Women’s European Championships-themed event aimed to inspire girls to take up football
The South Cambs School Sports Partnership hosted an afternoon of football fun for teams of Year 3/4 girls at Melbourn Village College earlier this month.
The event, which was aimed at girls who are beginners or new to football, attracted entries from 12 schools.
And with the Women’s European Championships taking place in Switzerland this summer, the 14 teams in attendance were allocated a participating country to represent and given a set of t-shirts to wear.
Partnership manager Claire McDonnell said: “It was a fun afternoon and great to see so many girls playing football with smiles on their faces. We hope we have inspired some of them to play more, whether that’s in school or out in the local community. They need to know football is for them.
“Whilst great progress has been made and more and more schools are offering girls the chance to play football, we know that many girls are still put off playing as boys dominate the playgrounds for example and girls don’t feel comfortable joining in.
“We need to make sure they have their own space and opportunity to play should they want to. Events like this help them to realise that football is for them, and they should be able to play if they want to.”