3-August 21_1 - Fairport Packers Youth Football and Cheerleading

First person to tell Marc they want to buy a vowel wins a $10.00 gift card to Starbucks!
Issue #3: August 21, 2015
FAIRPORT PACKERS NEWSLETTER!
Coming This Week: Pep Rally and Game #1!
Finishing our third week of practice means that the football season and all of the
excitement that goes along with it is just around the corner. Sunday our contact
football teams will scrimmage against Webster and Gates. Friday, August 28 is the
Fairport Packers pep rally at the amphitheater at Center Park West, and Sunday,
August 30 is our first football game of the season!
Pep Rally and Bad to the Bone BBQ
Just a friendly reminder that your Bad to the Bone BBQ dinners for the pep rally
needs to be pre-ordered by Wednesday, August 26 and can be done online with your
credit card at the Fairport Packers website or with Marc, Marj, and Melanie at
practices. Want to pay cash? See Marc, Marj, or Melanie also.
It’s Raffle Time!
Drawing for all of our raffle prizes will be at the pep rally, so please make sure to get
your raffle tickets in to your team parent or drop them directly to Marc while you are
at practice.
Picture Make Up Day
Did you miss picture day? Don’t sweat it…Picture make up day is on Wednesday,
August 26.
Thursday Fun!
It’s baaaaack!!!! Play
“Trivia with Marc” where
one lucky person may
win a $25.00 gift
certificate to Boccacini
and more! The fun starts
at 7:30 on Thursday just
before the final
cheerleading show off!
Around Town
Fairport High School Red and
White Night: Tuesday, August
25 at 6:00 pm!
Issue #1: August 7, 2015
FAIRPORT PACKERS FOOTBALL NEWS
Next Week’s
Football Stuff!
Contact football
practices: MondayThursday from 6:00 to
8:00 at Northside
School
Flag football Monday/
Wednesday and
Tuesday/Thursday
practices: 6:00 to 7:30
at Northside School
August 30 Football
Games!
B/C Red: Home vs. Geneva
B/C Blue: Away vs. Webster
Flag: All home vs. Geneva
Practice Reminder
Starting Monday, August 31 all
contact football and flag
Monday/Wednesday practices
are at Kreag Road Park
Flag Tuesday/Thursday
practices are at Northside
School
Issue #3: August 21, 2015
FAIRPORT PACKERS CHEERLEADING NEWS
Next Week’s
Cheerleading
Stuff!
A Squad Practices:
Monday-Thursday from
5:30 to 8:00
B and C Squad
•
Practices: MondayThursday from 6:00 to
8:00
• Flag Squad Practices:
Tuesday-Thursday from
6:00 to 7:30
•
Final Thursday Night Cheerleading Showoff!
Thursday, August 27 at 7:30!
Practice Reminder
Please note that beginning Monday, August 31 all cheerleading
practices change to the school year schedule and will practice
twice per week. Please see your head coach for day, time, and
location details.
The Fairport
Packers Position
by Marc Feder
As our third week of football
and cheerleading practices
come to an end, we start to
look forward towards the first
game of our football season.
And this seems like a good
time to touch on the subject of
sportsmanship and game
conduct. Youth sports are
supposed to be centered on
the young athlete’s
experience. Focus on
learning the fundamentals of
a sport, it’s basic techniques,
and the strategy is all a part
of the training experience for
our children. There is also an
element of learning how to
succeed with grace and learn
from mistakes in a positive
way that assists in the
maturation of our children that
is necessary for their positive
development. Within this
context our football and
cheerleading coaches
promote
strong
sportsmanship and fair play to
our athletes and the
expectation from them and
our organization is that all
members of our teams, the
members of the opposition’s
team, and all officials are
treated with the highest of
respect.
It has been with rare
exception that I have had to
intervene with one of our
Fairport Packers athletes on
this topic, and it has been
even more rare that I have
had to broach the subject with
one of our families. I will say
though that not all families in
other towns are of the same
mindset. Under these
circumstances it is even more
important for us to remember
that we will only represent
ourselves to the highest
standard possible. So I ask
that if you experience
spectators at any venue who
for whatever reason have lost
perspective, please do not
engage these people but find
one of the Fairport Packers
directors or Executive Board
members. Other RYFC
directors and presidents have
a strong stake in fair play and
sportsmanship, and we are
able to address concerns
regarding spectator behavior
directly with them.
This picture was sent to me
the near the end of this year’s
soccer season, and I thought
it a good reminder for all of us
going forward. I would only
add #6: “Enjoy the Game!”
Marc Feder is the President of the Fairport
Packers and can be reached at
marcfeder@fairportpackers.com
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