Winnipeg girls’ football team gets game-changing grant
Global News
An all-girls Manitoba football team made up of players from Sagkeeng First Nation is one of three teams across Canada to receive a grant of $25,000 from NFL Canada.
Bundled up in a parka and mittens for now, Kathy Calancia has never been so excited for spring weather.
“As soon as the snow leaves the ground, we are out practising,” Calancia said.
Calancia is a pioneer of women’s tackle football in Manitoba and currently coaches the Falcons girls football team, a Winnipeg-based squad mostly made up of players from Sagkeeng First Nation.
“It helped me become a stronger person and more outgoing,” Grade 10 player Shaylynn Twoheart said.
The team was started four years ago, following in the footsteps of the boys’ team the Falcons helped to set up on Sagkeeng.
“It’s become one of my favourite sports. I really like playing football,” Grade 11 player Surayah Courchene said.
Calancia was called in to coach and help build the program from the ground up.
“They’ve never played football before — most of them don’t even know what a football is — but we need to start at the very beginning and work our way up,” Calancia said.
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