{"id":15692,"date":"2024-04-04T06:39:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T06:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/how-taylor-swift-is-helping-flag-football-keep-growing-before-olympic-debut\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T06:39:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T06:39:28","slug":"how-taylor-swift-is-helping-flag-football-keep-growing-before-olympic-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/how-taylor-swift-is-helping-flag-football-keep-growing-before-olympic-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"How Taylor Swift is helping flag football keep growing before Olympic debut"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Yet Great Britain’s teams have not just been having a great time, they have been winning too. Schecter played on the women’s team that became European champions last August, then helped coach the Under-17 girls as they also became European champions in September.<\/p>\n

There have been many obstacles for the current women’s team. Kate Bruinvels had to set up a crowdfunding page, external<\/span><\/a> to raise the \u00a3750 she needed to compete in Ireland last summer.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, after discovering flag football at primary school, Kellie Barrett and her family formed their own club – the Coventry Cougars – so that she and her sister could keep playing.<\/p>\n

But Loughborough College now offers 10 flag football scholarships for male and female athletes aged 16-19, and the British game is set for a funding boost before the World Championships in August, for which Great Britain’s women and men have qualified.<\/p>\n

“We’ve been successful without that help – how successful can we be with it?” asked Britain captain Barrett.<\/p>\n

“My hope is that we’re going through this hardship now, whereas any girls just starting to play won’t have that barrier. They won’t have to take on any financial burden.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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