WELCOME TO THE 5TH IWFFA-EL SALVADOR WOMEN'S FLAG FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

HOSTED BY ASFA - JUNE 25 - 26, 2022

 

THANK YOU FOR COMPETING IN THIS TOURNAMENT,  BECOMING AN IWFFA MEMBER, 

AND MAKING WOMEN'S FLAG FOOTBALL IN CENTRAL AMERICA STRONGER THAN EVER.  

 

TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR  - BRISEIDA BELTRAN - - ANY QUESTIONS DURING THE TOURNAMENT, YOU MAY GO TO HER.

 

HEAD OFFICIAL - JC - - ANY RULES CLARIFICATIONS DURING TOURNAMENT, GO TO JC

 

THE TOURNAMENT IS SANCTIONED BY THE IWFFA AND YOUR TEAM WILL BE RANKED FOR 2022 AMONG MANY OTHER INTERNATIONAL TEAMS.

 

TOURNAMENT  SCHEDULE - WE WILL POST GAME SCORES ON WEB: https://iwffa.com/elsal2022-games/

FIELD SATURDAY - AVENIDA MANUEL GALLARDO, COLON, LA LIBERTAD

 

FIELD SUNDAY - POLIDEPORTIVO DE LOURDES, COLON - Esta es 4ta ave sur, Lourdes, Colon

https://maps.app.goo.gl/sgQYApgr6CR5BZvi9

 

THE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE IS TIGHT. TWO - 20 MINUTE HALVES SO ON SUNDAY TEAMS CAN LEAVE THE FIELD BY 2PM TO MAKE IT HOME.

TOURNAMENT GAMES WILL START ON TIME!!!!

IF YOUR TEAM IS LATE BY 1 MINUTE, YOUR TEAM LOOSES THAT GAME. THE SCORE WILL BE 8 - 0.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR TEAM IS AT THE FIELD AND READY TO PLAY - ON TIME!

 

TOURNAMENT FORMAT - THERE ARE 2 BRACKETS. TOP 2 IN EACH BRACKET WILL ADVANCE.

 

ROUND ONE: EACH TEAM PLAYS 3 GAMES. AFTER 3 GAMES, TEAMS WILL BE SEEDED IN THEIR BRACKET.

 

SEMI  ROUND - TEAM SEEDED #1 IN BRACKET ONE WILL THEN PLAY TEAM SEEDED #2 IN BRACKET TWO.

TEAM SEEDED #2 IN BRACKET ONE WILL PLAY TEAM SEEDED #1 IN BRACKET TWO

 

CHAMPIONSHIP - WINNERS OF SEMI GAMES

2 TEAMS WILL PLAY 3 GAMES ON SATURDAY - SO WE CAN FINISH THE TOURNAMENT BY 2PM

AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN OUT AT 1:15 - MVP OFFENSE & DEFENSE EACH TEAM. ALL STARS OFFENSE & DEFENSE

  

HERE ARE SOME STANDARD IWFFA  TOURNAMENT PROCEDURES

 

CHAIN GANG

EACH TEAM HAS NOT ONLY THEIR GAME SCHEDULE 

BUT CHAIN GANG SCHEDULE - MAKE SURE YOU HAVE 3 PEOPLE 

TO HOLD THE CHAINS DURING YOUR SLOTTED TIME. IF NOT - SEE IWFFA RULES FOR PENALTY TO TEAM

 

TEAM PHOTO

EACH TEAM WILL HAVE THEIR TEAM PHOTO TAKEN AND POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE: IWFFA.COM

MAKE SURE YOUR TEAM PHOTO HAS BEEN TAKEN BY ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS

 

SCORE CARDS  - MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS

IN THIS TOURNAMENT, EACH TEAM WILL RECEIVE 4 SCORE CARDS

AT THE END OF YOUR GAME, YOUR TEAM WILL DECIDE YOUR TEAM'S:

 MOST VALUABLE PLAYER (MVP) FOR OFFENSE AND DEFENSE AS WELL AS FOR,THE OPPOSING TEAM'S MVPS.

ON THE SCORE CARDS, YOU WILL ALSO RANK THE OFFICIALS, MAKE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT ITSELF 

AND WE ASK YOU TO TURN THE SCORE CARDS INTO THE INFORMATION TABLE 

 SOON AFTER  YOUR GAME, SO THE TOURNAMENT CAN START TO TALLY THE MVP'S. IT IS THE TEAMS WHO CHOOSE THE MVPS.

