Female: Brooke James
Nick name: Brookey, BJ, Brooketti
City of birth: Albury, NSW
Affiliate and team I play with: Synergy/Vipers, EPTA
Number of years playing touch: 13
Representative honours: Crusaders Womens Open and Mixed; Vic Womens Open and 27’s (can’t remember which years!)
How did you get started playing Touch Football: My PE teacher at high school loved the sport and tried recruiting anyone that could run a bit!
Do you play any other sports: Triathlon. Touch doesn’t leave much time for anything else!
Role Model/Mentor: Mick Lovett – have always admired his passion for the game.
Major achievements in Touch Football: Winning NTL Womens 27’s 2008 with an awesome group of VIC girls and then winning Player of the Series and VIC MVP. Such a memorable moment which I’ll never forget.
Hobbies: Watching movies, learning to surf…
Any superstitions or rituals before games: None really.. just like to have a few minutes to myself before the game starts to get focused.
Most memorable Touch achievement: As above
Funniest Moment you have seen at Touch: I’m sure there are plenty but one that springs to mind is when a pregnant Shazz Lai did a cameo run onto the field for us in the EPTA Sunday GF, tripped over her own feet and fell over!
