BELLES BECOME LATEST JUST A BALL GAME? PARTNER CLUB.

                                BELLES BECOME LATEST JUST A BALL GAME? PARTNER CLUB.

Following last week’s event day with Doncaster Rovers Belles JUST A BALL GAME? (JBG?) are very proud to announce that ‘the Belles’ are the latest team to come on board as a partner club.

A number of JBG? resources were handed out at ’the Belles’ home game v Reading WFC to the attending fans and prior to the kick off player wore JBG? t-shirts during the warm up to help raise awareness for our campaign work.

The Belles have an 'out and proud' player in goalkeeper Nicola Hobbs who is also a JBG? patron and the club are very proud to show visible support to an LGBTI community.

 The club was originally formed as the Belle Vue Belles in 1969 and are one of the most decorated women's clubs in the English history of the game, they had this to say about the partnership; “ JBG? is an incredibly important organisation which aims to tackle discrimination, particularly with regard to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex (LGBTI) issues within sport.”

LINK TO JBG? partner clubs: http://www.justaballgame.co.uk/partners/partner-clubs

 

WELCOME ON BOARD NEW PATRON- DONCASTER ROVERS BELLES- NICOLA HOBBS

WELCOME ON BOARD NEW PATRON- NICOLA HOBBS.

Here at JUST A BALL GAME? (JBG?) we are very pleased to announce Doncaster Rovers Belles  goalkeeper NICOLA HOBBS as our latest addition to our patrons.

Born in Portsmouth Nicola’s family moved to Lincolnshire for her primary and secondary school years, it was here as a teenager she became aware of her sexual orientation. “I was aware that I fancied the same sex at an early age but was confused and didn't express this fully till I was 16.”

Football is only one of Nicola’s skills her full time job is that of a fire-fighter.

Nicola says. “I came out before starting work but all my colleagues have been fantastic with it. Some have seen it as a negative and say I am a tick in the box but I don't really care for attitudes like that so I ignore it or report it if it's offensive.”

“At the ‘Belles’ all my team mates are amazing with it as they are friends and I am who I am, just like they are, and I wouldn't change any of them.”

Nicola had this to say about becoming a figurehead for the campaign organisation. “It's a massive privilege to be a patron to JBG? it is a very important cause and support mechanism that could change people's lives. It's an honour to have been asked.”

http://www.justaballgame.co.uk/patrons