Football Frenzy winners to attend NFL game

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Four members of Air Force clubs are the winners of a trip to attend a regular season NFL game between the Carolina Panthers and the Arizona Cardinals Nov. 1 in Glendale, Ariz.

The club members were drawn from nearly 3,000 entries received during the first six weeks of the Air Force Services Agency's Football Frenzy promotion. 

Winners receive airfare, hotel accommodations, a rental car and tickets to the game for themselves and one guest.

The winners were Staff Sgt. Alfred Bernard of Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D.; Senior Master Sgt. Neville Comas of Tinker AFB, Okla.; Victor Madaris of Yokota Air Base, Japan; and retired Master Sgt. Frank Johnson of Patrick AFB, Fla.

They and their guests will travel to Glendale Oct. 29 where each will be recognized at a welcome breakfast and a farewell dinner, said Fred McKenney, chief of the agency's food and beverage division. He said after a couple of days to relax and enjoy Phoenix attractions, the winners and their guests return home Nov. 3.

Four additional club members who enter the promotion will be selected to attend the game between the New York Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers Dec. 13 in Tampa, Fla. The next drawing takes place Nov. 9. The drawing for the ultimate prize package takes place Jan. 6. Four club members will be selected to attend the Super Bowl Feb. 7 in Miami. A final drawing will be held Feb. 19 to select 10 club members to receive a $500 gift card.

"Clubs play a vital role across the Air Force by building a sense of community, and our winners can certainly attest to the fact that it pays to be a club member," said Mike Bensen, the Air Force Services Agency deputy to the commander. "Promotions such as this reaffirm the Air Force's long-standing tradition of taking care of our people, particularly in the Year of the Air Force Family."