Football Ontario has officially unveiled the Road Map for the 2025 Futures Identification, High Performance Academy and Team Ontario Program. For the 2025 Male Tackle High-Performance Season, Football Ontario will again have a U14 (2012/2013), U16 (2010/2011), and a U18 (2008/2009) Male Tackle High Performance Program.
The Identification and Selection process will consist of three phases that take place from January-May and lead to the selections of the teams that will participate in the Football Canada Cup in Nova Scotia for the U18 age group, the Football Canada Eastern Regional in Nova Scotia for the U16s, and the Football Ontario Red Black weekend in Waterloo for the U14 age group.
U18 Road Map
PHASE 1
Phase One will take place in January and February with Football Ontario Futures ID Camps. There will be a total of three camps held across the province with a University of Waterloo Camp, a York University Camp, and a Sudbury Camp.
Football Ontario is working on adding an Eastern Ontario Camp to the schedule. At this time, facilities have proved unavailable. If you are from the Eastern Region we recommend you register for one of our three other camps, if Football Ontario is able to secure an Eastern Camp date your registration can be transferred to this camp free of charge.
Each Identification Camp will be initially limited to 100 athletes per age group so that the organization is able to provide the best possible experience to those in attendance.
These Identification Camps will be priced at $79.99 each, however, if you register prior to January 1, 2025 you will receive early-bird pricing of $69.99.
Please stay tuned to our social media networks for more information on the timing and schedule for each of our age groups which will be finalized within the next week. Each Phase One Registration will also include entry to online sessions that will be held for the athletes.
WATERLOO REGISTRATION – January 11, 2025
- U14: 8:15am-10:15am
- U16: 12:15pm-3pm
- U18: 3pm-5:45pm
YORK REGISTRATION – January 25, 2025
- U14: 11am-1pm
- U16: 3:15pm-6pm
- U18: 6pm-8:45pm
SUDBURY REGISTRATION – February 22, 2025
- U14: 8:15am-10:15am
- U16: 12:15pm-3pm
- U18: 3pm-5:45pm
PHASE 2
Phase Two will take place immediately following Phase 1 with the High-Performance Academy with the top players from each of the Identification Camps receiving an invite to participate. There will be a total of two Development Camps for each age group.
These camps will take place in April of 2025 in Southwestern Ontario and will consist of both on-field and classroom work for the athletes that make it to Phase 2.
The tentative dates and locations for each camp are listed below:
U18 Development Camps
April 12/13 (Southwestern Ontario)
U14/U16 Development Camps
April 12 /13 (Southwestern Ontario)
Football Ontario will also have virtual sessions held bi-weekly for all members admitted to the High-Performance Academy. These sessions will be led by both the coaching staff and special guests to help the athletes both on and off the field.
U16 Road Map
PHASE 3
Phase Three will take place in early May, with the selection of the Football Ontario Top 90 Provincial Players and the 2025 Red-Black Weekend. The Top 90 will be personally invited by Football Ontario to one of the largest recruiting events in Ontario with OUA/CJFL/U Sports coaches in attendance. Players will go through a mini-camp followed by the Red v. Black game that will be filmed and streamed.
The 2025 Red Black Weekend is tentatively scheduled for May 3-4, 2025 and is to be held at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo ON.
The U18 Team Red and Team Black will be selected by a virtual draft held and performed by the Coaching Staff of the Team Ontario program leading up to the weekend. The draft will be streamed online via the Official Football Ontario YouTube Channel.
PHASE 4/5
Following these three phases the Football Ontario Top 40 will be named and selected to take part in the Canada Cup (U18) and Eastern Regional Challenge (U16). Stay tuned for Football Canada’s formal announcement on when these events will take place.
After the success last year, Football Ontario will again be inviting all selected athletes for a 3 day training camp prior to leaving for their teams National Championship, the alternates for each team will also be invited to attend this training camp so that they can prepare with the team.
The training camps are tentatively set to take place on July 9-12 for our U18 age group and July 11-14 for our U16 age group.
U14 Road Map
“We are enthused to unveil the 2025 Team Ontario Men’s Tackle process. Our upcoming Football Futures Identification Camps are the first opportunity for these student-athletes and their loved ones to immerse themselves in the Team Ontario experience. We are looking forward to seeing as many members of the Football Ontario family out at these events.” says Football Ontario’s Director of Culture and Sport, JT Tsui.
Football Ontario is excited to have the opportunity to return to the National Championships in 2025 and lead a successful Team Ontario program in order to showcase all the talent the province has to offer.
REGISTER FOR FUTURES ID CAMPS TODAY!
Stay tuned for more information on PHASE 1 of the Male Tackle Team Ontario Program including full camp schedules within the next week.
FULL TEAM ONTARIO ROAD MAP
FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.footballontario.net
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Source: Football Ontario (Tyler McNicholl)
