Flag Football Life’s We Run the World Flag Football Championship will be back at The Proving Grounds in Conshohocken (Plymouth Township) from August 10-11. This year the event will feature a record-breaking 197 female youth teams with players representing 18 different states and three countries. The event expected positive economic impact from the event is more than $1.5 million.

On Saturday evening, the Philadelphia Eagles will be hosting a college showcase with collegiate coaches in attendance and appearances by world gold-medalist in Flag Football, Sheneika Comice.

The event is open to the public and is expected to have 2,000 athletes and spectators over the weekend. The tournament will be played over The Proving Grounds’ full-size turf soccer fields.

“The Valley Forge Sports Commission and the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board are so proud that Montgomery County, PA remains the home of this event year after year,” said Jon Scheuren, director of sports for the board. “Events like this contribute to the growing momentum behind women’s sports. And with outdoor fields and competition-level synthetic turf, The Proving Grounds is the premier Mid-Atlantic multi-sport tournament complex.”

Flag Football Life is a sports lifestyle brand that hosts leagues and tournaments throughout the east coast with a goal of putting on high-level events for athletes, according to Mike Reimel, owner of Flag Football Life.

“We wanted to highlight women with their own event,” said Reimel. “The sport is continuously growing – now a collegiate sport for females at NAIA colleges, and a female-sanctioned high school sport in multiple sports – so we’re happy to be a part of it.”

For more information, visit www.flagfootballlife.com,.

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