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Global Football

‘UNITING THE YOUTH OF THE WORLD THROUGH AMERICAN FOOTBALL


Welcome

Educational Sports Tours

Welcome to Global Football, a division of the Global Sports Group, Inc. We provide football players of all ages, their coaches, families and supporters, the opportunity to participate in high-profile events around the world. Through an extensive network of football contacts and business partners, Global Football has developed a broad spectrum of games, tournaments, tours, camps and bowls, each targeted to a specific age group and talent level.

Hope you can join us!


Patrick Steenberge


Coach,

My name is Patrick Steenberge and I played Quarterback and lettered two seasons under coach Ara Parseghian at Notre Dame. It was at school that I learned the importance of team work and also of the power, influence and importance of international travel.

Global Football is an international sports travel organization providing the opportunity for young amateur athletes from different countries to compete against one another, while experiencing and learning firsthand about each other's cultures, customs and history.

At Global Football we believe in, and indeed see every year, the incredible effect of educational sports travel. At the beginning of each new football season hundreds of our travelers (players, staff, coaches, family, fans and friends included) return home better citizens, more confident, more enthusiastic in the classroom and on the playing field; more engaged in the world around them; better prepared for life and more likely to make a difference to each other as team mates.

Lead an educational sports tour with us and you’ll get your students’ attention and keep it. And best of all you’ll make a difference in their lives. I encourage you to contact one of your fellow coaches who have traveled with us to hear what their experiences were.

Happy trails!

Patrick Steenberge

President Global Sports Group.


Football Partners

•NFL Europe & International

•USA Football

•American Football Coaches Association

•European Federation of American Football

•European Football League



Aztec Bowl

The Aztec Bowl is the traditional season-ending game for Mexico’s college football season and is the only division 3 All-Star Bowl game. The game has been played 33 times since 1947 with the last ten contests featuring the United States-Mexico match-up. The United States is 9-1 in the series. The Aztec Bowl is played in December each year in Mexico. The event is televised & broadcast over the web and radio.

www.aztecbowl.com



International Tours

Global Football is an international sports travel organization providing the opportunity for young amateur athletes from different countries to compete against one another, while experiencing and learning firsthand about each other's cultures, customs and history.

Participating with your college or high school team in one of our international tours or events – be it in England, France, China, Italy, Spain or one of the many countries in which we have a great relationship with the Global American Football community will shape your student/athletes lives in profound and unexpected ways.



Quotes

“There is no greater opportunity for young people to travel and experience new parts of the world like the tours and competitions you have developed at Global Football.” John Mackovic, retired Head Coach - Universities of Texas, Arizona & Illinois

“The trip to Italy provided a once in a lifetime experience for all involved, and many of our young men expressed that it was something they would remember the rest of their lives”Norm Eash, Head Coach - Illinois Wesleyan

“Patrick went above and beyond the call of duty. I do not know why any NCAA Div. III school that has football does not take the opportunity to travel with Global Football. “

Jim Lyall, Head Coach - Adrian College



Quotes

"I was proud of how they represented American football and Augustana College football. However, I was more proud to see them show great interest in and absorb the educational aspects of the trip.“

Jim Barnes, Head Coach - Augustana College

“Everything on the trip to Germany was handled in a first-class manner from our transportation, accommodations and meals, to the football details. “Rich Willis, Head Coach - Wartburg College

“Traveling to Spain was one of the best things we have done for our football program since we arrived here 8 years ago.” Mike Wallace, Head Coach - Wilmington College



Quotes

“We experienced so much in Austria and Germany and we experienced it together. As a team - we are all forever grateful for this ‘Experience of a Lifetime’.”

Chris Creighton, Head Coach - Wabash College

“There is no doubt the trip to Ireland is an experience the JCU community will never forget.”

