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Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Our six brililant women's teams got a visit from Mercury Prize Winner Speech Debelle on the 2nd Street League women's only match day!
Thank you so much to
Street League Ladies
Somers Town
Long Lane FC
Hayes
The Fantastic 7
Randoms
For playing fantastic football - fairly and with enthusiasm - and for turning up!
Next tournament we will aim for at least eight teams, so if anyone can help me recruit new players/teams let me know! Call/text me: 07506 425 252 Email: gudrun.jevne@streetleague.co.uk with your ideas/contacts..
The tournament was SO GOOD, it has been covered in South London Press - see picture!
The Laureus Sport for Good Foundation's widely read blog also features a story and pictures!
http://blog.laureus.com/2009/09/street-league-match-day-with-speech-debelle-10th-september-2009/#more-592
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
Tarpe is moving on to teacher training and further employment outside working as a coach and instructor with Street League.
Tarpe has competently been coaching Street League Ladies until Monday of this week. She has also been running a brilliant fitness session at Tottenham Community Sports Centre for the Six 8 Four Centre, that the participants really enjoyed and also kept returning to!
Tarpe has done a tremendous job with the Street League Ladies team, with high player retention, and at the same time the session has been recruiting new players - making it a large, stable and successful women’s grassroots football session. Recently Street League Ladies have represented Street League at tournaments in the David Beckham Academy and at the Kennington Laureus Launch match day. I do not think this would not have been possible without Tarpe’s hard work, making a team out of many different individual players and being a coach and leader at the regular Monday night sessions.
Tarpe has done coaching courses and Directions 2 Work courses with Street League and is now an experienced coach showing great passion, attitude and knowledge of the game of football. She has also represented Street League at presentations to funders and at events and been an integral part of women’s development meetings and contributed greatly to working towards lowering the barriers to participation for women.
On a personal note, I want to say thank you for all your input and contributions over the years at Street League - women’s participation would not be where it is without you!
All at Street League wishes Tarpe the very best of luck with her new ventures – and Tarpe, please stay in touch!
Gudrun
The large and prestigous organisation Laureus has blogged about us on their web-page! Right next to pictures of Usain Bolt, Bobby Charlton and Rebecca Adlington, amongst other accomplished sport people, our fantastic eight women's teams and our amazing two refs feature - checkout text and pictures from the recent women only match day in Kennington Park - Take a look!
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
In the mad rush of recent transfer news and speculation it may have passed under the radar that Street League is set to lose one of its star players. Despite the lucrative offers flooding in from Manchester City to play alongside Robinho and Barry, I have decided on a more modest transfer. From next week I will be plying my trade at South West London Law Centres where I have taken the post of Volunteer Services Manager.
I have spent a rather wonderful year and a half at Street League. I have met and worked with fantastic colleagues, volunteers, and players. I shall miss everyone greatly, thank you all for making my time at Street League really really good fun.
I am sure I will see a lot of you at future Street League events!
Sophie (Manchester city are the greatest football team in the world and Richard Dunne is the world's best defender and no one can ever say otherwise) Hope
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
As mentioned on the news page, we've been nominated for the Beyond Sport London Legacy Awards. Five projects are competing for the award, looking for the project that best uses sport as a vehicle for positive social change. The awards are in partnership with the Evening Standard who have written a piece about the five nominees.
Obviously they're all very worthy projects and may the best project win. If anyone is undecided who to vote for then...
Dear all,
Just want to say a big thank you to everyone taking part in the biggest ever Street League women’s football tournament at the David Beckham Academy this Friday! We have had some positive feedback and thanks already that I would like to share:
“Hi Gudrun,
I just wanted to say thank you for letting my girls play at the Academy on Friday, they all loved it. Hopefully I can get 2 teams together for the next tornie, just send me the details of where and when.Thanks again
Kate”
Team Manager and organiser The Panthers.
“Dear Gudrun,
On behalf of myself and all of the Ladies who are the
Crouch End Tigers, Ta very much for another fine day out. We all had a
fab time and look forward to the next time we can do it all again.
Keep in touch”
James
Team manager Crouch End Tigers
“…very well done for organising a brilliantly run tournament on Friday. We thoroughly enjoyed it.”
Sharon Brokenshire
Team Manager South London Terriers
Feel free to put feedback and comments below, and I hope to see you at the next tournament!
Street League are organising a women’s only match day next month: Wednesday 15th July, Kennington Park Astro-Turf, 11am – 4pm.
Gudrun
A few months ago we achieved accredited status for our mentoring scheme through the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation. We wrote about it then on the London News Page and now they have written a little bit about us.