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Football, on s’inscrit!
January 9th, 2012 | 
Author: http://www.messagerverdun.com/Sports/Football/2012-02-09/article-2890338/Football-on-sinscrit/
Le camp d’hiver se tiendra tous les vendredis pendant 15 semaines à partir du 10 février entre 18h30 et 20h. Par la suite, les participants sont invités les 17 et 24 février ainsi que les 2, 16, 23 et 30 mars, les 13, 20 et 27 avril, les 4, 11, 18 et 25 mai et pour terminer, le 1er juin. Les frais de participation au camp sont de 25$ par jeune. Soyez sûr d’avoir la carte d’assurance maladie et la carte d’Accès-Verdun pour inscrire votre enfant au gymnase de l’école secondaire Mgr-Richard.
Le gymnase est situé à l’école (3000, Boul. Gaétan-Laberge) voisine du terrain de football. Vous devez utiliser l’entrée situé du même côté pour vous rendre au gymnase.
Notez que l’Association de football mineur recrute désormais des joueurs de niveau Titans (6-7ans). Invités à pratiquer du flag football. L’expérience démontre qu’il n’est pas facile de recruter des joueurs de niveau Pee-Wee (12-13 ans). Il faut des joueurs de cette catégorie pour compléter l’équipe formée par des Moustiques qui ont gradué…
Pour plus d’information (même si vous êtes en retard pour le camp d’hiver) : Steven Blake:514 362 -0821 ou Laura Egan: 514 887-2399 ou au info@verdunticats.com
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Aigles fly past Ti-Cats
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Aigles fly past Ti-Cats
Varennes 18 | Verdun 2
By Andrew Soong
The Varennes Aigles downed the Verdun Ti-Cats 18-2 in their season opener Sunday at Arthur Therrien Park in Verdun.
“We are happy with the win and the team worked hard with good team spirit,” said Aigles’ head coach Marc Perrier about his team’s first meeting against the Ti-Cats. “We haven’t played against them [Ti-Cats] for 2-3 years and we didn’t know what to expect.”
Both teams were deadlocked and scoreless in the opening quarter of the Sunday afternoon match-up held under a light drizzle. In the opening minutes of the second quarter the Aigles started a rally that included a fourth down run into the Ti-Cats’ red zone by Axel Tetreault that lead to a touchdown by teammate Guillaume Perrier. According to Coach Perrier “we were on a roll.”
The Aigles were forced to work for every yard that was gained on the Ti-Cats’ home turf that included stopping the extra point after Perrier’s touchdown. Despite being intercepted deep in the Aigles’ end zone, the Ti-Cats pushed back in the closing minutes of the first half with Ti-Cat Jeffery Pigeon who sacked the Aigles’ quarterback in the end zone to score a two-point safety. According Ti-Cat head coach Richard Ferland “we are trying to rebuild a tradition [of football].”
“It was the first time since May that we had a full staff and we did not know what to expect, but it could have been worse,” said Ferland about the team’s first season growing pain. “Now we know what to correct and we will work on this in the coming week’s coming practice.”
Both teams continued to struggle into the second half with the Aigles defending their slim lead against the home team. Slowly, the Aigles chipped away at the Ti-Cats’ defence to score in the opening minutes of the final quarter with two more touchdowns from Perrier. However, all three Aigles conversions were defiantly stopped by the TiCats that allowed the final 18-2 score.
“It was a good game and we played better than we did last year,” said Ti-Cats game MVP Jose Luis Castro. “I think that the team could have done better, but we still worked hard on the field.”
Ti-Cats close out regular campaign with a party
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Ti-Cats close out regular campaign with a party
Pointe St. Charles 46 | Verdun 6
By Mark Lidbetter
While the mosquito AAA Verdun Ti-Cats put the finishing touches on their game plan for the final match of the regular season, Annie Blanchard of the Verdun Minor Football Association was busy putting the final touches on a celebration of football for the mosquitoes to enjoy on Sunday morning at Verdun’s Arthur Therrien park. Stands filled with fans, members of the Montreal Alouette cheerleaders and post-game ceremonies made the air electric and entertaining for the players.