Regis Scafe, Head Coach - John Carroll University

“We finished this season as conference co-champions and this trip to Italy was a key ingredient to our success this fall.“

Chris Rorke, Head Coach - Plymouth College



Previous Travellers

Central Wartburg

Adrian

John Carroll

Illinois Wesleyan

Bluffton

Rose-HulmanWabash

Baker

Mt St Joseph Alfred

Augustana

Wilmington Cornell Buena Vista

Plymouth Hope Thiel


Luther MN Morris Claremont Elmhurst Ohio Northern North Central


Association References

AMERICAN FOOTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION

Grant Teaff Executive Director

254-776-5900

Todd Bell Dir. of Public Relations

254-776-5900

NFL INTERNATIONAL

Cedric Jones NFL Youth Director

212-450-2000

Mike Stokes Director, Special Events

212-450-2273

Gordon Smeaton Sr. Director, Marketing

212-450-2129

Pete Abitante International Public Relations

212-450-2085

USA FOOTBALL

Executive Director Scott Hallenbeck

703-918-0007

IFAF

Frederic Paquet

011-33-14-311-1470

NFL EUROPE LEAGUE

Marshall Happer Operations Director

011-49-69-978-2790

Tony Allen Director Player Development

011-44-207-225-3070

MEXICO

Alfonso Garza ONEFA Executive Director

011-52-81-8332-1184

Jorge Orobio FMFA Executive Director

011-52-81-5352-2556

JAPAN

Eiji Sasada President., AFAJ

011-813-3815-2210

Yoshio Kanazawa President, NFA

011-813-3490-6661

POP WARNER LITTLE SCHOLARS, INC.

Jon Butler Executive Director

215-752-2691

Sam Mutz Football Commissioner

215-752-2691

Don Trotter Regional Director

760-433-1839



Coaching References

ADRIAN – JIM LYALL

AUGUSTANA – JIM BARNES

CENTRAL – JEFF MCMARTIN

CLAREMONT – RICK CANDAELE

CORNELL – MATT DILLON

DUBUQUE – VINCE BRAUTIGAM

EARLHAM – GERRY KEESLING

ELMHURST – TOM JOURNELL

IL WESLEYAN – NORM EASH


JOHN CARROLL – REGIS SCAFE

LUTHER – CHUCK LEIERER

MN MORRIS – MATT JOHNSON

MT ST JOSEPH – ROD HUBER

NORTH CENTRAL – BRAD SPENCER

OHIO NORTHERN – DEAN PAUL

ROSE-HULMAN – STEVE ENGLEHART

WABASH – STEVE HOUSES

WARTBURG – RICK WILLIS


London & Paris (14 days)

Day 1 – Fly to London

Day 2 – London Orientation

Day 3 – London Sightseeing

Day 4 – British Museum

Day 5 – Tower of London

Day 6 – London

Day 7 – Eurostar to Paris

Day 8 – Paris Sightseeing

Day 9 – Versailles

Day 10 – Game Day

Day 11 – Louvre Museum

Day 12 – Loire Valley Chateaux

Day 13 – Eiffel Tower

Day 14 – Fly Home


Day 1 – Fly to London


Day 2 – Arrive London

Step outside your hotel, for a stroll through the streets of the heart of the English-speaking world. In this city of nearly seven million, you'll see everything from 12th-century fortifications to modern skyscrapers, formal parks to punk rockers. Your Tour Director will lead you to some of the most famous sites. Walk along the Thames River. Cross Trafalgar Square. See bustling Piccadilly Circus. Pass trendy shops and cafés in Bohemian Soho on your way to Covent Garden, a 13th-century fruit and vegetable garden transformed into a maze of narrow streets and pedestrian walkways burgeoning with street performers, open-air markets and boutiques.


Day 3 - London Sightseeing

Join a licensed local guide for an in-depth look at London, from the royal haunt of Buckingham Palace (the official London residence of Queen Elizabeth II) to the slightly more democratic Speakers’ Corner of Hyde Park, where anyone can pull up a soapbox and orate to his heart’s content. You’ll see the changing of the guard (season permitting), the clock tower of Big Ben with its 14-ton bell, and Westminster Abbey, where almost every English king and queen since William the Conqueror has been crowned. After a stop at the Houses of Parliament, continue on to the magnificent St. Paul’s Cathedral, the masterpiece of London architect Christopher Wren.


Day 4 – British Museum

The British Museum, founded in 1773, is famous for housing many of the best antiquities and cultural treasures gathered from countries around the globe. Your guide will lead you to the most famous items--the Rosetta stone (with the hieroglyphic alphabet sketched on it), the Portland Vase, the Elgin marbles, and one of the world's largest collections of art and artifacts. So many treasures so little time.


