Rural Football League releases schedule

Neepawa Tigers’ home opener set for Sunday, Sept. 10

By Eoin Devereux Neepawa Banner & Press

The Rural Manitoba Football League (RMFL) has unveiled its six week regular season schedule for 2023.

There will be 10 RMFL clubs playing this season, including the two newest members of the league, the Falcons Football Club, who are based out of Winnipeg, and the St Vital Mustangs. Both these teams applied for and received approval to join the league in the off-season. Returning teams will include the Neepawa Tigers, Dauphin Clippers, Interlake Thunder, Moosomin Generals, Southwest Sabres, Swan River Tigers, Virden Golden Bears and Parkwest Outlaws.

The year will kick off with five games on the first weekend, including

2023 Club Championship results

the Neepawa Tigers hosting Swan River on Sunday, Sept. 10. Opening kickoff is set for 2:00 p.m.

A noticeable change to the schedule this year sees almost all the games around the league played exclusively on the weekends. Neepawa, for example, will play two games on Fridays, two on Saturdays and two on Sundays. The regular season will conclude Saturday, Oct. 14.

The playoffs will be split into two sides, one competing for the Doug Steeves Cup, and the other facing off for the Murray Black Cup. The top six clubs will play for the Doug Steeves Cup, with the first and second place teams in the regular season, receiving first round byes. That means, the third seeded team will play the sixth seed, and the fourth will face off against the fifth. The lowest remaining seeded team after those games will then

Men’s Club Champion: Hayden Delaloye

Ladies’ Club Champion: Suzanne Nicholson

Senior Men’s Champion: Danny Guillas Congratulations to all the golfers who participated. Expanded take on the #1 seed, while the other remaining club, will go up against the second seeded squad. As for the Murray Black Cup, it will feature the seventh through 10th seeded football teams. The Murray Black Cup will be played on Oct. 28, while the Doug Steeves Cup will go on Nov. 4.

NACI Tigers schedule

Week 1: Swan River at Neepawa. (Sunday, Sept. 10. 2:00 p.m.);

Week 2: Neepawa at Moosomin. (Saturday, Sept. 16. 3:00 p.m. SK time);

Week 3: Neepawa at Parkwest. (Friday, Sept. 22. 5:00 p.m.)

Week 4: Virden at Neepawa. (Sunday, Oct. 1. 2:00 p.m.)

Week 5: Dauphin at Neepawa (Saturday, Oct. 7. 3:00 p.m.)

Week 6. Neepawa at Interlake (Friday, Oct. 13. 4:00 p.m.)

8 and under Girls: Julia Pollack. First place: 50m backstroke, 50m free, 25m free, and 25m backstroke. Second place: 25m breaststroke.

9/10 Girls: Norah-Grace Reid. Second place: 100m IM, Third place: 100m breaststroke, Fourth place: 25m fly, 50m free, and 25m breaststroke;

Rylee Wilson. First place: 50m backstroke, 100m IM, and 100m free. Second place: 50m fly.

11/12 Girls: Katiya Anderson. First place: 25m fly. Third place: 100m breaststroke, 50m fly and 50m breaststroke. Six place: 50m free;

Anne Crosson. First place: 50m free. Second place: 50m backstroke and 50m breaststroke. Third place: 100m IM. Fourth place: 50m fly.

Mya Gingras. First place: 100m IM and 25m free. Second place: 50m free and 100m free. Third place: 50m backstroke.

Teylar Jacobsen. First place: 25m breaststroke.

15-17 Girls: Aliyeh Jacobsen. First place: 50m backstroke. Third place: 25m fly and 25m free; Kammi Smith. First place: 200m free, 50m free, 25m breaststroke, 25m free, and 50m breaststroke.

9/10 Boys: Tanner Gingras. Seventh place: 25m free and 25m backstroke; Joey Smith. First place: 50m free, and 25m free. Second place: 50m back, and 25m back. Fifth place: 25m breaststroke.

13/14 Boys: Jacey Smith. Second place: 25m fly, 25m breaststroke, and 50m breaststroke. Third place: 25m free. Fifth place: 50m free.

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