Loose Women's Registration

· Loose Woman Registration Fee is $45 (this includes Loose Woman Tournament Tee Shirt )

· In addition every participant must be a 2008 IWFFA member ($25 annual fee). Membership Form included in this information.

· Your hotel reservation must be made through our office (Hotel List) and we have a list of discounted prices for our players. This hotel reservation is part of your registration and we will assign you a hotel confirmation number to go on the Loose Women’s Roster.

· There is a good chance we will have more than one loose women’s team, for different skill levils (let us know which one you want to play in) - but it is not a guarentee that we will have the two Loose Women's teams. We will offer two teams for Loose Women: Higher (Competitive) and Lower (Beginner or Social PLay).

· Loose Women’s Info Form (download the form) needs to be filled out and is included with this information.

The tournament will supply belts & flags, pinnies/ football, kicking tees to play for the tournament. You will receive a play book, which you should read and understand so that in the huddle you understand our play calling.

All registration fees and completed registrations are due by December 31, 2007. After that date, a late fee of $20 will be added to your Loose Women's fee

Cancellation Policy: There are no penalties for withdrawing prior to December 31^st and your registration fee will be fully refunded. After December 31^st, half the registration fee will be returned. After January 14th , no money shall be refunded.

Names cannot be switched for IWFFA Memberships. Once we process each membership, we cannot switch for another person.

We will accept certified checks or money orders only (no personal checks) made payable to: IWFFA. However, Loose Women may also Pay by credit card: visa or master card.

Description of Event (what it will be like for you)

Each player will be guaranteed to play a minimum of three (3) games, and everyone plays - no sitting on the bench!. IWFFA rules will be used for tournament play. In addition to the open IWFFA / National Team Divison (for top U.S. teams), three other divisions will divide teams. Each team will be preseeded, using a computer program which takes into consideration: age, number of players on roster, skill level, past tournament results, number of tackle players on team, and any special awards won by your players. Once pre-seeded, each team will play a SEED ROUND for the tournament placement on Thursday. Teams will then fall intoL Divisions 1 (top), 2 and 3 (lower).

Two Fields are located at Wicker Field - Between 14th St. and Kennedy Blvd. on Flagler Ave. and is reason why we start play on Thursday. During tournament, there will be half time games to win prizes and a special half-time entertainment show for last championship game.

There will be parties and social events from Sunday, Feb 3^th and throughout the tournament Feb 11^th

Opening Ceremony begins at 3PM – 4:30 (TBA). There will be guest speakers, drinking and Costume contests for the Players Parade: Best Individual Costume and Best Team Costume. We will have our Players Parade: Kelly McGillis Parade from 4:30 (line-up) down Duval St. All Loose Women march together as the Loose Team.

Official Registration for the Tournament - Wed evening from 7PM – 10PM all players need to officially register at the Meet & Greet – held at the Host Hotel: Grand Key / Double Tree. Games begin Thursday, February 7^th till late Sunday evening February 10^th . We won’t know our Loose Women’s schedule till Wed. evening at the Meet & Greet when we draw teams from a hat to schedule into the tournament.

Last Championship game will most likely be late, so please don’t think of leaving island until Monday morning. Awards will be given at Fat Tuesdays 305 Duval St, when Loose Women will receive their awards (as the other teams do) for: MVP Offense, MVP Defense and possibly Special Select All Star Team.

Once you have registered, we will email you: confirmation of registration letter, 2008 IWFFA rules, Play/ Drills to help you in the huddle, email updated Loose Women info.

Prizes Awarded for Tournament

· 17^th annual Kelly McGillis Classic Championship Sweat Shirts for champ teams in all divisions

· If Loose women’s team wins championship each player will receive a free loose women’s registration (good for one year)

· Every team will receive MVP for both Offense and Defense (decided by each team's designated voter).

· Special All-Star Teams will be selected, decided by special committee, and awarded medals

· Tournament Points will be distributed to use towards national / international ranking system (we want to see the Loose Women on TOP!):

· IWFFA Teams ranked number one, in their division for 2007 season will be awarded at our Awards - Sunday, following U.S. National Team / Top International Team Game

Loose Women Player responsibilities

· Players are really encouraged to march in our 8^th annual players parade, following the opening ceremony at 4:30 PM for line-up at Duval (Prize for best team and best individual costume)

· MUST ATTEND - Meet&Greet-Official registration will be held Wed. evening at Grand Key HOtel and Resort- 3990 S. Roosevelt Blvd. 7-10PM

· Players are to bring photo I.D. and IWFFA membership cards to show during sign - in. Every player must sign in.

