Women's Football

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I also believe Women's Football should be moved from Other Sports Room to here.

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The starting of a Central Canada women's league is something to look forward to for next year.





Football Quebec and Football Ontario have joined the movement Les Reines Football, created in November 2020, to create the first inter-provincial women’s football league in the eastern part of the country.

The Central Canada Women Football League (CCWFL) has launched with the objective of empowering all women to participate in football in a competitive and safe environment, regardless of the role. More than 50 women answered Les Reines’ call at their launch in February and more than 100 women have already expressed their interest in playing in the CCWFL even before its launch. Extending Les Reines’ existing reach to new regions, the CCWFL is confident to have their first competitive season in 2022.

The league currently has two teams: the Montreal Blitz and the Ottawa-Gatineau Capital Rebels. By the first season, the CCWFL’s objective would be to develop four new teams in Quebec City, Toronto, Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie.

According to the CCWFL website, the Blitz will be coached by Larry Ghio, who worked as a scout for the Edmonton Elks from 2010 to 2012.

The association of the two provincial sports organizations is accelerating the pace towards the development of women in football in these two provinces.
“The association of Football Quebec and Football Ontario is a key element of this project of which we are very proud,” underlines Andréanne Dupont-Parent, founder of the movement Les Reines Football and now commissioner of this new league.

For Mathieu Joyal, General Manager of Football Quebec, this union reiterates the importance “of developing the women’s aspect in football in order to create an environment open to everyone, all passionate of the same discipline.”

Les Reines Football movement was launched by Andréanne Dupont-Parent, a former football player with the Montreal Blitz, in the midst of the pandemic to create a supportive community promoting accessibility to football for young girls and women.

https://www.americanfootballinternat...g-2022-season/ (https://www.americanfootballinternational.com/central-canada-women-football-league-launches-planning-2022-season/)

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There has been a women's league in western Canada since 2011, the Western Women's Canadian Football League (WWCFL). They have not played in 2020-21, because they are a spring league and because of Covid. Their rules are CFL based.



A growing interest for women's tackle football led to the creation of the Western Women's Canadian Football League in 2011. Today, our league consists of eight teams in seven major Canadian cities, spread across three provinces. Those eight teams are divided into two conferences; the Prairie Conference (out of Saskatchewan and Manitoba) and the Western Conference (out of Alberta). In the Prairie Conference, are the Regina Riot and the Saskatoon Valkyries from Saskatchewan, and the two Manitoba teams, the Winnipeg Wolfpack and the Manitoba Fearless (based out of Winnipeg). Over in the Western Conference, we have the Calgary Rage, the Edmonton Storm, the Lethbridge Steel and the Northern Anarchy (based out of Grande Prairie).

Each year, our teams compete in a four-game regular season within their conferences beginning in early May and running until mid June. That regular season is followed by a playoff season of three games; the quarter-finals, the semifinals and the WWCFL final. However, we have had to adapt our schedule some seasons due to the Women's World Tackle Football Championship conflicting with our season.


WWCFL Champions

2011: Saskatoon Valkyries (def. Edmonton Storm)

2012: Saskatoon Valkyries (def. Lethbridge Steel

2013: Saskatoon Valkyries (def. Lethbridge Steel)

2014: Saskatoon Valkyries (def. Lethbridge Steel)

2015: Regina Riot (def. Edmonton Storm)

2016: Saskatoon Valkyries (def. Edmonton Storm)

2017: Regina Riot (def. Calgary Rage)

2018: Regina Riot (def. Saskatoon Valkyries)

2019: Saskatoon Valkyries (def. Regina Riot)
http://www.wwcfl.ca/about.html

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On the other hand, the Maritime Women's Football League (MWFL) did play in 2021 (probably because Covid did not hit the Maritimes hard) with the St. John Storm winning the championship game against the Fredricton Gladiators 41-12 on June 26th. It is the oldest women's football league in Canada, having started in 2004.



The Maritime Women's Football League (MWFL) is a Canadian football (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_football) league in eastern Canada. It was Canada's first all-female full-contact football competition when it began operating in 2004.
Since it was established, the League has grown from two to four teams. They hail from the three major cities of New Brunswick (Fredericton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredericton,_New_Brunswick), Moncton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moncton,_New_Brunswick), and Saint John (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_John,_New_Brunswick)) along with a team from Halifax, Nova Scotia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Urban_Area). The current MWFL title holders are the Halifax Xplosion (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Halifax_Xplosion&action=edit&redlink=1).
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Fredericton Nissan Lady Gladiators (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maritime_Women%27s_Football_League&action=edit&section=1) Fredericton New Brunswick Team Website (http://www.capitalareafootball.nb.ca/LadyGladiators.html)
Halifax Xplosion (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Halifax_Xplosion&action=edit&redlink=1) Halifax Nova Scotia
Saint John Storm (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_John_Storm) Saint John New Brunswick
Moncton Vipers (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moncton_Vipers&action=edit&redlink=1) Moncton New Brunswick
PEI Island Demons (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PEI_Island_Demons&action=edit&redlink=1) Prince Edward Island, Canada
In the MWFL, the playing field is a regulation Canadian football field (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maritime_Women%27s_Football_League&action=edit&section=2), 65 yards wide, but offences are permitted four downs (rather than the usual three) to move the ball forward 10 yards. The one-yard neutral zone (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutral_zone_(gridiron_football)) is the same as in regular Canadian football.
Instead of 12 players per side, MWFL teams play with 11 per team according to the league's 2012 rules.[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Women%27s_Football_League#cite_note-2012_rules-1) As of 2012, the four timed quarters are each 12 minutes long ordinarily, but 15 minutes long in the final two weeks of the regular season.[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Women%27s_Football_League#cite_note-2012_rules-1)
The league's former rules in 2007[2] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Women%27s_Football_League#cite_note-2) stipulated that games were played with 10 players per team, in four quarters of 10 minutes each.
The league championship is known as the SupHer Bowl, while the championship trophy is known as the Judy Upward Trophy.[URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Women%27s_Football_League#cite_note-3"][3] (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maritime_Women%27s_Football_League&action=edit&section=3)


