Cumberland Panthers
City	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
League	Quebec Junior Football League Quebec Junior Football League The Quebec Junior Football League operated from 1970 to the present, as a successor to the Quebec Juvenile Football League. It began competition as a conference of the Canadian Junior Football League from which it eventually withdrew. Upon withdrawal from the CJFL, the QJFL incorporated teams from...  (2004–Present) Ontario Varsity Football League Under-20 (2002–Present) Ontario Varsity Football League Under-17 (2004–Present) National Capital Amateur Football Association Various Levels (1993–Present)
Founded	1993
Colours	Royal Blue, Silver and White
Home field	Millennium Sports Park Millennium Sports Park Millennium Sports Park is an outdoor sports and recreational complex located at 500 Millennium Blvd., near Giselle Lalonde High School in the Orleans sector of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The closest major intersection to the Sports Park is Innes Road @ Trim Road. The site is home to over 15 Soccer...

The Cumberland Panthers are a Canadian football

Canadian football

Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...

 organization based in the Orleans

Orléans, Ontario

Orleans , also written Orléans, is a suburban area within the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the eastern part of the city along the Ottawa River, about from downtown Ottawa. The Canada 2006 Census gave Orleans a population of 95,491. It became a ward of the City of Ottawa in 2001...

 area of Ottawa. The Cumberland Panthers were founded in 1993, starting out in the Mosquito level of the National Capital Amateur Football Association. Progressively, they have increased the number of teams being fielded as their players aged. In 1994, the organization added a team to compete in the Peewee level, followed by Tyke in 1996, and Bantam in 1997. The Panthers now also have 2 teams competing in the Ontario Varsity Football League in both Varsity (Under-20) and Junior Varsity (Under-17) levels. In 2009 the Panthers added a Pee Wee Varsity team to the OVFL as well. In 2004, the Panthers fielded their first Junior Football team, in the Quebec Junior Football League

Quebec Junior Football League

The Quebec Junior Football League operated from 1970 to the present, as a successor to the Quebec Juvenile Football League. It began competition as a conference of the Canadian Junior Football League from which it eventually withdrew. Upon withdrawal from the CJFL, the QJFL incorporated teams from...

, joining the Ottawa Sooners

Ottawa Sooners

The Ottawa Sooners are a Canadian football team based in Ottawa. The team originally played in the Ontario Football Conference of the Canadian Junior Football League. The team had achieved success during its play in the CJFL, winning a total of 4 National Championships...

 and Ottawa Junior Riders

Ottawa Junior Riders

The Ottawa Junior Riders are a Canadian football team based in the Nepean area of Ottawa. The team began operations in 1995 as the Gloucester Redskins, and operated as such until the conclusion of the 1996 QJFL season...

 as the leagues entries from Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

. The Cumberland Panthers organization also fields Peewee, and Bantam Girls Touch Football teams, as well as, Tyke and Mosquito Flag Football teams. The Panthers wear royal blue, silver, and white uniforms.

The Panthers currently use Millennium Sports Park

Millennium Sports Park

Millennium Sports Park is an outdoor sports and recreational complex located at 500 Millennium Blvd., near Giselle Lalonde High School in the Orleans sector of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The closest major intersection to the Sports Park is Innes Road @ Trim Road. The site is home to over 15 Soccer...

 as their home field.

Coaches

Junior QJFL - Barry Gregory

Varsity OVFL - Anthony Skinner

Junior Varsity OVFL - Rick Harris

Pee Wee Varsity OVFL - Chris Molinski

Bantam NCAFA - Chris Molinski

PeeWee NCAFA - Eugenio Manarino

Mosquito NCAFA - Michael Earle

Tyke NCAFA - Jeff Koradi

External links

• Cumberland Panthers homepage
• QJFL Website (English)
• National Capital Amateur Football Association website
• Ontario Varsity Football League website

Sources

• http://www.qjfl.ca/english/panthers.html
• http://www.cumberlandpanthers.com/football/Default.aspx?tabid=36
• http://www.ncafa.ca/clubs/panthers.html
• http://capitalregionfootball.info/Junior_-_Panthers.php
• http://www.ovfootball.ca/pages/ottawa_cumberland_panthers_jr.php