The following information contains important information regarding the Youth Programme (Ball Crew, Player Escorts, FIFA Flag Bearer) for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015™. Ticket sales are continuing to be strong, and for encouraging your members to get their tickets through group sales, we want to reward you with the opportunity to have your club represented as part of the on-field Youth Programme!
Ball Crew
· Congratulations once again to the Ottawa Nepean Soccer Club, Cumberland United Soccer Club, FC Capital United, and Ottawa South United for winning a spot for 7 players from the ballots they earned from our Stadium Passports groups sale
· Participants, who commit to all 6 match days, have to be 15-17 years of age as of June 7th, 2015
· A comprehensive information packet for the selected participants will follow in the next few weeks
Player Escorts – NEW*
· Players who are between 6 and 10 years old as of June 7th, 2015 and are less than 140 cm tall are needed to escort team captains at the beginning of each match
· The clubs who are to select players to fulfill this role, will be chosen in a similar fashion as the Stadium Passport sale
o Ballots will be awarded to clubs based on their individual ticket sales before May 6st (tracked by the club’s own or their individual teams’ own unique group sale code)
§ 21-49 individual group-discounted tickets = 1 ballot
§ 50 – 99 individual group-discounted tickets = 2 ballots
§ 100 – 149 individual group-discounted tickets = 5 ballots
§ 150 – 199 individual group-discounted tickets = 10 ballots
§ 300+ individual group-discounted tickets = 15 ballots
o *if individual teams within your club approached us for group tickets, we will count them towards your overall ticket count – please provide a list of teams you know that have bought group tickets already
o The draw determining the winning clubs will happen on May 8th
FIFA Flag Bearer – NEW*
· Players who are between 12 and 17 years old as of June 7th, 2015 are needed to carry the FIFA flag onto the pitch at the beginning of each match (2 of 6 per match needs to be approximately 160 cm or taller)
· Same ballot selection process as the Player Escorts program
Once the winning clubs are notified, they must provide me with contact information (including email) of the parents of the chosen players by May 15th.
As leaders in the Ottawa-Gatineau soccer community, we need your help in spreading the word, in organizing group codes/tickets to make tickets accessible to your players. It is our goal to have six straight sell-out match days, so that we can help elevate the profile of women’s soccer and inspire not only our city but our entire nation. And for those players that are lucky enough to represent their club and be selected for this once-in-a-lifetime event, we want their experience to be seen by 24,000 strong.
Please remember that we ask all of you to post either a web button or an article/news item about the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015™ on your website, and share information over e-mail blasts as well – if you ever need any tools to do so, please do not hesitate to let me know!
Kindly contact Khanh Be if you’re interested in being considered for the Youth Programme, and with any questions you may have with the selection process.