YearChampion

2004
Simmonds Seagals



2005
Saint John Buccaneers



2006
Capital Area Lady Gladiators



2007
Capital Area Lady Gladiators



2008
Saint John Storm



2009
Moncton Vipers



2010
Saint John Storm



2011
Saint John Storm



2012
Moncton Vipers



2013
Capital Area Lady Gladiators



2014
Saint John Storm
[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Women%27s_Football_League#cite_note-4)


2015
Saint John Storm
[5] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Women%27s_Football_League#cite_note-5)[6] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Women%27s_Football_League#cite_note-6)


2016
Saint John Storm



2017
Saint John Storm



2018
Fredericton Nissan Lady Gladiators



2019
Halifax Xplosion







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The oldest women's football team Canada currently in existence is the Montreal Blitz, established in 2001, will be a founding member of the Central Canadian Women's Football League when it starts up in 2022. It played in an American league until 2016, when it left because of financial and travel constraints, instead playing exhibition games against Canadian teams, primarily from the Maritimes.



The Montreal Blitz is a women's American football (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_American_football) team in the Women's Football Alliance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_Football_Alliance).[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Blitz#cite_note-Join_WFA-1) They are based at Dalbé-Viau High School (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dalbé-Viau_High_School&action=edit&redlink=1) in the borough of Lachine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachine,_Quebec), in Montreal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal), Quebec (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec). They are the only Canadian team in a women's American football league.[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Blitz#cite_note-Join_WFA-1) The team won four championships in the Independent Women's Football League (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Women's_Football_League), at various levels. Their highest achievement came in 2012 when the beat the Sacramento Sirens (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento_Sirens) 28-27 to become World Champions of the IWFL.[2] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Blitz#cite_note-2)

The Blitz were created in 2001. In 2004 Quarterback (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarterback) Saadia Ashraf (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saadia_Ashraf) bought the team from the original owners.[3] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Blitz#cite_note-3) In 2015, the management of the team was transferred from Saadia Ashraf to Football Féminin Blitz de Montréal, a non-profit created to run the team.[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Blitz#cite_note-4) They played in the IWFL until 2016, when they decided to leave the league due to financial and travel constraints.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Blitz
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Blitz)

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The Western Women's Canadian Football teams have some great names and logos.



​WESTERN WOMEN'S CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE


Prairie Conference


http://nebula.wsimg.com/1294ac7c5c328c951aacc7ca903b5150?AccessKeyId=1A795 C3DCD601BA21724&disposition=0&alloworigin=1Manitoba Fearless



http://nebula.wsimg.com/98e1572fd3b3456d2365f96b865815dc?AccessKeyId=1A795 C3DCD601BA21724&disposition=0&alloworigin=1REGINA RIOT (https://reginariotfootball.com/)
Regina, Saskatchewan
Head Coach: Kris Hadesbeck

​Contact: reginariotfootball@gmail.com



http://nebula.wsimg.com/e6642b68d32cfc2442985ee5cfad0e5b?AccessKeyId=1A795 C3DCD601BA21724&disposition=0&alloworigin=1



SASKATOON VALKYRIES (https://www.saskatoonvalkyries.com/)
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Head Coach: Pat Barry
Contact: saskatoonvalkyries@gmail.com




http://nebula.wsimg.com/6a6828be9d354d53f733c12b76ff116d?AccessKeyId=1A795 C3DCD601BA21724&disposition=0&alloworigin=1Winnipeg Wolfpack





Western Conference



http://nebula.wsimg.com/4a60577224ccda7ddc3e8df53cf00bd1?AccessKeyId=1A795 C3DCD601BA21724&disposition=0&alloworigin=1 CALGARY RAGE (http://calgaryrage.com/)
Calgary, Alberta
Head Coaches: Wes Lysack & Keith Crawford
Contact: calgaryragefootball@gmail.com





http://nebula.wsimg.com/4bcc4e32510dfd308bf226f4220606e3?AccessKeyId=1A795 C3DCD601BA21724&disposition=0&alloworigin=1 LETHBRIDGE STEEL (http://www.lethbridgesteelfootball.com/)
Lethbridge, Alberta
Head Coach: Mike Peters
Contact: lwtfootball@gmail.com




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EDMONTON STORM (https://www.edmontonstorm.com/)
Edmonton, Alberta
Head Coach: Eric Theroux
Contact: edmontonst




http://northernanarchyfootball.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/logo.png (http://northernanarchyfootball.com/)
Grand Prairie Northern Anarchy
http://www.wwcfl.ca/contact-us.html

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A Toronto area women's football team made history by playing the first women's tackle football game in the area at the start of March. In 2018 Mississauga Indoor Football Association (MIFA) lost 47-6 loss to the more than the decade old Montreal Blitz on June 30 and then lost again On July 21 18-6 to the Montreal Blitz again. They played a home and away series against the Utica Hellcats this year.