· Team photos are taken 15 minutes prior to your first game. Please report to your game field prior to your first game.

· Three volunteers from each team are asked to hold chains following their team’s games .

· There will be fun activities and social events throughout the week which we hope all Loose women will want participate as a team.

Discounts & Services

American Airlines Discounts - Now offers discounts for national and international flights. Call 800-433-1790 use starfile International Women's Flag Football Association

Mopeds/ Bicycles – 601 Truman St / you may call Moped Hospital direct at (305) 296-3344

Uniforms - IWFFA offers the lowest prices possible for a full-line of football uniform from pants to mesh football jerseys. $20 per shirt, includes numbers printed front and back and team name. But these need to be ordered 4 weeks in advance of when you need them..... but it's good to know!

Footballs – special price for our players - $35 for Jr size Wilson all leather (with IWFFA logo)

Belts&Flags – If you want to purchase your own belts and flags $49 per dozen / $90 two dozen

What's New for 2008?

(new) IWFFA / U.S. National Division - This Open Division is for top U.S. teams (or if you think your team is good enough), who do not play in a seed round, but begin their competition on Thursday! The IWFFA realizes the sport of flag football for females is under organized as many leagues exist who use different set of rules, tournament formats, etc. We recognize that as the IWFFA continues to organize the sport in the U.S. and around the world, that in the U.S. there does NOT exist a national team to represent the country. This division addresses that void by offering this new division into our tournament whose championship team will be titled: "IWFFA / U.S. National Team 2008"

(new) Our last game of the tournament will be the: IWFFA / U.S. National Team vs. the Top International Team! We will schedule championship games for IWFFA / U.S. National Division and top Division for International Teams early Sunday. This will give both teams time to get ready for their last game of the tournament, and the top international team to choose any additional players for their roster.

(new) Open Roster for Top International Team - In this game, we realize that most top U.S. teams who compete in our events, bring a full roster. Most international teams bring 12 - 14 players when they travel to compete. We offer the top International team, the opportunity to fill up their roster prior to this last game, with other international players from other international teams competing in the tournament. Their choices may include players from other divisions. We wait to hear from our teams who register if this number will be 22, or match the number of players on the IWFFA / U.S. National Team roster.

(new) Divisions in other categories for the women will no longer be named - We will offer a seed round (pre-seeded by our computer program) to all other women's teams who will be sorted for competition in: Division 1 (top) , Division 2 and Division 3 (lower). In past years, names for our divisions were sometimes misleading. We try to go away from subjective descriptions of skill levels (Beginner, Middle, Competititve, Highly Competitive) and instead use a number for divisions to try to be more objective.

(new) We bring back our Best Player / Team Costume Contest for our Players Parade: Wednesday, Feb 6th from 5 - 6PM. Prizes to winners. . This worked out so well in the past, that we decided to bring it back. Individual Players, Fans and Teams may compete in this contest for our parade. Awards will be given at the Meet & Greet.

(new) Chain Gangs - which each team is required to provide during their own games, in years past, will now operate on a different schedule. Teams will now be required to provide a crew of 3 persons to hold chains for the next game (following their own). We will provide a schedule for Chain Gangs, at the Meet & Greet Captains Meeting. There, you will know what times your team will be responsible to hold chains. We do this, because some teams would rather focus on their games, and not be resopnsible to hold chains. Some teams are so small, that they do not have more than 8 - 10 players, and so during their games, would not be able to hold them. By using this system, teams actually will hold chains for a lesser amount of time.

(possible new) Non-Profit status - We are currently working on getting our Non-Profit, 501 C status to benefit teams, so they can get sponsors to help with their team costs. It may in time for this event. We will notify teams in our monthly IWFFA email updates.

We know you will have a great time! Once a Loose woman…… always a loose woman!

For more information contact our office: Tel 1-888-GO-IWFFA ( 464 – 9332) / (305) 293 – 9315

FEBRUARY 3 – 11, 2008 /Key West, Fl. USA

4 days of competition

Kelly McGillis played on our Loose Women's Team (she is the tall one in back)

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Description of Event (what it will be like for you)

Prizes Awarded for Tournament

Loose Women Player responsibilities

Discounts & Services