With women’s football continuing to take the sporting world by storm, Lindfield is looking for to expand its own pride of budding Lionesses.
The Lindfield Girls Under 16 team is welcoming new players for the 2023/24 season. Girls starting Years 10 and 11 in September are eligible. The team plays on Sundays either on the Common or Hickmans Lane with training being planned for the next season on Thursdays at Handcross Park School. There are also occasional training sessions with professional players from Brighton and Lewes women which have been extremely popular.
The team was formed in 2018 when four Year 6 and 7 players turned up for the first training session! Since then, the club has attracted girls of all ages and now has teams from Under 9s through to the Under 16s team which is sponsored by Potential Personal Training and Haywards Heath Landscapes. The Lindfield girls are already making their mark on the local football scene with the Under 12s reaching the County Cup final this season.
“Our focus is to enable girls who start playing football in primary school to keep playing for Lindfield right through to leaving secondary school,” said coach Steve Harris. Off the field, the girls have enjoyed social events including barbeques, paddle boarding, pizza nights and, of course, trips to support Brighton & Hove Albion Women and the England team when they played at the Amex Stadium. “If you love football, have played a bit before and want to play with a lovely bunch of girls with lots of laughs, then come along for a kick around,” Steve added.
The club would be delighted to hear from all age groups. For more information, email: secretarylindfieldjnrs@ hotmail.com. For next season’s Under 16s, Steve can be contacted by phone on 07712 897309 or email: sah@harriskeane.com.