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2008 VMFL Star Bowl
Our congratulations to the fine athletes from Cloverdale Football that have been invited to participate in the VMFL's annual Star Bowl.
THe event will be held on April 19th in Coquitlam - more details to come
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11 CCFA Players Invited to 2007 VMFL Star Bowl !
Our congratulations to the 11 fine athletes from Cloverdale Football that have been invited to participate in the VMFL's annual Star Bowl.
CCFA Star Bowl Picks Bantam Leopards
JOSHUA DUNKS Running Back
MYKHAL SMITH DB
SEAN TONG Running Back /Linebacker
KYLE GRAEME Middle Linebacker
CCFA Star Bowl Picks Midget Bengals
KYLE MARCOTTE Receiver
MERVAN SKRIJELJ DB
MONTY BADYAL OG
TYSON MCKRAE DL
JESSE DEILDALE RB
CAMERON CLARK QB
JOSHUA PARKS LB
Star Bowl
Place: Sameul Robertson Technical School map
20445 245th Street
Maple Ridge BC
Date: April 21,2007
Time: Bantam Game 12:00 noon
Midget Game 3:00PM (15:00HR)
Congratulations Tyson - Now A Washington Cougar !
Congratulations goes to Tyson Pencer on his scholarship to Washington State University. (NCAA Div 1, Pac Ten Conference) Tyson started his football as a flag age player right here in Cloverdale, and finished with our 2006 Midget Bengals . All of us at the CCFA wish him good luck in both his studies and football efforts with the Cougars.
Read the Surrey Leader article by Rick Kupchuk here.
Important Info for Returning Players and Cheerleaders
** Important Information **
Returning football players can also register by mail prior to April 7, 2007.
Please include post-dated concession and equipment deposit, name, phone number, address and birth year with your registration fees
Cloverdale Community Football Association
7662 - 145A Street, Surrey BC V3S 9C3
or
For registration information contact
Joyce Soul, Registrar, at 604-590-2774
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An Easy Way To Get Involved!
Call Yeera Sami, President @ 604.592.0466
or
Joyce Soul, Registrar @ 604.590.2774
for more information.
2006 "The SnowBowl" VMFL Championship Games
In 2006 the CCFA stepped in to host the VMFL Championship games when the event was "bumped" from the BC Place Dome for a rescheduled Rolling Stones concert.... The story in pictures can be found here .. and so you can truly appreciate what the athletes really played through a video clip can be found on YouTube (opens in a separate window)
Kudos for SnowBowl Volunteers
to be there just to experience it and see how it runs, and this years
Championships were no exception and I am sure, will stand out in everyone's
memories for a long time to come. It certainly was one for the ages.
It always amazes me, with our league, just how many people are willing to
pitch in and lend a hand an do whatever has to be done to make it work. The
coordinating efforts by Yeera and Cloverdale were exceptional, the support
from the associations was outstanding, and the considerations from the
players, parents and coaches was fantastic. Everyone realized the cards that
we had been dealt to play with for this day and EVERYONE accepted that fact
and played on.
I guess we are going to have to create job descriptions for "Field Line
Shovelers" and "Tent Canopy Cleaners" - this was incredible to see all day
long the constant support and help that was offered.
Hats off (now that it is not frozen to my head anymore) to Yeera and the
entire Cloverdale Association, to Frank, Murray and Ken Henry for
announcing, DJing and covering our event, to Lui and Lions Players for
coming out, to Gord J., Helen, Gord B and Rob M. for your constant support
throughout the day and Brian for putting together our program.
I understand that we have some Chilli and Birthday cake left over- so maybe
Yeera would like to host
a wrap up party ? Yeera, please pass on our THANKS to your people on behalf
of the VMFL it was simply outstanding what they had done and were willing to
do to make this a showcase event for our league. And Thank You to our
Sponsors who recognized the value that our league represents for youth
football and were willing to partner with us for our Championships.
The VMFL 2006 Championships will certainly be remembered for a long tiome to
come because of the weather, which will unfortunately overshadow the
tremendous amount of work and effort of all of those involved.
- On to the Dome !
p.s. Special Thanks to Richmond and Sandee for hosting the Cheerleading
Championships on Saturday as well, another (noisey but warm) great finale to
the year.
Terry Kehoe
VMFL President
tirelessly throughout the day in extrordinary conditions to provide an
exciting VMFL Championships that the kids will remember for a lifetime. It
is amazing to see eveyone come together and do whatever is necessary to
ensure the boys and girls received the best possible experience given the
conditions.
Thanks to Yeera and Cloverdale for treating us with such courtesy. Our
players and their families really enjoyed their first VMFL Championship
experience. In my opinion the the fact that the Associations can work
together to give the players this experience in a respectful and
sportsmanlike atmosphere makes the VMFL the standard to meet or exceed.
Again, thanks to all for such a tremendous effort in making this day
possible.( Yes it is still snowing in Nanaimo).
Rick Keen, Pres. Football Nanaimo.
From Manager: Bussiness Operations and Athletic Fields.