“I felt the team deserved something special to recognize their hard work this year,” Annie Blanchard. “
The Ti-Cats hosted the Point St. Charles Aces, with the visitors taking away a 46-6 win over Verdun but the story wasn’t about the loss, the story was about the perseverance of the Ti-Cats through a bumpy season where 16 athletes gave it their all every game.
ETS Polytechnique provided plenty of fans, including a shirtless group spelling out Ti-Cats on their bare backs, adding enthusiasm to augment the usual support of the friends and families in attendance. Teams from the engineering games, the commerce games, the concrete canoe team and the photo club Les Reflets kept the noise levels up.
On the field, the Aces built a commanding lead but there was no quit in the Cats, even with the final minute slipping away, Jeffrey D’Amour-Pigeon picked off a Hunter Devaney pass to return the ball to Verdun’s possession.
Emile Ndombasi and Marc-Deneault Gabriel propelled the Aces with a trio of TD’s each.
Verdun’s Mathieu Ferland hooked-up with Cats’ QB Olivier Quon for a 42-yard pass and run major for the Ti-Cats only tally of the day.
To commemorate the match the concrete canoe team made a trophy for each squad to take away as a souvenir.
The Montreal Alouettes sent along two pairs of tickets for The Suburban to present to their picks for offensive and defensive players of the game from the Ti-Cats. On offence Blake Benjamin was the recipient.
“Today was awesome, so much fun with all the fans cheering,” Benjamin said.
On defence Jose-Luis Castro earned the tickets. “I love playing football for the team work, everyone playing together,” Castro said.
With the event ending, Annie Blanchard shook her head in amazement. “This was so overwhelming,” Blanchard said. “I wish every game could be (atmosphere) like this because the players deserve it.”
Volunteers add ‘big hoopla’ to minor football game
Volunteers add ‘big hoopla’ to minor football game.
MONTREAL – Though the Verdun Ti-Cats lost Sunday’s football game to the Point St. Charles Aces 46-6, players from both teams left the field with smiles on their faces.
That’s what football evangelist Philippe Gatien, a Master’s student in hydrology at the École de Technologie Supérieure, had hoped for.
Gatien, a volunteer who helps out the Verdun team as game-day announcer, recruited five cheerleaders from the Alouettes to be part of the halftime show and to perform with the preteen cheerleaders of the Ti-Cats. He also called on about 100 engineering undergraduates from ETS’s and other student clubs to play the role of crazed fans and drafted members of the school’s photography club to take action shots and make special player cards featuring team members. A DJ was there to provide music, and Gatien found a production company to supply speakers, a microphone and a mixing table to furnish the volume. Sponsors came through with gift cards, food and prizes that included tickets to Canadiens and Alouettes games.
Seeing the Ti-Cats players lacking the enthusiasm he had during his 15 years playing the sport moved Gatien to try to surprise them with a game they wouldn’t forget.
“My dad and mom were excessively supportive,” Gatien said during an interview after the game. “They were at every practice. When I was younger, it just seemed natural. But when I grew older, I realized that not everybody had that chance. We were in a lucky place. We always had good teams, good fans. Win or lose, I always enjoyed what the sport brought to me. And I noticed this was something this team was sorely lacking. The kids didn’t seem to smile when they went home. They didn’t seem to enjoy football as much as I did.”
Few parents showed up to practices and game days, he said, noting that the team often seemed discouraged. Inspired by a video from New York-based group Improv Everywhere that showed a similar big-production surprise for a Little League baseball team in Hermosa Beach, Calif., Gatien started making calls.
“I wanted to give them one day where they could see what this sport could be,” he said.
Trenton Dias-Maxwell, 10, who plays safety for the Ti-Cats, said his favourite part of the game was simply playing football, but added he was happy to see a larger crowd than he’s used to seeing.
“I love football because there are so many things that you learn,” he said.
Gatien said the overall turnout for the last game of the regular season was about 10 times greater than usual. “It’s a good way to get the word out, the last big hoopla,” he said. “And come next year, when we start recruiting, kids will know.
“I’ve been wanting to give back to football for some time,” Gatien said.