ABOUT US

WHAT WE ARE

LEAGUE RULES

MEMBER CONTACT INFORMATION

CONTACT OUR LEAGUE PRESIDENT

2008 CO-OP LEAGUE MEETING MINUTES

 

COACHING CORNER

COACHING RESOURCES

MOTIVATION PAGE

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING

OFFICIALS

Vancouver Island Referee Association

THE FOOTBALL SCENE

 

Jr. Bantam Standings

Team	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts.
Saltspring Island Slayers
Harewood Dawgs
Fairview Cowboys
Oceanside Youth Football Parksville
Port Alberni Sealions
Campbell River Fighting Eagles

2008

Schedule and Results

 

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10 Championship

Notice Board

E-MAIL TO POST HERE

 

All winning teams need to e-mail their scores in to Rob Stevenson boomsha@yahoo.com ASAP after their game.

ABOUT THE VANCOUVER ISLAND

CO-OPERATIVE FOOTBALL LEAGUE

WHO WE ARE

Vancouver Island Co-Operative Football League

The Vancouver Island Co-Operative Football League is a grouping of like minded youth community football clubs that recognize the benefit of encouraging youth participation in organized tackle football and to help grow the interest in football. In our communities where we have High School Football programs, our youth community football clubs traditionally act as a feeder program for the High School Football programs.

The Co-Operative League schedules league games for the fall tackle football season between participating clubs for the Junior Bantam and Pee Wee levels. The Co-Operative League developed an agreed to set of League Rules which is based on 4 downs & 11 players aside. Scoring is recorded for the Junior Bantam level and used for a season end play-off format, but scoring is not recorded for the Pee Wee level. Participating clubs will host at their cost home games and will travel at their cost to away games.

Participation in our Vancouver Island Co-Operative Football League does not restrict any of our participating clubs from doing other activities including participation in other leagues, associations or exhibition games, providing that it does not harm our Co-Operative League (e.g. no conflict with scheduled league games; maintain the collaborative organization of the Co-Operative).

There are no membership fees for clubs that participate in our Co-Operative League. There is no formal league board of directors but rather participating club representatives collaborate and co-operate to maintain the mutual benefit of operating this Co-Operative League. Participation in our Co-Operative League is not mandatory but it is mandatory that participating clubs are insured through Football BC.

The Co-Operative League has an annual meeting normally held in June to review and update club participants, league rules and to schedule league games.

The youth community football clubs that will participate in the Vancouver Island Co-Operative Football League in the 2007 Fall Tackle season are:

Full participation with teams in the Jr Bantam and Pee Wee levels:

• Oceanside Community Football Club
• Harewood/Barsby Community Football Club
• NDSS Community Football Club
• Alberni Community Football Club
• Campbell River Community Football Club

Partial participation with teams only in the Jr Bantam or Pee Wee level:

• Cowichan Valley Community Football Club (Pee Wee)
• Football Nanaimo Community Football Club (Pee Wee)
• Saltspring Island Community Football Club (Junior Bantam)

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LEAGUE RULES

Updated league rules for JB & PW for 2008 season.

Submitted by R. Stevenson after Wed. 11 June, 2008 meeting.

VANCOUVER ISLAND COOPERATIVE FOOTBALL LEAGUE RULES 

US H.S. Rules for both levels, full size field. (4 downs, 11 players on field)

Coaches allowed on the field for the first JB game & all year with PEE WEE.

• Regular season rules continue into the playoffs. Jr. Bantam will run a full compliment of special teams throughout.

• All home teams are responsible for implementation of 5 yard restraining area for fans on the fan sideline.

• Conduct of Fans is responsibility of home team.

• Wherever possible: Fans on one side of the field and both teams on opposite side.

JB rules adjusted from rule book:

1. Game clock – four 15 minute quarters, stop time last 3 minutes of each half.

Time also stops for injuries and timeouts. This will normally give you a 1hour & 45 minute game.

