About

The U16 Football Program serves as an entry point to high performance sport for athletes. The U16 team participates in several weekend training camps and exhibition games against Nova Scotia before competing at the Football Canada Eastern Challenge and Atlantic Bowl. Both teams will participate against Eastern Canadian provincial teams in either a 12 a side or 6 a side game format. In 2018 the Eastern Canadian Challenge will take place in Guelph Ontario from July 6-15. The 2018 Atlantic Bowl will occur in Charlottetown PEI July 22-28. These events will serve as a stepping stone to better prepare athletes for the Football Canada Cup at the U18 level.

 

Eligibility

Each year Football NB goes through an extensive selection process and identifies the elite athletes in the province. Only players invited to training camp will have the opportunity to try out for Team NB.
 
Athletes invited are identified by their head coaches and forwarded to Football NB. Players must be 14 or 15 on or before December 31st of the calendar year they will be competing in.

• Players who played minor football in the previous Fall season must play minor football in the Spring to be eligible.
  • Players who live in surrounding areas such as; Sackville, St. Stephen, Sussex and Miramichi are not required to register for Spring football to attend U16 tryouts.
• Player who played high school football in the previous Fall season is not required to play Spring football to be eligible.