Foyle Belles Soccer Academy

They work closely with the club and keep them up to date with the player’s progress and some players will get the opportunity to go over to Doncaster to compete in their yearly youth tournament and get a chance to meet the playing and coaching staff. As well as having links in England they are proud that we have recently established links with College’s/Universities in America and Canada where the girls will have a chance to gain a scholarship and take advantage of the opportunity to gain an education whilst playing football.

They are about developing players no matter what age or ability they are when they first come to us. They aim to improve all of our players ability and understanding of the game, so that they can further their footballing career and be able to go to some of the best leagues in the world.

The links they have established with the clubs and universities/ colleges allow our players to do so. For our younger girls they aim to make training fun whilst learning new skills in football and ours coaches have many years experience of training girls from aged five years.

Alongside with coaching the girls and helping them develop they have a system in that once our girls are at the age of 16 they begin to put them on the coaching ladder by helping them to undergo their Uefa coaching courses.

This ensures that all of our girls can have a future in the game whether it’s through a coaching or playing pathway.

Football is beginning to become the most popular sport for females around the world and the amount of girls playing football in Ireland every year is rising faster than in any other sport. Become part of a great club and environment to learn and develop your skills.

Girls training sessions, which takes place at Brandywell Sports Centre on Saturdays and all training sessions are indoor. Sessions for 5 years to 8 years start from 10am until 11.30am and training Cost £1.50 and sessions for 9 years to 11 years start from 2.30pm until 4pm and also cost £1.50

Junior to Senior girls (aged 12 years to women) training sessions times takes place every Thursday night from 6.15pm to 8.15pm and those sessions cost £2. All training will take place at Templemore Sports Complex,

Any new players looking to join just turn up at one of these sessions or contact Terry Cassidy (0787) 177 4584.