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ROSTER LIMIT-
8/7 Man- 16 People
4Man- 6 People
Official Flag-
Flag A Tag- Sonic Flags-(min 15 inches)
Only Flags to be worn
$7 each at the Field
Mandatory Captains Meeting -
Fri May 26th , 2006-
9Pm-All Sport Bar and Grill(at the
Best Western Hotel)
GAME TIMES
4Man Games- 8am to 4pm
7/8 Man Games- 8am- 4pm
Site- Collidge Park
Host
Hotel-
MANDATORY FOR ALL TEAMS
Best Western Royal
Plaza-$99
150 Royal Plaza Drive, Fitchburg,
MA 01420
For Reservations contact Rebecca-:
Mention Flag Football-(978) 342-7100
Email-RCooper@rplaza.com
teams reserving Rooms after Dec 1, will pay more.
Mention World Cup Flag Football for the discount Rate
(all Teams must stay at the Host Hotel,
any team staying at a different hotel will be banned from the World
Cup)
Directions- from the Best Western Fitchburg to-FallBrook
Field
May26th,2006
Fitchburg,MA-World Cup Qualifier-Here we Go!!
Alliance Holds Strong
Captures Title at New England Qualifier
Tunnels falling into the ocean. Tunnels falling onto cars. Traffic,
traffic and more traffic. A 15-year construction project that
brought a city to a standstill and is now closed again. These are
the things most people think of these days when you talk about the
Boston area. Fortunately I am not going to talk about those things
in this article. Rather, we are going to talk about an Alliance. An
alliance so strong it survived last second charge after last second
charge to win it all. The flag football team, Alliance survived a
late charge by the Silverbacks to win a 20-19 thriller at the World
Cup Qualifier held over Memorial Day Weekend in Fitchburg, MA.
To
be sure this was a game that will have the flag football circuit
buzzing for months to come. It was also huge in the sense that it
kicked off the new era of qualifying for the Flag Football World
Cup, to be held in Panama City Florida in March of 2007.
Historically, you needed to win one of the qualifying events to make
it to the Mecca that is Panama City. This year, the World Cup is
open to all teams, and the qualifiers are played for points that
will determine seeding for the event.
“It
was time for a change, said IFF President, Jim Zimolka. “We wanted
as many teams as possible to play down in Panama City, but we still
wanted the qualifiers to mean something. As such all the qualifiers
will help to determine seeding for the World Cup.
It
is a win-win situation. More teams can come to the party, but to be
well-seeded, you need to play well at the qualifiers.”
To
be certain, that is exactly what the Alliance did. Trailing with
20-seconds left to play, the alliance hit for a long touchdown
strike. Rather than electing to kick the extra point to tie the game
the Silverbacks went for two.
On
the sidelines the Silverback coaches were chanting, “Balls win
games. Forget the OT, we win now. Balls win games!”
Well in this case, balls might have cost them the game as the
2-point conversion attempt was unsuccessful and the Alliance held on
to win 20-19.
It
was later reported on a local news station that this was the most
exciting flag football game EVER held in New England.
“It
was unbelievable”, said local fan Mike Sherry. “That game was just
sick. Every play meant something. I have been watching flag football
for a long time, and I have never seen a game like that. To go for
the 2 right there like that, I was speechless.”
In
other action over the weekend, a smaller group of the Alliance won
the 4-man tournament routing the Cinderella story Light Sports Pub
by a final score of 26-13.
The
Light Sports Pub stirred up some excitement of their own over the
weekend. In just their 1st ever event, the put out a
strong showing, rolling all the way to the semi-finals and upsetting
local league champions, Up Rage 13-6. They are certainly a team to
be reckoned with in events to come.
In
youth play, the Soldiers of Hartford, Connecticut won captured the
title, beating the Londonderry All-Stars 13-7.
40-miles from Boston, miles from tunnel troubles, but a step closer
to Panama City, Florida, the Alliance held strong. They certainly
looked like a team many others won’t want to see on their side of
the bracket.
8Man-
Bulldogs-Mildale,CT
Silverbacks-Providence,RI
Soldiers-Hartford,CT
Wallboard-Londonderry,NH
Predators-Lawrence,MA
Lawtown All Stars-Lawrence,MA
4Man
Alliance-Londonderry,NH
Rage-Londonderry,NH
The Light' Sport's Pub-Worcester,MA
BetMike.com-San Jose,Costa Rica
The Soldiers of Hartford
Rotterdam Raiders-Schenectady,NY
Saturday-
Games begin-8am
Sunday-
All Teams advance
June 1st,2006
Fitchburg,MA-World Cup NIT Tournament
The World Cup tournaments for 2006 kicked off the past weekend. This
years there's a new twist as the tournaments are NIT and Not
Qualifiers. Teams will not have to qualify to attend the 8th Annual
World Cup. Teams are playing for the all mighty WC points for better
seeding at the World Cup.
The First World Cup NIT tournament kicked off this weekend in the
outskirts of Boston in the tiny college town of Fitchburg,MA. Twelve
Teams competed in the 3rd annual Event during Memorial Day Weekend.
Four States were represented, MA, NH, CT, and RI all had teams
representing there State.
In the 8 Man Championship Perennially New England Powerhouse,
Alliance defeated the Silverback's 20-19 in a nail bitter. The
Silverback's scored with 20 seconds remaining and went for the 2
point conversion for the Win. Alliance's Tony Watson came up with
the pick to ice the game for Alliance.
In 4 Man Alliance came up with another Championship title by
defeating The Light' Sport's Pub 26-13. The Light Sports Pub of
Worcester hada great showing for its first tournament, they Knocked
off the BMFFL League runners Up Rage in the semis 13-6.
In the Youth Title game the Soldiers of Hartford,CT held off the
Londonderry All Stars
13-7 in friendly game. After the game the teams mixed up for a
friendly contest.
Alliance-Londonderry,NH-8Man Champs
8Man Results
Championship
Alliance 20 Silverbacks 19
Semis
Silverbacks 27 Rebels 6
Alliance 12 Bulldogs 7
1st Round
Alliance 20 Soldiers 6
Rebels 6 Predators 0
Round Robin
Alliance 12 Predators 0
Silverbacks 20 Alliance 6
Silverbacks 20 Predators 0
Bulldogs 7 Rebels 0
Bulldogs 32 Soldiers 6
Lawtown 14 Soldiers 0
Order of Finish
1. Alliance-Londonderry,NH-1500pts
2. Silverbacks-Providence,RI-1000pts
3. Bulldogs-Mildale,CT-800pts
4. Rebels-Lawrence,MA-700Pts
5. Predators-Lawrence,MA-600Pts
6. Soldiers-Hartford,CT-500Pts
4Man
championship
Alliance 26
The Light' Sport's Pub 13
Semis
The Light' Sport's Pub 13 Rage 6
Alliance 28 Loose Screws 0
Order of Finish
1. Alliance-Londonderry,NH-1500pts
2. The Light' Sport's Pub-Worcester,MA-1000pts
3. Rage-Manchester,NH-800pts
4. Loose Screws-Providence,RI-700Pts
Soldiers-Hartford,Ct-16 under Youth Champs
5Man 16 Under Youth
1. Soldiers-Hartford,CT-1500pts
2. All Stars-Londonderry,NH-1000pts
PHOTOS-2006
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