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2023 Season News

Weekly email 10/3

As we enter week 7, our regular season is almost complete. We hope that your son or daughter had a wonderful experience with us! As a note for all football k-8, the community center parking lot is being paved this week and will be closed, please park along the driveway or circle of Varnum elm school (for those that do not know, it is the school's drive way that runs along the softball field and skate park at town field.

 

 

The regular season football games wrap up October 15th.

The weekend of October 21/22

Locals cheer comp for all cheer (10/21)*

Mitey Mite Bowl for all Flex teams (10/22, we will see where it is located to determine if we will attend)

Tackle Playoff games* for those that advance to the post season (seeds 1 & (maybe 2) have a bye week)

*teams that do not place, this comp/game is the end of their season.

For those registered Directly with North Middlesex, If you have not signed your child up for canning we added locations for October 14th. We will send buy out invoices to anyone not signed up by that date, each location only requires 1 adult,.so if you are unable to bring your child, you may want to team up with a teammate to send them with their parent. If it fills up check again in a few days, we are still waiting to hear back from a few places. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F4EABAB2BA1FD0-20231

We pulled the first week of calendar raffle winners during Sunday's games via facebook live, if you have not turned in your 5 tickets you paid for during the registration process, there are still 3 weeks of winnings left, turn them in this week.

Congratulations to Camden Fancy, 4th grade, he sold 54 tickets, selling the most in the league! He won $50 off $50 at Dicks Sporting Goods!

Other amazing sellers are

30+

Kenny L., 7th

Delaney M., D12

Jacob D., 7th

Declan T., K/1

Aleesa T., D12

Laci W., D12

 

20+

Annie A., D10

Madeline C., D10

Kaitlyn D., D14

Elliana N., D12

William W., 4th

Robert W., 6th

Lastly, I posted in the team chats, but if your football player would like to try out for the CMass All-Star team to compete in Naples, Florida, December 2-8, at the 10, 11, 12 or 13u level please pre-register at the link below. This is a traveling event and at the parent's expense if your child does make the team.

 

CMYFCC is happy to announce the return of the Fall All-Star Program, the Commonwealth Chaos!!

We will hold open tryouts (no coaching nomination needed) for our national travel 10U, 11U, 12U, and 13U teams on Monday, October 9, 2023, at 4:00PM. Please see the flyer (attached) for specific information regarding locations, check in times, and tryout times. These are NON-CONTACT tryouts. Players selected to the national teams will travel to Naples, FL, December 2 to December 8 to compete at the AYF National Tournament.

Players who would like to tryout need to pre-register using the link below or by scanning the QR Code on the flyer. There will be no in-person registration at the fields.

https://forms.gle/zf8PBaqnED2WGY8B9

We will also have a local all-star game for 9U, 10U, 11U, 12U, & 13U teams for players that are not selected to the national all-star teams. The local all-star game participants will be chosen through the tryout process as well as coach nominations later in the season. There will not be tryouts for 9U, and those teams will be created through coach nominations.

 

NM AYF weekly update, pictures, fundraising email 9/19

Hello Everyone! I hope that you are all doing well as we are officially done the first half of our regular season! A common concern that we have heard among coaches is attendance, if you are not able to make a practice or a game, you need to notify the head coach as well as mark it in the sportsengine app. It is very important you are attending practices. Coaches need to be able to properly prepare their practices/ games/ competitions knowing who will be in attendance.

I have attached the finished version of the flex schedule, please still keep in mind, game times can change up until the Wednesday prior each week.

Allstars

NM was very lucky again this year! 5 of our young ladies from D14 have been selected to represent Central Mass' Elite team at Nationals in Florida this December. That is pretty impressive to have such a large representation. Congratulations to those girls, we are very proud of them. For Football, they will be having a open tryout for the national teams at the 10, 11, 12 and 13 age levels on October 8th. Please keep a lookout for more information that I will send to you. If I didn't send it out, I do not have it yet. I promise I will send the information as soon as I have it. Athletes interested in trying out will need to pre-register to attend the tryout. As a reminder, your league age is the age your child was on July 31st.

As a reminder picture day is coming up, order forms will be available onsite each day with exact cash or check payments, but you may also prepay ahead of time as well at the links below. We do understand that we are spreading these out and it may be a pain to some families, but doing it this way will allow us to not have kids getting picture after their game, or making other kids sit around for 2-3 hours prior to their game. We do ask that if you are not planning to pay for pictures, you still have your child come early to be in the team photo. Plan to arrive 5-10 minutes prior to your time slot, so your team is ready to go at their scheduled time.

Saturday, September 23 - North Middlesex Regional High School

4:30 p.m. 7th grade tackle

5:00 p.m. D12 Cheer

5:30 p.m. 8th grade tackle

6:00 p.m. D14 Cheer

Prepay https://photogroup.onlinephotocart.com/prepay/38183793

for ONLINE ORDERS ONLY, You now can  CREATE YOU OWN PHOTO PACKAGE, Pick the prints & products you would like to order

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Sunday, September 24 - Tyngsboro High School

12:15 p.m. 6th grade tackle

PRE-ORDER: Browse products and pay ahead of time by clicking the link below. You will receive a Picture Day Ticket via email attachment with all your information and child’s unique barcode that you must print and bring with your child to photo day. After checking in with the photographer's table person, your child (with ticket in hand) can go right to the photographer and hand them their ticket for their individual image.

