JUST A BALL GAME? Ladies Futsal Team- PRIDE
GAMES 2014 CHAPMIONS!
Very pleased to announce that our JBG?
Ladies Futsal Team are Winners of the Manchester Stingers/ Pride Games 2014 Ladies
7’s Tournament in Manchester this weekend (7th June 2014) after a
thrilling final and penalty shoot -out.
The Futsal team have only been together
since January and play in a JBG? kit to help raise awareness of our campaign
work. It’s believed that they are the first ‘out and proud’ LGBT Ladies Futsal
Team in the country, (with straight player allies) and they have recently been
affiliated to Manchester County FA as an official Futsal Club.
Around 18 months ago LGBT Role Model of the
Year 2013, Manchester City Ladies goalkeeper Andie Worrall ‘came out’ being the
first women’s player in the elite game in England still active, Andie also
became one of our patrons, this inspired a group of other women from the
Manchester area to follow suit and contact us asking if they could play in a
Futsal League under our name.
The team quickly gelled and won the Winter
Futsal league to qualify for the Regional Semi-finals of the Futsal Cup, which
they took part in at the beginning of June. The team unfortunately did not
progress any further in the competition but it gave then valuable experience to
go into the Pride Games event.
The event saw 12 teams compete in
torrential rain but undeterred JBG? Futsal Team braved the elements and only
conceded for the first time in the final minute of their semi-final fixture.
The final against Reddish North End Ladies proved
to be a cagey affair with both sides defending astutely early in the game, then
RNE took the lead just before half time. But the never say die attitude and a
will to win saw JBG? equalize with just
20 seconds to go. So it was to be penalties. Perhaps the England team should
have been watching as part of their World Cup 2014 preparations as both teams
gave everything they had. Thankfully JBG?’s
heroic goalkeeping and powerful spot kicks edged them as winners 4-3 and
Just a Ball Game? LGBT Futsal Team became tournament winners 2014.
Around 18 months ago LGBT Role Model of the
Year 2013, Manchester City Ladies goalkeeper Andie Worrall ‘came out’ being the
first women’s player in the elite game in England still active, Andie also
became one of our patrons, this inspired a group of other women from the
Manchester area to follow suit and contact us asking if they could play in a
Futsal League under our name.
The team quickly gelled and won the Winter
Futsal league to qualify for the Regional Semi-finals of the Futsal Cup, which
they took part in at the beginning of June. The team unfortunately did not
progress any further in the competition but it gave them valuable experience to
go into the Pride Games event.
The event saw 12 teams compete in
torrential rain but undeterred JBG? Futsal Team braved the elements and only
conceded for the first time in the final minute of their semi-final fixture.
The final against Reddish North End Ladies proved
to be a cagey affair with both sides defending astutely early in the game, then
RNE took the lead just before half time. But the never say die attitude and a
will to win saw JBG? equalise with just
20 seconds to go. So it was to be penalties. Perhaps the England team should
have been watching as part of their World Cup 2014 preparations as both teams
gave everything they had. Thankfully JBG?’s
heroic goalkeeping and powerful spot kicks edged them as winners 4-3 and
Just a Ball Game? LGBT Futsal Team became tournament winners 2014.
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