Important Dates & Information

Important dates for the upcoming season…

July 2 and July 9: Player Physicals
Time: 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Harer and Mortensen Chiropractic
4517 Market St. in Ventura
805-650-5929

Player physicals must be completed by the parent meeting. Physical forms can be downloaded from our website. The cost of the physical is $20 and all money collected from the physicals will be donated back to our organization. Please call for an appointment.

Saturday July 25: Parent Meeting/ Equipment Fitting - Mandatory
Time: 11 a.m.
Location: Ventura Moose Lodge
10269 Telephone Rd. in Ventura

All fees must be paid in full by this date. The equipment fee deposit of $200 must also be given on this day! The deposit will be held until all equipment is returned at the end of the season.

July 27 - July 31: Pre-Season Conditioning Camp
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Location: TBA

This is a non-contact conditioning camp to help prepare your child for the upcoming football season. The cost for the camp is $35.00 and is due at the mandatory parent meeting on July 25. This camp is recommended as participation will help to get each child into their gear sooner.

Sunday Aug. 9: 2nd Equipment Fitting
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: TBA

If your child missed the parent meeting or has equipment that needs to be exchanged, you will need to come out to this event.

Monday Aug. 3 - Thursday Aug. 6: Mandatory Pre-Season Camp
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Location: TBA

This is a mandatory pre-season skill, agilities and conditioning camp. ALL players are required to attend. There is no additional charge for this camp.

Friday Aug. 7 and Saturday Aug. 8: PRACTICE
Time: 5:00 p.m. on Friday / TBA for Saturday
Location: TBA

Saturday Aug 22: Mandatory Certification
Time: TBA
Location: Westlake High School

Certification is mandatory for participation in the 2009 football season. Please make sure your child will be able to attend. If there is a conflict with this date, please let us know as soon as possible.

Sunday Aug 16: Ventura Buccaneer’s Car Wash Fundraiser
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Lowe’s Parking Lot in Ventura

$100.00 per player will be collected for the car wash tickets at the parent meeting. Each player is required to sell all 10 tickets for our only mandatory chapter fundraiser. The tickets are easily sold as they also include a free meal from chipotle and many other great vendor offers.

Sunday Aug. 23: Picture Day
Time: To be provided by your coach.
Location: Ventura College

Saturday Aug 29: Jamboree
Time: TBA
Location: Santa Clarita

Santa Clarita will host this seasons Jamboree. The event will be for Bantam - Senior divisions only. Times and additional location information will be provided by your coach.

Saturday Sept 12: First Game of the Season
Time: TBA
Location: TBA

Home Games at VC!

Buccaneers to play home games at new VC Sports Complex…

We are happy to announce that we have reached an agreement with Ventura College that will allow the Ventura Buccaneers to play our home games at the brand new Ventura College Sports Complex.

New Freshmen Rule in GCYFL

New rule allows 9th graders to play GCYFL & Ventura Buccaneers!

There is an exciting new rule that was recently passed in the Gold Coast Youth Football League.  Starting in the 2009 football season, ninth graders who meet the 185 pound weight limit and will still be age 14 as of 12/2/2009 will be allowed to play seniors in the GCYFL.  The ruling, which received a high level of support amongst the other chapters in the league, was voted in at the recent GCYFL board meeting on February 3rd.  If you have any questions regarding the new rule, please don’t hesitate to call.

Ventura Buccaneer Cheer Squad!

Brand new Cheer Squad for 2009 Season

We are happy to announce that the Ventura Buccaneer’s will be forming our very first Cheerleading Squad!  If you have a child that would like to participate in our cheer program, sign ups will be held at the same time as our football registration.  For addition information, please email info@venturabuccaneers.com or call (805) 659-4772.

Coaches Needed…

Bantam & Junior 1 Division

We currently have head coaches for 8 teams.  We anticipate the need to add an additional Bantam and Junior 1 team and need a head coach for these 2 divisions.  If you are interested in coaching in either of these divisions or know someone who is, please call (805) 659-4772.  You can also visit our web site’s form section to get a copy of our coaches application.

http://www.venturabuccaneers.com/?page_id=1005

Open Registration

Additional registration opportunities…

We have completed our two registration events and had an excellent turnout at both.  Instead of holding a third registration, we have decided to hold “Open Registration” in order to fill any additional openings.  Teams are filling up quickly so we recommend getting signed up as soon as possible.

You may continue to register for football and cheer by visiting California Kitchen Creations during regular business hours.  They have a scale and all of the necessary registration forms.  Once your forms have been submitted and registration fees have been paid, your application will receive a date and time stamp.  If the following hours are not convenient for your schedule, please give us a call at (805) 659-4772 to make alternate arrangements.

Hours:

Monday - Friday from 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Address:

3367 Telegraph Road
Ventura, CA 93003

Directions: GOOGLE MAPS

Football - $300

Includes helmet, pads, game jersey, practice jersey, game pants, practice pants, girdle, belt, mouthpiece and socks. All you need to provide is the cleats!

Cheer - $250.00

Includes complete uniform. Shoes not provided.

Discounts:

We have a $25.00 sibling discount for football and cheer.  The discount is applied PER PLAYER.