At the beginning of March, a women’s tackle football team from Mississauga played a historic game at the Hershey Centre sports dome. The game was part of a program through the Mississauga Indoor Football Association (MIFA).
MIFA All Stars Canada is the only full-equipment tackle program in Ontario for women and the program is offering more opportunities for women to take part in the sport than ever before. MIFA All Stars Canada had its first season game against the Montreal Blitz, a team that travelled all the way from Quebec to play. It was a move in a positive direction for the program, as there aren’t any teams locally for the MIFA women’s tackle program to play.
MIFA All Stars Canada and Montreal Blitz will go head to head at various points throughout the summer as the season unfolds and will give women more opportunities to compete. The next scheduled game is for June in Montreal.
The MIFA program is run by program co-ordinator and coach Liston Bates. ...


“I have more young ladies playing flag football every year than I have young men. It's definitely not a men's sport, it's a sport for everyone," Bates said.
Some women travel all the way from North Bay, Sudbury or Buffalo to get a chance to practice and play on the field. They have bonded to become friends and the team has become known as the MIFA family.
Some of the players from the MIFA All Stars Canada will be selected to represent Ontario in Cancun, Mexico this upcoming May to play against a women’s tackle program there. The team hopes to bring home a win after a loss last year when they played Mexico.


https://www.mississauga.com/sports-s...ckle-football (https://www.mississauga.com/sports-story/8353436-ureport-mifa-breaks-barriers-for-women-s-tackle-football/)

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Amanda Ruller wants to be the first female to coach in the CFL.



“I want to be the first CFL coach, there has never been any female coach in the CFL — ever,” Ruller said. “There’s 19 in the NFL right now. So I’m wondering, Canada, can we step up and get some more football women in the industry?”

Ruller wants to answer her own question and supporters like Tom Brady’s agent, Don Yee see her potential. The 33-year-old handled strength and conditioning duties as well as coaching running backs and defensive backs at Yee’s Hub Football NFL free agent camp in San Diego in July.

“Amanda Ruller from Canada, very happy to have her, very happy she was able to make the trip and she was a big hit,” Yee said.




Her latest stop: joining the defending Ontario University Athletics champion Marauders. She’ll have a handful of coaching duties with the team, including strength and conditioning, special teams and running backs.

“One of the things that really caught us in the interview process was just how organized and confident she was when she was speaking. Just talking about her love for football, that passion that she was showing was one of those things that’s just infectious,” McMaster offensive coordinator Corey Grant said. ...


Ruller will be spending a large part of her season at Ron Joyce Stadium, which is just steps away from where she’ll be staying in residence on campus. “It’s an all boys club and I’m not afraid to say that because the more I say that and voice that opinion, the more we can do something about it,” Ruller said.

During the 2021 season, Ruller will be working closely with senior running back Justice Allin. “A lot of the guys have been asking her questions, getting to know her and she brings a lot of insight into a lot of stuff that I hadn’t even known after playing for as many years as I have. But with her knowledge and what she knows about the sport, she’s going to take us far,” Allin said.
https://3downnation.com/2021/09/08/amanda-ruller-wants-to-use-mcmaster-as-springboard-to-be-first-woman-to-coach-in-the-cfl/

[Mocha]

It seems to me there have been women as part of the training staff of CFL teams over the years. Maybe it's time to give some a coaching role.

Personally, I'd like to see someone from the women's football community on the CFL panel or in the booth.

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Kristie Elliott of Simon Fraser University became the first Canadian female to score a point in a college game on Saturday.



McMINNVILLE, Ore — Kristie Elliott (https://athletics.sfu.ca/roster.aspx?rp_id=5475) made history on Saturday when she kicked an extra point for Simon Fraser University in the second quarter of its NCAA football game, becoming the first Canadian female to play in, and score in, a college football game. She scored two points in the game on Saturday. Elliott converted her first extra point at the end of the half after SFU scored on quarterback Justin Seiber's (https://athletics.sfu.ca/roster.aspx?rp_id=5524) 1-yard touchdown pass to Caelin Johnson (https://athletics.sfu.ca/roster.aspx?rp_id=5539). Elliott came on to kick the extra point, the first time she has played in a game. Elliott has been on the SFU roster since 2019.


"I am so thankful that I finally got the opportunity to kick," said Elliott. "It's a big weight lifted off my shoulders to have my first game in the books. The nerves got to me a bit during the game but now I can take what I have learned from today and use it to become a more confident kicker for future games. It is super exciting and I'm so proud of myself that I was able to achieve this milestone as a Canadian woman! I'm grateful that I'm viewed as a trailblazer and I hope that my story is able to inspire female athletes to go after their goals and dreams," continued Elliott. "Above all, I am thankful that I can contribute to my team! I give my all to them when I'm out there. Without my teammates and coaching staff constantly believing and supporting me, I wouldn't have been able to achieve this success."


While many females have played in, and scored in, a college football game at various levels in the United States, Elliott is the first female to accomplish this in Canada. The University of Manitoba, which plays in Canada's U Sports collegiate organization, had a female player on its roster in 2019, but Reina Iizuka did not step on the field during a game during her Manitoba playing career. Elliott was also on the roster of SFU in 2019 but did not play in a game
https://athletics.sfu.ca/news/2021/9/11/football-kristie-elliott-becomes-first-canadian-female-to-score-in-college-football-game.aspx

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Here's some background on Kristie Elliott.



