The Farnham Knights had a tough start to
life back in the Premier Division of
British American football when they took on and lost to the London Blitz last week. The Blitz have
been National Champions 5 times in the past 10 years and runners up for the
past 3 years - the loss was therefore not a great surprise - but the Knights
showed progress over the 4 quarters and hope to take that momentum forward this
week.
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| Knights in action - Photo courtesy of Alison Berrisford |
After a week
of preparation their task now however becomes still more difficult as they face
an away trip to the London Warriors
- three time National Champions who have vanquished the Blitz in the Final for
the past 3 years. The Warriors opened their season with a 71-0 win over the South Wales Warriors and are possibly
even stronger than last year with the return of Jerome Allen at Quarterback.
Knights Head
Coach Steve Rains said "We
knew that stepping up a level for the third year in a row was going to be tough
and last week was a learning curve for the team - we got better as the game
progressed and the key now is to carry on from where we left off at the end of
that game rather than going back to the start of the process.
The Warriors
are the #1 team in the country - we have to go there and be ourselves rather than
plan for damage limitation. We were the #1 team in the country in 2004 and in
many cases we won the game before we even got started just because of the
oppositions approach to our status. It will be a very tough game for us - but
then every game in the Premier Division is tough just as it should be"
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| #54 Laura Hill lines up vs the Blitz - Photo courtesy of Alison Berrisford |
Meanwhile
the Knights #54 Laura Hill claims a
#1 spot of her own as the first ever female player to play in the Premier
Division. Laura who play Offensive Line is part of the successful Great Britain Lions Women's team and
she has been part of the Knights Offensive Line squad for the past 12 months
playing a role in the Knights 2015 Division 1 Championship team. Her role
against the Blitz included blocking for the Knights end of game scoring play
We
understand two more women have joined Northern Premier teams - but Laura got in
first with her performance against the London Blitz
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