The journey to a cup final – our U12 Girls face their first cup final

This Saturday 14th May sees Cambourne Town’s U12 Girls reach the S-Tech Girls League Cup Final for the first time ever. Our U12 Girls will face Chesterton Eagles with a 2pm kick off at Newmarket Town’s ground. We’re keeping everything crossed for them and look forward to hearing how the game goes.

Many of the girls who are in the team started playing at Wildcats under the committed supervision of Chris Williamson and Jon Martingale who gave huge amounts of time and passion into developing girls football in Cambourne in those early years.

In 2017 Jon Algar also decided to join in and began coaching the girls coming through Wildcats. We spoke to Coach Jon Algar about this achievement as he looks back over the years coaching the girls;

'Having joined as a Wildcats coach in 2017, it’s a very proud moment to be making our first appearance in a cup final. I’m delighted to say that many of the girls who will be on the team sheet on Saturday are original Wildcats ‘graduates’. Since we were able to field 5 players for our first game as under 8s, the number of girls involved has increased enormously. I’m hugely grateful for the opportunity to contribute, amongst a host of others, to providing opportunities for local girls over the last 5 years. What has been achieved is much bigger than football and it is something for us all to be proud of.'

Everyone at the club wish Coaches Jon, Paul and Gavin and the U12 Girls a great cup final on Saturday – we wish you a fun, competitive game and we wish you lots of luck!