Girls Inspired by Football Festival

The South Cambs School Sports Partnership recently hosted a fun afternoon of football at Melbourn Village College for girls in Years 3&4.

Ten teams took part in the #LetGirlsPlay event which was aimed at introducing new girls to the game of football and giving them the opportunity to represent their school in a fun and friendly environment.

Matches were 7-a-side with roll on, roll off subs with teams getting to play against lots of different schools in quick 10min matches. A group of 8 sports leaders from Melbourn Village College helped to referee all of the games on the day whilst ex-Comberton students and current MK Dons players Maddie & Olivia Welham helped to inspire the girls on the day along with Astro the mascot.

The schools taking part included Dry Drayton, Trumpington Park, Barton, Coton, Girton Glebe, Melbourn, Meldreth & Thriplow.

With the focus of the event being on providing an introduction to competitive football in a really positive and fun environment the results of the matches were not recorded instead teams were asked to score their opposition based on their teamwork, Fair play and their team/individual skill.

Nicky from Melbourn Dynamos Wildcats Girls Football also supported the event and chatted to the girls about the weekly Saturday morning sessions she runs for girls aged 3-11 at Melbourn Rec.

Claire McDonnell, South Cambs SSP Partnership Manager said,

“It was a lovely afternoon of football and great to be able to give so many girls their first opportunity to play competitive football. They had a really fun time playing with their friends and representing their schools and they all left with massive smiles on their faces.

We hope that some of them will continue to play back in school and some may even want to join their local Weetabix Wildcats session or girls club.”