A champion returns: RAF women's football team announce new head coach

Flight Sergeant Michelle Perkins will return to the role of women's team manager, the RAF have announced.

She replaces Sergeant Chris Hamilton who has taken over the senior men's head coach role after two years of title successes.

FS Perkins was RAF women's head coach in 2019 when the RAF kicked off a dominant spell of four successive Inter Services titles.

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She has won four Inter Services championships during her spell as player and head coach for the Air Force.

Since leaving the RAF setup, she has been working closely with Karl Milgate and the UK Armed Forces team, who will be focusing on winning back the President's Cup against the Dutch Armed Forces next week.

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