Female Athlete Webinars with Issy Coombes
We are delighted to announce two webinars with the insightful and experienced Issy Coombes! Issy is an expert in "Empowering and inspiring young female footballers to optimise their health & wellbeing for performance". She works as Sport Scientist for the NZ U20 Women's Team and Wellington Phoenix Academy and is currently completing a PHD specialising on Female Athlete Health linking with English, Australian and New Zealand clubs.
These sessions are recommended for players U11 and up but they will be open to all club members and parents who register for the online event. Set the dates aside and Register below
Female Athlete Health - Monday 10th June 5.30-6.30pm
- Overview of the menstrual cycle
- Understand how the menstrual cycle impacts
- recovery & performance
- Discuss REDS & prioritising health
Female Athlete Nutrition - Tuesday 6th August 5.30-6.30pm
- Understand the importance of nutrition for Health & performance
- Understand the basic macro & micronutrients
- Understand football specific fuelling
Please register individually (one for player and one for parent if both attending). Watch it from the comfort of your own home.
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/1taPwzTPNaT3hHLRA
Wāhine Wine and Cheese Night
NEW DATE- Wednesday 10th April
Doors open 6:30pm, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Western Springs Club Rooms
Free entry, free nibbles
Welcoming all wāhine of the club to a night of connection, information and empowerment.
- Mums / aunties / sisters / wives / friends
- Volunteers
- Former players
- Current senior & youth players
- Coaches / referees etc
Girls and Womens Open Day
Saturday, 16th March
9.30am to 10.30am
Western Springs Club Rooms and Fields
We are excited to annouce our Girls and Womens Open Day for 2024!!
Get your girl friends together and come on down to Seddon Fields for a fun filled morning of football with some great spot prizes to be won!
This fun day is focused on females in the community (but is open to all) who are keen to have some fun on the turf with different skills stations run by some of our Premier Womens players and Girls Academy players. Our U14 and U16 Premier Girls teams will also have pre-season games following the Open Day.
Enter the draw for some spot prizes, enjoy the skills stations and pick up some new boots at our famous Great Boot Swap (which will run from 9.30am to 10.30am). So come on down and enjoy the fun and spread the word! Introduce a friend and enter to win a prize!
Girls and Womens Day Boot Swap!
Similarly to the Club Open Day, the Girls and Womens Open Day will include another Great Boot Swap! Everyone of all ages and genders are free to come down and have a browse through the donated boots and worn gear.
Bex Sowden – Keeping Girls in Sport
Wednesday 13th March
Doors open 6.30pm, 6.45pm - 8.00pm
Western Springs Club Rooms
Free entry
Insightful tips from Bex Sowden for our club, coaches, parents and supporters to help keep our girls in the game and thriving in sport.
Rebecca Sowden is a former NZ Football Fern and US college soccer player who has worked in sport's marketing for over 20-years with the likes of Hong Kong Sevens, FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, Volvo Ocean Race, TVNZ and Sky.
Rebecca established Team Heroine, a women's sport agency 4 years ago and has worked with the likes of US Women's National Team Player's Association, Xero and Visa Europe on their women's football strategies. She was also founding partner of global campaign, Correct The Internet to help increase the visibility of sportswomen on the internet. She was recently named as one of the 'ICC Best XI' in the world for progressing women's football.
- All coaches, players, parents and volunteers are welcome.
