ALL THE SOCCER ladies By Joe Novella Photos Yanni
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Go Soccer Mums program, which is designed to get more mums playing sport.
Women’s sport has exploded over the last decade with surging numbers in traditionally male-dominated sports like footy, soccer and cricket. And we’re currently seeing the same trends in seniors sport with lots of opportunities for people over the age of 50. But one part of the population that still remains under-represented on our sporting fields is mums. And that’s why Mount Martha Soccer Club, in conjunction with Football Victoria, is rolling out the
For most people, when they think of sport they think of super-fit, talented athletes whose sole objective is to win. But that’s definitely not the case with the Go Soccer Mums program according to Cheree who gives a summary of the program, “We have about 15 ladies that are part of the program. They range from 35 to 60 plus. We train on a Monday night from 7 till 8 at Civic Reserve,
one are the days when mums took a back seat, making sure the household worked like a well-oiled machine while hubby played a round of golf. No longer do mums drop and run, depositing the kids at various sporting locations before rushing off to take care of the shopping, or the washing, or the countless other tasks that mums do to make sure their loved ones have opportunities to participate in sport. The time has now come for mums to get involved and Mount Martha Soccer Club is leading the way with their ‘Go Soccer Mums’ program.
Cheree Lane, Operations Manager at Mount Martha Soccer Club, is the driving force behind the program. “Our first group of soccer mums started quite a few years ago with a spring/summer informal kick about. But in 2019 we received some funding and with it we kick-started a formal 'Soccer Mums' program over the second half of the soccer season. We even entered a comp at Chelsea for the first time in 2020 and the ladies all had a great time. We have entered again this year, but our main aim is to have fun, enjoy a laugh and get some exercise.”
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