I want to thank all of you that came out yesterday and showed the league the true spirit of our commitment to kids and the larger football community. Your time and hard work in these adverse conditions showed the pride we take in our colours (Black/Orange).

I am very proud and thankful to all of you. It was truly a team spirit.

 I would like to share the following mails of a few thank you's and appreciations for us from our league and City staff.

Manager's! please forward this mail to your parents. Their help and support was very much appreciated.

Blessings.

Yeera.

Well, as we have always said to all of our association presidents - you have
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

I would like to thank all of the VMFL and Cloverdale volunteers for working
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.

                            City of Surrey.

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To see just what they were talking about you can get access to our photo gallery and a short video clip of game action here.