Flag Football player Emma Grainger has become one of the top ranked players in her sport in Scotland.
Forth Valley College Communications and Marketing Business Partner Emma – who plays for Grangemouth Flag Football Club - has been voted #22 in top #25 players across the whole of Scotland and the only female from the women’s league to make the top group.
Emma, said: “I play a few different positions on the field including blitzer, wide receiver and corner. I won #22 of the top #25 players in the HNC - Higher National Conference - which is the Scottish Flag league and this was voted on by the 359 players in the league, so I am so grateful and humbled by that.
“I'm so pleased to get this recognition and am so chuffed to be the only one in the top 25 from the women's league. I'm looking forward to a busy season ahead and fingers crossed, can't wait for my first international trip to play in the Netherlands this spring!"
A good way to describe American Flag Football is like the equivalent of Scottish football five-a-sides. Played on the pitch 80 x 30yards, with each team only allowed five players involved at any one time, the game is high intensity, but non-contact, with a player deemed to have been tackled when a flag held on their belts at either side of their waist is popped out of its holder… hence the term Flag Football.
Grangemouth Flag Football Club (GFFC) has three teams - Broncos (mixed), Colts (mixed) and Fillies (women) and Emma and Stephen Grainger - her dad and also a FVC staff member - both play with the Colts together, while Emma also plays with the Fillies. GFFC regularly competes in tournaments and leagues all over the UK, with some players playing internationally for Great Britain.
The club trains at Zetland Park, Grangemouth, on Saturdays, between 10am-12:30pm and on Monday evenings at Braes High School, from 6.45pm-8.15pm. Anyone over the age of 16 and of all abilities are welcome to come along and give it a try with the adult teams.