Spring Flag

What is it?

Spring Flag is a five on five non-contact flag football game that runs in the VMFL during the months of April and May. Each team comprises of around six to eight players and games are played over five weekends with each weekend consisting of multiple games during the day. After the five weekends teams head to the provincial championships which take place over a full weekend in May.

What age groups

There are three age groups consisting of U14, U16 and U18.

Where do I go to join

Many of the VMFL associations put out Spring Flag teams. Last year Westside, Coquitlam, North Surrey, Cloverdale, Langley and South Delta all entered teams. Check with your local association to see if they plan to participate this year.

When does it play

Most associations take registration for Spring Flag in early March. The season consists of five weekends (either a Saturday or Sunday) of games at one park starting in April and running through May. Each weekend each team will participate in playing four or more games during one day on the weekend. The Provincial Championships are held in Mid-JUne and consist of a round robin over two days where teams will play from four to more games. There is also a National championship for U16 and U18 in July.

2011 Season:

British Columbia Wins Gold AT National Championships

HALIFAX, N.S. – The Coquitlam Falcons, representing British Columbia, have won the gold medal at the Flag Football 2011 Canadian National Championships in the male under-16 division after scoring a 48-12 victory over Team Alberta on Monday in the gold medal game held at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The U-16 Falcons finished the tournament undefeated posting an overall record of six wins and no losses while out-scoring their opponents 269-43. The U-16 Falcons were led by coaches Paul Lancaster, Eddie Ferg and Steve Marshall, along with team manager Jayne Ogundehinde. The members of the U-16 Falcons are Chase Malcolm, Malcolm Lee, Tristan Sands, KJ Johnson, Kevin Marshall, Jalen Jana and Shane Noel.

The U-16 Falcons are the second team representing British Columbia to capture a national medal in the sport of football this summer following Team BC’s bronze medal performance at the 2011 Football Canada Cup held in Lethbridge, Alberta.

British Columbia was also represented at the Flag Football 2011 Canadian National Championships in the male under-18 division by the Vancouver Westside Packers.

 The U-18 Packers concluded their tournament in fourth place after dropping a 27-20 decision to Team Manitoba in the bronze medal game. The U-18 Packers were led by coaches Mike Pauls and Doug Pauls. The members of the U-18 Packers are Eli Pauls, Liam Mahara, Andrew Pauls, Angus Ker, Cam Bonoc, Mitch Corea, Daniel Laventure, Justin Sanvido, and Lucas Domingo.

Full tournament results for the Flag Football 2011 Canadian National Championships can be found at www.footballnovascotia.ca.

Provincials

The 2011 flag football season concluded this past weekend in Kelowna with three provincial champions crowned in the U-12, U-14 and U-16 divisions.

Congratulations are in order to the South Delta Colts (U-12), Okanagan-Mission Saints (U-14) and Coquitlam Falcons (U-16) for emerging from the weekend's championship showcase as the cream of the crop in their respective divisions.

For the U-16 Falcons, their season is far from over however. They'll now be joining the U-18 champions - Vancouver Westside Packers - at the national flag tournament in Halifax from June 22 - 25, 2011 as representatives of British Columbia.

Football BC would like to congratulate all the players, coaches and teams that participated in the Flag football season in 2011 and wish the best of luck to the U-16 Falcons and U-18 Packers as they head to Nationals.

Bring home the Gold!


U-16 Flag Champions Coquitlam Falcons

Championship rosters

U-12 South Delta Colts
Max Andrews
Ben Andrews
Morgan Brumby
Michael Calvert
Lucas Fair
Douglas Jameson
Alexander Luteijn
Billy Matwichyna
Maxwell Stalling
Coach: Brent Calvert
Manager: Dan Matwichyna

U-14 Okanagan-Mission Saints
Dane Adams
Jackson Cockwill
Adam DiBiase
Ryland Giebelhaus
Drew Karlstrom
Sean McMechan
Parker Simson
Seth Campbell
Coach: John Adams

U-16 Coquitlam Falcons
Chase Malcolm
Malcolm Lee
Tristan Sands
KJ Johnson
Kevin Marshall
Jalen Jana
Shane Noel
Coaches: Paul Lancaster, Eddie Ferg, Steve Marshall
Manager: Jayne Ogundehinde

U-18 Westside Packers