2. Punts must travel at least ten yards in the air from the line of scrimmage or the play is immediately blown dead and the other team is awarded the ball where it first touches the ground. The Center position may not be contacted while his head is down for long snaps.
3. Tie – breaking rules if 2 or more teams have identical records at the end of the year:

• Head to head record

• Point spread in head to head games
• Most points scored during season up to a total victory margin of 18 points per-game. (Victory by forfeiture is counted as a 18-0 score)
• Least amount of points scored against.

4. In the playoffs if 2 teams are tied at the end of the game, there will be a 10 minute break. The two teams then proceed to a shoot-out style to break the tie. The winner of a coin flip can elect to have the ball first or second. Losing team chooses which end of the field they want to play from. Each team starts with the ball on the 10 yard line with four downs to score (not including downs replayed because of penalties). Converts must be tried after each score. Two points awarded for a successful kick through the uprights and 1 point for a run or pass score. Ball is placed on the 3 yard line for all conversion attempts. This format will be repeated until the tie is broken.

5. There is a mercy rule whereby if a team is behind by 28 or more points in the second half the referees will approach the coach of the team that is behind and ask if they want a running clock which only stops for injuries. If the coach accepts running time he/she cannot reverse this decision later in the game. If the coach elects for a normal clock then he/she may approach the referee later in the game to request a running clock. Timeouts by the team that is ahead are not allowed.
6. Forfeitures: A forfeiture counts as an 18-0 victory for the team that has been forfeited upon. Forfeiture notice should be given as early in the game-week as possible. In all cases, a “Friendly Game” is encouraged between the two squads with the understanding that the game results are not official as forfeiture has already been declared.

PEE WEE rules adjusted from rule book:  (All other rules same as Jr Bantam)

1. All fumbles are live except for a fumbled Quarterback - Center exchange which is blown dead immediately with a loss of down.
2. Punts – There is no physical punt of the ball in Pee-Wee. If the team chooses to "punt" on 4th down, the ball will be advanced by the referee 30 yards and the opponent will take possession.  If a team chooses to "punt" from inside the opponent's 40 yard-line, the ball will be advanced half the distance to the goal line and the opponent will take possession at that point.
3. Convert kicks after a touchdown – A team can choose to try a kick convert and the attempt can be blocked by the other team. The kicking team cannot run a fake convert. The ball will be pre-pinned by the holder and the play will begin when he signals a mock snap with the word "HUT".  The line-of-scrimmage is on the 3 yard-line as per-rulebook.
4. Defensive linemen must line up head to head with offensive linemen, with no one lining up on the center. Defensive players lining up on the edge player of the offensive formation (offensive TE's and tackles) may shade outside but not inside. There is no blitzing at all. ***Of note: A blitz is defined by a defensive player who did not originate on the Line of Scrimmage moving forward prior to the snap of the ball.
5. We encourage referees to flag and talk to kids if possible in the first half of the game,    and flag and walk off penalties in the second half. The object is not to stop flagging penalties but to flag only the obvious penalties which affect the safety of the players or the outcome of a play.

1. The clock in PEE WEE is 4-20 minute quarters, no stop time at all, with a 10 minute half. This will give you a 1-1/2 hour game.
2. No league standings are kept and there are no playoffs.
3. Time Outs: There are two-(2) time outs per-half for each team that are 45 seconds in duration.

BOTH LEVELS

The pass or run convert is worth 1 pt, while the kicking game is worth 2 pts.

2008 Referee Requirements

All officials must be certified.

The host team is responsible for all officials.

Jr. Bantam games require a minimum of three (3) certified officials. 

Pee-Wee games require a minimum of two (2) certified officials.

***Of Note:

The above set of Vancouver Island Cooperative Football League Rules have developed over the past half-decade as an agreed upon consensus of the membership.

