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Puritans will mark International Women’s Day with female teams taking centre stage
08/03/2023
Women’s team captain Chloe Stallwood says they are looking forward to shining a light on their team
Banbury United will put women and girls centre stage on Saturday as the club marks International Women’s Day.
A special admittance price of just £5 will be on offer for all female spectators watching the men’s team game against Buxton. For girls under 18 who pay at the gate the charge will be just £2.
The club’s women’s first and under 11 girls’ teams will take to the pitch during half time for a mixed mini game to showcase the growing present and future talent at the club. Half of a collection amongst supporters during the game will go to the charity Reducing the Risk of Domestic Abuse Oxfordshire, with the remainder heading to the women’s section of the club.
Lisa Dixon, Banbury United board director, said: “Banbury United is keen to grow its women’s football section and make both our adult and junior players feel part of the family. We felt it was time to properly introduce the team to our Saturday supporters and what better occasion than International Women’s Day? Let’s give them our encouragement.
“Just as important, we would like to welcome more female supporters to the club, particularly those who may be coming along for the first time, and so we very warmly invite women and girls to the football match this Saturday with discounted entry at the gate of just £5 and £2 respectively.”
Banbury United’s women’s team captain, Chloe Stallwood, said, “We are looking forward to shining a light on our team on Saturday. I’m particularly pleased to be able to lead a collection for charitable donations to Reducing the Risk. Not only do they work with victims (who are not always women), they also support the court process and provide free training for members of the community to become domestic abuse champions in workplaces and community settings.”
Banbury United’s women’s team, which relaunched this season under the management of Mark Andrews, competes in the Thames Valley Counties Women’s Football League Division 1, playing home matches at the Banbury Plant Hire Community Stadium, on Sunday afternoons. The club also runs an FA-backed Wildcats introductory football programme for girls aged 5-11, thereby providing a female player pathway from 5-year-olds to senior level.
The women’s first team’s next home match is this Sunday (March 12) at 2pm when they face Mortimer Ladies.
Published: by Banbury FM Newsteam