IFPA and Disney team up to present the 2007 IFPA World Footbag
Championships at the Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Florida
Poll for footbag.org members, even if you're not going
Anthony Travel
Summary
August 11th - 18th
Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida
The Wide World of Sports Complex
Freestyle at the Milk House
Preliminary Net at Hess field
(you can) make reservations with Anthony Travel
60$ per night for a room
**to qualify for this rate, you must be one of these below**
competitive athelete
masters athlete (competing in over-40 events)
attending Hall of Fame reunion
official event staff
event volunteer
Footbag.org Forums
General discussion:
http://www.footbag.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4143
Roommate connection:
http://www.footbag.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4144
To Do List
Find roomates, 4 people per room(legitimatly)
Find sponsors
Fill out the poll
Just thought I would get the excitement rolling early, and help inform the public about the details when they are confirmed. For now, I will just copy everything that Mr.Ott has put up.
and the e-mail sent out 11/25This event will be in the Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida and will
be one of the biggest footbag events ever. The Wide World of Sports Complex
is one of seven theme parks at the resort and will be the home of the 2007
IFPA World footbag Championships.
www.disneyworldsports.com
Lots more information to come. Here is what I know now.
Hotel:
We will all be staying at the Disney World Resort: All Star Sports Resort.
The rooms will cost $60 per night. This cost can be reduced per player by
having four people in each room ($15 per night each) or any other combination
of roommates. I suggest we all get together and find your roommates to lessen
the cost. I can also assign roomates for those who need help. I will be
contracting with a travel agency to help coordinate your room reservations.
Transportation:
I will be contracting with a travel agency to help coordinate air travel and I
will get that information to you soon.
The resort has internal bus service and will give us good access to the sports
complex as well as other parts of the park.
Theme Park entrance:
We will have discounted tickets to the other theme parks inside the Disney
World Complex and you can visit them as you wish. The tournament schedule
will leave time for all to spend time at the parks.
More details to come.
e-mail 2/19It is my pleasure to announce the 28th annual IFPA World Footbag
Championships, now confirmed for August 11-18, 2007, at the Disney
World Wide World of Sports Complex in Orland, Florida (USA).
The World website is coming soon, but until then, please check out the
footbag.org event page: http://www.footbag.org/events/show/1163784775
You can get more information about the Disney sports complex at:
http://www.disneyworldsports.com
We will be in the "Milk House" for freestyle and the showcased events
on the final days. Preliminary net rounds will on the HESS sports
field, just next to the Milk House.
I will be announcing a travel agent soon who will be arranging our
rooms, theme park tickets and flights if you want. Housing details
will be posted soon, but we are staying at the Allstar Resort complex
which will allow up to four people per room for $60/night total.
(This is a great price.)
I have created a few forum topics to talk about this event in more detail:
General discussion: http://www.footbag.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4143
(talk about the event)
Roommate connection: http://www.footbag.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4144
(learn about housing options, and find roommates)
Any one who needs some kind of reference letter or other document in
order to find funding or to get a visa to travel to the US, let me know.
Either reply privately to this e-mail, or find me via my profile
(http://www.footbag.org/members/profile/chris).
I encourage all players to seek individual funding from local or
national sponsors to help fund this trip to the USA and Disney World.
Start early to give yourself time to create a relationship with your
representative or agent. Even work out a deal where they fund your
entire footbag event schedule for the summer of 2007 in return for
representing their brands in public. There are lots of great events out
there that could use larger attendance. Funding is the key. Go to
work!
Lots more information to come.
Chris Ott
Fancy Footwork Productions, Inc
Member, Footbag Hall of Fame
IFPA Marketing Director
+1 707-576-8145
chris@footbag.org
http://www.footbag.org
e-mail/post from tinaIFPA Members,
Thank goodness for footbag. Now we all have something to do.
I am conducting an early poll about the 2007 IFPA Worlds. Please answer each question whether you are going to worlds or not. For questions that don't apply, please leave as "abstain".
Go to: http://www.footbag.org/ifpa/vote/89
Please vote now!!
Vote open until March 15th.
Chris Ott
Tournament Director
2007 World Footbag Championships
chris@footbag.org
2007 IFPA World Footbag Championships
August 11th - 18th, 2007
Disney Wide World of Sports® Complex
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
www.footbag.org
3/28-worlds scheduleNote: If you are coming after the First Check in please watch footbag.org event information for late registration and the beginning of Freestyle (Monday or Tuesday August 13 or 14) Last Net check in (and check in for all) will be Saturday Aug 11.
The Worlds 2007 official travel agent is online and ready to help you
with room reservation, air travel discounts, rent a car and theme park
tickets.
Anthony Travel, will be acting as our travel agent.
They have been working with Disney for years and works with most of the
sporting events at the Disney sports complex.