 

ALL STARS

AT THE END OF THE TOURNAMENT, 

EACH TEAM'S CAPTAIN  AND COACH/ OR TEAM MANAGER  (2 PERSONS PER TEAM NO MORE) 

WILL DECIDE THE ALL STARS. THIS DECISION IS AGREED BY ALL THE REPRESENTATIVES.

 

SOCIAL EVENTS

THE PURPOSE OF ALL OUR SOCIAL EVENTS, 

IS TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE OTHER TEAMS. EVERY IWFFA TOURNAMENT INCLUDES

 SOCIAL EVENTS, HALF TIME GAMES AND ARM WRESTLING. THE PURPOSE OF THE HALF TIME GAMES IS TO  TAKE THE EDGE OFF OF VERY COMPETITIVE TEAMS 

AND TO HAVE FUN WITH OTHER PLAYERS FROM OTHER TEAMS

 

2022 I LOVE IWFFA - TEAM  VIDEO

THIS YEAR, ALL THE TEAMS WILL BE VIDIOD BY GABRIELA JIMENEZ (PANTERAS). 

WE ASK YOU TO BE CREATIVE, IF THE VIDEO WHICH ALL IWFFA TEAMS THIS YEAR 

WILL BE INCLUDED FROM: MEXICO, MOROCCO, SWEDEN, SPAIN, GUATEMALA AND EL SALVADOR. 

HALF TIME GAMES

ON SATURDAY AT THE FIELD - FROM 12 NOON - 12:30

WE WILL OUR HALF TIME GAMES SUCH AS : FURTHEST THROW, LONGEST KICK, FASTEST RUNNER, ETC. 

WE HAVE PRIZES TO THE WINNERS.

JUST COME ONTO THE FIELD AT THE TIME OF THE HALF TIME GAMES 

AND JOIN EACH CONTEST.

THE PLAYTER WHO HAS THE MOST HALF TIME GAME WINS 

WILL BECOME OUR HALF TIME QUEEN FOR EL SALVADOR 2022 

(AND BE FEATURED IN OUR FORWARD PASS MAGAZINE)

 

SATURDAY NIGHT PARTY - 8PM - https://www.facebook.com/lacabanasport/

LA CABANA SPORT - 9 CALLE PONIENTE Y, 81 AVENIDA NTE. #728, SAN SALVADOR

 

ARM WRESTLING CONTEST - $25 TO WINNER 

AT THE SATURDAY NIGHT PARTY, 

ANYONE CAN ENTER THE IWFFA-GOLDEN ARM WRESTLING CONTEST. 

$25 TO THE WINNER. PLEASE SIGN UP AHEAD OF TIME, 

TELL THE INFORMATION TABLE ON SATURDAY @ FIELD  YOU WOULD LIKE TO ARM WRESTLE - 

REPRESENT YOUR TEAM AND COUNTRY. IN KEY WEST, FLORIDA AT THE KELLY MCGILLIS CLASSIC IS THE FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP - 

CHECK OUT THE VIDEO   https://youtu.be/vCH4d580neE

 

ACTION SHOTS, SOCIAL PHOTOS AND TOURNAMENT VIDEOS

IF YOU TAKE ANY PHOTOS, WOULD YOU PLEASE SHARE WITH THE IWFFA. 

WE WILL MAKE A 2022 IWFFA-EL SALVADOR TOURNAMENT VIDEO. SEND TO  IWFFA

 

TOURNAMENT SURVEY

IWFFA WILL SEND YOU A TOURNAMENT SURVEY AS SOON AS THE TOURNAMENT IS OVER. 

WE WILL EMAIL YOU THE LINK. PLEASE TAKE TIME TO ANSWER THE SURVEY (JUST A FEW QUESTIONS)

 

IF YOU HAVE NOT BOOKED A PLACE TO STAY HERE IS THE : La Zona Hostel

Bulevar Del Hipodromo 436, San Salvador, El Salvador•+503 2528 6689

$30 per night per person

https://hotels.cloudbeds.com/reservation/dFzZAN#checkin=2018-06-05&checkout=2018-06-06

 

IWFFA IS EXPANDING

WE TRAVEL TO MOROCCO, MEXICO AND SPAIN THIS YEAR, AND WE ADD TOURNAMENTS IN THOSE COUNTRIES.

THE IWFFA IS WORKING ON NICARAGUA, AND BRINGING A TEAM FROM CUBA TO THE GUATEMALA TOURNAMENT.

 

DATES FOR THE EL SALVADOR TOURNAMENT NEXT YEAR, 

MAY CHANGE SO IT DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH GAY PRIDE WEEKEND, 

WHICH PREVENTS MANY OF OUR GUATEMALAN PLAYERS FROM PARTICIPATING.

