WILMINGTON, MA — Below is a message from the Wildcat Athletic Alumni and Friends Association with a final reminder for Friday’s Wildcat Athletic Alumni Day 2015.
Greetings Wildcat Alumni and Friends!
It is with hope this message finds you well as we prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday, a day filled with food, football, and family.
This is the final reminder about Wildcat Alumni Day 2015, which is this Friday, November 27th at the grounds of Wilmington High School, at Alumni Stadium and inside the Cushing Gymnasium.
We highly recommend registering in advance, via our Eventbrite page. Our Facebook event page has all game information, including game times, and the recently added overall rules for each of the six events. (Please, no metal cleats, or any other food/beverage is allowed besides water on the field).
Spectators are certainly welcome to cheer on those competing, and Jack Cushing’s world famous chocolate chip cookies will be served all day at the field, so please be sure to stop by and support those competing!
We hope to see you on Friday, even if it’s just for a few minutes to say hello.
Questions? Please contact Tom Barry at t.r.barry36@gmail.com.
With best wishes for a happy and healthy Thanksgiving
-The 2015-2016 W.A.A.F. Board of Directors
Agenda for Friday November 27th:
- XC Race (3 miles) – 9:30am
- Field Hockey Game – 10am
- Volleyball Game – 10am (in the gym)
- Girls Soccer – 12pm (Please contact Coach Sue Hendee to register)
- Men’s Soccer – 2pm
- One-hand Touch Football – 4pm (Under the Lights!)
(registration/check-in begins half hour before each event at the snack shack)
**All games and event registrations will be located at the ticket booth next to Jack Cushing’s snack shack near Alumni Field at 159 Church Street, Wilmington MA.
Donation fees are:
- WAA&F Member – $5 (a member is defined as someone who has attended a previous WAA&F event such as 100 hungry Wildcats, Bocce Tournament, or Alumni Day)
- Non-members: $10
Overall Rules:
Fair play and sportsmanship. No metal cleats on the new turf or track area. Nothing can be wheeled or dragged across the track and no food/drink other than water allowed on turf/track area, please.
Event Specific Guidelines:
Cross Country
- Distance: 3 Miles
- Start Time: 9:30am
- Check-in: 9am at the HS Alumni Field Ticket Booth
- Starting Line: HS Track
- Finish Line: HS Track
- Event Contact: Dan Vassallo
- Rules & Guidelines: Stay within the designated course route. Numbers will be handed out at the finish line and your time will be announced out loud. Please remember to take a number and listen for your time as you cross the finish line so we can record appropriately.
Field Hockey
- Start Time: 10am
- Check-in: 9:30am at the HS Alumni Field Ticket Booth
- Event Contact: Sheila Burns-Barry
- Rules & Guidelines: Pick-up game. Fair play, running clock. Score will be kept and announced at the end. Turf Rule – No food or drink (with the exception of water bottles) and metal cleats are allowed on any field.
Volleyball
- Start Time: 10am
- Check-in: 9:30am at the HS Alumni Field Ticket Booth – Games will be held inside the gym
- Event Contact: Tom Barry
- Rules & Guidelines: Co-ed, Open to the public – friends, family, neighbors, colleagues, etc.
- 5 v 5
- Max 7 people per team
- Continuous Scoring – (All points count – defense and offensive)
- Games to 15 – must win by 2
- Double contacts are allowed on the first ball over the net as long as it is one attempt to play the ball
- You can never touch the net while ball is in play
- Back row players cannot spike at the net.
Women’s Soccer
- Start Time: 12pm
- Check-in: 11:30am at the HS Alumni Field Ticket Booth
- Event Contact: Sue Hendee
- Rules & Guidelines: Women’s Alumni Soccer only. Pick-up game. Fair play, running clock. Score will be kept and announced at the end. Turf Rule – No food or drink (with the exception of water bottles) and metal cleats are allowed on any field. See Coach Sue Hendee for any further questions.
Men’s Soccer
- Start Time: 2pm
- Check-in: 1:30am at the HS Alumni Field Ticket Booth
- Event Contact: Nick Robarge
- Rules & Guidelines: Men’s Alumni Soccer only. Pick-up game. Fair play, running clock. Score will be kept and announced at the end. Turf Rule – No food or drink (with the exception of water bottles) and metal cleats are allowed on any field.
Flag Football
- Start Time: 4pm
- Check-in: 3:30pm at the HS Alumni Field Ticket Booth
- Event Contact: Rick Barry
- Rules & Guidelines: Open to the public – friends, family, neighbors, colleagues, etc.
- 7 v 7
- Max 13 people per team
- Touchdown is 6 points – 10 yard extra point = 1 point
- Coin toss start of games
- Running Time until the last 2 minutes of the game
- Each team is allowed two 40-second time outs per game
- An interception will result in a team losing its possession and dead ball – they may not be returned for any points
- First Downs will be marked by cones
- Turf Rule – No food or drink (with the exception of water bottles) and metal cleats are allowed on any field.
- OVERTIME: A coin toss – the winning team deciding on first or second possession. Teams will attempt to score in the same end zone. Each team will then have 4 downs to score from 20-yard line.
FREE Admission for Spectators
We will be accepting credit card donations at the door.
** The Knights of Columbus will open its doors to all participants after the event who’d like to meet up after for a social hour at 7pm **
(NOTE: The above information was submitted by the Wilmington Athletic Alumni and Friends Association.)
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