Go to: http://www.anthonytravel.com/disney_footbag07.cfm
Follow the menu and instructions on our travel web page.
Anthony Travel will help with:
Room reservations:
We will be staying at the Disney Allstar Sports Resort on the campus of
Disney World. We can reserve rooms for $65 per night with up to 4
occupants per room. These rooms can be reserved at this price from
August 8th to August 21st. If you plan on reserving any rooms before or
after the event dates (Aug. 11-1Cool, you must verify that rooms are
available. It would be nice if everyone reserved rooms though Anthony
Travel because we have blocks of rooms reserved and the accounting of
those rooms will be easier.
Note: There are many other Hotels available in the nearby area if you
have a problem with the Allstar Resort or want a kitchen or something
different. Anthony can help you with that also or search the internet.
Air Travel:
Air Travel can also be reserved though Anthony by calling an agent and
talking out your situation. If your club or combination of nearby clubs
have more than 10 players coming, you want to mention this and a 10% to
15% group discount is available.
Note: I would also look at the internet for flights. You may find a
better deal.
Rent a Car:
Discount Car reservations are available.
Note: Also check other, if you have one, discount memberships like AAA
for possible discounts.
Airport Transportation to Disney Resort:
Disney's Magical Express will be available to bring you from the airport
to the Allstar Resort and back after the event. You need to reserve
your place on the bus when you reserve your rooms. It is not automatic.
These reservations need to be made before July 5, 2007.
Disney World Park Tickets:
We have special summer discount tickets for all the theme parks in
Disney World. There are several different packages depending on how
many times you want to go. Read carefully.
Note:You need to be part of this event to be eligible for this discount
as a player, staff member or volunteer.
QUESTIONS?
Please call Anthony Travel at (800) 736-6377.
I hope this helps everyone find discounts for travel and the ability to
come to this years IFPA World Footbag Championships.
This is going to be a blast.
Chris Ott
Tournament Director
2007 IFPA World Footbag Championships
chris@footbag.org
707 576-8145
http://www.footbag.org/worlds2007
2007 IFPA World Footbag Championships
August 11th - 18th, 2007
Disney Wide World of Sports Complex
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Hi Worlds Competitors, Spectators and Volunteers (and sorry to bug the
rest of you),
We've updated the schedule a bit. The most important updates relate
to the Check-in times. Everyone who comes to Worlds needs to check-in
in person. Otherwise, you won't be able to get to the competition
site without having to pay Disney. If you are not competing and
cannot come to one of these times, we can make alternate arrangements.
More details to come.
Here is the Check-in Schedule:
Saturday, August 11
5-8p, Disney Allstar Sports Resort lobby (Final Check in for
Singles Net events and early check-in for all other events)
Sunday, August 12
5-7p, Disney Allstar Sports Resort lobby (Final Check-in for all
Doubles net, early check-in for freestyle events)
Tuesday, August 14
9a-12p, Disney Allstar Sports Resort lobby (Final check-in for ALL
Freestyle Events)
The entire updated (yet still subject to change) schedule is available
on at the Worlds Event listing at
http://www.footbag.org/events/show/1163784775 and is pasted below.
Friday, August 10
* Travel day
* Staff Set up: Staff arrival, Administration, Net site production
Hess Field 3 8a-11p
* Casual Footbag Freestyle Shred and Casual Footbag Net
* Certified Footbag Instructor Training
Saturday, August 11
* Staff Set up: Final Hess Field 3 8am-11pm
* Casual Freestyle Shred and Net
* Certified Footbag Instructor Training
CHECK-IN
* Player check-in, 5-8p, Disney Allstar Sports Resort lobby (Final
Check in for Singles Net events and early check-in for all other
events)
Sunday, August 12
NET
* Footbag Net Players' Meeting Hess Field 3
* Footbag Net Preliminary Rounds Hess Field 3 8a-11p
o Open Singles Pools 10a-1p and 4p-8p
o Women's Singles Pools 10a-1p
o Intermediate Singles Pools 9a-1p
FREESTYLE
* Casual Freestyle Shred
CHECK-IN
* Player check-in, 5-7p, Disney Allstar Sports Resort lobby (Final
Check-in for all Doubles net, early check-in for freestyle events)
Monday, August 13
NET
* Footbag Net Preliminary Rounds Hess Field 3 8a-11p
o Open Doubles Pools 9:30a-12:30p and 4p-8p
o Women's Doubles Pools 9:30a-12:30p
o Mixed Doubles Pools 4:30p-7:30p
o Intermediate Doubles Pools 10a-1p and 5p-8p
* Footbag Net Conference ?