More Info From Photographer:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HKTdzBtC8x-bUaG5TXJcnBS8UbELiRlg/view

Pre-Order Link: USE CODE F2381

https://newenglandsportsphoto.simplephoto.com

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Sunday, October 1 - North Middlesex Regional High School

7:30 a.m. 2/3 Flex

8:00 a.m. K/1 Flex

8:30 a.m. D8 Cheer

9:00 a.m. 4th grade tackle

9:30 a.m. D10 Cheer

10:00 a.m. 5th grade tackle

Prepay https://photogroup.onlinephotocart.com/prepay/38183793

ONLINE ORDERS ONLY You now can  CREATE YOU OWN PHOTO PACKAGE, Pick the prints & products you would like to order

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The calendar raffle was updated (attached), we have added a new updated prize on our final day! The child that sells the most tickets, will win $50 off $50 or more at Dick's sporting goods! Tickets are due by the end of the month, we will be collecting them the final week at practices, or until the 8th grade game on Oct 1.

Canning, please keep this link handy we will continue to add dates and locations until the end of the season. (NH locations should be available in the next day or two) If you did not pay the $100 buy out and would like to pay it, please reach out. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F4EABAB2BA1FD0-20231

Snack Shack donations we are still taking donations, if you would like to donate anything

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F4EABAB2BA1FD0-20232

Volunteering please check in with your team mom or coaches on how you can volunteer many teams have sign ups available for you to sign up. We do realize it can be hard to find time, but please keep in mind all AYF teams are run completely by volunteers from our coaches, to our board up to the central Mass board members.

Games/Completions As a reminder, we realize there are a lot of emotions when it comes to these events. As parents we all signed code of conduct. We can not yell at refs / coaches / judges or the volunteers working at the different booths/ entrances. If you encounter any issues, please talk to your head coach, cheer/football director or and board members.

 

Birth Certificates we still have a good amount left! We no longer have the paperwork / merch table set up at town field, but please reach out to Kristi, to arrange to get yours if you did not pick it up while it was at the field.

NM AYF Patriots calendar raffle, pictures, updates email 9/13

Hello everyone!

CALENDAR RAFFLE

Attached you will find our final league fundraiser for the year, our calendar raffle in PDF and JPEG (for social media sharing) as well as another copy of the tickets. As a reminder as long as your account has been paid in full, you have already pre-paid $25 for your first 5 tickets. If you have a balance on your account, you will need to turn in the full payment for your tickets. If you log into your sports engine account you will be able to see if you have a balance, please also note, all balances should be paid in full ASAP. We welcome any Tyngsboro 4th-6th grade co-op kids to participate in this fundraiser as well, but you are not required.

CANNING

There are still spots available for canning this weekend, if you are available and did not pay the buyout or sign up yet, sign up now and get it in! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F4EABAB2BA1FD0-20231 We will have the buckets available at Town Field on Thursday.

PICTURE DAY

Has been set up, a email will be sent with additional information next week. We do ask even if you do not plan to buy pictures yourself, that you come at the scheduled time to be apart of the team photo

Saturday, September 23 - North Middlesex Regional High School

4:30 p.m. 7th grade tackle

5:00 p.m. D12 Cheer

5:30 p.m. 8th grade tackle

6:00 p.m. D14 Cheer

Sunday, September 24 - Tyngsboro High School

12:15 p.m. 6th grade tackle

Sunday, October 1 - North Middlesex Regional High School

7:30 a.m. 2/3 Flex

8:00 a.m. K/1 Flex

8:30 a.m. D8 Cheer

9:00 a.m. 4th grade tackle

9:30 a.m. D10 Cheer

10:00 a.m. 5th grade tackle

NM AYF Game Schedule, email 9/8

Hello Everyone,

The long awaited schedule is attached. Please note every week is subject to change, until the Wednesday prior to the game. For 2/3 Flex we are waiting on one final day and time for week 5. Each week hosting associations send out a welcome email to their visiting teams by Wednesday with final confirmation and any field rules, once I received that email, I forward that to your head coaches to send to their teams. Please review them, Many towns do not allow dogs and every home game we unfortunately have to turn families away with a dog. Below is the game day guidelines for NM and Tyngsboro. If anyone would like to donate to our snack shack, please sign up to do so here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F4EABAB2BA1FD0-20232

North Middlesex 

Small concessions stand (cash only) with muffins, donuts, taco in a bag, cup of noodles, drinks and snacks 

 

Stadium/Artificial Turf Rules

·       No spectators allowed on field at any time, only rostered coaches and players

·       No outside tables or chairs allowed on turf

·       No metal spikes at all.

·       No stakes or poles can be stuck in the turf.

·       No food or drink on the field – only water.

·       No gum or sunflower seeds on the field.

·       No pets allowed on the turf or in the stadium.

·       Only 1 team bag is allowed on the field.

