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Tuesday, 29 January 2013 09:28

Girls, You Too Can Get Involved in the Beautiful Game

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Girls, You Too Can Get Involved in the Beautiful GameFootball is the nation's No.1 female team participation sport and currently has 1.38m women and girls up and down the country playing the game regularly.

Sport England’s Active People survey in 2011 highlighted that 275,300 adult women play some form of football in England. This demonstrates that women's football is now the third largest team sport behind only men's football and men's cricket. Indeed, FIFA has recently confirmed that there are 29m females playing football across the world.

It's vital that young girls are introduced to football from a young age if they hope to succeed in the adult game, or, if only for the enjoyment of it and for the fitness benefits that the game confers.

Here in Sunbury we are very lucky to have the Kempton Girls Football Club which is offering mini football to 5 - 11 year old girls on Saturday mornings. To see the flier, click here

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