Wisconsin Riveters Sign Bear Reality as a Sponsor
October 28, 2003 - National Women's Football Association (NWFA)
Wisconsin Explosion News Release
The Wisconsin Riveters are pleased to announce the signing of Bear Reality along with Easy Tan in Kenosha, Terri's Touch in Union Grove, Racine Cyclery in Racine, Brat Stop in Kenosha and Mosquito Inn in Racine. Making it a total of 45 businesses as sponsors for the 2004 season. Some of the sponsors include; Dairy Queen, Associated Bank, Bear Reality, Brat Stop, Boelter + Lincoln which is an Advertising Firm that also has public relations, sales promotion, direct marketing and interactive as well as media advertising. Today, Boelter + Lincoln has grown too more than 40 people with billings exceeding $28 million, annually. The Wisconsin Riveters also received a 1972 Corvette Stingray as part of a sponsorship package. The Riveters are a full contact women's football team and members of the National Women's Football Association (NWFA).
The Wisconsin Riveters are also pleased to announce a new look to the Riveters Website. Holly Barrett the owner states, "The design for the website has been in the works and now we have finally been able to implement the new design. Our webmaster has done an excellent job at bringing our website to another level."
Riveters Fan Mailing list is up and Running
The Wisconsin Riveters is pleased to announce the Fan Mailing list is up and running on the website. Join in fans to get all the updates and important information on the team emailed to you directly. Become the 1,000 fan to join the mailing list and get an Autographed football from the team. Winner will be notified via email and will be put on the website. Go to the Wisconsin Riveters website to sign up. Wisconsin Riveters Holding Tryouts
The Wisconsin Riveters are holding tryouts for the 2004 season to begin in April of 2004. For more information on tryouts call 262-551-0322 or email Info@WisconsinRiveters.com. The 2002 season was the Riveters Inaugural season into the WPFL. However this year the Wisconsin Riveters have joined with the National Women's Football Association (NWFA). The NWFA has 38 teams for the 2004 season and a Five-year broadcasting deal with the Football Network. The 2002 year brought us a proclamation from the Mayor of Kenosha, a Certificate of Commendation from the Governor of Wisconsin and the General Manager received a person of the year award from WLIP. Our average attendance from 2002 ranged from 700-1200 per home game and the Riveters won there National Conference Title giving them the opportunity to go to the Championship Game in Dallas, Tx.
The Wisconsin Riveters are please to announce an auto car show at every home game. It is going to be limited to only 45 cars. A 1st, 2nd and 3rd place trophy will be awarded at all four home games. All entries are good for all four auto car shows and any car can win more than once. The fans chose who the winner is and will be announced at half time along with the trophy presentation. The participants that enter the car show will receive two tickets per home game for the regular season. Ticket value is worth $80.00 dollars. Playoffs and championship games are an additional cost. The participants entry fee is either a half page photo of the vehicle or a full page photo in a special auto car show section in the program. The half page cost $100.00 dollars and the full page costs $200.00 dollars. Entries must be received by January 10th of 2004. For a registration form email info@WisconsinRiveters.com or call the Wisconsin Riveters at 262-551-0322.
Jay Leno's NBC Tonight Show has decided to find out what all the excitement is about the new sport of women's full contact football. Working with the staff of the National Women's Football Association, the Tonight Show will send intern Ross Mathews to check out the league's regional tryouts.
The regional tryouts will be held in Fairfield, a suburb of Cincinnati on November 8, at the Fairfield Youth Athletic Association. Registration opens at 10:00am with the tryouts starting a 11:00am. Potential players will go through a combine set of drills to see if they are good enough to make the cut for one of the NWFA's new teams in Cincinnati, Columbus, Evansville and Louisville. Mathews from the Tonight show will be put through all of the drills to see if he's got what it takes to survive our tryouts. "We're excited to have Ross and the Tonight Show crew attend this event. I've seen his stories on the Tonight Show and we think they've certainly selected the right guy for the job! It will be a lot of fun to see how his athletic prowess stacks up against the tough women football players," states Debby Lening, the NWFA's VP of Media.
Ken Hall, the Head Coach and owner of the Chattanooga Locomotion will run the tryouts for the Cincinnati and Louisville teams along with interim Louisville Coach, Willy Williams. The Columbus Comets will also host tryouts at the event with the Comet's coaching staff running their team's drills.
Organizers expect a large number of tryout hopefuls and many onlookers to watch this event. "The city of Cincinnati has been extremely helpful coordinating this tryout and we are looking forward to making this a huge event for this town and our league,"states NWFA's Tryout Coordinator, Racheal Burton.
The National Women's Football Association is the largest league in the world for women's full contact tackle football with 37 teams in 23 states and a website that receives more than 3 million hits per month. For additional information on the NWFA, please visit the league's website at www.womensfootballassociation.com. The league's season begins April 10, 2004 and many of the games will be broadcast on the exciting new Football Network.
The release of the schedule and the location where the Riveters will be playing will be available in November. Upon release of the schedule season ticket sales will start.
National Women's Football Association Stories from October 28, 2003
- Wisconsin Riveters to have Meet and Greet - Wisconsin Explosion
- Wisconsin Riveters Sign Bear Reality as a Sponsor - Wisconsin Explosion
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