CCFA President's work recognized by Province
In a feature article in the Sports Section, Vancouver Province Reporter Ken Henry reports that:
"This man built it, the teams came"
"Dedication: Thanks to 14 years of hard work from Yeera Sami and others, Cloverdale is a football hotbed"
We couldn't agree more.... see for yourself - read the full article: pdf here
New In-House Flag Program
New In - House Flag Program
Rick Kupchuk, Staff Reporter, The Surrey Leader:
The Cloverdale Community Football Association is introducing a new in-house flag football program for five to seven year-olds for the 2006 season."We are trying to meet the demand for a in-house program similar to the mini soccer," said CCFA president Yeera Sami. "There has been a huge request to accommodate the five year olds in flag football."
Players with birth years 1999 to 2001 are welcome to join. CCFA will be placing only 10 players on each team.
"Flag is a nine-man game and with only 10 players per team, the kids will be playing a lot and on both the offensive and the defensive side of the ball," said Sami. "The idea is to allow the young ones early to learn and play Canadian rules football, in a non-contact and non-competitive environment."
Participants will get one to two hours of practice each week, beginning in august, as well as games n Sunday mornings starting in September.
All practices and games will be at the Cloverdale Athletic Park, and the season will last for 10 weeks.
The registration fees will be $50.00. All equipment will be supplied and the players will get to keep their game shirts.
The club is also looking for additional coaches to start this program. Interested parents and coaches can call Joyce Soul at 604-590-2774 or Yeera Sami at 604-592-0466 for registration information,
2006 VMFL Star Bowl
The CCFA proudly hosted the VMFL 2006 Star Bowl at our home field - Cloverdale Athletic Park 
(the artificial turf field).
The two games in this event honoured the best players, in the Midget and Bantam divisions, during league play in 2005.
See the gallery for photos of the event
Leopards Coach Honoured
Coach Faggiani receives Community Coach of the Year Award Derek Faggiani of the Cloverdale Leopards was named the 2005 Community Coach of the Year at the Orange Helmet awards dinner Saturday in Vancouver. Derek joined the volunteer staff at the Cloverdale Community Football Association in 1993 as a Bantam and Midget division coach and has dedicated the past 13 years to the program.
Faggiani began his own football career as a high school player with Pickering high school in Ontario. After graduating form high school he was recruited to play for Simon Fraser University. During his junior and senior years at SFU he won All American honors, and in his senior year he was also awarded the Most Inspirational Player Award. A first round draft pick of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Faggiani played seven season in the Canadian Football League, also suiting up for the Montreal Alouettes, Hamilton Tigercats and Saskatchewan Roughriders. After coaching in the Bantam ranks last season, Faggiani will be head coach of the Cloverdale Bengals in the Midget division in 2006
This story was also carried in an artilce in the Cloverdale Reporter 
2005 Champs - Atom Lions
Congratulations to the 2005 Provincial Atom Champions - our own Cloverdale Lions !
check out the photo album
Artificial Turf
Ribbon Cutting and Opening Mini-Games
The turf opening ceremonies were held in the pouring rain Tuesday December 2, 2003. The event was well attended with Mayor McCallum and other council and commission members, complete with Counc. Gary Tymoschuck in Cloverdale Football gear.
There were speeches and presentations, followed by ribbon cutting and a ceremonial kick off. A mini football game was played by the Cloverdale Atom Cubs with Coun. Gary Tymoschuck as tailback going in for the lone touchdown. Cubs defence came little short in making a big tackle. The first ever touchdown under the lights and on our new all-weather synthetic turf Field!
The CCFA is very proud and thankful to our mayor, council and commission members for providing our youth and the community with this world class multi-sport Synthetic turf field. We look forward to playing, and winning, on our new turf next season.
For the complete picture gallery go <here>
The Turf takes Shape
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After a slight delay due to extreme rain, the turf construction continues...
To see the complete photo gallery goto "Growing an Artifical Turf"
Good News on Artificial Turf
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Thanks to our Mayor, council and the commission members our new synthetic field that is under construction will now be expanded to include 15 yd end zones with the turf being upgraded to the same as the world's best play on!
The good news is we are able to expand the field size now during construction rather than waiting to do it at a later date, which would have been too expensive, if and when allowed, and also inconvenient to other user groups. Our clubs contribution to this expansion is $44,000.00, about 25% of the cost to do it later. The project also includes a new announcer's tower similar to our present tower. Completion date is six weeks from now if the weather permits.
Our children will be playing on the same high quality synthetic field that the NFL, CFL and university teams play on. The new field will be our home field for all home games and practices.
You will see the difference when you come to practice.
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Construction Begins on Artifical Turf Field
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Artifical Turf Field Announced
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"I am very excited to announce that the CCFA proposal for the location of the new artificial turf field has been accepted. It will be south of the existing grass field, beside our clubhouse. This field will be fully lit and will accommodate both football and soccer. This will solve our need for more practice space, allow us to host night games and eliminate field closures. The field will be similiar to Newton Athletic Park. Construction is scheduled to begin mid-July and be complete for the start of football season in September."
Yeera Sami, CCFA President
March 4, 2003
Remembering Ray
Ray and Dorothy Hopkins
Long-time volunteers Ray and Dorothy Hopkins.
Sadly, Ray passed away in the fall of 2002.
He will be deeply missed by all of us at CCFA.
Thanks Joyce !
JoyceEveryone knows Joyce, and should be well aware of her incredible dedication to CCFA. She has put in many years of hard work as registrar which includes all paperwork, and also is a former concession manager, team manager, and seamstress, and is always available for anything else that needs to be done.
Thanks, Joyce, we truly appreciate your efforts in helping the CCFA continue to provide a quality football program for our kids.