Game Saturday v Irby

Back into competitive action this Saturday against our friends from Irby. This is a rearrangement of a game that we should have played some weeks ago and is an 'unofficial' game.

Meet at Irby Mill for a 9:30ko.

Team is : Lucie, Cara, Ellie R, Ellie M, Lily, Sophie, Caitlin, and Anzy.

Laura is injured still. Kiera is away. Emma, Olivia, Kate and Lauren not available to play.

Directions below. If anybody needs a lift let Mike know.

Take the M53 to the Arrowe Park junction (Junction 3).

Turn left and go up to the roundabout at the top by the Arrowe Park pub. Turn left and go past Landican cemetery to a roundabout. Turn right and then soon after, opposite a block of flats, look to turn off right again along Thingwall Road towards Irby. Go along that road all the way (1 mile), and just after passing The Shippons pub you'll reach a T junction. Turn right go past the Anchor Pub on the left (starting to see a pattern here?) and then immediately right again into Manor Road. Then left at the end onto Mill Hill Road and then soon after right into the car park. If lost call 07901552261 and you'll be talked in.

Nearest postcode we know - Da Piero - the best Italian Restaurant in miles, in Michelin book again this year and nearly almost opposite - CH61 4UB

Good session/another one Saturday

Well girls, that was a good training session tonight. One of the best of the season. Well done everyone.

Training this Saturday morning 10:30-11:30 at Waverton. This will be a good workout for the Bolton match and we will use the goals set up for the u14 game which finishes at 10:30. All players expected to attend. No shows may not start against Bolton. Everybody welcome though even if you can't play against Bolton. You know it is better to get out for an hour in the fresh air on Saturday than being in bed!

Bolton have been hit by the weather too and their league might give them a game on March 4. If this happens we will know this Thursday. If they are still free we will play them at Bolton on Sunday March 4 ko 10:00am.

Training Tuesday

Training at Northgate as usual on Tuesday. 8-9. £10 subs due from everyone to cover until end of March. Need to buy a new furry ball, the old one went pop last week!

Half term report

Thanks to Emma, Ellie R, Ellie M, Lily, Lucie and Cara for training tonight. Special points to you 6! Thanks to Kiera, Laura, Annaliese and Sophie for letting us know that you couldn't come.

Hope your thumb returns to a normal shape and colour soon Lucie but keep scoring like that and you can stay out of goal for now.

We found out by email on Tuesday eve that the League have decided to give us a fixture this Saturday (18 Feb) away at Irby. We don't think it is right that the League can just drop this in at short notice when girls (and the coach) have made arrangements as this Sat has been down as a free week ever since the fixtures came out. We will struggle to put out a team at this short notice given it is half term plus Mike can't go. Consequently we will tell the League that we cannot fulfil the fixture at this short notice. Expect points deduction and fine.

We've reached half term with only having played five matches since the last half term in October. Unbelievable really, partly due to non-availability and a smaller league, but mainly due to the weather. We do not have any league matches on the horizon either, although our calculations are that we have to play Irby twice and Birkenhead twice. Maybe we might get those played before June.

Even our attempts to get a small sided friendly sorted for this Saturday came unstuck with both Upton and Irby having to decline. Thanks anyway to Sophie, Cara, Lily, Kiera, Annalise, Ellie M and Olivia for making yourselves available for this game.

We have a friendly against Bolton Wanderers in March, with the weather surely having to have improved before the first weekend of the month, when we are scheduled to make the trip to Lancashire. That will be a joint team with Irby and the girls who confirmed are:

Laura, Lily, Kiera (if Sat), Lucie, Cara, Olivia (if Sat), Ellie M, Sophie, Emma and Annalise.

Irby will provide 5 0r 6 girls making a potential squad of 17 for an 11 a side. That will give us 6 subs. However Irby's availability is more to Sunday as is Bolton's so our squad will not be as big as it could be. I will put other girls on the reserve list but have to give preference to those who have confirmed already as it would be unfair to the Irby girls who we asked to make up our shortfall based upon not having enough Waverton girls for 11 a side if we now said we don't need them. They will also bring some strength to the 11 on the field.

We will have a training session on Sat Feb 25 at Waverton to practice for the Bolton game. Attendance is required for all the Bolton squad.

Training will take place this Tuesday for those girls who are around. Cara and Lucie are receiving goalkeeping training from John Danby, Chester FCs brilliant keeper, over half term.

We have asked everyone if they wish to continue with training on Tuesdays as the next £10 will be due on 21 Feb to cover 5 weeks to end of March. Only four girls have said yes and none have said no. I presume this means everyone is happy so am expecting £10 from each girl on Feb 21.

Annaliese has been training with us for a few weeks and now is going to join the club. This is good news as Annaliese is an experienced player who is very keen to get some games in. This will bring the squad to a record 14 players.

Have a good half term. Keep fit.

Training tonight

Training tonight as usual in the nice warm surroundings of Northgate. Be there.

Calendar for next few weeks looking like :

Sat 11 Feb - poss 5 a side friendly
Tue 14 Feb - training - its half term but we can't cancel as its a block booking
Sat 18 Feb - no game, no training
Tue 21 Feb - training
Sat 25 Feb - outdoor training for Bolton
Tue 28 Feb - training
Sat 3 or Sun 4 - Bolton Wanderers 11 a side game

We will need an indication from everyone that they want to continue with training at Northgate as another £10 to cover the next 5 weeks from Tue 21 Feb will be needed.

The end of our League season ?

No league games in February for us. Possibly a friendly on 11 Feb and a game v Bolton on March 4/5. We need to know availability for the Friendly on 11 Feb and for the Bolton game on 4/5 March and whether we prefer Sat or Sun. Without this information, we can't organise the matches.

Only three players want to train this Saturday, actually probably the 3 fittest in the club ironically. Our fitness levels have dropped considerably and if players don't want to train or work hard in training when we get together, the results will be there to see when we play matches.