Bradley Stoke Ladies are up and running

Bradley Stoke Youth FC expansion continues with their affiliation to the newly formed Bradley Stoke Ladies Team.  

Bradley Stoke s first ever adult female team only got together and started training on May 6th this year, so it has been a fast learning curve to get the players in, organization of summer and winter training sessions, fund raising, player registrations, League registration, facility visit from the League, presentation to the League of our strategy and development plans plus many more activities.  

The management team of Martin and Ross Lee is a well trusted pairing from their current duties with BSYFC as the managers of the U14 girls, coaching of U6 and U7 squads, and also their coaching for children with disabilities.   They are assisted by Connall Tudor and Roger Hartill to ensure the Ladies team will be a success into the future.

The first training session on May 6th attracted 21 players and the squad now have 26 registered players for the season. However they continue to welcome   new players to come and join the squad and to be part of something exciting. The range of ages of the players currently go from 16 to 40 plus!  

The team was formed to enable the BSYFC U16 girls from last season the opportunity to continue in football within the town and we are pleased to see that six of them are now playing adult football. The town of Bradley Stoke has never had an adult female football team so this is a first and, with the links to the BSYFC girl squads, the future for the Ladies team looks great.  

The team play in the Gloucestershire County Women s Football League Division 2. The team did not get a chance to play any friendly matches before the season started, so their first ever match was on Sunday Sept 6th against Port of Bristol Ladies. Martin told us “I am pleased to report that the team played very strong and battled to a 2-2 draw with both goals coming from India Gay (ex BSYFC U16 player). We were worried we may not get any points this season but we already have one point on the board and with the way we played I am sure there will be many more to come. ”

The squad is based around the ethos of a fun and friendly environment with development of football skills high on the agenda. If anyone is interested in joining the Ladies squad please contact Martin Lee at [email protected]

Bradley Stoke Youth FC also run girl specific teams that play in the Bristol Girls League, so any young girls wanting to play football please view our web site at www.bsyfc.co.uk for contact information.

Bradley Stoke Youth FC run many youth teams from Reception Class upwards again see web site for information if you have an interested child.

The club also runs Saturday football sessions for children with disabilities please contact Martin Lee (details above) for information.

Bradley Stoke Youth FC are a FA Chartered Standard Community Club. The club were runners up for the GFA Chartered Standard Community Club of the Year 2015 (they have won this award in 2011 and 2013). The club are also finalists in the Community Club category for the Bristol Post Sports Awards 2015 where the winners will be announced at the awards evening on Oct 22nd hosted by former Rugby Pro Gareth Chilcott – see later article. So let s all keep our fingers crossed for a good result on the night!

Go Ladies!!!!   We look forward to hearing more on your progress this season!  

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