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Experience WB Pop Waner 2009 - Registration Flyer
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2009 WBPW Parent's Meeting
August 5, 2009 - 06:15 PM --
Welcome back and welcome to our new WB Pop Warner parents. We are so excited to be underway for what looks to be another great season in football and cheerleading. Our annual 2009 Parent's Meeting is Thursday August 6th at 6:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. at Watertown Middle School auditorium. Building is next to Moxley Field, entrance on Waverly Ave. side of building.
Parents will receive season schedules, parent handbooks, and can ask questions about program, coaches and anything in general about the upcoming season. We will look forward to seeing you there!
Best,
WBPW
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Are you ready for some FOOTBALL and CHEER??
Welcome back parents, families and friends of our Pop Warner football players and cheerleaders! Please look for NEW news coming soon on future Watertown and Belmont cable dates of screenings of some of your favorite games and events!!! Tell a Friend!
We need YOU to make 2009 the BEST season ever. We need you to sign up and play or cheer this year...tell a friend! We are also looking for Football coaches, Cheer coaches, volunteers and game day ambassadors to help us achieve all our 2009 goals. Please see the 2009 Volunteer application located via the main welcome page of the website on the left column tab entitled POP WARNER FORMS.
Watertown - Belmont Pop Warner Registration is currently OPEN for the 2009 Season.
Watertown Belmont Pop Warner football and cheering is gearing up for another exciting and successful year!! We're so excited that the program has grown and we hope that more and more kids will sign up to play and cheer this year. We have attempted to make registration convenient for our Watertown and Belmont parents. Please sign up early and bring your kids' friends. All dates are located on the main welcome page of the web site. Spread the word - Tell a Friend! Thank you for being part of the WB Pop Warner Experience!!!
Some important information to consider:
- Our National Pop Warner registration forms have changed this year, so you will need to bring your child to the registration (if possible) to sign the document. Also, any football players that show up will be weighed on site.
For registration, you need to bring the following:
- Cheerleaders - an original birth certificate for every child
- Football players - an original birth certificate if you are new to the program. For returning players, due to WB National rules, we are able to retain a copy of the birth certificate to fulfill the compliance expectations.
- Every child must bring an updated physical from a doctor that is SIGNED, DATED 2009, AND STAMPED BY THE DOCTOR. Signatures only or 2008 physicals will not be able to be accepted unfortunately.
Required documents/items (Please locate forms on main welcome page of the WBPW site on the left column tab named POP WARNER FORMS are as follows:
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Physical form [with 2009 physician sign-off] -
Original birth certificate (if cheerleader) ONLY original if first year football player (returning football players may provide clear copy). -
Every parent must fill out the registration and parent consent forms on site. -
Final Report Card from this 2008-2009 Academic year (once available). -
Payment upon registration Required; Registration fee is $125 per child and $240 per family (this will increase to $140 per child and $270 per family if you wait until after July 1 ).
Best, WBPW
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Letter from WB Pop Warner President Mike Antonellis about Safety
Safety is one of our key themes and priorities for the 2009 Pop Warner season. Much has been written lately about safety in youth sports and cheering. We occasionally hear about injuries, or even deaths, resulting from tragedies in kid's sports. We've also seen recent news about cheerleaders falling during stunts and competitions. As you know, unfortunately, injuries are a part of athletics, and no sports program can completely eliminate the risk of injury.
Yet, football and cheering is no more dangerous than any other sport offered in Watertown or Belmont. And, more often than not, kids in other sports who use less equipment then football players, are more prone to injury. But, more important, Pop Warner takes the following very critical steps to try, as much as possible, to ensure kids are always safe, and to minimize serious injuries:
- We assign EMTs to every football practice and game, at every field, in case injuries occur.
- We also take steps to ensure cheerleaders have safety mats and EMTs assigned when doing stunts and flying during routines.
- All our head coaches, and many of our assistant coaches are certified by Pop Warner, and are required to teach league-approved techniques to avoid injuries.
- The league divides kids by age, and BY WEIGHT, to ensure children of comparable weight and size are playing against each other.
- Many of our coaches and parents are CPR-certified as well, to help EMTs as necessary.
