Bath City FC Tara Champions Women & Girls Football

On nineteenth June, Twerton Park was delighted to play host to Somerset FA’s England Soccer Equal Sport workshop.

Aimed toward grassroots golf equipment, the workshop encourages golf equipment to contemplate their present provision, determine gaps and alternatives for future provision, and affords recommendations on methods to develop their membership’s governance, workforce, advertising and marketing and services to offer women and girls equal entry to soccer.

Welcoming golf equipment from across the county, Tara Taylor, Captain of Tub Metropolis Girls’s first crew, spoke of her expertise at Twerton Park and the way being handled the identical as the lads impacts her expertise on the membership, on and off the pitch.

From having their kits washed, to taking part in services, entry to the identical sports activities professionals and social media content material creators, Tara says that “We had been promised an equal sport to the lads and the whole lot has been delivered. I nonetheless get goosebumps each time I stroll out of the tunnel onto the pitch at Twerton Park.” she added, having up to now not been allowed to coach or play on the identical pitch as the lads for worry of damaging the turf.

Tub Metropolis Basis’s Geoff Stevens was additionally readily available in his function as Girls & Ladies Neighborhood Champion for Somerset FA, providing recommendation on methods to encourage extra girls to step over the sidelines and take into account teaching roles inside their golf equipment.

Rachael Lawler-Edwards, Soccer Growth Officer, Feminine Participation & Inclusion at Somerset FA, mentioned “Feminine soccer has grown exponentially for the reason that Lionesses Euros success in 2022, with over 5,300 feminine gamers accessing soccer throughout our county. There’s extra we will do to make sure equal entry to soccer for our feminine gamers and we’re delighted to be working with golf equipment to assist make this occur’.

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