On Sunday 17 March, Bootham Futsal Club – York hosted the regional round of the U14 National Futsal Club, the first stage in crowning the best girls U14 futsal team in England. With a new format this year, entrance number were surprisingly low and two Bootham teams were joined by York Schoolgirls. Bootham Futsal Club were represented by:

Bootham Girls U14s

Heidi J, Abbie D, Erin E, Aria P, Molly G, Hattie F, Toni S, Eleanor C, Amie S and Hannah B

Bootham Bar Girls U14s

Maygen M, Maja M, Olivia A, Ellie M, Livia G, Anna W, Lena L, Imogen D and Lewis P.

With very competitive games, great goals, fantastic goalkeeping and amazing futsal being played throughout the morning, here are the results from the games:

Game 01 – York School Girls U14s 8 – 0 Bootham Bar U14s

Game 02 – Bootham Girls U14s 0 – 3 York School Girls U14s

Game 03 – Bootham Girls 9 – 1 Bootham Bar U14s

Game 04 – York School Girls U14s 9 – 0 Bootham Bar U14s

Game 05 – Bootham Girls U14s 3 – 3 York School Girls U14s

Game 06 – Bootham Girls 10 – 2 Bootham Bar U14s

Congratulations to York Schoolgirls who won the event, and the very best of luck to them in the next round.

Players of the Tournament

Coach Paul picked Imogen and Livia for Bootham Bar Girls, he said they both worked so hard for the whole tournament and made so fantastic goal saving tackles, fab performance from both.

Coach Ava picked for Bootham Girls Aria and Heidi, she said both girls were outstanding in what they did today. Aria really did cover the whole court and put the opposition under huge pressure, and Heidi made some outstanding saves at important times within the games.

Coach Chris, who was refereeing the event said afterwards, ‘That was interesting to watch as I was not really involved in any of the coaching today. Huge thank you to Paul and Ava for looking after the 2 squads, the players really responded to their ideas. We saw good futsal being played by both our teams, and they both got better the more they played. I think early on they gave the Schoolgirls side too much respect and allowed them to dictate the games. Is it a case of not believing in themselves, is that something I must look at and work with the players on, I’m not sure. That said, I am very proud of the way they all our players performed and good luck to the Schoolgirls side and we wish them the very best in the next round.‘