Swifts JFC in Ingoldmells have launched a new club for girls aged give to 11.
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00:00So my name is Simon and I am the coach of the girls Wildcats here at the Specialist
00:13Junior Football Club in Ingham House.
00:15Now Wildcats, that's a new team isn't it and with a name like that they certainly sound
00:21like they mean business.
00:22That's right, so the Wildcats is actually a football association programme which is
00:27offerings for girls exclusively at age 5 to 11.
00:31We've just officially signed up to that as a club and this is our first session as
00:35the Wildcats.
00:37So how many have you got coming along today?
00:40So we've got 15 that come along regularly and we're hoping now that we've got the
00:44official Wildcats status that we can grow them numbers and hopefully double that throughout
00:50the summer to get 30 girls coming in every Saturday.
00:53So will they be in a league?
00:55The idea is that we will try and get enough girls to enter a league.
00:58At the minute we've got a varied age group of girls from 5 to 11 so we don't quite
01:03have enough to enter a league because you have to have certain ages for each age group
01:08but the plan is that we will try and get enough girls to enter the league.
01:11So they're going to have a bit of a kick about aren't they in a few minutes?
01:15That's right yeah, so they're just inside at the minute having a few drinks and sugary
01:18snacks and then they'll be back out ready to go.
01:20Yeah I noticed all those sugar, I was thinking their parents are really going to love you.
01:25But they're going to run it all off on this field aren't they?
01:27Hopefully they will yeah, hopefully they'll have enjoyed themselves today.
01:30Now if anybody wanted to join, how would they do that?
01:35So if you head over to the FA website which is the England Football Association website
01:39you can find girls football.
01:41If you're searching in Skegness we all come up as the closest provider.
01:46You can simply click on book a session, first session is absolutely free and it's £2.50
01:50per session and that just secures your place for the session that you want to attend.
01:56And you've got your own field here as well?
01:58That's right yeah, so we've got our own field, our own facilities, goals, you can see we've
02:02got equipment out, clubhouse.
02:05So it's only the weather that sometimes stops us from playing.
02:08It hasn't been brilliant has it?
02:10It's not, it's dry today, very windy but the girls are all having fun and it's not too bad.
02:17Cody, how long have you been coming to football?
02:21Quite a while, so like, we're coming since like February.
02:28Right, what do you like about it?
02:30It's just fun and you get to meet new friends.
02:33Okay so are you looking forward to getting good enough to go into proper matches?
02:40Yeah.
02:42Poppy, how long have you been coming?
02:47For a place to play.
02:49Okay, so what do you enjoy about football?
02:52I enjoy making new friends and learning new goals.