Women's Football League Kicks Off Next Month

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(PLTM) - The BVI Football Association (BVFA) Executive has given approval to the Women’s Committee to host a Women's League next month.

The Women’s Committee, spearheaded by Ms. Sharlene Pond, recently announced its plans for a National Nine A Side Two Division League, with the introduction of a brand new “Fair Play” award called the CAPS Leadership Award.

“The new initiative will encourage all teams to help the F.A. lift the profile of girls' soccer, break down the image that football is for boys and also encourage more and more females to be a part of a disciplined, fun environment, designed to encourage empowerment, confidence and create opportunity to live your goals," Ms. Pond noted.

The CAPS Award will be presented to the team that incorporates coaching professionalism, covering conduct, image and organization, ability, including creativity, technical skills, tactical awareness and fitness, punctuality and sportsmanship, entailing respect, fair play and team spirit.

The league, for the first time, will also have two divisions split across seniors and U15 youths.

“To ensure we increase participation and give everyone a chance to play each of the established teams – Panthers, Ballstars, VG Utd and Avengers will be responsible for a junior team as well," the association said.

Coaches will be heading into schools shortly to attract new players, which will form a development structure for the clubs. To this end, Ms. Pond is also hopeful of attracting the girls who train with the Manatees Club and John Riley.

Each Division will offer prize money and individual awards such as MVP, Golden Boots and Golden Gloves. The Senior Division will also have a semifinals and finals, whilst the Youth Division will be decided purely on a points structure.

Additionally, the Youth Division prize money will only be accessible to the winning clubs by presentation of their commitment plan towards a sustainable development process for the youths.

The Women’s National Nine A Side League kicks off on Saturday, October 15 with an opening ceremony, followed by the Panthers playing the Ballstars at 6.30 pm

On Sunday, October 16, the Junior Avengers will get action underway with a game against the Junior VG United team at 3:00pm

Games will then take place every Saturday and Sunday, inter-meshed with the Men’s National League, with the venue for all being the A.O. Shirley Grounds.

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