Day 5 – Tower of London

Get up close and personal with the Tower of London. Towers, rather. Twenty stone towers, as well as tunnels, winding staircases and narrow passageways comprise this huge fortress covering 18 acres on the banks of the Thames. A royal residence from the 11th - 16th centuries, the Tower also served as a jewel safe and a prison. Scary: See the headless skeletons of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard (Henry VIII's former wives who were executed here). Shiny: The Crown Jewels are housed here, including the largest cut diamond in the world (530-carats). Safe: Beefeaters (guards) lead tours through the Tower.


Day 6 - London

Make the most of a free day - this could be the perfect opportunity to hang out in Hyde Park, catch up on the world of contemporary art at the Tate Modern or shop London's famous High Street...the city is yours to explore. Tonight, you could check out the youthful, bustling scene in Leicester Square, a central meeting spot for mirthful revelers and home to plenty of pubs, bookstores and restaurants.


Day 7 – Eurostar to Paris


Day 8 – Paris Sightseeing

What's that huge white arch at the end of the Champs-Élysées? The Arc de Triomphe, commissioned by Napoleon in 1806 after his victory at Austerlitz. A licensed local guide will give the goods on this, and other, Parisian landmarks. Spot chic locals (and tons of tourists) strolling the Champs-Élysées. Look up at the iron girders of the Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 World's Fair to commemorate the centenary of the French Revolution. See Les Invalides (a refuge for war wounded), the École Militaire (Napoleon's alma mater), and the Conciergerie (the prison where Marie Antoinette was kept during the French Revolution). Then head to the Île de la Cité -- a small island in the Seine -- to see Notre Dame Cathedral. Look up at the great gray spires, grotesque gargoyles, and huge, round stained-glass windows.


Day 9 - Versailles

The ultimate palace, Versailles was built by Louis VIX, and housed the royal family and its groveling court from 1582, when the Sun King moved in, to the French Revolution.

Everything in Versailles is worth a look, from the 250-foot-long Hall of Mirrors, with themed salons-"war" and "peace"-on either side, to Marie Antoinette's faux country hamlet. When being a queen became too much to bear, she would pretend to be a commoner, tending her sheep and wearing peasant clothes.


Day 10 – Game Day in Paris


Day 11 – Louvre Museum

The world's largest art museum, the Louvre is housed in a medieval fortress-turned-castle so grand it's worth a tour itself. You walk through the 71-foot glass pyramid designed by I.M. Pei and added in 1989, and step into another world-one with carved ceilings, deep-set windows, and so many architectural details, you could spend a week just admiring the rooms. But check out the art on the walls. The Mona Lisa is here, as well as the Venus de Milo and Winged Victory (the headless statue, circa 200 BC, discovered at Samothrace). The Louvre has seven different departments of paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures and antiquities. Don't miss the Egyptian collection, complete with creepy sarcophagi, or the collection of Greek ceramics, one of the largest in the world.


Day 12 – Loire Valley

France’s aristocrats began building defensive castles in the Loire Valley in the 11th century. A few hundred years later, their descendants created pleasure palaces among the lush green forests and wandering waterways. Today, sumptuous Renaissance castles stud the banks of the silvery Loire River, the longest in France. But few castles can compete with Château de Chenonceau. Built on a series of arches over the Cher River, Chenonceau was designed by a woman in the 16th century. It was once inhabited by Catherine de Medicis, who commissioned the delicate spirals and of the formal gardens, and had the bridge covered by a two-story stone gallery. You’ll also visit Château Chambord, the largest and most lavish of the Loire châteaux. It took 1800 workers over a decade to complete the palace for King Francois I, who once suggested that the river be diverted to make a moat. The palace has 440 rooms, and in many of them you can see Francois’ salamander emblem. Stop to see Chartres Cathedral. Built on an ancient worshipping ground to house a piece of the Virgin Mary’s veil (which is still on display), this 13th-century Gothic church is best known for its windows. With over 20,000 square feet of stained glass.


Day 13 – Eiffel Tower

See the city from the water on an hour-long cruise along the River Seine. The Seine cuts right through Paris, dividing the city in half. See the Eiffel tower rising up on the Left Bank, the walls of the Louvre on the Right Bank. A guide will point out other monuments and architectural marvels as you pass, many of which are illuminated by clear white light at night.

Awards Dinner

Enjoy unparalleled views from the Eiffel Tower this evening and reminisce on your adventure in Europe at this evening’s gala awards dinner.


