(December 5, 2002)                                                                                          Hot News Main Page

Indiana Thunder Rolling Into South Bend!

SOUTH BEND IN (December 5, 2002) The National Women's Football Association has changed the name and owners of the women's football team in South Bend. The Indiana Thunder is Indiana's entry in the NWFA.

ERJUM Sports, LLC has purchased the license for the Indiana Thunder. Margaret McCain, Eva Jones-Young, Jane Levenhagen and Regina Williams will share the responsibilities of running the Thunder.

Tryouts for the Thunder will be held Saturday, December 14th at 6:00pm at the YMCA, South Bend, IN. All participants must be at least 18 and have their own health insurance. There is a one time $35.00 try out fee.

The National Women's Football Association is the largest full contact football league in the world for women. The league, which started in 2000 with only one team, had ten teams play in 2001 and 21 teams in the 2002 season. The 2003 season, which begins on April 12, 2003, will have 30 teams competing. The interest in the league is so high that many cities are requesting team licenses for the 2004 season!

The league also has a new website address: www.womensfootballcentral.com. The website is so popular that it regularly receives more than 2 million hits per month.

For additional information on the National Women's Football Association, please call (615) 860-4084.

[Source: NWFA Contact: Debby Lening, (615) 582-2994, footballpress1@aol.com; Indiana Thunder Contact: Margaret McCain, rmhsnuffers@aol.com, 574-674-2003]