To promote Girls football in the local area Junior Reds held a football tournament in April at their mini soccer home ground at Danson Youth Centre.
Six Primary Schools took part – Bedonwell, Dartford Bridge, Northumberland Heath, Pelham, St. Stephens, and Willow Bank – entering a total of nine teams in the School Year 3-4 and 5-6 competitions. London Football Association Coaches were in attendance for a communal “warm up” session and to present trophies.
The eventual winners were Bedonwell School for the Year 5-6 competition and St. Stephens for the Year 3-4 competition. The two teams are pictured below.
Club Chairman, Clive Chivers, said “Junior Reds Football Club do not traditionally organise football tournaments. We did, however, decide to make an exception as we felt Girls football is sadly underrepresented in the local area. Several Schools were invited to attend an exclusive Girls football completion and we were delighted by the positive responses received. A large number of the Club Coaches volunteered to assist and my thanks go to all. Several are pictured before the start of the event.
We currently have just one Under 11 Girls football team. We are keen to provide greater football opportunities at other age groups for next season and in particular to forms Girls teams in the Under 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 age groups, being current School years 3 to 7. If interested contact either Grainne Feeney on 07828 164 557 or myself on 07504 264 157 or email Clive@juniorredsfc.co.uk. The Girls football group can be found at Bexleyheath Academy on Saturday mornings (starting 10.00am)”
