Key takeaways:
- ‘I enjoy that it’s like a family. You can make families out of football.’
- The group clusters up at Foote Field Sunday.
Girls football league started again after covid shutdowns:
An all-girls tackle football club reformed after COVID interrupted its developing popularity.
In 2019, the Capital District Minor Football Association (CDMFA) called the program off the ground, with approximately 50 girls. The 2020 season was placed to double, with about 120 girls reported, but COVID-19 closed that season down, according to Tanya Walter, CDMFA’s technical director.
The club isn’t sure what to anticipate this year, but they expect to get that speed back, beginning with a camp and practices this weekend. There is a U-16 and U-19 age section.
“There hasn’t been that option in the previous. However, many years football has been about for girls to feel welcomed and have a safe space and a livable space for them to experience,” Walter stated.
She added that the club could be a chance for girls who are frightened to try playing on a co-ed squad (although many reported players have gone this route) or those whose parents are uneasy about that choice.
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The B.C lately engaged Walter. Lions as a defensive assistant, becoming the first full-time female trainer in CFL history.
“That indicates that there’s a way in football which is one of the things that has been lacking for girls,” she stated.
Sarah Espinoza, 14, has played for two years and was at the camp on Sunday.
“I enjoy that it’s like a family. You can make families out of football,” she stated in an interview. “You can simply have fun with it and ignore all the problems that you have.”
Espinoza stated that the camp was ‘great’ and that it was good to see individuals and experience in sport again.
Source – cbc.ca
