December 5, 2006 by Mike McFarlaneThe AFL Canada Annual General Meeting has been scheduled for Saturday December 9th at 1:00 PM Eastern, 11:00 AM Mountain and 10:00 AM Pacific time.
Please remember all of the teams in Canada should have someone from their club phone in to participate in the conference call. Phone numbers are 1-800-808-0861 or 416-507-1616 and the participant code is 797665.
December 2, 2006 by Mike McFarlaneAFL Canada is looking to fill the following two new positions:
National Junior Team Head Coach
This is new position and will be for a term to run until the 2008 International Cup in Melbourne, Australia. The head coach will be responsible for selecting his own assistant coaches and support staff. He will be responsible for implementing training and selection of the team. He will report to the National Team Head Coach on prospects for the senior national team.
This is a volunteer position and the head coach will be required to pay the same proportion of the costs as the players.
National Junior Development Officer
This is volunteer position and will run until the end of 2008. This is not an AFL Canada board position but will report to the AFL Canada president on a bi-yearly basis. The individual will be responsible for helping to develop a national junior strategy and be available to clubs for information regarding junior development programs. He will be responsible for running junior clinics in his designated area and assisting where possible in other parts of the country. He will be responsible for collecting and writing the junior development report for Canada to be presented to the AFL each year.
If you are interested in applying for either of these positions, please forward your electronic resume to Mike McFarlane at mmcfarlane@aflcanada.com by December 8, 2006.
December 2, 2006 by Mike McFarlane | View Comments (3)Message from Mark (Flash) Block, Head Coach Team Canada:
To all eligible Canadian players interested in representing the Northwind in 2007 and the 2008 International Cup in Melbourne, Australia.
Please contact Mark at mblock@aflcanada.com ASAP to let him know of your interest in being considered for selection for Team Canada. Mark needs to be able to select from all of the talent available across Canada. Let's make this the best ever to represent Canada. This coming year of 2007 is a busy one for Canada so jump on board and make it a successful one as well.
The first event is January 20th in Houston, Texas at Tom Bass Park against the USA. It is the start of Australia week in Houston and will be a fantastic way to start your footy season. The second big event will be in the weekend of August 4-5 in Vancouver at Thunderbird Stadium with games against the USA and Japan. This weekend will also include the first junior international game between Canada and the USA and also the possibility of the first women's international game between Canada and the USA. It will be a weekend to remember.
Don't miss out, contact Mark and get involved. Training has already commenced in Toronto, is beginning in BC next week and Alberta soon.
