General Information

Paperwork Submittal / Equipment Handout

Paperwork Submittal and Equipment Handout for the 2010 season will be onTBD.

All football players and cheerleaders will hand in all required registration paperwork. The registrar must receive the paperwork before your child can begin practice. You will be made aware of all the necessary paperwork (by email). This includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Football Players - Original Birth Certificate or Pop Warner Certified Birth Certificate
• Cheerleaders - must submit an original Birth Certificate
• End of School Year 2010 report card (fully completed including art, music, gym, etc.)
• Participant Contract and Parental Consent Form (2 pages, please fill out name exactly as it appears on birth certificate, please leave GPA blank)
• Physical Fitness & Medical History Form (2 pages)

• Shell Top
• Skirt
• Warm-up Jacket
• Warm-up Pants
• Cheer Bag

• Sneakers
• Midriff
• Briefs
• Socks
• Hair Pieces

*will be handed out during late August practice

Cheerleaders will have an Equipment Fitting Night in June and will receive their equipment before the Jamboree. Football players will receive their equipment in August before the first practice and have their weight checked at this time.

Football equipment to be handed out includes:

• Helmet / Chin strap / Mouth guard
• Shoulder Pads
• Butt, Hip, Thigh, and Knee pads
• Girdle
• Practice jersey
• Practice pants
• Belt
• Home game jersey (Handed out before Jamboree)
• Away game jersey (Handed out before Jamboree)
• Game pants (Handed out before Jamboree)

Medical Alert

If your child has a medical condition that requires emergency medication (epipen, inhaler, insulin, etc.) please make sure that you attend each practice with the appropriate medication as well as informing your coach where you and the medication are located. If you have any questions on these procedures please contact your coach or Board of Directors immediately.

Practice Policy

Practices are on even if it rains! If there is thunder and lightning then practices will be canceled. A decision will be posted on the web site by 5 PM. If practice is on and the weather changes for the worst or is questionable, then parents should remain available and close by or arrange a carpool for child pick up. If you are uncomfortable with having your child participate due to questionable weather conditions, please talk to your coach.

August Practice

Official team practices begin in August. Practices are generally held at the Melican Middle School during the entire month of August. Please be aware that the schedule could change due to conflicts, weather, etc. Please check the website for specifics as August approaches.

The first 10 hours of practice for each football player is without pads. This means that if a player misses any of the first week of practice, it puts that player behind the others in practice. Please keep this in mind when scheduling vacation time. Please refer to the football or cheerleading tabs for practice schedules.

Regular Season Practice

Once school starts, the regular season schedule commences. Please refer to the football or cheerleading tabs for practice schedules.

Annual Season Kickoff

There is a cookout scheduled for August usually at the end of the second week of practice. This is a great way for the players and cheerleaders to have some fun and let the parents meet each other.

Official Pop Warner Football Player Weigh-In

This is usually held the last weekend of August or first weekend in September. Each football team (players and coaches) takes a bus to Clinton where each player gets their official weight for the roster. It is a Pop Warner requirement that all football players must attend the weigh-in. Any player that does not attend the weigh-in cannot play.

Jamboree

There is a football jamboree hosted by one of our league teams near the end of August. Typically, it is held the Sunday before the start of the season. The teams play several small scrimmages over the course of the day. The jamboree schedule comes out during the middle of August.

Opening Day

The first game of the season is typically over the Labor Day weekend.

Game Schedule

Season schedules will be posted on our website when we have "solid" information from the league, which may not be until sometime during the last week of August. You are advised to check the website frequently during the season, as dates and times of games DO change at the last minute.

The last regular season game is at the end of October. There are playoff games for all teams, except the Mitey-Mite team, based on the team record/standings. The Mitey-Mite team typically does play in one post-season game: the Jake Brakani Bowl in Leominster.

Home games are played at the Algonquin Regional High School field. Games are typically played on Sundays, but are sometimes rescheduled to other days. The football players wear black jerseys for home games and white jerseys for away games.

Equipment Turn-In

After all regular and post-season games are complete, there will be a date/evening scheduled for football and cheerleader equipment/uniform turn-in. At this time, all paperwork will be returned to you. If you are unable to be present at this time, please coordinate with a teammate to have them turn in your equipment. It is important that the equipment be turned in promptly, as the equipment is sent out to be cleaned and re-certified. If you miss this date you will be charged (up to $100, or more) to send these items out to the proper places.

Year-End Banquet

Year-end Cheerleader and Football banquet is held at the end of January or beginning of February.

Volunteers

Northboro-Southboro Pop Warner is run solely by volunteers. No one receives compensation or discounts for their efforts. Parent volunteers are crucial for making the program successful. Volunteering is a program requirement and there are several types of volunteering opportunities. Each family will be scheduled for 4 hours of volunteering throughout the season. The 4 hour volunteering requirement can be waived by making an additional payment of $100 to the program. Please note that the 4 hours of volunteering will be strictly enforced throughout the season. Volunteer assigments will be made based upon the items that were checked off on the registration form.

Calendar Raffle

The calendar raffle is an important part of our fundraising program. Each football/cheerleader in the program is required to sell 15 raffle tickets at $10 per raffle ticket. The calendar raffle tickets are handed out at the Equipment Handout/Paperwork Turn-In or soon after. The raffle ticket selling requirement can be waived by making an additional payment of $150 to the program.

Fundraisers

In addition to the calendar raffle, there are several other fundraisers during the season. These may include: golf tournament, NS THawks logo gear, booths at Applefest and Heritage Day, Patriot's ticket raffle, bottle/can drive.