Day 14 – Fly home


London Eye


View from London Eye


Buckingham Palace


Changing of the Guard


London Eye


London Taxi


Sightseeing Guide


Houses of Parliament


Tower Bridge


Tower of London


Beefeater


Westminster Abbey


Big Ben


London Phoneboxes


Paris – Champs Elysees


Paris – Eiffel Tower


Paris - Louvre


Paris – Notre Dame


Paris - Versailles


Paris – Arc de Triomphe


Paris – Eiffel Tower


Paris – Sacre Coeur


Paris – Seine Cruise


Loire Valley - Chambord


Loire Valley - Chenonceaux


Versailles – The Sun King


Paris Metro


Flights

• Major International Airline

• Coach Class Cabin

• Direct Flights Where Available


Hotels

• Tourist Class Accommodation

• Comfortable & Well Located

• Private Facilities & Bathrooms

• Students Share Triple Rooms

• Adult Single Or Twin/Double (Additional Supplement Applies)

• Buffet Breakfast


Meals

• Daily European Breakfast

• 2- or 3-Course Fixed Menu

• Regional Cuisine

• Iced Water

• Drinks Payable Individually

• Gratuity & Tax Included

• Lunches Not Included

• Pre-Game Meal

• Awards Dinner


Game & Practices

• Practices & walkthrough on tour

• Play against local club team

• Mixed age range & abilities

• Friendly and welcoming

• Post-game activity with hosts

• Make friends and contacts

• One last game for Seniors

• Post-graduation overseas job


Transportation

• Private Motor Coach

• Air Conditioned Comfort

• Public Transport

• Bus/Subway

• Walking

• High Speed Train


Guided Tours

• Expert Local Guides

• Excellent English

• Walking Tours

• Sightseeing Tours

• Entrance Fees Included

• Educational Tours


Tour Director

• Professional Guide

• Multi-lingual

• Friendly & Knowledgeable

• Organize Logistics

• Offer Help and Advice

• Free Time Suggestions

• Full-Time For Length Of Tour

• Football Coordinator


Included in Program Fee

• Round-trip air transportation from departure gateway

• Accommodation in triple rooms with private bathrooms

• Airport transfers & all transportation between cities

• Local public transportation to all scheduled activities

• European or buffet-style breakfast daily, as per program

• Dinner daily (unless otherwise noted)

• All excursions, led by professional local guides per program

• City walks led by Tour Director, per program

• Visits to select attractions & theater tickets, per program

• Full-time services of a Tour Director & football coordinator

• Games & practices

• Awards dinner & pre-game meal


Not Included in Program Fee

• Passport Fees

• Visa fees (non-U.S. citizens must obtain any necessary visas)

• Beverages at dinner

• Lunch, unless specified in the itinerary

• Optional excursions & extensions

• Travel Insurance Plan

• Local transportation to unscheduled activities

• Tips to Tour Director, bus drivers & local guides


Fundraising

Academic Credit – Liaise with faculty to provide pre-tour lectures

Student Loans – Loans could be available to fund academic credit

Fundraising letter to family, friends and home community

Raffle off a free place on tour at your Homecoming game

Collaborate with Boosters and Alumni

Golf Outing / Lift-a-Thon / Concession stands / Sponsored Dinners

ESPN The Magazine Coaches Fundraising Program

Talk with coaches who have traveled previously for advice/guidance


Payment Timeline

Initial Registration & $100 Deposit – Before 2008 Commencement

First Installment ($1000) – 30th September 2008

Freshmen Registration – 30th September 2008

Price Guarantee Deadline – 30th September 2008

Final Payment Balance – 90 days prior to departure

Final Registration Deadline – 90 days prior to departure

Departure Date – After 2009 Commencement


Benefits

• 10 Days Spring Practice in Pads• On Tour Practices and Game• Team Building Adventure• Educational Experience• Improve Season Results• Earn Academic Credit• Recruitment Incentive• Last Game for Seniors• Overseas Job Prospects• Promote Your School Overseas• American Football Ambassadors• Travel Every Third Season


Contact

Global Football - USA Patrick Steenberge

7301 Crube CourtGranbury Texas 76049 USA

(817) 326-3578 - Office(817) 219-7274 – Cell (817) 326-3574 – Fax [email protected]

Global Football - Europe Leo Jenkins

Zandstraat, 4 Amsterdam HK1011 The Netherlands

1-888-635-4635 – US Office+31 648 788 379 – NL Cell+31 20 840 1957 – NL Fax [email protected]

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