North Winnipeg Nomads Football Club

North Winnipeg Nomads
Founded	1969
League	Football Manitoba
Based in	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Team colours	green and gold
Championships	1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
Division titles	Provincial Champions, Western Canadian Bantam Champions
Website	nomadsfootball.com

The North Winnipeg Nomads Football Club is a Canadian football club established in 1969 and originally started as a single bantam age (15-year olds) football team. Eventually, the club grew to include teams from ages 7 to 21. The Nomads has the second largest enrolment in Canadian amateur football.^[1]

History

The Nomads were the first Winnipeg team to win the Western Canadian Bantam Football Championship since its inception in 1967.

The club has won 17 Manitoba provincial championship titles plus two interprovincial titles.

A minor bantam (14-year olds) team was added in 1978.

The Nomads have competed against teams from and around Winnipeg, including the East Side Eagles, the Transcona Nationals, the St. Boniface Warriors, the Ft. Garry Lions, the St. Vital Mustangs, the St. James Rods, the Lockport Cowboys, the Grendell Falcons and the Eastman Raiders.

Championships by Year

• 1970 Bantam Provincial and Western Canadian Champions
• 1972 Bantam Provincial and Western Canadian Champions
• 1973 Bantam Provincial and Western Canadian Champions
• 1974 Bantam Provincial
• 1979 Minor Bantam Provincial
• 1980 Minor Bantam Provincial
• 1981 Bantam Provincial
• 1990 Bantam Provincial
• 1993 Minor Bantam Provincial
• 1994 Bantam Champions
• 1996 Peewee Champions
• 2002 Midget Provincial
• 2005 Bantam Provincial
• 2006 Midget Provincial
• 2008 Atom Provincial (Nomads Atom North Team)
• 2008 Major Provincial
• 2009 Major Provincial
• 2010 Midget Provincial

Championships by League

• Bantam Western Canadian Championships
  • 1970, 1972, 1973
• Bantam Provincial Championships
  • 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1981, 1990, 1994, 2005
• Major Provincial Championships
  • 2008, 2009
• Midget Provincial Championships
  • 2002, 2006, 2010
• Minor Bantam Provincial Championships
  • 1979, 1980, 1993
• Peewee Provincial Championships
  • 1996

CFL Alumni

• Mark McLoughlin played Minor Bantam in 1979 and Bantam in 1980. He was the kicker for the Calgary Stampeders starting in 1988, when he was drafted as Calgary's third round draft choice (20th overall) in the CFL Canadian College Draft.

NHL Alumni

• Colton Orr – Boston Bruins, New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs
• Travis Zajac – New Jersey Devils

References

1. ^ http://www.northwinnipegnomads.org/clubhistory.html

External links

Governing Body

• Football Manitoba

Leagues

• Manitoba Major Football League
• Midget Football League of Manitoba

Teams

• Charleswood Broncos
• Crescentwood Grizzlies
• Eastman Raiders
• Ft. Garry Lions
• Greendell Falcons
• Lightning
• North Winnipeg Nomads
• Portage Pitbulls
• St. James Rods
• St. Vital Mustangs
• Transcona Nationals