Hi NCAFA Families!
Bring on summer flag football! The RA Centre is hosting a coed flag football summer camp for ages 8 to 13.
Choose from eight weekly sessions running between July 6 and August 28. Camp runs daily from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Campers will run drills to build their skills, compete in games on the field, and cool off with a free swim every day.
As an exclusive offer for NCAFA families, use code RAFLAG26 at checkout to get 15% off your registration. Make sure to sign up soon, as this code is valid until June 19.
Click here for registration and details: https://www.racentre.
The RA centre also offers a junior athlete program that generally runs one day a week on the weekend. The discount code does not apply to the junior athlete program.
Registration opens around Februrary 1st, if not sooner, for all participating clubs. Check out their websites for winter programs and when spring sessions begin.
2026 Flag Football Tournaments
See schedule link at top right of page.
A great website or app for flag football tournaments is www.zortssports.com. Lots of US tournaments and more and more Canadian tournaments. The link above focusses on Canadian tournaments and Football Canada, Football Ontario tournaments.
2026 Redblacks NCAFA Fall Flag
September October, Kaladar Park (2554 Kaladar Ave.), Saturday mornings. Boys and girls welcome. ages 2011-2020). This past year was the first year of this program. It was a combination of skills and games. As it grows the games part will become more official with set teams and a season of games. This past year's numbers allowed for more informal scrimmages. Registration for this program will begin in May. Click here for more info and registration.
NCAFA Winter Skills Program
Hillcrest High School, Sundays. Put on by South Ottawa Mustangs. See item below.
Flag Football Referees
-NCAFA, OWF, high school, elementary school, men's leagues
-all need refs
-pay $30 per hour
-training will begin in March, April
Bell Warriors
-coaching boys or girls teams, $20 per hour
-Saturday, Sunday training April to mid May, then 2 practices weeknights, one game day (Sat or Sun) from mid May to end of June
NCAFA Director of Flag Football: Rodney Moors (rodmoors12@gmail.com)
See club contacts if you have questions particular to a club.
Links:
-International Federation of American Football (IFAF)
-Football Canada (FC)
-Football Ontario (FO)
-Football Canada Youtube channel (good flag football video and some referee video)
-2025 IFAF Flag Football World Championship video
-Wikipedia: 2025 IFAF Flag Football World Championship (full results)
-NCAFA Coaching Clinic video (and other Rod Moors coaching videos)
Documents:
-NCAFA Flag Football Club contacts
-IFAF 2023 Rulebook (used by NCAFA)
-Flag Football Overview
-2026 Football Canada Flag Football Rulebook (not used by NCAFA)
-2026 NCAFA Flag Football Field Map
NCAFA will award one bursary to a female midget (GU20) player and one bursary to a male bantam (U16) or midget (U19) player. Each bursary is in the amount of $500.00.
The award is based on the following criteria:
- a high academic standing (over 75% from the previous year);
- a significant level of on-field performance;
- a number of years playing football and progression; and
- an important contribution to his/her team.
Players who want to apply for this award complete most of the documents needed for application.
All of the above information is posted here: https://www.ncafa.ca/page/show/3982330-ncafa-flag-football
Each club will pick the best application from their club. Then a committee of three people will decide on the winner.