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LEAGUE CONTACTS

Vancouver Island Co-Operative Football League

Contact List

2008-2009

• Campbell River- Michele Payne  email ray-michele@telus.net 923-1601
• Cowichan- Yvonne Van Ryk email von.cvfa@telus.net 715-1397 (H) 701-7873 (C)

• Fairview- Dan Richardson email danierlr@technosamurai.com 754-7856 (H) 713-1935 (W)
• Football Nanaimo- Rick Keen email rickdkeen@telus.net 390-4417
• Harewood- Larry Cooper email ltcdawg@shaw.ca 754-2079 (H) 616-3805 (W)
• Oceanside- Guy Therrien email ericrene@telus.net 468-1605 (H) 951-8553 (C)
• Port Alberni- Bernie Muller email bmuller@shaw.ca 723-9533 (H) 714-1127 (W)
• Saltspring- Mike Miles email mmiles@sd64.bc.ca 537-5390

2008 C0-Op Meeting

Vancouver Island Co-Operative League
Annual General Meeting
Minutes- June 11, 2008

Attendance:               Phil Taudin-Chabot, Sean Roden, Nate Stevenson
Dan Richardson, Mitchell Brook, Erin Childs
Guy Therrien, Rome Novak, Kelly Cudney, Larry
Cooper, Rob Stevenson, Michele Payne, Ray
Payne, David Heemskerk, Yvonne Van Ryk, Jeff
McDonald, Chris Arcus, Bernie Muller, Steve Ball.

Welcome:                   There are 8 clubs participating in our league
once again this year. Saltspring sends their
regrets, but will again be participating in the
league. This will be Phil Taudin-Chabot’s last year as
the president of  the Co-Operative League. Thanks Phil       
for all you have done for youth football in our communities.
Erin Childs has agreed to take over as the communications director
for the league, but will not be facilitating the annual meetings. Her                                      contact information is erinl.childs@gmail.com 951-0462.

Club Updates:

• Campbell River – They had a successful spring camp with the Island Raiders, from that they have 12 peewee and 10 JB pre-registered. They are trying to increase their numbers. They will have one team for each age group this season.
• Cowichan -  Will have one peewee team only as their JB team participates in the Victoria league.
• Fairview – Has 20 peewee and 20 JB players pre-registered. Will have one team of each
• Football Nanaimo – Have 15 peewee pre-registered. Will have one possibly two teams.
• Harewood – Has 20-25 of both peewee and JB pre-registered. Will have one of each team.
• Oceanside – Has 12 peewee and 18 JB pre-registered. Will have one of each team.
• Port Alberni -  Has 16-18 peewee and 11-12 JB pre-registered. Will have one of each team.
• Saltspring – Will have one JB team.

 

Jersey Colors:  Nate Stevenson addressed the fact that last year some teams had the same jersey colors which made for some confusion, therefore:

• Campbell River – Peewee & JB Blue & White
• Cowichan – Peewee Burgundy & Gold
• Fairview – Peewee Silver & JB White
• Football Nanaimo – Peewee Black
• Harewood – Peewee & JB Red
• Oceanside – Peewee Purple & JB Sky Blue
• Port Alberni – Peewee white & JB Green
• Saltspring – JB Yellow

 

Club Contact Updates:

• Campbell River- Michele Payne  email ray-michele@telus.net 923-1601
• Cowichan- Yvonne Van Ryk email von.cvfa@telus.net 715-1397 (H)

      701-7873 (C)

• Fairview- Dan Richardson email danierlr@technosamurai.com 754-7856 (H) 713-1935 (W)
• Football Nanaimo- Rick Keen email rickdkeen@telus.net 390-4417
• Harewood- Larry Cooper email ltcdawg@shaw.ca 754-2079 (H) 616-3805 (W)
• Oceanside- Guy Therrien email ericrene@telus.net 468-1605 (H) 951-8553 (C)
• Port Alberni- Bernie Muller email bmuller@shaw.ca 723-9533 (H) 714-1127 (W)
• Saltspring- Mike Miles email mmiles@sd64.bc.ca 537-5390