The second day of fall football camp was coming to an end last Thursday on Simon Fraser University’s Terry Fox Field when Clan head coach Thomas Ford posed an inspiring question to his team. “Do you believe in Kristie Elliott?” the effusive Ford asked his charges, all of whom were staring at the possibility of running three or possibly more field-length gassers to end a long day atop Burnaby Mountain. More precisely, did they believe that their walk-on freshman kicker had the right stuff to kick a 30-yard field goal?

Remember, we’re talking about a complete football neophyte here, and one who had inauspiciously begun her first practice by putting her shoulder pads on backwards. “We were doing some conditioning to end practice the other day and I am a guy that likes to make some deals,” remembered Ford earlier this week. “So I said ‘OK, double or nothing. You guys can run three (gassers) and just walk away, or go with Kristie. If she makes it, then you don’t have to do any.’”

Of course if she missed, they would have do six gassers. Yet Elliott, as you might have guessed, didn’t let the Hollywood moment slip through her grasp. Instead, with the entire team, coaches and support staff glued to her every move, she stepped up and drilled it through the uprights.
https://varsityletters.ca/do-you-believe-in-kristie-elliott-from-out-of-nowhere-sfus-new-kicker-has-become-the-clans-first-female-football-player/

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Here's an interview at the url below with Emmarae Dale, a linebacker for the Saskatoon Hilltops, who recently was the first woman to play in the CJFL in August and made her first tackle. She is playing for a team that won six national junior championships in a row.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iEsN_AteH4

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Football Canada held a held a Women and Girl's Conference virtual event on October 16th and 17th.



Spreading the message that football has a place for women and girls is the goal of a conference being hosted by Football Canada this weekend.

“A lot of women don’t think there’s a spot for them in football, which is not true,” said Katie Miyazaki, manager of competitions and athlete development with Football Canada. “I don’t think there’s a lot of awareness in the pathways for football for women and girls, compared to boys.” That perception is something Shannon Donovan, Football Canada’s executive director, hopes to change with the Women and Girls Football Conference, a virtual event being held this Saturday and Sunday. The conference features a range of speakers including players, coaches, and women who have made a career in professional football.

“The goal is we want to help associations, as well as parents and girls, know about the opportunities within football for women and girls, as well as provide associations information if they are looking to start girls’ or women’s programs,” said Donovan. “We’re really hoping to provide something for people to walk away with that they can use.

“Part of the schedule focuses on regional discussions, so it’s a closer to home and they can ask more specific questions. Then we do have some national discussions with either national team players or sports phycologists or officials.”
https://www.cfl.ca/2021/10/15/morris-women-girls-conference-aims-grow-game/

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In preparation for a first season in 2022, the Central Canada Women's Football League, with teams in Ontario and Quebec, includingthe Montreal Blitz and the Ottawa-Gatineau Capital Rebels. By the first season, the CCWFL’s objective would be to develop four new teams in Quebec City, Toronto, Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie, the league began a developement program in 2021.

https://www.ccwfl.ca/post/enk-academy-x-central-canada-women-football-league

[Mocha]

In preparation for a first season in 2022, the Central Canada Women's Football League, with teams in Ontario and Quebec, includingthe Montreal Blitz and the Ottawa-Gatineau Capital Rebels. By the first season, the CCWFL’s objective would be to develop four new teams in Quebec City, Toronto, Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie, the league began a developement program in 2021.

https://www.ccwfl.ca/post/enk-academy-x-central-canada-women-football-league

I see they have a spring schedule. Maybe I'll go catch a game on a nice day in May. I'd love for this to be a success.

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The Senior Women's National Team in the IFAF World Championship, which has been held every four years since 2010, this summer in Finland this summer. Selection camp will be May5-8 at or near Carleton University in Ottawa. The Championship games will be July 27-August 8. Canada has finished second in all three previous world championships.

https://footballcanada.com/team-canada/senior-womens-national-team/?fbclid=IwAR20ue92rHuFHWRvBsosky24EWmkg-J-yDyDMrsbnOLOh5YXSmArO21I6qM

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A new Under 18 (13-17) female football tackle league will play from May 15-June 26 in Calgary.

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=626896398290858&id=100029115107664

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After the cancellation of the 2020-21 seasons due to Covid it looks like there will be a Western Women's Football League operating this year as they have announced a vacation policy, namely unvaccinated players can participate providing they have a negative PCR test within 72 hours of game time.

http://www.wwcfl.ca/about.html

[jerrym]

I see they have a spring schedule. Maybe I'll go catch a game on a nice day in May. I'd love for this to be a success.

The Central Canada Women's Football League schedule can be seen at the url below after going to schedule:

​https://www.ccwfl.ca

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The CFL has partnered with KPMG to create a Women in Football program aimed at promoting diversity, inclusivity and equity in the league. TCs will be used to help achieve these goals.

https://www.ottawaredblacks.com/2022/04/07/cfl-kpmg-present-women-in-football-program/

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The Western Women's Canadian Football League, after not playing for two years due to Covid, will start up with its first week of games on April30th/May1st with its full schedule to be posted soon.

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The Western Women's Canadian Football League can be seen at:
​https://www.facebook.com/wwcfl/photos/pb.162064137177358.-2207520000../5394498300600556/?type=3&theater

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The Maritime Women's Football League was the only women's interprovincial league to operate last year, with the St. John going undefeated, outscoring opponents 137-6 in the regular season, and won win the championship game 41-6 against Fredricton Lady Gladiators.


