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Buckland Girls Under 11s Join the BALFC Family

We are excited to announce that we have expanded again – this time our junior girls section.

Following on from the success of the Under 12s last season, winning the league at the first time of asking, we have entered an Under 11s team into the Devon Girls Football League.

The girls have already started weekly training in preparation for the coming season and we are really excited to be able to offer them a great environment in which to play football, develop skills and make friends while being part of a progressive club where developing players is at the forefront of our philosophy.

We look forward to seeing how they progress over the season.

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Buckland Girls Under-13s Team

Our first junior girls’ side had a fantastic 2016/2017 season – winning the league on their first attempt, without losing a game.

The girls first success was in July last year when they won SB Frankfort’s pre-season tournament.

When the league started they continued this success, week in week out, concluding with a 2-1 win against Millwey Rise to win the Under-12s league.

However, the season didn’t end there and the girls were invited to attend the National Championships in Nottingham. Here they played against all the UK’s league winners, doing amazingly well, only losing one game.

This season brings new challenges for the Under-13s, with larger goals and a 9v9 format but they are determined to attack this with the determination and passion that the showed last year.

As a club, we want to offer the girls a great environment in which to play football and develop their skills. We are looking for girls aged 11 and 12 to join our family fun football club – giving them opportunities to play, make friends and be part of a great progressive club where developing players is at the forefront of our philosophy.

For further details contact Grant Fisher – balfc1@gmail.com or Dean Mitchell – balfcgirls@gmail.com

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Buckland Under-12s Seal Title in Debut Season

This day will go down forever as a history-making day as Buckland Under-12s followed in the footsteps of the ladies’ first team last season – being our first junior girls’ side and winning the league on their first attempt. Great credit must go to Joe and Dean for doing a fantastic job with the girls.

These girls, in their first ever season together, put on a great display to beat a very good Millwey Rise team 2-1. The game really was a keenly-fought battle with the top two sides battling away to win the game.

This game was a great credit to both teams with no doubt the conditions playing a huge part in the game. However, Buckland took the advantage when Cicely Downs powered forward and drove the ball into the top corner.

Millwey Rise responded quickly with a free-kick which sailed in, quickly returning the game to a level playing field. A game played with real fight and passion from both sides ended when some wonderful first-time passing resulted in Taylor Ford hitting the final blow with a fine finish and what proved to be the winning goal.

I must say a huge thank you to Dean and Joe who have coached the girls; the parents, who have been a tremendous support and outstanding all season, and, last but not least, the girls who have proven today the talent in our area. There are future players that can be developed and hopefully this is the start of the future of this football club.

Thank you to our sponsors GB Confectionary, MacWhirter Air Conditioning and Teign Housing for kitting the girls out and making them look highly professional: the future is bright the future is yellow.

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Grant Fisher