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Helen Goodacre (left) with England Manager Hope
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Powell Aims for More Coaches |
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On Monday 7th December Hope Powell, the England Women’s Head
Coach, returned to Greenwich, the area she grew up in, to show her
support for a project that aims to qualify more female coaches in
football.
The London Playing Fields Foundation hosted an awards evening at the
London Marathon Playing Field on Shooters Hill Road to celebrate the
successful first year of the Female Coach Development (FCD) project
and to launch the Annual Report. Coaches and volunteers from all
areas of the women’s and girls game were invited to hear Hope talk
about her career from grassroots to national level.
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Alex Welsh with Hope Powell |
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Also speaking at the event was Rachel Pavlou, The FA National
Women’s and Girls’ Development Manager who gave an update on
the Football Association’s national strategy.
Hope, who guided England’s women’s team to the final of the
European Championship in the summer emphasised the need for
more women playing and coaching in the national game;
“We definitely need more girls for the
future of the women’s game and to do that we need more female
coaches. It’s so true that girls are likely to stay in the
game if they have female coaches.”
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highest level. We need to get all areas of the
game to a high enough standard to continue the success of the senior
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When asked if she had any words of encouragement for the women who
had qualified she said;
“It’s about living the dream. If you have a
real ambition to work in the game and it’s something you want to do
and you believe in yourself, have a go. If you want to coach at the
highest level, do it, because you never know you just might get
there.”
Helen Goodacre, one of the coaches to qualify at Level 2 through the
FCD programme was presented her certificate by Hope Powell and was
eager to hear from the highest qualified female coach in the game:
“It was inspirational to hear about Hope’s
coaching career. I liked the fact that she was so down to earth and
had realistic expectations of women’s and girls football in
England”.
“It was also good to see so many qualified female coaches together”
Alex Welsh, Chief Executive of the London Playing Fields Foundation
said;
”Through Female Coach Development the London
Playing Fields Foundation has demonstrated that a combination of
innovation and partnership working with like minded organisations
can help overcome barriers to participation in sport”.
New dates for Female Coach Development courses held at LMPF
Greenwich in 2010 have just been announced. Contact Jo Mckenzie for
more information on 020 7713 8684 |
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