• LEVEL 2 FEMALE COACH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME; THE PROGRAMME WAS SET UP IN 2007 TO HELP ENCOURAGE AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF LEVEL 2 FEMALE COACHES ACTIVELY WORKING IN FOOTBALL IN THE WEST MIDLANDS REGION. THE PROGRAMME IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT FEMALE COACHES TO UNDERTAKE THE LEVEL 2 QUALIFICATION FOR 12 MONTHS, INCLUDING COACH EDUCATION WORKSHOPS, AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT SESSIONS. CANDIDATES WILL RECEIVE GUIDANCE & ASSISTANCE FROM A QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED COACH MENTOR, THE WEST MIDLANDS FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT TEAM, COUNTY FA GIRLS & WOMEN’S FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS AND REGIONAL COACHES/FA TUTORS. PLEASE E-MAIL Laura.cowlishaw@worcestershirefa.com FOR MORE DETAILS. COSING DATE 13TH DEC.
• Warndon Villages Girls Only Coaching Centre; The girls only coaching will begin on Saturday November 7th at 9am at Little Perdiswell and is aimed at girls aged 5-10 who want to learn to play football in a safe and fun environment. Please contact Andy White on 07793 774521 for more details.
• Tesco Cup; The Tesco Cup competition runs as a county cup in 2 age groups, the winners from each age group in the county will then go onto the regional finals and if successful on to the National and UK finals. The competition is open to two age groups within the girls section; Under 14’s and Under 16’s. I understand we do not have an active U16’s girls league in Worcestershire therefore this year I will be opening the tournament up to the U15’s teams as well as our U16’s who play out of county. Please note that this competition is 11-a-side at both age groups due to the national structure of the cup. If you are interested in entering the competition, please contact me via e-mail or on phone by November 1st at the latest and I will send you an entry form. I do not have the information regarding dates and locations, however I plan to have the 1st round played by Christmas and it will fit around League commitments.
• School Club Link (SCL) Project Launch; The new SCL project for girls football has got off to a fantastic start with 74 schools across the 6 districts interested in delivering girls football coaching during school in order to get more girls into club football.
• Herefordshire and Worcestershire Women’s County Football League (HWWCFL); The 2009/10 season has seen the launch of the HWWCFL, there are currently 10 teams in the league, 8 of which are from Worcestershire. Details of the league and all fixtures and results can be found at http://full-time.thefa.com/Index.do?league=4314053
• Euro 2009; England womens national team recently made it to the Euro 2009 Final where they faced 2nd in the World, Germany. See the match report and all tournament details at; http://www.uefa.com/competitions/woco/index.html The England National team are now ranked 8th in the World.
• WFA Women’s 5-A-Side; The WFA hosted a 5-a-side tournament on August 22nd in order to support the England National team in the Euro 2009 Campaign. The tournament saw 16 teams enter from across the region and a fantastic day was had by all. The first placed team were Phoenix LFC (Hereford), the plate winners were Two Left Feet (Birmingham) and the Umbro Kit Prize went to KGV Ladies (Worcester). A big thank you to all those involved on the day.