Airdrie Football player Kevin Zucht is smiling brightly after his Australian Football team, the Calgary Kangaroos came back big winners from the United States Australian Football League Championships.

The team won the Division 2 title under a sunny sky in Florida.

"It was a big change for us because we were practicing in 2 degree weather," said Zucht, "When you get down there, it's 30 plus, plus the humidity. It was a lot of work and we had 21 committed guys."

Zucht said that the Kangaroos played a hard fought tournament and that the win will only boost the popularity of the club and attract more from Airdrie.

"Hopefully we'll get a bunch of High Schools that have finished Football that want to still play contact sport, want to come out and give it a try."