Here’s how the 2016 flag football season is going to work.
What do we know so far: 4 divisions. 18 teams. Each division has its own schedule. Regular season games will run until January 30th 2016 after which we go into playoffs mode with the top two teams of each division squaring off for a place in the semi-finals and final in March 2016.
Nothing much different from last year’s run.
The playoffs schedule is as follows:
Saturday 20/02/16
Playoff 1 – Seed 1 v Seed 8
Playoff 2 – Seed 2 v Seed 7
Playoff 3 – Seed 3 v Seed 6
Playoff 4 – Seed 4 v Seed 5
Saturday 5/3/16
Semi 1 – Top Seed v Lowest Seed
Semi 2 – Second Top Seed v Second Lowest Seed
Final
Now where things become interesting.
2016 will not see the IFFL run two but rather just one season (currently running) and will end with a National Championship final (EBC II) in March 2016 and not in August as previously done.
Instead, we will keep to one season every year as to give more room and time for other important initiatives. Some of these initiatives will take place throughout the spring and summer of 2016.
These comprise of creating a competitive Irish National Team, running certified Flag Football coach and officials training programmes, re-vamping and focusing on a “flag football in school” programme, and creating an all-women’s flag league.
Because of the amount of work these projects will require and the number of people who will be involved in making it work, we had to drop the summer season to deliver a high quality of execution and focus in order to safeguard the success of these programmes.
Ultimately, the main objective of these changes is to guarantee the strong but steady growth of Flag Football in Ireland. To that end we are looking for anyone willing to help out be it in coaching, admin work, first aid, marketing, etc. If you feel you could contribute in anyway fill out this form.
http://bit.ly/IFFLApplication.
If you have any questions or suggestions please feel free to contact us.
Thank you for all your support thus far and looking forward to see more of you be part of the growth of the Flag Football in Ireland.