Downtown Bar Brawl (Feb 28th)

The Ivy · February 05, 2010, 12:03:22 PM

Some of you may remember last year that some of the downtown bars got together and held a flag football tournament along with North Florida Sales at the Jags practice fields. Well, as of yesterday, the event is back and will be held at the Jags practice fields again this year on February 28th. The event is free for all and North Florida Sales (Anheuser Bush Products) will be on site sampling beer for free! At the moment the following bars have teams registered to play: The Ivy, Mark's/Dive (One Team), Burrito Gallery/Dos Gatos (One Team), Mavericks, The Pearl, and Square One.

This event will start at 1pm on the 28th and all are welcome to come and enjoy Sunday Funday downtown! We hope everyone will spread the word about the event and there are two remaining spots for any bars that would like to play who are located near downtown. The deadline for new teams is Monday 2/8 near the end of the day.

After the event, there will be an awards ceremony at The Ivy around 6pm (depending on games) to crown this year's champions and identify the individual awards. There will be no cover for this after party and drink specials will be very aggressive but are not yet set (more than likely $2 Beers and $4 Calls). The after party is hosted by the previous years champions and is designed to cover operating cost and celebrate what is happening downtown. Last year was a blast and few hundred people showed up throughout the day. A DJ will be on site to provide entertainment outside of the games.

This event is only in its third year and we hope that it grows over time. We will check the response from MetroJax, Facebook, and word of mouth to try and provide beverages accordingly throughout the day. Please feel free to give your suggestions or comments. Once North Florida Sales develops the Facebook page I will post the link.

Lee
The Ivy Ultra Bar

Coolyfett · February 05, 2010, 12:06:58 PM

interesting....i like it.

Captain Zissou · February 05, 2010, 12:29:38 PM

My money is on Mavericks. How could the country bar not win a football competition?

buckethead · February 05, 2010, 12:41:16 PM

Because they're all sporting beer bellies and boots?

Captain Zissou · February 05, 2010, 02:32:43 PM

I say that because I assume they would be dead last in either a Bar Spelling Bee, or Bar Math Competition. So the opposite of that would be winning football.

Either way, sounds like fun and worth checking out.

downtownjag · February 05, 2010, 02:35:26 PM

If Lee's team is anything like UNF intramurals... I'll take team Dos Gatos. JK

marksjax · February 08, 2010, 11:48:52 AM

The Ivy kicked everyone's butt last year. They are still the reigning Champs... for now at least..

02roadking · February 09, 2010, 10:42:43 AM

The Ivy · February 09, 2010, 01:16:02 PM

Awesome pic Mark and thanks for the love. We are a little out of shape this year so it will be interesting to see how the tournament plays out. I will try to find my pics from last year and post them. Hope everyone can make it out.

Myro34 · February 22, 2010, 08:29:04 AM

This weekends tourney should be much better than last year! And last year was awesome...But Marks is bringing some new weapons this year! But we may suck cuz im playing QB

315BAY · February 22, 2010, 01:03:50 PM

When the smoke clears I am certain the trophy's new address will be at @ 315 East Bay Street Suite 101. But regardless of the outcome everyone should come out and support their favorite bar this weekend.

315BAY · February 22, 2010, 01:35:09 PM

What this photo doesn't show is after this interception me running it back about 80 yards and falling on my face out of exhaustion. And not falling down because I had reached the goal line and scored a touchdown, nope, I couldn't even make it to the endzone before collapsing. --P.S. this interception was thrown by Tony Allegretti (aka Biggie Tea)

315BAY · February 22, 2010, 01:50:06 PM

The Ivy · February 22, 2010, 02:06:49 PM

Is that why the field is shorter this year.....? J/K Steven. I think that was the play of the tournament last year! Ivy is looking forward to another exciting tournament and we hope more fans will come out.

p.s. Mark should take a snap or two.....as a secret weapon.

It is going to be a blast.

The Ivy · February 22, 2010, 03:35:46 PM

Here is a pic of last year's championship team. Most will be back for round two. If anyone would like to see the trophy, it is on display behind the bar. Maybe everyone can take a gander during the dry run pub crawl this week?! Anyways, it should be a lot of fun and we have come to love our trophy on our bar so we intend to win one more time. We still need to practice though!

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