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https://www.facebook.com/SaintJohnStorm/photos/pcb.4131357323615735/4131308770287257/

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And the Maritime Women's Football League's 2022 season has just started with the Halifax Harbour Hawks defeating the Nova Scotia Buccaneers 44-0.

https://www.facebook.com/halifaxhawks

[jerrym]

After two years of no football due to Covid, the Western Women's Canadian Football League has started up again.

https://www.facebook.com/wwcfl/photos/a.176969089020196/5410762178974168/?type=3

[jerrym]

The Central Canada Women's Football League schedule (https://www.ccwfl.ca/calendrier) starts its inaugural season on May 14 with a three team league.

OUR TEAMS





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(http://www.wix.com/)
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QUEBEC CITY PHOENIX (https://www.facebook.com/foot.quebec)











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OTTAWA CAPITAL REBELS


https://www.ccwfl.ca/quebec

[jerrym]

In the first game ever of the Central Canada Women's Football League the Montreal Blitz beat the Quebec City Phoenix 25-0. Other game results can be seen at https://www.ccwfl.ca

[Mocha]

In the first game ever of the Central Canada Women's Football League the Montreal Blitz beat the Quebec City Phoenix 25-0. Other game results can be seen at https://www.ccwfl.ca




Thanks for the link.

It looks as though Montreal trounced Ottawa last weekend, 36-0. And those two teams play again today.

I found a nice photo gallery from the game:

https://www.blitz-rebels-21mai.ccwfl.ca/set/ec53a302-ac48-496f-9670-fc004f5f1d91

[Mocha]

And the Maritime Women's Football League's 2022 season has just started with the Halifax Harbour Hawks defeating the Nova Scotia Buccaneers 44-0.

https://www.facebook.com/halifaxhawks

I think the link here is to a men's team that plays in a 4-down Maritimes league.

The Halifax women's team is the Xplosion.

997

[Mocha]

Football Canada posted the schedule for the U18 Women's championship in Regina this summer.

Sunday, July 3
Ontario vs. Alberta, 2 p.m.
Saskatchewan vs. New Brunswick, 3:30 p.m.
Manitoba vs. Ontario, 5 p.m.
Alberta vs. New Brunswick, 6:30 p.m.
Saskatchewan vs. Manitoba, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, July 6
Manitoba vs. Alberta, 3:30 p.m.
Ontario vs. Saskatchewan, 5 p.m.
New Brunswick vs. Manitoba, 6:30 p.m.
Alberta vs. Saskatchewan, 8 p.m.
New Brunswick vs. Ontario, 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 9
Third-Place playoffs
3rd place vs. 5th place, 2 p.m.
4th place vs. 5th place, 3:30 p.m.
3rd place vs. 4th place, 5 p.m.
Gold Medal Game
1st place vs. 2nd place, 7 p.m.

https://footballcanada.com/news/football-canada-announces-schedule-for-womens-under-18-championship/

[jerrym]

In the Western Women’s Canadian Football League final Saskatoon Valkyries defeated the Manitoba Fearless 36-6 on June 25th the 2022 Western Women’s Canadian Football League Champions for the eighth time since 2011.

"The Saskatoon Valkyries are heading to the Western Women’s Canadian Football League final, after holding the Edmonton Storm to minus-25 yards of total offence during a 52-0 victory Sunday in Saskatoon. The Valkyries, who went 4-0 during the regular season, will host the Manitoba Fearless in the WWCFL final Saturday, 7 p.m. at SMF Field. Manitoba went 3-1, their only loss a 43-14 setback against the Valkyries on May 1. On Sunday, the Valkyries put up 450 yards of total offence. Edmonton did not get a first down in the game. Sarah Wright ran 13 times for 137 yards and two touchdowns, while Drew Lundquist notched 13 carries for 112 yards and three majors. Haley Girolami and Ricki Obed caught touchdown passes through the air for the Valkyries."

https://thestarphoenix.com/sports/local-sports/valkyries-head-into-league-final-after-lopsided-win-over-edmonton

[jerrym]

In the Maritime Women's Football League on June 25th, "History was made in the Championship game of Season 19! In 35 degree weather off the turf(40 degrees on the turf) the Halifax Xplosion and Saint John Storm fought for 3.5 hours in triple OT to a 10-10 draw. Everyone on both teams played until they had nothing left. The two teams came to a mutual agreement to end the game in a tie and crown both teams co-champions this year!"
https://www.facebook.com/MaritimeWomensFootballLeague/

[jerrym]

The Montreal Blitz dominated the Central Canada Women's Football League outscoring the other two teams 111-0 in four games.

https://www.ccwfl.ca/copie-de-quebec

[Mocha]

How cool would it be to get a tournament with the top 4 teams across the country in it? I'm not sure how the levels of the three leagues compare, but at least a match between the Montreal and Saskatoon powerhouses could be fun.

[jerrym]

How cool would it be to get a tournament with the top 4 teams across the country in it? I'm not sure how the levels of the three leagues compare, but at least a match between the Montreal and Saskatoon powerhouses could be fun.

I think it would be great but I think the new Central Canada league needs to achieve greater balance first. The Montreal Blitz outscored the two other teams 111-0, no doubt because they've been playing for two decades in several leagues and independently. Also the Central League is going to find it difficult to expand if Montreal keeps having total domination, just as women's hockey almost got dropped from the Olympics because Canada and the US so utterly dominated the competition there was virtually no interest outside these two countries. So the Canadians and Americans went about helping to develop other countries' teams to keep them in the Olympics and it worked.

[jerrym]

"The first-ever Women’s National Under 18 Football Championships are taking place in Regina at Mosaic Stadium." You can read more about it below.

