A young Devon college student is to represent her county at rugby - just four months after taking up the sport.
Katie Pidwell, a Year 11 student at Newton Abbot College, has been selected to represent the County in the U18s Rugby squad.
From the age of six Katie participated in Judo and was selected to be on the England Development squad and competed at National levels in the Belgium European Closed competition.
She recently decided she wanted to do something different and take part in a team sport so took on the challenge of playing rugby just four months ago.
She went along to the Devon trials in September with her friends and ended up securing a place on the County team.
The team took part in a Rugby Festival at the weekend and, despite winning all of their matches, they lost narrowly on points.
Katie said "It's an amazing opportunity to play rugby for Devon. Up until now I've been involved in judo, a solo sport, so it's really exciting to be part of a team."
