Dairy Queen Sponsors Wisconsin Riveters
September 2, 2003 - National Women's Football Association (NWFA)
Wisconsin Explosion News Release
The Wisconsin Riveters are proud to announce the signing of additional sponsors for a total of 26 businesses as sponsors for the 2004 season. The new sponsors are Dairy Queen, Bristol House II in Bristol, English Room in Racine, Husher's Pub and Grill in Caledonia, Earl's Club in Kenosha and George's Clubhigh View in Kenosha. The Riveters are a full contact women's football team and members of the National Women's Football Association (NWFA).
The Riveters have secured several sponsorships, which include: Schneider's Salvage & Auto Sales in Kenosha, Cottman Transmission, Captain Mike's, Kenosha Magic, 94 North, Bombay Louie's, Pasquali's Bar, Bill's Corner Pub, Finney's Lounge, Kortez', Earl's Club and George's Clubhigh View in Kenosha.
In Racine: Asch's Place, Corner Connection, Evelyn's Club Main, Brass Rail, The Dugout and The English Room.
Log Cabin and John's Main Event in Burlington, Wagner's Leo Tavern in Salem, Hoser's Curve Inn in Waterford, Airport Inn in Somers, Bristol House II in Bristol and Husher's Pub and Grill in Caledonia and Dairy Queen.
Sponsors are lining up to become a part of history and support Women's football. Holly Barrett the owner states, "It is great to see the support the state of Wisconsin is giving us, especially the Kenosha and the Racine area. The businesses in this area have become a part of history by becoming proud sponsors of the Wisconsin Riveters. We have already broken our record of sponsors from last year and we just started! We want to thank all of our sponsors for supporting the Wisconsin Riveters, the Women's Tackle Football team for the state of Wisconsin."
Riveters Holding Individual Tryouts
The Wisconsin Riveters will be holding tryouts until October 25th for the upcoming season. The roster for the 2004 team will be released on November 1st, of 2003. The individual tryouts will start on September 14th, 21st, and 28th. You can sign up for a 2:00pm, 3:00pm, 4:00pm or 5:00pm time slot.
The individual tryouts will be held at Nash park in Kenosha, WI. The park is at 5909 56th St. Please bring water and appropriate clothing for the weather. For New recruits there is a one-time non refundable fee of 35.00 dollars. Upcoming dates for group tryouts will be available at a later date. Tentative dates for group tryouts will be September 13th, 20th and 27th time is to be 10:00am-12:00pm. The group tryout dates are to be held in Milwaukee, WI. Confirmation of the fields the Riveters are going to be calling home will also be available at a later date.
Directions from I-94: Going south to Chicago or north to Milwaukee get off at the Highway 158 exit- go east towards Lake Michigan until you reach Highway 31 ( Green Bay Rd. ) approximately 5 to 10 miles. Turn south or right onto Hwy. 31 and go to 56th St. You will go past a Culver's restaurant on the right and a Guttormsen Bowling Lanes on the left. Turn east or left on 56th Street. Go about 2 blocks and you will see a Parking Lot on the right. It is not the first parking lot on the right it is the second parking lot on the right. The NWFA is the largest tackle football league in the world with 37 teams in 23 states. The league wrapped up its 2003 season with the National Women's Football Championship Game that was held at Vanderbilt University in Nashville in front of 5,726 fans. The league also has a 5 year TV deal with The Football Network.
The NWFA is also opening teams in other markets. The league is expanding to several additional cities and will add teams in Louisville, KY, Cincinnati, OH and the Chicago, IL area for 2004.
For more information on the Wisconsin Riveters, please call (262) 551-0322 or visit www.wisconsinriveters.com.
For more information on the NWFA, please visit www.womensfootballassociation.com or call (615) 860-4084. The league website receives over 2.5 million hits per month.
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