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T-Birds to hold Barrhead registration night April 11

For the first time, the Thunderbirds football team will host a registration night in Barrhead for their upcoming spring football camp.

For the first time, the Thunderbirds football team will host a registration night in Barrhead for their upcoming spring football camp.

The registration night will be hosted at the Barrhead Composite High School this Thursday, April 11, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

“It is a first for actually getting our executive out (to Barrhead) to do registration, to kind of make it more convenient for the Barrhead area kids,” said T-Birds’ coach Jon Kramer.

“Barrhead kids have always been a big part of our program. One of our captains was Tristin Gross (who went to Barrhead Composite High School).”

Spring football camp is set to take place from May 6 to June 1. Kramer noted that it is a good way to try football and see if you like it.

“We do a really good job of keeping it affordable. It’s $75 to register for spring camp, which is basically just your insurance through Football Alberta so you can hit the field.”

While players have to purchase their own girdle (basically padded underwear), the team supplies the remaining equipment players may need.

Otherwise, prospective T-Birds must bring their Alberta Health number, birth certificate and three blank cheques to registration.

Not only are Grade 10-12 students invited to come out and register for the spring camp, the T-Birds are also looking for Grade 7-9 players to form a Bantam team.

Kramer noted they started running a Bantam team last season, though they basically just stuck to practicing.

If they get enough Bantam players, Kramer said they will likely enter a team in an Edmonton league, as opposed to joining the Wheatland Football League and putting the young team on long road trips.

“The down side with playing in the city is you don’t get home games. But I think it would be better with the young kids than hauling them out to Bonnyville or Cold Lake,” he said.

If there aren’t enough players, then they will simply practice alongside the Grade 10-12 team.

Kramer noted they have “a bit of a partnership” with Fort Saskatchewan where they get to come play on their new $10 million field for fairly cheap rates.

“They’re just so thrilled to have us there, and that’s such a close drive,” he said. “It’s a home away from home for a lot of the players.”

It should be noted the T-Birds are also holding a registration night will also be held in Westlock on Tuesday, April 9.

The reason for holding these two registration events in Westlock and Barrhead is because they held another event even earlier in the year, but they neglected to advertise that first attempt and saw a drop in numbers, Kramer indicated.

Right now they only have 22 players signed up for the Grade 10-12 team; in comparison, they had about 35 last year and over 50 the year before.

The executive realized that they were probably missing some potential recruits when they heard from returning players who hadn’t even realized that registration had occurred.

“So we figured we would do these two more registration nights to pump up numbers,” said Kramer.

If you need any further information, you may contact Kramer at (780) 283-0107 or by e-mail at [email protected].

For the first time, the Thunderbirds football team will host a registration night in Barrhead for their upcoming spring football camp.

The registration night will be hosted at the Barrhead Composite High School this Thursday, April 11, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

“It is a first for actually getting our executive out (to Barrhead) to do registration, to kind of make it more convenient for the Barrhead area kids,” said T-Birds’ coach Jon Kramer.

“Barrhead kids have always been a big part of our program. One of our captains was Tristin Gross (who went to Barrhead Composite High School).”

Spring football camp is set to take place from May 6 to June 1. Kramer noted that it is a good way to try football and see if you like it.

“We do a really good job of keeping it affordable. It’s $75 to register for spring camp, which is basically just your insurance through Football Alberta so you can hit the field.”

While players have to purchase their own girdle (basically padded underwear), the team supplies the remaining equipment players may need.

Otherwise, prospective T-Birds must bring their Alberta Health number, birth certificate and three blank cheques to registration.

Not only are Grade 10-12 students invited to come out and register for the spring camp, the T-Birds are also looking for Grade 7-9 players to form a Bantam team.

Kramer noted they started running a Bantam team last season, though they basically just stuck to practicing.

If they get enough Bantam players, Kramer said they will likely enter a team in an Edmonton league, as opposed to joining the Wheatland Football League and putting the young team on long road trips.

“The down side with playing in the city is you don’t get home games. But I think it would be better with the young kids than hauling them out to Bonnyville or Cold Lake,” he said.

If there aren’t enough players, then they will simply practice alongside the Grade 10-12 team.

Kramer noted they have “a bit of a partnership” with Fort Saskatchewan where they get to come play on their new $10 million field for fairly cheap rates.

“They’re just so thrilled to have us there, and that’s such a close drive,” he said. “It’s a home away from home for a lot of the players.”

It should be noted the T-Birds are also holding a registration night will also be held in Westlock on Tuesday, April 9.

The reason for holding these two registration events in Westlock and Barrhead is because they held another event even earlier in the year, but they neglected to advertise that first attempt and saw a drop in numbers, Kramer indicated.

Right now they only have 22 players signed up for the Grade 10-12 team; in comparison, they had about 35 last year and over 50 the year before.

The executive realized that they were probably missing some potential recruits when they heard from returning players who hadn’t even realized that registration had occurred.

“So we figured we would do these two more registration nights to pump up numbers,” said Kramer.

If you need any further information, you may contact Kramer at (780) 283-0107 or by e-mail at [email protected].

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