Schedules:      Larry Cooper will once again be doing the schedules for both the peewees
and JBs. Thank you Larry for doing this once again. Scheduling contacts are as follows:

• Campbell River- Michele Payne - Sundays
• Cowichan- Yvonne Van Ryk - Sundays
• Fairview- Dan Richardson  - Sundays
• Football Nanaimo- Rick Keen – Saturdays?
• Harewood- Larry Cooper – Saturdays ?
• Oceanside- Guy Therrien - Sundays
• Port Alberni- Chris Arcus email chrisandalease@shaw.ca 723-0345 (H) 731-6637 (C) - Saturdays
• Saltspring- Mike Miles – Saturdays

Larry will have a draft of the schedules out at the end of June. All teams must reconfirm how many teams they will have by July 15. The final schedule will be ready at the end of July.

            Cowichan Valley will be hosting the Peewee Jamboree tentatively set for Sunday
Sept 7, 2008. JB teams will start their league games on this weekend with the
Peewees to start the following weekend.

            Both teams are responsible for submitting scores. If clubs have their own websites
please submit them to Rob Stevenson at boomsha@yahoo.com so he can link
them to the Vancouver Island Co-Op Football League’s web page. Rob will once
again be the webmaster for the league. Thank you Rob.

League Rules Amendments:

PEE WEE rules adjusted from rule book:  (All other rules same as Jr Bantam)

1. All fumbles are live except for a fumbled Quarterback - Center exchange which is blown dead immediately with a loss of down.
2. Punts – There is no physical punt of the ball in Pee-Wee. If the team chooses to "punt" on 4th down, the ball will be advanced by the referee 30 yards and the opponent will take possession.  If a team chooses to "punt" from inside the opponent's 40 yard-line, the ball will be advanced half the distance to the goal line and the opponent will take possession at that point.
3. Convert kicks after a touchdown – A team can choose to try a kick convert and the attempt can be blocked by the other team. The kicking team cannot run a fake convert. The ball will be pre-pinned by the holder and the play will begin when he signals a mock snap with the word "HUT".  The line-of-scrimmage is on the 3 yard-line as per-rulebook.
4. Defensive linemen must line up head to head with offensive linemen, with no one lining up on the center. Defensive players lining up on the edge player of the offensive formation (offensive TE's and tackles) may shade outside but not inside. There is no blitzing at all. ***Of note: A blitz is defined by a defensive player who did not originate on the Line of Scrimmage moving forward prior to the snap of the ball.

 Rob Stevenson from Harewood will provide High School rules book to JB clubs who need it. He will send clarification to contact persons.
Eligible Players:
Both Oceanside and Port Alberni raised the question of allowing a JB player playing at the Peewee level due to size and/or ability. It was decided by the majority of the league that the current cutoff age for JB will remain as is which is Dec 31. Campbell River made a suggestion that they feel has worked for them; they offer a reduced rate to a player who is of JB age with little or no experience. The player can come out and practice and learn with the team but will not be playing.
Referees:
All referees need to be educated, certified and insured. A Level I referee clinic will be offered tentatively on weekend of August 9th at the John Barsby secondary school. An attempt for a hands on workshop will be made following the clinic for the referees.
Coaches Clinics:
BC Community Football Association is offering a level II clinic  June 27-29.
There is still a need for a Level I coaches clinic. It was felt that 10-15 coaches would be interested. Sean Roden will follow up with Rick Keen to see if a clinic can be organized.
Congratulations to Larry Cooper for receiving the Orange Helmet award for outstanding contribution to youth football. We thank Larry for his contributions.
Next years annual general meeting is tentatively set for Wednesday June 10, 2009 at the Bayside in Parksville at 7:00 pm.

 

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