FREESTYLE
* Freestyle Casual Shred
OTHER
* Staff Set Up, evening Milk House Upper Court 4p-11p
* IFC Meeting - Milk House 8:30 p w/ dinner for IFC members
Tuesday, August 14
CHECK-IN
* Player check-in, 9a-12p, Disney Allstar Sports Resort lobby
(Final check-in for ALL Freestyle Events)
FREESTYLE
* Freestyle Judges Meeting
NET
* Footbag Net Round of 32 Bracket Hess Field 3 8a-11p
o Open Singles 9a-10a
o Intermediate Singles incl. quarterfinals 8a-12p
o Open Doubles 4p-5p
o Intermediate Doubles incl. quarterfinals 4p-8p
* Footbag Net Round of 16 Bracket
o Women's Singles 9a-10a
o Women's Doubles 4p-5p
o Mixed Doubles 5p-6p
* Footbag Net Consolation Rounds
o Open Singles 8a-12a
o Women's Singles 10a-12a
o Intermediate Singles 8a-12p
o Open Doubles 4p-6p
o Women's Doubles 4p-6p
o Mixed Doubles 6p-8p
o Intermediate Doubles 4p-8p
Wednesday, August 15
NET
* Footbag Net Round of 16 Bracket Hess Field 3 8a-11p
o Open Singles Net 9a-10a
o Open Doubles Net 4p-5p
* Footbag Net Quarterfinals
o Women's Singles Net 9a-10a
o Women's Doubles Net 4p-5p
o Mixed Doubles Net 5p-6p
* Footbag Net Consolation Rounds through Round of 8
o Open Singles Net 8a-12a
o Women's Singles Net 10a-12p
o Intermediate Singles Net 4p-8p
o Open Doubles Net 5p-8p
o Women's Doubles Net 5p-6p
o Mixed Doubles Net 4p-6p
o Intermediate Doubles Net 4p-8p
FREESTYLE
* Footbag Freestyle Players' Meeting Milk House 8a?
* Freestyle Preliminary Rounds Milk House 8a-11p
o Open Singles Freestyle
o Doubles Freestyle (Open, Women's, Mixed)
o Women's Freestyle Shred 30
o Intermediate Singles Freestyle 8a-12p
o Intermediate Freestyle Shred 30 8a-12p
o Freestyle Big 3
Thursday, August 16
NET
* Footbag Net Quarterfinals Hess Field 3 8a-11p
o Open Singles Net 9a-10a
o Open Doubles Net 4p-5p
* Footbag Net Semifinals
o Women's Singles Net 9a-10a
o Intermediate Singles Net 9a-10a
o Women's Doubles Net 4p-5p
o Mixed Doubles Net 5p-6p
o Intermediate Doubles Net 10a-11a
* Footbag Net Consolation Rounds through END
o Open Singles Net 8a-12a
o Women's Singles Net 10a-12p
o Intermediate Singles Net 8a-12p
o Open Doubles Net 5p-8p
o Women's Doubles Net 5p-8p
o Mixed Doubles Net 4p-6p
o Intermediate Doubles Net 4p-8p
FREESTYLE
* Freestyle Milk House 8a-11p
o Intermediate Singles Freestyle Final
o Intermediate Freestyle Shred 30 Final
o Open Singles Freestyle Semifinals
o Women's Singles Freestyle Semifinals
o Open Freestyle Shred 30 Preliminary Round
o Freestyle Big 3 Final
Friday, August 17 (Showcased Events)
Milk House - NET and FREESTYLE
* Open Singles Net Semifinals (2)
* Women's Singles Net Bronze Match
* Mixed Doubles Net Bronze Match
* Open Singles Net Bronze Match
* Women's Singles Net Final
* Women's Freestyle Shred 30 Final
* Open Singles Net Final
* Open Freestyle Shred 30 Final Round
* Hall of Fame Ceremony, Dinner? and Party
Saturday, August 18 (Showcased Events)
Milk House - NET and FREESTYLE
* Open Doubles Net Semifinals (2)
* Women's Doubles Net Bronze Match
* Open, Women's, and Mixed Doubles Freestyle Finals
* Mixed Doubles Net Final
* Open Doubles Net Bronze Match
* Women's Doubles Net Final
* Women's Singles Freestyle Final
* Open Doubles Net Final
* Open Singles Freestyle Final
* Award Ceremony
* Short IFPA membership meeting for all attendees
* Players' Party, All Night Freestyle Shred
Sunday, August 19
* Travel day
* Casual Freestyle Shred and Net
Net event time schedule
Net Matches will start early (8am) in the morning and last late into
the evening (Sunday - Thursday) in order to avoid the midday heat.
Match schedules will be available to show match times.
Milk House events should conclude by 10:00 pm to allow for wrap up, etc.
That's not too far away from me...world-wise. And I got family about 45 minutes from there. AHHHHHHH! My hopes are up! I've been waiting for it to come back to North America.
Just excited!
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