Flag football officials clinic, tourney planned

Installation Management Command-Europe’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation training center will host a certification clinic for flag football officials July 24 to 28, along with a clinic tournament at Tompkins Barracks in Schwetzingen.

 ***image1***“We will be providing garrison football officials with training they need to hold follow-up clinics for teams in Child and Youth Services and intramural sports,” said Tom Hlavacek, an IMCOM-Europe MWR training specialist.

Attendees will focus on current rules, points of emphasis, officiating changes and field mechanics, and then take a written test before participating in the practical examination – officiating during the clinic’s tournament.

Kurt Klier, director of the intramural sports program at the University of Maryland, will oversee instruction during the five-day class. No stranger to holding flag training clinics, Mr. Klier has served as director and assistant director of officials for the National Flag Football Championships.

For more information on attending the clinic, call Mr. Hlavacek at 373-7693 or Tom Benson, Heidelberg Sports Office, at 373-6460. To enter the July 28 six-team tournament, contact Mr. Benson.