Under-20 women’s league introduced
LIMBA MUPETAMI
The Namibia Football Association (NFA) Galz and Goals programme has introduced an under-20 league this season for their youth programme which will start on 3 June at the NFA Technical Centre.
The programme has so far introduced three leagues for under-13, under-15 and under-17 girls since its inception in 2009. It has attracted more than 4 000 girls with the aim of playing organised football on a weekly basis and to participate in healthy lifestyle activities and health information sessions.
The additional league will be played in an eight-a-side format with home and away games. Games will be played every Wednesday along with the under-17 league games. The under-13 and under-15 league games will take place every Friday.
All 12 regional Galz and Goals programmes are expected to cater for this age group to make sure that girls graduating from the under-17 league are able to continue playing.
The players to be registered in the youth league should all be 19 and younger. School teams, Women Super League (WSL) clubs or any community teams are encouraged to enter.
The coach of the Brave Gladiators, Jacky Shipanga, said she was happy with the development of the programme.
“I am happy that the Galz and Goals programme has grown so well that it now caters for under-17 as well as under-20 players. I urge the girls to play the league matches regularly and to make it big for the young girls in order for them to have the opportunity to play in the national team,” said Shipanga.
At least ten Windhoek teams are expected to register for the under-20 league, which will be run by volunteer coaches recruited from their communities.
With the support of Unicef, the programme expanded to the Oshana and Zambezi regions last month.
The Namibia Football Association (NFA) Galz and Goals programme has introduced an under-20 league this season for their youth programme which will start on 3 June at the NFA Technical Centre.
The programme has so far introduced three leagues for under-13, under-15 and under-17 girls since its inception in 2009. It has attracted more than 4 000 girls with the aim of playing organised football on a weekly basis and to participate in healthy lifestyle activities and health information sessions.
The additional league will be played in an eight-a-side format with home and away games. Games will be played every Wednesday along with the under-17 league games. The under-13 and under-15 league games will take place every Friday.
All 12 regional Galz and Goals programmes are expected to cater for this age group to make sure that girls graduating from the under-17 league are able to continue playing.
The players to be registered in the youth league should all be 19 and younger. School teams, Women Super League (WSL) clubs or any community teams are encouraged to enter.
The coach of the Brave Gladiators, Jacky Shipanga, said she was happy with the development of the programme.
“I am happy that the Galz and Goals programme has grown so well that it now caters for under-17 as well as under-20 players. I urge the girls to play the league matches regularly and to make it big for the young girls in order for them to have the opportunity to play in the national team,” said Shipanga.
At least ten Windhoek teams are expected to register for the under-20 league, which will be run by volunteer coaches recruited from their communities.
With the support of Unicef, the programme expanded to the Oshana and Zambezi regions last month.
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