​https://regina.ctvnews.ca/regina-plays-host-to-inaugural-women-s-u18-national-football-championships-1.5973791

[jerrym]

The Central Canadian Women's Football League plans to expand with teams in Toronto and Trois Rivieres in 2023, added to the 2022 premier season teams in Montreal, Quebec City and Ottawa. More teams are to be added over the next five years.



A 2023 season has been announced by the league, which aims to expand to include teams in Toronto (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto) and Trois-Rivières (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res),[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Canadian_Women%27s_Football_League#cite_no te-Ott-Jun2022-4) and elsewhere in Quebec and Ontario within five years.[3] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Canadian_Women%27s_Football_League#cite_no te-Bain-May2022-3)
In May 2022, ten CCWFL players were selected for the primary Canada team (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_women%27s_national_American_football_team) roster at the American football 2022 World Championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFAF_Women%27s_World_Championship)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Canadian_Women%27s_Football_League

[Mocha]

The Central Canadian Women's Football League plans to expand with teams in Toronto and Trois Rivieres in 2023, added to the 2022 premier season teams in Montreal, Quebec City and Ottawa. More teams are to be added over the next five years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Canadian_Women's_Football_League

Expansion would be great. Kingston would be a good locale, I think.

And our women's National Teams plays their first game at this year's Worlds in Finland tomorrow. IIRC, the game vs Australia starts about 6 AM EDT Saturday morning.

[jerrym]

OUA has its first on-field female official: Taylor Mickleboro.

https://usports.ca/en/sports/football/m/news/2022/08/2717871001/taylor-mickleboro-to-become-first-woman-on-field-official-in-oua-football-history

[jerrym]

The Maritime Women's Football League (MWFL) was the first women's tackle football league in Canada. It is entering its 20th season played under a mixture of Canadian, American, and its own unique rules.


The league was founded in 2004 as the New Brunswick Women’s Football League, NBWFL. In 2006, it changed to its present name, the MWFL, when Halifax joined the competition....

Since the MWFL began, the Western Women's Canadian Football League (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Women's_Canadian_Football_League) and Central Canadian Women's Football League (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Canadian_Women's_Football_League) have also been established in other regions of the country.

Modified rules[edit (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maritime_Women's_Football_League&action=edit&section=3)]

In the MWFL, the playing field is a regulation Canadian football field (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_football_field), 65 yards wide, but offences are permitted four downs (rather than the usual three) to move the ball forward 10 yards. The one-yard neutral zone (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutral_zone_(gridiron_football)) is the same as in regular Canadian football. Instead of 12 players per side, MWFL teams play with 11 per team according to the league's 2012 rules.[5] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Women's_Football_League#cite_note-2012_rules-5) As of 2012, the four timed quarters are each 12 minutes long ordinarily, but 15 minutes long in the final two weeks of the regular season.[5] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Women's_Football_League#cite_note-2012_rules-5) The league's former rules in 2007[6] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Women's_Football_League#cite_note-6) stipulated that games were played with 10 players per team, in four quarters of 10 minutes each.
League champions[edit (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maritime_Women's_Football_League&action=edit&section=4)]

The league championship is known as the SupHer Bowl, while the championship trophy is known as the Judy Upward Trophy.[7] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Women's_Football_League#cite_note-7)




2004
Simmonds Seagals



2005
Saint John Buccaneers



2006
Capital Area Lady Gladiators



2007
Capital Area Lady Gladiators
[8] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Women's_Football_League#cite_note-LuckyShow-8)


2008
Saint John Storm
[8] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Women's_Football_League#cite_note-LuckyShow-8)


2009
Moncton Vipers
[8] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Women's_Football_League#cite_note-LuckyShow-8)


2010
Saint John Storm
[8] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Women's_Football_League#cite_note-LuckyShow-8)


2011
Saint John Storm
[8] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Women's_Football_League#cite_note-LuckyShow-8)


2012
Moncton Vipers
[8] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Women's_Football_League#cite_note-LuckyShow-8)


2013
Capital Area Lady Gladiators
[8] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Women's_Football_League#cite_note-LuckyShow-8)


2014
Saint John Storm
[9] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Women's_Football_League#cite_note-CFC-Jun2014-9)


2015
Saint John Storm
[10] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Women's_Football_League#cite_note-CFC-Jul2015-10)


2016
Saint John Storm



2017
Saint John Storm



2018
Fredericton Nissan Lady Gladiators



2019
Halifax Xplosion



2020
Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic



2021
Saint John Storm



2022
Halifax Xplosion & Saint John Storm (co-champions)
Championship game tied 10–10 after triple OT
[3] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Women's_Football_League#cite_note-2022-Champ-3)




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Women%27s_Football_League

[jerrym]

Here are the current 2023 schedule and standings for the Women's Western Canadian Football League (WWCFL).




