For Immediate Release
September 25, 2025
Football Ontario Recaps 2025 High Performance Programming and National Events
Ontario Medals Twenty-Two Times at National Events in 2025
Hamilton, Ontario – Football Ontario has concluded all National Events for the 2025 calendar year. The organization is incredibly proud of all of its Team Ontario teams, athletes, coaches, and volunteers who all represented the organization to the best of their ability as well as the many club teams who represented the province on a National Stage. Football Ontario would also like to thank all of our partners and sponsors who allowed the organization to experience success at events.
Football Ontario had the opportunity to once again host the two largest National Events of 2025, with Elite Flag Nationals in Kingston, ON and Club Flag Nationals in Brampton, ON.
Both of these events hosted coaches, athletes, and spectators from all across the country and were the largest National Flag Tournaments to date. Both of these events were incredibly successful and the organization would like to thank everyone who helped to make these events happen.
“The 2025 Team Ontario season saw a full slate of teams across all age groups in both tackle and flag for both women and men. We are incredibly proud of all the hard work that our teams put in and we continue to see significant growth and development across the board.” says Aaron Geisler, CEO of Football Ontario, “We saw podium finishes for almost all of our teams and that is a testament to the many coaches, administrators and talented athletes we have across the province. Most importantly we saw a significant investment from businesses, sponsors, and partners to help ensure that not a single athlete was unable to participate in the Team Ontario process due to financial barriers. We are well into our planning for 2026 and look to take another leap in Team Ontario programming and build upon our successes in 2025.”
There were a total of 11 Team Ontario Teams in 2024 and they combined for 10 total medals at 4 different events, earning 3 Gold Medals, 4 Silver Medals, and 3 Bronze Medals.
On the club side, Football Ontario club teams were able to combine for 12 total medals in 2025, earning 5 Gold Medals, 4 Silver Medals, and 3 Bronze Medals
Football Ontario is incredibly proud of all of the many athletes, coaches, volunteers, staff members, and parents who helped the organization have their best year yet at the National Championships. The organization hopes to build upon these successes and be able to set the standard for football excellence across the country.
U18 Male Tackle Comes up Just Short at the 2025 Football Canada Cup
Team Ontario’s U18 Male Tackle Team claimed Silver at the 2025 Canada Cup in Antigonish, NS with a heart-breaking overtime defeat in the Gold Medal Game.
The team had a great Canada Cup showing with victories over Team Nova Scotia and Team Saskatchewan, before eventually falling short against Team Alberta in the final.
Team Ontario would finish the tournament with 111 points for and 81 points allowed. Averaging 37 points per game on offence and allowing 27 points per game on defence.
The organization looks forward to returning to the Football Canada Cup in 2026 and try to reclaim the top spot at the podium.
Football Ontario Claims Silver at U18 Women’s National Championship
The Team Ontario U18 Women’s Tackle Team also claimed Silver at the 2025 Women’s Tackle National Championship in Calgary, AB with another tough overtime defeat in the Gold Medal Game.
Team Ontario would get off to a strong tournament start, beating Team Alberta 21-10 and following that up by beating Team Saskatchewan 43-26 before facing off again with Team Alberta in the Gold Medal Game.
Team Ontario almost pulled off the miraculous comeback, scoring a long return touchdown with time winding down in the 4th quarter but were unable to pull it off with Team Alberta coming out on top in OT.
Football Ontario is proud of the team for representing the province so well and would like to thank the coaching staff for all of their hard work throughout the week.
Football Ontario would like to give a special thank you to Head Coach, Carlie Manners, who was able to claim Gold and Silver in her two years as Head Coach with the Program. In 2024, Coach Manners became the first female head coach to win a U18 Women’s Tackle National Championship, while also delivering Ontario’s first-ever National Championship title in the program’s history.
U16 Male Tackle Team Claims Silver at the Eastern Regional Challenge
Team Ontario’s U16 male tackle team participated in the 2023 Football Canada Eastern Regional Challenge in Antigonish, NS. They started off the tournament very strong with a huge shutout victory against eventual Bronze Medalist, Team Nova Scotia, which earned them a spot in the Gold Medal game against Team Quebec.
