About Football
New To Football?
Or maybe just new to Millwoods? Maybe thinking about trying it out? Well here is some general information about what you can expect throughout the football season:
Flag Season
- Registration typically opens in early Febraury
- Flag Football Season runs late April into mid June.
- Non-Contact Football
- Practices
- Typically held at Mill woods field once they are opened and prior to that will take place at Mill woods Turf or a school gym
- 2-3 practices per week
- Games
- Games are through GEFFA. (Greater Edmonton Flag Football Association)
- Game day is typically Saturday and played at the same field each weekend
Tackle Season
- Registration typically opens in early April
- Practices
- Typically held three times per week from 6:30pm - 8:30pm at Mill Woods Fields. Practices run the month of June with no equipment
- June practices are for conditioning and no equipment other than cleats and mouth guard are required
- July there are no practices
- August practices are resumed at three nights per week, generally- Mon, Wed & Thurs (6:30p - 8:30p). Practices are in full equipment and full contact.
- Pre-Season Tournament
- Before the official start to the season there is generally a small seeding tournament over the course of a weekend to determine team rankings for the season.
- Regular Season Play
- The regular season begins in early September and will run 8-10 weeks. Games are played on the weekends, occasionally on a Friday night. During the regular season we continue to practice 3-nights a week.
- Playoffs
- Once the regular season ends, there may be additional games if the team makes the playoffs. We will continue to practice as usual during the playoffs until the end. The provincial championship games are played around the first week of November.