[quote]2023 WWCFL SCHEDULE

WEEK 1 Saturday, April 29 Calgary Rage 33, Edmonton Storm 14

WEEK 2 Saturday, May 6 Calgary Rage 42, Lethbridge Steel 0
Sunday, May 7 Manitoba Fearless 78, Winnipeg Wolfpack 0
Saskatoon Valkyries 34, Regina Riot 7

WEEK 3 Saturday, May 13 Edmonton Storm 49, Lethbridge Steel 0
Regina Riot 59, Winnipeg Wolfpack 0
Sunday, May 14 Saskatoon Valkyries 26, Manitoba Fearless 14

WEEK 4 Saturday, May 20 Calgary Rage at Edmonton Storm, 2 p.m. at Taurus Field

WEEK 5Saturday, May 27 Edmonton Storm at Lethbridge Steel, 2 p.m. at the University of Lethbridge
Sunday, May 28 Winnipeg Wolfpack at Saskatoon Valkyries, 1 p.m. at SMF Field
Manitoba Fearless at Regina Riot, 1 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium

WEEK 6
Saturday, June 3Lethbridge Steel at Calgary Rage, 2 p.m. at Hellard Field
Manitoba Fearless at Winnipeg Wolfpack, 7 p.m. at East Side Eagles Field
Sunday, June 4 Saskatoon Valkyries at Regina Riot, 2 p.m. at Liebel FieldConference Quarterfinals
Saturday, June 10 & Sunday, June 11

Conference SemifinalsSaturday, June 17 & Sunday June 18
WWCFL Championship
Announcement coming soon!




2023 WWCFL SCHEDULE


PRAIRIE CONFERENCE



Team
GP
W
L
PF
PA


Saskatoon Valkyries
2
2
0
60
21


Manitoba Fearless
2
1
1
92
33


Regina Riot
2
1
1
66
34


Winnipeg Wolfpack
2
0
2
00
137









WESTERN CONFERENCE



Team
GP
W
L
PF
PA


Calgary Rage
2
2
0
75
14


Edmonton Storm
2
1
1
63
33


Lethbridge Steel
2
0
2
0
91














​http://www.wwcfl.ca/schedule-results.html

[jerrym]

The 2023 Central Canada Women's Football League (CCWFL season has also begun.


2023 season


TeamGWLTPFA

https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cdn-app.teamlinkt.com/media/team_data/200858/images/logo.png?1684805358 Montreal Blitz (https://leagues.teamlinkt.com/leagues/team/7238/200858)
1
1
0
0
2
29
6


https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cdn-app.teamlinkt.com/media/team_data/200861/images/logo.png?1684805358 Ottawa Capital Rebels (https://leagues.teamlinkt.com/leagues/team/7238/200861)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0


https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cdn-app.teamlinkt.com/media/team_data/200860/images/logo.png?1684805358 Phoenix de Québec (https://leagues.teamlinkt.com/leagues/team/7238/200860)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0


https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cdn-app.teamlinkt.com/media/team_data/200859/images/logo.png?1684805358 York Region Football Association (https://leagues.teamlinkt.com/leagues/team/7238/200859)
1
0
1
0
0
6
29


https://www.ccwfl.ca/copie-de-quebec

[jerrym]

There have been a lot of very lopsided games this year in the WWCFL, which is not good for its future.


2023 WWCFL SCHEDULE



WEEK 1Saturday, April 29Calgary Rage 33, Edmonton Storm 14WEEK 2Saturday, May 6Calgary Rage 42, Lethbridge Steel 0Sunday, May 7Manitoba Fearless 78, Winnipeg Wolfpack 0Saskatoon Valkyries 34, Regina Riot 7WEEK 3
Saturday, May 13Edmonton Storm 49, Lethbridge Steel 0
Regina Riot 59, Winnipeg Wolfpack 0
Sunday, May 14
Saskatoon Valkyries 26, Manitoba Fearless 14
WEEK 4
Saturday, May 20Calgary Rage vs. Edmonton Storm: Game cancelled as a result of smokeWEEK 5Saturday, May 27Edmonton Storm 49, Lethbridge Steel 0
Sunday, May 28
Regina Riot 33, Manitoba Fearless 7
Saskatoon Valkyries 59, Winnipeg Wolfpack 0*
*Game called at halftime as a result of Wolfpack injuries
WEEK 6
Saturday, June 3Calgary Rage 39, Lethbridge Steel 0
Manitoba Fearless 99, Winnipeg Wolfpack 0
Sunday, June 4
Saskatoon Valkyries 41, Regina Riot 0
League QuarterfinalsRegina Riot 26, Manitoba Fearless 13Lethbridge Steel forfeits to Edmonton StormWinnipeg Wolfpack forfeits to Saskatoon Valkyries
League Semifinals
Western Conference Final
Edmonton Storm forfeits to the Calgary Rage
​Prairie Conference Final
Regina Riot at Saskatoon Valkyries, 1 p.m. on June 18 at SMF Field
WWCFL Championship
Saturday, June 24 in Saskatoon
2 p.m. at Griffiths StadiumTeams TBD




WESTERN CONFERENCE


Team
GP
W
L
PF
PA


Calgary Rage
3
3
0
114
14


Edmonton Storm
3
2
1
112
33


Lethbridge Steel
4
0
4
0
179














PRAIRIE CONFERENCE


Team
GP
W
L
PF
PA


Saskatoon Valkyries
4
4
0
150
21


Regina Riot
4
2
2
99
82


Manitoba Fearless
4
2
2
172
77


Winnipeg Wolfpack
4
0
4
00
295



https://www.cfl.ca/2023/06/15/catch-of-the-day-2023-touchdown-atlantic-sold-out/

[jerrym]

Below is a look at the Maritime Women's Football League in Week 4 of their season.
https://www.canadafootballchat.com/maritime-women-s-football-league-mwfl-week-4-recap/

[jerrym]

The Saskatoon Valkyries have three-peated as champions of the WWCFL with a 40-0 win in the championship game over the Calgary Rage.


As the realization of a three-peat settled in, the Saskatoon Valkyries already had visions of a four-peat dancing in their heads. On Saturday, the Valkyries concluded their 2023 campaign with a perfect 8-0 overall record blanking the Calgary Rage 40-0 in the WWCFL Championship Game at Griffiths Stadium. The win allowed the Valkyries to improve their overall winning streak to 27 games including two forfeit victories and capture the WWCFL title the last three times it has been up for grabs including 2022 and 2019.