Team Ontario would fall to Team Quebec in the Gold Medal Game in a back and forth, closely contested game. Team Ontario would lose a closely contested defensive battle with Team Quebec coming out on top with a narrow 21-10 victory.
Football Ontario looks forward to having the opportunity to return to the Eastern Challenge in 2026 in search of Gold at the event.
Football Ontario would like to extend its sincere gratitude to Coach Kamau Peterson for his dedicated service and leadership as Head Coach of the Team Ontario U16 Male Tackle Program over the past three years. Under his guidance, the U16 Men’s Tackle Team demonstrated remarkable progress, competing with integrity, discipline, and unity. Coach KP led the U16 Men’s program to 3 straight silver medals in tightly contested games at the U16 Eastern Challenge.
Team Ontario Claims 7 Medals at Elite Flag Nationals in Kingston, ON
Football Ontario hosted the second ever Elite Flag National Championships in Kingston this past season, the event was a great success and was the largest National Elite Flag event to date. Ontario is grateful to have hosted this event and would like to thank the many partners, sponsors, and volunteers who made the event a successful one. Football Ontario would also like to thank Queen’s University for hosting this event and allowing the organization to utilize their facilities for the duration of the event.
Football Ontario was able to send 8 teams to this event in 8 different divisions. The organization sent a U14 Boys Team, a U16 Boys Team, a U18 Boys Team, and a U19 Men’s Team, as well as a U14 Girls Teams, a U16 Girls Team, a U18 Girls Team, and a U19 Women’s Team.
Team Ontario would have a lot of success at the Championships with 7 of the 8 teams earning medals. The U14 Girls Team, and U14 Boys Team, and U16 Boys Team would all earn Gold at the event – marking the first Gold Medals for the province in the event’s history.
The U18 Men’s team was able to claim Silver at the event with the U16 Girls Team, U18 Girls Team, and U19 Boys Team all earning themselves a Bronze as the event.
Football Ontario is incredibly excited about the growth the organization’s High-Performance Flag programs have seen and look forward to hosting this event again next year as the organization aims to improve and get on the podium with every team.
Ontario Clubs Claim 12 Medals at Club Flag Nationals in Brampton, ON
Football Ontario had the opportunity to host the largest National Club Flag Championships in Canada to date, hosting the Club National Championships in Brampton, ON. Club teams from all across the country traveled to take part in this great event. Football Ontario is grateful to have hosted this event and would like to thank the many partners, sponsors, and volunteers who made the event a successful one.
The event would play host to 6 different divisions, with a U14, U16, and U18 Boys and Girls tournament all taking place over the course of the weekend.
Football Ontario is proud to share that the host province was able to earn the Gold Medal in five of the six divisions, while adding Silver Medals in four divisions and adding Bronze Medals in three divisions.
Football Ontario would like to give a special mention to all of the club teams who medaled at the event below!
U18 Girls Gold Medalist – Niagara Nitros
U18 Girls Silver Medalist – Hamilton Falcons
U18 Girls Bronze Medalist – Durham Elite
U18 Boys Silver Medalist – Niagara Nitros
U16 Girls Gold Medalist – Hamilton Falcons
U16 Boys Gold Medalist – Niagara Nitros
U14 Girls Gold Medalist – Niagara Nitros
U14 Girls Silver Medalist – Hamilton Falcons
U14 Girls Bronze Medalist – Ottawa Hawks
U14 Boys Gold Medalist – Niagara Nitros
U14 Boys Silver Medalist – Durham Elite
U14 Boys Bronze Medalist – Burlington Stampeders
Team Ontario would like to thank the athletes, coaches, volunteers, parents and the clubs that attended this tournament and the organization looks forward to hosting it again in 2026 and hopes for the Ontario clubs to have success again next year.
Football Ontario is extremely proud of all of our High-Performance Teams for the 2025 Year. However, the organization will strive to improve and enhance the athletes’ experience in order for them to perform at the highest level in 2026.
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