Coventry Jets Sign First Lady

Last updated : 22 February 2011 By Covsupport News Service

Coventry Jets American Football team have become one of the few teams in any sport that will have women players in the same team as male players.

Tile Hill's Jen Hilton has been signed up by the Jets and will become the first woman to play alongside men in the British American Football League when she plays against in the Jets away game at Bristol Aztecs on May 15th.

Speaking to the CT, Hilton said: "I saw American football on telly a few years ago and it's just so interesting and totally different from any other sport I had seen.

"I heard about the British League, looked them up and wanted to go down and practise with the Jets.

"When I turned up I got a really good reaction. They were very professional and didn't blink an eyelid when I asked to join. I was really impressed by that.

"I just went along and tried my best and I probably practised more than anyone else on the team."