Our Past | Present | Future  

Our Past

Although we've grown to a board of 10 with 30+ members and 75 coaches,  the Oakville Minor Football Association (OMFA) was founded by three parents and coaches who were concerned about providing a safe and fun environment for their kids to play football within Oakville. 

 

In September 2008, we were accepted into SCOFL and built the first not-for-profit football organization in Oakville in 15 years.

 

And we, alongside the honourable Rob Burton, Mayor of Oakville, began to build a terrific organization. Our House League and Rep teams got the chance to begin spring 2009 as the mighty Titans - just about the coolest team in town. We had a huge first registration year - and our registrations doubled in our second year - until OMFA is one of the largest tackle football clubs in the GTA. We quickly became Oakville's only endorsed football group for fields; and were given the brand new turf at Bronte Athletic to be our Home Field late in 2010.

 

We've put great programs on the field - and we welcome you to join in the athletics, and the event, and the fun, that is part and parcel of football.

 

Our Present

Past | Present | Future  

OMF is entering our third year of operations, and what an amazing two years - filled with quality programs, championship teams, a terrific safety record, unbelievable community support, and a terrific fiscal financial story - says it all. A few highlights included:

 

• Oakville native and Argos GM, Michael "PinBall" Clemens, dropped by to cheer on our JV team for a pep-talk as they headed off to win the ONTARIO "AAA" championships in Hamilton's Ivor Wynne Stadium. 

 

• 130 of our parents and players got involved with our Ivor Wynne day - compared to 200 BMFA tickets sold. Wow!

• The OMF fielded more Oakville kids on tackle teams than any other group - and our teams were 99% Oakville residents as well.
• We sent 14 coaches through Level 1 certifications this year - and counting.
• Our game news and stats were in the Oakville newspapers more than a dozen times this season - so OMF kids get noticed!

 

Our nine-member board is comprised of parents, teachers, and coaches that wanted our kids to have a fun football club to play and develop youth  - with an emphasis on safety and development - and with the ability to play within a league not half-full with elite, pre-CFL-level players. 

Its a lot of work - for example, did you know that Oakville - the richest town in Canada - has a shortage of football playing fields? And that new leagues cannot easily get playing time without fielding players in previous years? Oakville loves Soccer - and has 15,000 kids gobbling up every square patch of green-space - and also few football fields we have. But thats only one challenge...

 

Then there's coaching staff, referees, trainers, sponsorship, fund raising, equipment, insurance, recruiting, accounting, logistics, planning, swag (team tee's and jerseys), art work, websites, office equipment and phones, competing priorities - and you start to get the picture.

 

The Future

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We're lucky - because we've got a great, talented and committed group - and a great story - and so we hope you'll join us by either registering your kids; suggesting or helping us in new league-building ideas, volunteering within our committees, or by sponsoring our teams and events. If you think you have the time and might like to help by joining our team, just take a look at our committees and find something that suite your interests and skills. We'd love to see you on our team...