Do you want to join the Peterborough Royals family? Here's how to do it!

By Alan Swann
Published 2nd Nov 2022, 11:00 BST
Peterborough Royals in action. Photo: Mick Sutterby.Peterborough Royals in action. Photo: Mick Sutterby.
Peterborough Royals in action. Photo: Mick Sutterby.
The successful Peterborough Royals Womens American Football team are holding three ‘rookie’ days before the start of the 2023 season.

Anyone interested in joining a team that have just won back-to-back titles can turn up and try the sport out at Peterborough Lions Rugby Union Club in Bretton Park on Saturday, November 5, Saturday, December 3 and Saturday, January 7 between 10am and 1pm.

The Royals won Division One Central in the National Womens American Football League in 2022 and expect to now step up a grade.

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They have been playing seven-a-side games, but should be playing nine-a-side in 2023 against teams who competed at Premier League level last year, hence a big recruitment drive.

The long-term plan for the sport in this country is to play an 11-a-side competition, the format used at womens international level.

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