A bright future lies ahead for female football in Morpeth after a great turnout for the first summer session.

The club, through Juniors Chairman Paul Barwick, introduced a summer series of training nights to start the process of building pathways from the junior girls section into adult football and increasing participation among age groups that fall outside of junior football.

With a thriving girls section, it’s an important next step in the development of the sport, making this first session a notable milestone.

“We had 20 women turn up for the first session which was very encouraging,” said Barwick.

“It was more than enough to make it worthwhile and bodes well for the future. With the ages ranging from early 20s to early 60’s, the interest is clearly there.

“From a juniors perspective, we need to create a pathway into adult female football for our current juniors. Secondly, there’s no female football offering in Morpeth. That had to be addressed and we saw this as a starting point.

“People will have different motivations for coming, but for those wanting something more competitive, we’d love to move towards a female team representing Morpeth Town. However, for those that just want a bit of fun and exercise and a kickaround with some friends, we can cater for them too via regular sessions.”

Some excellent feedback from the first sessions will, hopefully, lead to a healthy turnout moving forward.

“I had the time of my life. It’s hard work though, no time to think about what to do when you’ve got the ball. Roll on next week!” said one of the players in the first session.

”I really enjoyed it. Not very fit, but hopefully I can build that up!” said another.

“I really enjoyed it…I’d like to come again if it’s going to be the same sort of thing.”

Fancy giving these sessions a try?

Running every Tuesday over the summer, on our 3G pitch at Craik Park, it’s £3 per session and you don’t need to book in advance. Please bring football boots (rubber or plastic studs only) or astro turf trainers.

For more information, contact Paul at chairman@morpethtownjuniors.co.uk. See you there!