As a former Myers Rider player and coach, I fully support this and hope everyone can see that this wonderful organization deserves a place they can call home for good.
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Tyler Shibley
10 years ago
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Football is important in the community. The players learn several life lessons. It is a sport that all can play.
My son still has a scar from playing 1 game at the Sportsplex field. It is not a viable option to play or practice at. Give us a home field, grass preferred with lights and posts.
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Sandra Rose Frangione
10 years ago
Please give a kids a chance to play football in a fun & safe environment....
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Brian Lancaster
10 years ago
Give Myers a field. Minto is an accident waiting to happen!!
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Linda Wood
10 years ago
They need their own field.
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Kevin Duprey
10 years ago
Minto field is not a safe playing surface for football in my opinion. After having played peewee junior and senior in the ovfl for the MyersRiders, I think the team is well overdue for AT LEAST a field if not more.
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Dale Morris
10 years ago
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Myers Football is an Ottawa institution. It has done so much for so many young men and families in this community for more than 40 years. It's high time the City recognized this by providing a designated, safe practice field.
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Geoff Empey
10 years ago
Yes it's time that Myers Riders get a proper home field. The Minto field is a disgrace with the money that was spent on it and super unsafe. Looks pretty but that's about it.
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Franco Farinaccio
10 years ago
Myers has been an institution in Ottawa for over 40 years. The team has done so much and represented the city so well. It deserves a decent practice facility.
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Kelli Bassett
10 years ago
Myers kids deserve a safe place to play
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Lynn Ogilvie
10 years ago
The boys deserve a safe field.
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Chris kinsella
10 years ago
Just to put this safety concern into prospective, I have played Myers football growing up. We used to play at the nepean sportsplex minto field. That field had bad Astro turf then. I was excited to hear the news of the turf replacement, until last year when I coached tyke which is 8-10 yr old kids. We played our Championship game on this horrible, unsafe field. Would you let your kids play on a field covered in 80 grit sand paper? Neither will I and that's why no kid should play on the new minto turf. ITS THE WORST FIELD EVER!! VERY UNSAFE!!
Myers riders have produced some top calibre players who have played all over Canada and the USA. Many have gone on to play pro in either the CFL or NFL. Please do the right thing and give this team and the kid a proper safe home!!!
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Ron Raymond
10 years ago
It's a shame they replaced the old Minto turf with the exact same astro turf that have ruined many amateur careers.
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Tammy Butt
10 years ago
Definitely a MUST!
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Rob Webb
10 years ago
The City of Ottawa needs to address the field issues!!
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Mackenzie Richards
10 years ago
Having played at Football at Minto for the last 5 years, I can agree that it's time for a new field. It's simply unsafe.
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Charlene Spinella
10 years ago
I feel this is a very important step that will provide the players with a safer surface on which to practice and reduce the financial on the club. I fully endorse this petition!
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Sue Brazeau
10 years ago
This is a wonderful program and certainly deserves a proper field and better support from the city.
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Greg Delahunty
10 years ago
This is an elite program that has produced a number of elite players during its existence. the club is way overdue for a proper practice facility at rates similar to those the other clubs pay.
Let's get a practice field for our kids!
As a former Myers Rider player and coach, I fully support this and hope everyone can see that this wonderful organization deserves a place they can call home for good.
Football is important in the community. The players learn several life lessons. It is a sport that all can play. My son still has a scar from playing 1 game at the Sportsplex field. It is not a viable option to play or practice at. Give us a home field, grass preferred with lights and posts.
Please give a kids a chance to play football in a fun & safe environment....
Give Myers a field. Minto is an accident waiting to happen!!
They need their own field.
Minto field is not a safe playing surface for football in my opinion. After having played peewee junior and senior in the ovfl for the MyersRiders, I think the team is well overdue for AT LEAST a field if not more.
Myers Football is an Ottawa institution. It has done so much for so many young men and families in this community for more than 40 years. It's high time the City recognized this by providing a designated, safe practice field.
Yes it's time that Myers Riders get a proper home field. The Minto field is a disgrace with the money that was spent on it and super unsafe. Looks pretty but that's about it.
Myers has been an institution in Ottawa for over 40 years. The team has done so much and represented the city so well. It deserves a decent practice facility.
Myers kids deserve a safe place to play
The boys deserve a safe field.
Just to put this safety concern into prospective, I have played Myers football growing up. We used to play at the nepean sportsplex minto field. That field had bad Astro turf then. I was excited to hear the news of the turf replacement, until last year when I coached tyke which is 8-10 yr old kids. We played our Championship game on this horrible, unsafe field. Would you let your kids play on a field covered in 80 grit sand paper? Neither will I and that's why no kid should play on the new minto turf. ITS THE WORST FIELD EVER!! VERY UNSAFE!! Myers riders have produced some top calibre players who have played all over Canada and the USA. Many have gone on to play pro in either the CFL or NFL. Please do the right thing and give this team and the kid a proper safe home!!!
It's a shame they replaced the old Minto turf with the exact same astro turf that have ruined many amateur careers.
Definitely a MUST!
The City of Ottawa needs to address the field issues!!
Having played at Football at Minto for the last 5 years, I can agree that it's time for a new field. It's simply unsafe.
I feel this is a very important step that will provide the players with a safer surface on which to practice and reduce the financial on the club. I fully endorse this petition!
This is a wonderful program and certainly deserves a proper field and better support from the city.
This is an elite program that has produced a number of elite players during its existence. the club is way overdue for a proper practice facility at rates similar to those the other clubs pay.