- Our equipment is safety-tested and league-approved every two years to ensure helmets, pads, and other safety equipment does not fail in protecting our kids.
- Finally, the league requires that every child obtain a physical, and required paperwork from a doctor, before the season starts, to ensure kids are in physical shape to play or cheer.
We on the Board of Directors for WB Pop Warner have kids in the program, so safety is extremely important for us and our children. We invite you to find out more by contacting us, and you can rest assured that we will always put your child's safety first.
Mike Antonellis
President
WB Pop Warner
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Experience WB Pop Warner
The 2009 WBPW Season is upon us...The start of another WB Pop Warner season is Monday August 3rd and is right around the corner! We are looking forward to seeing you there!
For the 2009, the Pop Warner football regular season runs from Monday August 3th to November 1. Games are played on Sundays, September 13th through October. Starting on Monday August 3rd and through the month of August, practices begin at the Moxley Field at Watertown Middle School and coaches and players/cheerleaders work on conditioning, learning plays and routines, and preparing. This is an important time in the season and can determine whether teams are successful during the season. Cheerleaders may also be asked to attend separate cheering times or indoor facilities.
In August, practices run Monday - Thursday, from (talk to your head coach for exact times) 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.. Coaches do understand that families have vacations and commitments planned in August, and will demonstrate a lot of flexibility in accomodating these plans, but parents should understand that the more time a child puts in to practice, the better off fundamentally and athletically they are. Team and squad success often reflects time put in and preparedness in August.
The season officially starts after Labor Day. Once school begins, we limit practice time to 3 nights a week - Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.. This runs from September - October. Practice locations to be announced.
Games are played on Sundays and have fixed times once the league establishes game times. There are 4 home games (played at Watertown's Victory Field) and 4 away games. If teams make playoffs, these games begin in November. Generally, the E team (younger and lighter kids) play at 8:00 a.m. with coaches having kids show up by 7:00 a.m. for warmups. Games take about 1 1/2 hours each and teams play in order, from E team up through A team, with coaches asking players to arrive an hour before gametime. Separate cheering competitions in October and November will be announced during the season.
Join the WB Pop Warner family! Last season, our program experienced unprecedented success by fielding two Eastern Massachusetts Champions in both cheering and football. Our program is growing quickly, and we need your child's help to make it to the playoffs again and again. Register right away!!
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The 2009 WBPW Season is upon us...The start of another WB Pop Warner season is Monday August 4th and is right around the corner! We are looking forward to seeing you there!
Parents of Pop Warner Football players and Cheerleaders:
For the 2008, the Pop Warner football regular season runs from Monday August 4th to October 30th. Games are played on Sundays, September 7th through October. Starting on Monday August 3rd and through the month of August, practices begin at the Moxley Field at Watertown Middle School and coaches and players/cheerleaders work on conditioning, learning plays and routines, and preparing. This is an important time in the season and can determine whether teams are successful during the season. Cheerleaders may also be asked to attend separate cheering times or indoor facilities.
In August, practices run Monday - Thursday, from (talk to your head coach for exact times)6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.. Coaches do understand that families have vacations and commitments planned in August, and will demonstrate a lot of flexibility in accomodating these plans, but parents should understand that the more time a child puts in to practice, the better off fundamentally and athletically they are. Team and squad success often reflects time put in and preparedness in August.
The season officially starts after Labor Day. Once school begins, we limit practice time to 3 nights a week - Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.. This runs from September - October. Practice locations to be announced. Separate cheering competitions in October and November will be announced during the season.
Games are played on Sundays and have fixed times once the league establishes game times. There are 4 home games (played at Watertown's Victory Field) and 4 away games. If teams make playoffs, these games begin in November. Generally, the E team (younger and lighter kids) play at 8:00 a.m. with coaches having kids show up by 7:00 a.m. for warmups. Games take about 1 1/2 hours each and teams play in order, from E team up through A team, with coaches asking players ot arrive an hour before each game.
Best,
WBPW
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2009 Pop Warner Age/Weight Matrix
Please use this 2009 National Pop Warner Age & Weight Matrix to help evaluate where your football player may fit within the National guidelines. Upon registration the player will be weighed and re-evaluated as the season starts to place on the appropriate team.
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