Nordic Region
HEIDI
started to participate in IWFFA tournaments in Scandinavia since 2006 and in 2008 travelled for the first time to discover Key West and the Kelly McGillis Classic. Heidi has received awards in Finland for: Best beginner of the year 2004 (Team: Roosters), best offensive player of the year 2005 (Team: Roosters) and Defensive All Star 2007 (SAJL). In IWFFA tournaments she has been selected to all stars teams almost every tournament for either offence or defence or sometimes even both and she has also received MVP prizes many times.
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HEIDI POMMEL ( BOTTOM - CENTER )
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IWFFA NORDIC SPORTSWOMAN OF YEAR 2008
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HEIDI 5TH FROM LEFT OSLO TIGERS 2008 |
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HEIDI #49 KEY WEST 2010 |
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HEIDI TOP2nd RIGHT DK 2009 MVP OFFENSE LONES LOOSING TEAM
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Gothenburg 2010 TEAM Dandys HEIDI is 4TH LEFT |
HEIDI BETWEEN FINLAND AND SWEDE FLAGS
KELLY MCGILLIS CLASSIC XX - WOMEN WITHOUT BORDERS - 2ND BOTTOM LEFT
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HEIDI IN ACTION - WOMEN WITHOUT BORDERS - KMC XX - 2010 QB - KICKER |
In 2009 Heidi played with a Swedish team called: “Loosing Team” in which she got the opportunity to play QB. A new zest for a new position! Since then, Heidi has been focusing her training on the quarterback position.
In February 2010 Heidi travelled with two women from Finland and Sweden to Key West to compete in the Kelly McGillis Classic and the group played the tournament together with a group of Canadians. Heidi got the chance to play QB which was a great opportunity and a great experience for her.
In June 2010, Heidi moved to Sweden and started a women’s flag football team named the: Uppsala Vultures. Together with Lisa Berg, the two coach and hold practises once a week. Heidi is looking forward next season and all the coming tournaments.
Those first six years when Heidi played the line, she practiced really hard. It was “ all or none “ for her. And back then, she was very intense.
Nowadays she takes a different approach and is enjoying that she can play which ever position she wants, try different stuff, is able to coach to new players what she has learned throughout her years playing flag football. She comes up with new games and to just purely have fun and she always meets new and nice people.
Awards:
Oslo 2007 - All Star – Center – Tennessee Turkeys
Oslo 2008 – Defensive All Star – Oslo Tigers
Hjorring 2009 – MVP Defence – Loosing Team
Gothenberg 2009 – All Star - Primary – Lones Loosing Team
Key West 2010 – Defensive All Star – Int’l Women without Borders
World Challenge III – International Team
According to Heidi the best thing in flag football is to get new friends all over the world and have fun with them in the tournaments. Heidi hopes to see many old and new faces next summer in the Scandinavian tournaments and she would also like to see teams from USA there! (hint, hint)
HEIDI # 66 PLAYING WITH FINLAND
Heidi always had interest in promoting flag football and the IWFFA and in the summer of 2008, she travelled to Hawaii to do so. Along with Michelle Morales, the two offered training for two weeks on the island of Honolulu, were successful in forming a team, which unfortunately the group did not continue as a team.
Heidi has mostly played on the line with many of the Scandinavian teams. By playing with the Scandinavians, she had no need to start her own team which is the reason why it took her some years to finally create her own team to compete in the IWFFA tournaments.