THIS YEAR WE HAD FOR THE FIRST TIME, A FLAG FOOTBALL FESTIVAL 

 A WEEK OF TENTING, CAMPING, WORKSHOPS AND FLAG FOOTBALL CLINICS EACH DAY IN EL SALVADOR 

FROM APRIL 10 - 17, 2022.

NEXT YEAR WE WILL OFFER THE ANNUAL FLAG FOOTBALL FESTIVAL 

IN ANOTHER CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HOST THE EVENT, CONTACT THE OFFICE OF IWFFA.

 

TRAINERS

IWFFA IS LOOKING FOR TRAINERS, WOMEN WILLING TO TRAVEL 

TO OTHER COUNTRIES TO EACH HOW TO PLAY AND OFFICIATE AND TO HELP START NEW LEAGUES AND TEAMS. 

IF YOUR INTERESTED CONTACT THE IWFFA.

THIS TOURNAMENT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY AND MONEY TO PRODUCE. 

WE THANK ASFA LEAGUE, 

BRISDEIDA, LETTICIA, ELISA, JC AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS 

WHO HAVE HELPED TO MAKE THE COMPETITION POSSIBLE.  

MANY THANKS TO ALL THE TEAM COACHES AND WE THANK EACH TEAM ORGANIZER WHO ORGANIZED YOUR TEAM & BROUGHT TO THE TOURNAMENT

BARBARIANS - Team Captain: Nini Salinas/Olga Flores/Leticia de Mendoza / coach: Luis Machado / Roberto Cornejo

CUSCATLECAS - Team Captain: Briseida Beltran / Kate Echeverria / Daniela Cruz / coach:Francisco Echeverría

DOLPHINS - Manager / Coach :_Paola Coello / Team Captain:Maria Jose Quijano/Teresa Gallo

EAGLES - Team Captain:__Jesus Matamoros/ Arleth Reyes

FENIX - Team Captain: Sariah Lopez / Coach: Victor Rodriguez

LIBELULAS - Team Captain: Saydy Flores / Mishel Monterroso _/Coach: Alejandro Carranza

PANTHERAS - Team Captain & COACH : GABRIELA JIMÉNEZ

TITANES - Team Captain:__Astrid Gabriela González García__/ Coach :_Nathali Miroslava Orozco Secord_

 

PLAYERS OFFICIATING

WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST OFFICIATING TRAINERS: 

BRISEIDA BELTRAN - AND YOU ARE OFFERED TRAINING TO BECOME AN CERTIFIED IWFFA OFFICIAL.

 IF YOU COME TO KEY WEST TOURNAMENT, YOU WILL BE PAID $20 PER GAME. 

THE SPORT NEEDS GOOD FEMALE OFFICIALS, PLEASE TAKE THE TRAINING AND SUPPORT WOMEN'S FLAG FOOTBALL.

 

COACHING A GIRLS TEAM

NEXT YEAR 2023 - IWFFA WILL STIPULATE THAT EACH WOMAN'S TEAM COACH A GIRLS TEAM.

THE IWFFA WILL SUPPORT THE GIRLS AND PROVIDE BELTS AND FLAGS FOR FREE. 

CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU ARE WILLING TO COACH A GIRLS TEAM. SOON, WE WILL CREATE TOURNAMENTS FOR THE GIRLS. 

 

PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S FLAG FOOTBALL - YEAR 2025

IWFFA WILL PROFESSIONALIZE WOMEN'S FLAG FOOTBALL. 

WE USE THE AWARDS TO INVITE ATHLETES TO TRY OUT FOR THE PRO TEAM. 

EACH REGION OF THE WORLD WILL BE REPRESENTED AND CENTRAL AMERICA WILL BE IT'S OWN REGION. 

PLAY YOUR BEST, PLAY CLEAN AND BE A ROLE MODEL FOR OTHER ATHLETES.

 

FINALLY ....

ASK NOT WHAT THE IWFFA CAN DO FOR YOU.....

ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THE IWFFA!

THE MORE YOU PUT INTO YOUR ORGANIZATION, THE MORE WE CAN DO .

 

I HOPE YOU WILL PLAY YOUR BEST FLAG FOOT BALL EVER DURING THIS WEEKEND, MAKE NEW FRIENDS AND HAVE FUN!

 

SINCERELY

DIANE BERULDSEN

PRESIDENT IWFFA

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FLAG FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

+305 - 896 - 8678 (WHAT'S APP)

IWFFA@IWFFA.COM

IWFFA.COM