FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT

 

 

Women's Beginners Festival Hit in Wandsworth
 
London FA and NACRO hosted their second Women’s Beginner’s tournament at the Wandle Rec in Wandsworth.
  
There were10 teams participating on the day, each entering teams of up to 9 women.   The women taking part came from varying backgrounds including mothers, grandparents and students. It was a great demonstration of how much fun it can be being part of a team no matter what your age.
 
Women from the LFA beginner’s session had the chance to enter a team and they all said that the event provided them with an opportunity to see how far they had come from not kicking a ball at all or not playing in years to participating in a tournament.
 
Women participating in the event said that “It’s great to have the opportunity to get together and play again against other teams, and put into practise what we work on each week.”
Nicola from the London FA Archbishop Sumner session has said that “She really enjoys participating in the sessions and that it provides her with a chance to relax and keep fit.”
Paul Davis from NACRO said “These kinds of events are important to highlight the level of women wanting to take part in football. Today there has been an excellent show of sportsmanship and we are looking forward to the next event in 2010.”
 
The final saw a head to head show down with both the Calloway teams getting through and it was a close final but the winning trophy went to Calloway Athletic B Team.
Louisa Shaw was awarded the sportsmanship award on the day and Caz Pennifold from Calloway Athletic was awarded the player of the tournament.
 
Throughout the day there was a great level of professionalism and sportsmanship shown from all teams participating and we would like to thank the referee’s for their sterling performances on the day.
 
If you would like more information on Female football in London please contact;

emma.barnes@londonfa.com or natalie.huntley@londonfa.com