunteers, Linda Bennett (QBFL) all their volunteers, and Scott MacDermott (MRFL / LFRM) all their volunteers for all their had work and dedication to Football this weekend and beyond.