During the Autumn Term, John Whitgift Academy’s Year 7 girls were crowned North East Lincolnshire champions with a convincing performance in the area football tournament, winning all their matches.

As a result they were extremely proud to be selected by Grimsby Town Football Club to be their representatives in the U13 Girls Utilita Cup- a prestigious tournament with the final being played at Wembley Stadium.

Our predominantly Year 7 Girls team were up against some stiff competition from teams representing Notts County, Hull City, Burton Albion, Lincoln City, Doncaster Rovers, Mansfield Town, Derby County and Leicester City with a mixture of Year 7/8 Girls in their squads.

Doncaster Rovers hosted the event where the standard of football was obviously extremely high, with the best players from our region battling for a place in the Northern Finals (the winners of which would head to Wembley to play the Southern Area finalists).

A victory over Mansfield Town and draws against Burton, Hull, Doncaster and Leicester demonstrated the girls were certainly not out of their depth against such strong opposition finishing 6^th overall.

The girls had an amazing day and will be hoping that they can qualify again, next year, using these experiences to inspire even stronger performances moving forwards.