Vernon Kay proved to a be a real sport today as he kicked off an American football match to introduce the game to youngsters. The Bolton radio and TV presenter was at Bury Grammar School to cheer on those play9in in the game of JagTag, a simplified version of the sport. The session was staged by Edstart and sponsored by AO.
Children learnt the basic techniques of throwing, catching, evading and defending and began to learn how to create their own play tactics. NFL superfan Vernon Kay was at the event. He was joined by two NFL Jacksonville Jaguar players, Foyesade Oluokun and Ross Matiscik and coach Tony Boselli.
The JagTag event at Bury Grammar School (Image: NQ) Sean Ogden, joint area manager for Edstart said: “We have three players from the Jacksonville Jags who have come over from the USA, this is the Manchester leg of a tour which is a three-part event. “Our company Edstart have partnered with the Jacksonville Jaguars so we’re their lead provider in the Northwest. “We want to raise the profile of the sport as well as ourselves.
On the turf today, we have around 180 kids taking part.” This is the biggest JagTag event that has ever taken place, with the event happening in Bristol yesterday and moving onto Dublin tomorrow. Children played alongside the NFL stars whilst parents cheered them on from the sidelines.
Vernon Kay taking part in the JagTag event (Image: NQ) Speaking about the event to the Bury Times , Vernon Kay, AO ambassador said: “This is JagTag with .
