OFC Bantam kicks off this weekend: President Dittmer’s message

Welcome football fans to the 52nd season of the Ontario Football Conference (OFC). This year promises to bring a lot of exciting competitive football to our communities across Ontario. It all culminates at the league varsity championships in Rockton (Flamborough) Ontario on August 6.

You will see the league has continued its growth with new community teams from North Bay (Nipissing Wild), Clarington (Knights) and Peterborough (Wolverines). Also Huronia Stallions (Barrie) has expanded its presence in the varsity and junior varsity divisions, while Kitchener-Waterloo (Twin City Predators) has joined the CJFL junior division. The league has introduced a pee wee division and overall there are now 50 teams in your OFC.

We will continue our education in doping control with extension of the CCES (Canadian Center For Ethics in Sport) doping on line course to now include our junior, varsity and junior varsity divisions. This marks us as the only minor football organization in the country that has adopted the CCES for our players at the younger divisions. Combined with our emphasis on player safety and football skills development through the Long Term Athlete Development Program at Football Canada, this establishes the OFC as one of the finest amateur youth football programs in Canada.

You will see on this website our brand new look! This is largely due to the hard working efforts of our new Vice President of the Varsity Division, Ed Tilley from Oakville, and our new media coordinator, Sam Preston from Brantford. This new website allows us to bring you up to date information on your favourite players and teams, and introduce better graphics and videos. Please submit your items of interest and help us continue to improve our communication with you.

The level of coaching continues to rise to new levels as the junior division now boasts four former CIS head coaches, 2 former CIS assistant coaches, and 2 former CFL players. It should come therefore as no surprise that a number of our players were selected for rookie CFL camps with the Hamilton Tiger Cats and Toronto Argonauts, and many others have sought to further their education and play football in the CIS. We continue to work with Ontario’s colleges and universities as we believe strongly in higher education for our players. So if you are looking to improve your skills and follow a development path with football that could lead you to higher education and a shot at the pros look no further! This is the place to be.

This summer we have expanded our cable TV broadcast schedule and are looking at other avenues to get our games out to you. Keep checking for updates on games that are being broadcast in your area.

So for now get ready to get out and support your local team as another exciting season in OFC football begins! Good luck to all of our teams in 2011. I look forward to seeing you at the field.

Doug Dittmer
President, Ontario Football Conference

This weekend Schedule:

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Bantam:

20 May, 2011 20:00
Junior Argos vs. Stampeders

21 May, 2011 14:00
Predators vs. Sturgeon

21 May, 2011 14:00
Wolverines vs. Stallions

21 May, 2011 14:00
Titans vs. Panthers