Today, the Caldicot tournament (Wales) saw five teams of women walking footballers aged 55 plus come together to play a set of friendlies.
The West Midlands 55 plus squad, a group of players from Hartshill Strollers, Boldmere, Shrewsbury and a guest player from Merthyr joined together to make up the squad.
Four games were played for 8 minutes each way. The squad did West Midlands proud, having never played together before and on their first outing.
The results…
We drew 1-1 with Caldicot, a good close game, which we possibly could have won, given a little more luck.
We played an excellent game against Devon 1 drawing 0-0 in a well-matched game.
We also drew 0-0 with Devon 2. Again, it’s a close game, although we seemed to be beginning to gel more as a team, knowing a little more of what to expect from our teammates.
The final game was against All-Stars, made up of international players. A difficult game in which we eventually lost 5-0. The first half was hard and despite several substitutions, the second half was equally so.
A big thank you to everyone who travelled from near and far to make up the team and contribute to the fun that is walking football. A special thank you to Mandy G for guesting for us after one of our squad broke her wrist a couple of weeks ago.