The WWCFL title wasn’t contested in 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that had gripped the world. In the 11 times a WWCFL champion has been crowned since the league’s inception in 2011, the Valkyries have claimed eight of those titles.
Now, the Valkyries have their sights set on winning a fourth consecutive WWCFL title in 2024. Saskatoon won the WWCFL title the first four times it was awarded from 2011 to 2014. Star running back Sarah Wright, who has played in the Valkyries last three WWCFL championship winners, said it hasn’t been hard to keep the motivation fresh going into each new season.

“I think we all do in a sense,” said Wright, who has been with the Valkyries since 2017. “I think we’ve got the best core group of girls that all are so competitive that want to get the next championship. “We all feed off of each other, so I think it has never been an issue. We kind of keep each other up to that elite level.”

The Valkyries run of three straight WWCFL title wins has been powered by the fact they have strong group of veterans who have played for a number of years. Alex Eyolfson has been the team’s regular quarterback since her rookie year in 2016, when the Valkyries won their fifth WWCFL title. She has become a star as her playing career has gone on.

She is surrounded by a good veteran crew in Wright and talented group of receivers that includes Haley Girolami, Reed Thorstad, Ricki Obed and Rachelle Smith. Girolami and Smith were out with injuries for most of the 2023 campaign. The Valkyries offensive line has a quartet of veteran stars in Alyssa Funk, Lauren Ferguson, Alex Wojcichowsky and Betsy Mawdsley.

Saskatoon’s defence has been anchored by star middle linebacker Emmarae Dale, who joined the squad in 2016. Defensive end Danaya Holynski and defensive tackle Carla Stevenson have provided the Valkyries valuable experience. Kelsey Murphy and Danielle Girolami both started out as receivers before converting to defensive back, but have shown their versatility for a long time.

Valkyries head coach Pat Barry said the veteran presence helps, but the Valkyries have also benefited from newcomers who have joined the team each year and have been quick learners. “We have leadership,” said Barry. “I’ve mentioned before more than half of our team wasn’t on the team in 2019 when this run started. “It is pretty exciting.”

Barry said the Valkyries still faced adversity even with being undefeated this season. During the regular season, the Valkyries traveled to Winnipeg on May 14 and battled out a 26-14 victory against an inspired Manitoba Fearless side. The Valkyries also had to hold off their provincial rivals the Regina Riot 19-9 in the Prairie Conference final held on June 18 at Saskatoon Minor Football Field in another tough outing.

“We had a 10-point game (against Regina in the Prairie Conference final),” said Barry. “Earlier in the season, we went to Winnipeg and had a very close game with them. Those are challenges, but they were able to achieve their goals.” Wright said the Valkyries don’t settle for anything less than reaching the top. She said the feeling after a championship win is still an ultimate topper that gets better as the title count grows. “I think it just keeps getting sweeter,” said Wright. “We’ve been making a really good core group, and it is just so much fun to play with all of them. “We’re always so excited for the next year.”

Wright said the players on the Valkyries usually start thinking about next season fairly quickly. She said the majority of the players on the team play in adult flag leagues, and that helps keep the tackle season on everyone’s mind. “A lot of us play a lot of flag, which is awesome,” said Wright. “It kind of keeps us kind of in shape and obviously thinking football all throughout the summer and winter. “When we come back to Valkyries, you can just tell how much it translates over.”

Barry said the Valkyries will star holding training sessions in January to start preparing for the 2024 campaign. He said they would like to get an early exhibition game in that would double as a team bonding trip in part way to the lead up to the 2024 WWCFL season. We’re hoping to do maybe an interesting trip somewhere,” said Barry. “We’re not sure where. “We might go somewhere hot in the winter time and play an exhibition game. That is our goal.”

While attention is turning towards 2024, Wright is still soaking in the accomplishments from 2023. “The next one is always the best one,” said Wright. “I’m so proud of our team. “They (the coaches) said something like 160 days we’ve been playing together this year, so it is so nice to come win 40-nothing on our last one.”
https://stankssermon.blogspot.com/2023/06/valkyries-already-thinking-wwcfl-title.html

[Mocha]

https://twitter.com/owifafootball/status/1692572888551899240?s=20

Canadore College in North Bay joins OWIFA!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F306EmXXwAghU9S?format=webp&name=small

[jerrym]

Maya Turner became the first woman to score in U Sports football, but then topped that by later kicking the winning FG for the U of Manitoba Bisons as they beat the Regina Rams in overtime 27-24.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9982123/maya-turner-first-woman-football/

[Mocha]

Girl's high school football starts in Saskatoon:

'This game is so much fun': High-school girls wrap their arms around a new tackle football program"I scored a touchdown, and everybody helped me get to that point. It's something that's just really great to feel.
Author of the article:
Kevin Mitchell (https://thestarphoenix.com/author/kevin-mitchell/) • Saskatoon StarPhoenix


https://thestarphoenix.com/sports/this-game-is-so-much-fun-high-school-girls-wrap-their-arms-around-a-new-tackle-football-program

[Mocha]

Panthers vs Panthers for the women's fall championship:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_AG7m4XsAAgWHl?format=jpg&name=small

[Mocha]

I just read that the Capital Rebels are joining the Gatineau Valkyries program, and may be back in the CCWFL for 2024. Hopefully they'll be better able to recruit enough players now.