Greetings to all international players!

As many of you know, we are offering partial sponsorship to players who 
plan to attend the 1997 World Championships and live outside of the US 
and Canada.  We are offering free tournament entry, lodging in host 
homes, and transportation to and from the tournament site to THE FIRST 
FOUR MEN AND THE FIRST FOUR WOMEN who enter by the deadline.  The 
deadline has been posted at May 1st.  This date is rapidly approaching! 
If you know that you will be coming, please contact us so that we can 
reserve a space for you.  We need to plan for host homes and 
transportation schedules far in advance in order to secure this 
opportunity.

Additionally, those international players who register before the 
deadline and receive the sponsorship will also receive one dozen Adidas 
footbags.  The purpose of this gift is to help you to defray the cost 
of transportation to the States.  You may also purchase more Adidas 
footbags (at cost), again, to resell in your own country to earn extra 
money.

We are really urging international players to accept this offer.  We 
want this to be the most widely attended Worlds ever.

Please contact Tricia George ASAP (kicking@ix.netcom.com) to secure 
your reservation!

We hope to see you in August.

Sincerely,
Worlds '97 Committee