Spring Camp is coming up soon for the Prince George Kodiaks Football Club.
The camp runs from May 8th to 11th.
“Spring is such an important part of football,” said Kodiaks Head Coach Jamie Boreham.
“It’s that off-season development that you need, it’s a reminder, it’s a refresher, it’s a catch up, and the opportunity to build on the skills you’ve developed over the off-season and a reminder of what you learned last year.”
The Junior Program’s Spring Evaluation and ID Camp will welcome players from Grade 10 to 22-years-old.
“The younger guys are there for future recruitment. The sooner we get them here, and the sooner they realize this is the place they want to come play football, we have an easier job to do,” Boreham said.
Boreham added there will be local players, as well as from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and even Yukon.
“It’s a good time, it’s going to be four days of fun, there’s going to be two scrimmages,” he said.
Boreham said the practices and scrimmages are open to the public.
“Also with spring camp, we’ve partnered with Spirit of the North, and we’re going to have our first Spirit Game,” he said.
“That will help support healthcare in the north as well as grow Kodiaks football programs.”
In addition, Spring Camp will also start for the Kodiaks High School program.
“It gets tough, you need a lot of kids, you need a lot of coaches, you need a lot of support, you need a lot of equipment,”
“To run a high school football program, you’re looking at a $50,000 season budget. That gets equipment, it gets your travel, but that’s the number, it is tough, so we’re trying to find ways to facilitate players who don’t have a football team.”
Boreham said the Kodiaks Fall Selects program has been accepted into the Grande Prairie High School Football league.
“So we have a league and a place for our guys to play.”
Starting this week for the Kodiaks is the Flag Football League, which will run until June.
“It’s about 12 weeks of some football,” Boreham said.
“It’s a good time to get outside, you work on your skills, you work on your understanding of systems, but at the end of the day, it’s running around playing football, it’s a lot of fun.”
The Flag Football League is available for kids in Prince George, Quesnel, Vanderhoof, and Smithers.
More information on all Kodiaks programs can be found here.
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