·       Teams must pick up all garbage on turf and in bleachers after 

Tyngsboro

SEATING:  We have stands on both sides of the field. The stands on the home side are handicapped/carriage accessible. The stands on the visitor side are clean and stable but are sitting up on a hill -- they are not as nice as the stands on the home side so feel free to sit on either side.     

 

CONCESSIONS: Concessions will be available at our snack shack – cash only.

RESTROOMS: Are located in the concession stand building.

FIELD CONTROL: We ask that kids do not bring Gatorade onto the field as we have a turf field - we're told that it breaks down the turf if spilled. We also ask that ONLY rostered coaches, players, cheerleaders, and game-day volunteers be on the track/field area. All other spectators will need to stay outside of the fenced area -- no one is allowed to sit on the track or field. Teams should clean up after themselves following their game.

Draft Schedule, email 8/26

This is still in the draft stage, we have only received the flex schedule through week two so far. My email in a few days will hopefully be a final schedule. (always subject to change) Presidents from all associations are currently securing their field space including myself, as the high school has not yet approved my request. As we receive confirmations, I will add the games to the sportengine calendar on the app.

 

Week 1, all games August 27th

All teams @ Westford except 4th Grade who is @ Lunenburg

Week 2, all games September 2nd

Flex @ West Boylston/Boylston 

Tackle @ Tewksbury

Week 3, home

Flex vs. TBA @  North Middlesex 9/9

Tackle 4-6 vs. Marlborough (Auburn 5th) @ Tyngsboro 9/10

Tackle 7-8 vs. Marlborough @ North Middlesex 9/9

Week 4, Away

Flex @ TBA

Tackle @ Lynn 9/17

Week 5, home

Flex vs. TBA @ North Middlesex

Tackle 4-6 vs. Millbury Sutton @ Tyngsboro 9/24

Tackle 7-8 vs. Merrimack Valley @ North Middlesex TBA

Week 6, home 10/1

Flex vs. TBA @ North Middlesex 

All Tackle vs. Worcester Cowboys @ North Middlesex

Week 7. Away

Flex @ TBA

All Tackle @ Nashoba/Maynard 10/8

Week 8, home 10/15

Flex vs. TBA @ North Middlesex 

All Tackle vs. Oxford Webster @ North Middlesex

Pre-season is over, We are now onto week one of our regular season, email 8/22

Jamboree was a great success for all of our football teams, We are now onto week one games this weekend! I was hoping when I sent this email today I would have more information for you, but unfortunately we do not! I can tell you all that we are all away this weekend (very close though) and the games all will be Sunday. It is expected that K/1 – 4th grade will be in one location and 5-8 in another.  Once games are confirmed, they will be added to the calendar.

 

D8 cheer will cheer for 2/3 Flex

D10 cheer will cheer for 4th grade

D12 cheer will cheer for 6th grade

D14 will cheer for 8th grade

 

For each week we can expect the following as I do not see this changing.

Week 1 – Away

Week 2- Away - all together

Week 3 – Home (Tyngsboro hosting grades 4-6)

Week 4 – Away - all together

Week 5 – Home (Tyngsboro hosting grades 4-6)

Week 6 – Home (All at North Middlesex)

Week 7 – Away - all together

Week 8 – Home (All at North Middlesex)

 

 

Our jerseys were shipped on Monday, the hope is that they will arrive in time for Sunday’s game. If they will not arrive on time, we will do the same as last weekend where we swap out jerseys again and a few teams may need to wear their home (red) jerseys rather than their away (white) Jerseys.  If they come on Fri, I will schedule a pick up hour at town field on Sat that you can grab your jersey (and pants if still needed) any not picked up will be available for pick up at the games.  We have about 40 kids that still need pants. I have limited sizes available for pick up this week.   According to the jersey company, they said that jerseys should be washed on delicate wash and air dried flat to extend the life of the jersey.

 

Canning – our first canning date has been set up for this Sat, soon as this date fills we will add additional dates and locations https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090f4eabab2ba1fd0-20231?fbclid=IwAR0rLOOtBEbLjNMb0EUt7R_yVW4EcFMw-8WvFjb6AhfMCT5_eyb3foPCf8A#/

 

Mums – as a reminder our mums sale is open and optional, orders are due by August 31st to the team mom. The mums will be delivered to town field the following week. We encourage you to sell as many mums as you can, buy keep in mind you will need to bring home any that you sell the following week.

 

Calendar raffle – once the calendar is filled we will send it out for you to sell in September!

 

Fantasy Football - Calling all AYF Family. We are looking to kick off a fantasy football league for those who would be interested. Teams can be managed online via Yahoo Fantasy Sports via desktop or mobile app. A fun way to have some internal competition with some prize money for those who go the distance. Please reach out to Sean Clark (scclark41@gmail.com) if interested Let us know if you are interested so we can figure out how many teams/leagues will need to be created.

 

Also in case you missed my last email, here is the link to our welcome letter. https://www.nmayf.com/news

 

Thank you

2023 Welcome Letter

Please review the welcome letter emailed to our families in early August.

We are still looking for sponsors and calendar raffle prizes