Simsbury/Granby Raiders Youth Football and Cheerleading program

A proud member of the Connecticut Youth Football League CTYFL

We are dedicated to the principles of good citizenship, sportsmanship, and knowledge in the competitive fundamentals of the game of football and cheerleading. We are Simsbury Youth Football, East Granby Youth Football and Granby Youth Football.

To learn more about the Raider's Organization please click on our Welcome Letter

posted 01/09/2012
 
Simsbury/Granby Raiders Youth Football & Cheer Organization
 
Minutes: Monday, January 2, 2012 @7:00 pm
Location: YMCA in Granby, CT
Attendees:  AJ Taddio, Jen Rome, Steve Meace, Mark Hermsen, Bob Henry, Sharon Courtney, Steve Muller, Bill Hogan, Ryan Williams
Absent: Brad Field, Greg Summa
 
1.  Next board meeting: Monday, February 6th 7:00 pm at the YMCA in Granby
 
2.  Map out the next 12 months for planning 2012.
     Jan - Budget
     Feb - Coaches, finalize budget, finalize coordinators
     March - Registration, recruitment
     April - Reg, recruitment
     May - Reg, recruitment
     June/July - Fundraisers
     Rest of the year - football operations
 
3.  Organization of Major tasks
     Apparel - Karen Viets
     Concessions - Sharon Courtney
     Equipment manager – Greg Summa
     Coach director - Brad Field
     Game Day coordinator – Bob Henry
     Cheer Coordinator -  Open
     CTYFL Football/Cheer Reps - Steve McDevitt (football), Cheer (OPEN)
     Videographer -  ?
     Photographer- ?
     Public Relations - ?
    
4.  AJ will send an e-mail out to asking if anyone is interested in coaching football and cheer and looking for a cheer coordinator.  Anyone interested should reply to Brad Field and AJ Taddio
 
5.  Apparel
     The decision was made not to give Spirit packs with registration anymore.  We will now only 
give a practice jersey with the player's name on the back.
     Cheer will get a t shirt only with registration.
     Players and cheerleaders can buy extra apparel items if they would like. 
     We will also sell apparel for adults.
 
6.  Equipment
      We decided we will no longer provide girdles and mouth guards.  The players will purchase their own. We can give out what we have if a player needs it but we will not replenish our stock.
 
7.  Fees
     It was decided to reduce the football player cost by $25.  The cost to play will now be $175 for football and stay the same for cheer at $100.
     Our total insurance cost is $1537.00.
 
8.  We will hold quarterly meetings open to the public.  We will hold a board only meeting from 7-8 and open up the meetings to the public from 8-9.   We are looking for somewhere to host our first public meeting, which will be Monday, March 5th. 
 
9.  Equipment collection
       We have collected most of the equipment from players.  Few outstanding, AJ will contact via e-mail.
 
Note:  Any Travelers employees can fill out a form, if they say the volunteer 20 hours to the Raiders, Travelers will give $500 to Raiders organization.
 
Meeting adjourned at 8:50 pm.

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by posted 02/20/2011
 

What is the Connecticut Youth Football League (CTYFL) program?
CTYFL is a multi-town football/cheerleading league which play a normal 8 game schedule, 4 games at home and 4 games away. Practice schedules begin the week of August 1, with the first official game to be played on or around the first weekend in September. The CTYFL along with Raiders promote an instructional yet competitive atmosphere where all of the children learn the values of good character and teamwork. The Raiders are NOT a town team, they are a serious competitive travel team that can be made up of children from Simsbury, Granby and East Granby. We compete against towns like New Hartford, Canton, Bloomfield, Windsor and Glastonbury. Check out the league website at www.ctyfl.com

What are the age and weight limits? 

Division	Age as of 12/31	Max Weight	Dressed Weight No Helmet or Shoulder Pads	Older/Lighter Rule
A-Squad	13-14	185	191	Not Available
B-Squad	11-12	155	161	Age 13/100 lbs.
C-Squad	9-10	130	135	Age 11/80 lbs.
Mighty Mite	7-8	110	115	Age 9/60 lbs.

                                                "NO UNLIMITED WEIGHT DIVISIONS"

What happens if my child does not meet the weight requirements?
Under Weight Players:
13 years old but under 100 lbs. may play on the 'B' squad,
106 lbs. dressed minus helmet & shoulder pads.
11 years old but under 80 lbs. may play on 'C' squad,
85 lbs. dressed minus helmet & shoulder pads.
9 years old but under 60 lbs. may play on 'D' squad,
65 lbs. dressed minus helmet & shoulder pads.

Over Weight Players:
8 years old but over 110 lbs. may play on 'C' squad.
10 years old but over 125 lbs. may play on 'B' squad.
12 years old but over 155 lbs. lbs. may play on 'A' squad.

How long are the games?
Games are generally 2 hours. Players should be present 1 hour prior to kickoff in order to weigh in (your coach may want them there even earlier). Kickoff times and lengths of quarters are as follows(Subject to Change based on Home Team Restrictions):

Division	Kickoff Time	Day of Game	Length of Quarters
A Squad	11:00 AM	Sunday	18 minutes
B Squad	9:00 AM	Sunday	18 minutes
C Squad	1:00 PM	Sunday	16 minutes
Mighty Mites	3:00 PM	Sunday	16 minutes

 Raider Youth Football Philosophy
Football is a competitive sport. In order to instill confidence and promote a team environment we play to WIN!  We foster and encourage youth competitive football and cheerleading. We assist and promote structured physical and intellectual development of participating athletes. We promote sportsmanship, fair play, leadership, and character development.

 

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