Richmond Blue Devils Youth Football and Cheer - Thumb Area League

02/01/2023

Richmond Youth Football & Cheer TOWN HALL Scheduled
Date: 2/15/23
Time: 6:30-7:30PM
Location: Will L. Lee Elementary
Cafeteria
All youth football and cheer parents, coaches, volunteers, and sponsors are welcome to attend.

We will be giving an update on our transition and path forward.

01/27/2023

Due to heightened interest we are opening up registration for current second graders as well. Spots are very limited, register quick. 💙

01/27/2023

Hello Richmond Cheer Family! Registration for the Cheer Camp and Tumble Clinic is now open! Please see the flyer posted below. See you there!

01/26/2023

Richmond Youth Football and Cheer Fam, we want to share a few updates with you and also share a flyer for an upcoming cheer tumble clinic held in the New Baltimore area. I have attached this flyer with details on this clinic and we hope to see as many of our cheer girls participate. You can always reach out to our cheer director Jade Green if needed with any questions.

See below for some other key item updates.

- Officially, the HFL has voted and unanimously accepted Richmond into the league. We are incredibly grateful for the collaboration, communication, and the warm welcome we have received already. So many have reached out and offered help and guidance, we are very appreciative.

- We plan to have our first board meeting of the year next week, January 31st. We will be discussing all details surrounding our launch for the 2023 registration and beyond. We have added 3 new members to our team and are excited for each one to help in different ways.
Josh Lewis - Football Auxiliary
Kass Thompson - Secretary
Colby Green - Treasury

- Town Hall meeting, our goal is to have this immediately following our first board meeting. We will have this meeting the week of Feb 6th or the following week of Feb 13th. We have lots to share with our community as we know many of you have questions of how this will impact your child's ability to play football or cheer. I am sure rumors are going around but please wait to get facts before making assumptions.

01/17/2023

BIG UPDATE!!! Richmond Youth Football and Cheer

I want to first recognize a couple changes that we have had on our Richmond Youth Football and Cheer board; our new President of our board is now Bill Fisher and new Vice President is now Steve Schlehuber. Bill previously acted as our VP and Steve as our Secretary. Jade Green will continue to serve as our Cheer Director. We also have new members that will be added to our team as we inch closer to yet another season of football and cheer. All good things!

Second, we have an exciting announcement that Richmond Youth Football and Cheer will be joining the Hometown Football League (HFL). We have, as of today, officially been voted into this league that includes all of our neighboring BWAC teams that our school currently plays from Middle School and beyond. While we have appreciated and enjoyed competing in the TAFL league, we will be making this transition for our upcoming 2023 season. We are incredibly excited about this opportunity to join this league and the competition it brings.

I want you all to know, this will bring about some changes, and those changes can always be awkward at first. However, we have had many discussions weighing the pros and cons of leaving TAFL and joining HFL and we did this as board members, coaches, and parents who care deeply about our kids and the opportunities which can be provided for them. It was not an easy decision but after reviewing all details and crunching many numbers, we unanimously voted to head in the direction of the HFL. As a board, we want our Richmond family, because that is what we are, to know that we have only your child’s best interest at hand. It was a large part of this decision but we also took into consideration many issues we had with our previous season. We feel we made the right decision and will stand by that decision.

Lastly, there is a lot of noise surrounding Richmond leaving TAFL. Please respect not only our decision, but also any feedback regarding the TAFL organization. If there are any issues, we will be holding a town hall meeting in the coming weeks to provide an open forum for our community where we can dive deeper into what this transition looks like. We hold nothing against TAFL in any way or anyone affiliated. We respect their organization and hope the best for TAFL in the future. So please, be respectful with your words and bring your questions to our town hall meeting. We will post that on our page once we have selected a date and time. Thank you all for your continued support of this great program. The best is yet to come for our boys and girls!

As always, GO BLUE DEVILS!!!

11/05/2022

As we gear up today for our Cheer Competition, we cannot help but thank another one of our sponsors this year for supporting our football and cheer programs in 2022, Keller Mortgage thank you for your sponsorship!

See below for some details on our sponsor!

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10/25/2022

Another special thank you to a local gym here in Richmond for being a sponsor of our 2022 TAFL season!

We greatly appreciate your sponsorship Ardorx Boot Camp Richmond and the support of our Richmond football and cheer. It was a great year because of sponsors like you!

See below for information on Ardorx and their website.

https://www.ardorxbootcamp.com/

Our gym is a boot camp style gym. We specialize in 30 minute HIIT sessions. HIIT Stands for High-Intensity-Interval-Training. This is a combination of cardio, weight lifting, TRX, body weight exercises, etc. These workouts are optimal for burning fat and toning muscle! There is a different workout every day focusing on different muscle groups!

10/24/2022

10/24/2022

We are less than 2 weeks from our TAFL Cheer Competition. See below for details on when and where. We also have cheer competition shirts at the below address that can be picked up at the competition.

2022 TAFL Cheer Competition
Saturday, November 5th.
48650 SugarBush
New Baltimore, MI 48047
Athlete Arrival: 8:00 AM
Spectator Arrival: 9:15 AM
Admission: Donation of Hat, Gloves, or any monetary amount will be donated to local homeless shelters.
Concessions will be available throughout the day and at Intermissions (11:45-12:00 and 1:45-2:00).
Award Ceremony: 2:00PM

Online ordering for TAFL Cheer Competition ends on Wed, Nov 2, 2022 (11:59 PM EDT)

10/18/2022

Another huge shout out to a great sponsor for our 2022 Richmond TAFL program, Trinity Building Group!!!

Thank you for your financial support of our teams and making our 2022 one of the best years so far! WE appreciate your sponsorship of our boys and girls. GO BLUE DEVILS!!!

https://trinitybuilding.group/
We strive to sustain our reputation as a company that operates from a place of integrity, producing superior products in a cost effective, timely manner. Our aim is to develop and maintain relationships for the long-term with our customers, suppliers and subcontractors, and to ensure the longevity of our company through those relationships. We take pride in the “family feel” of our work environment; we encourage new ideas, innovations, and growth. Together we strive to “Build in Good Company.”

10/17/2022

It is officially the start of playoffs and what better way to kick of the week than highlighting another great sponsor of our 2022 Richmond TAFL Season.

Thank you HealthQuest Physical Therapy of Richmond for your sponsorship and support of our growing program. We appreciate that support so much!

Below is a quick insert about who Health Quest is:

At HealthQuest Physical Therapy our main goal is your goal: to get you back to living life to the fullest. That has been our quest since we opened our first facility in Rochester Hills in 1999. However, at HealthQuest Physical Therapy the difference is clear. From your initial new patient phone call to your yearly check-up visit, it will be evident that you’re more than a patient…you’re family.