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Northern Ireland's fastest growing sport - ladies football, returned to Bangor in 2006, after an absence of nine years, bringing the 'beautiful game' back to the seaside town.
Ladies football has gone from strength to strength with the NIWFA, who have continued to enjoy a massive growth in popularity.
Consequently at the start of the 2006 football season there were over fifty ladies clubs, in seven divisions, spread geographically all over Northern Ireland, growing even bigger in Season 2008 .
With the sport rapidly losing its negative, stereotype image, it is now widely accepted globally as a entertaining and legitimate sport, with not only The World Cup, but the Ladies European Club Championships and more recently the Womens FA League Cup between Arsenal and Sunderland being screened by UTV Television. The 2009 FA Cup Final, featuring English Premier Champions Arsenal Ladies 2-1 triumph, was viewed by 23,000 spectators, where the North Londoners lifted the trophy, underlining the sport's popularity and the growing interest in the world game.
With the emergence of more and more young players wanting to play football in 2008, particularly over the last decade, the trend has been set in a lot of local primary schools which has seen the sport thrive with the enthusiasm of 100s of kids welcoming it, as part of the physical education programme.
This pattern has progressed and is reflected in the secondary education sector, with many modern curriculums introducing ladies football to be on a par with more traditional female related sports like netball and hockey.

The formation of a local side in 2006, gives young talented players the opportunity to get involved in the game of football on their own doorstep in North Down. Players can train and sign up for the Bangor club, and get involved in the team, who will be playing their 2009 fixtures at Irish League side Bangor's Football Club at Clandeboye Park, with the club affiliated and competing competitively in the N.I.W.F.A., throughout the summer.

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Bangor Ladies at the launch of the 2009 official kit of the ladies section of Bangor Football Club
Andy Craig (Manager) Natasha Lee, Paula Dougherty, Ivan Mellon (Sammy Mellons Bangor), Carolyn Scott
Lauren McAteer and Club Captain Cathy Duncan.

With ladies football clubs in Ards, Donaghadee and Portaferry, the time seemed right to establish a senior ladies football club in Bangor to represent the whole of North Down to give local players the opportunity to play the beautiful game, whether just for fun, fitness or at a competitive level in their home town.

Training for 2009 is underway and continues every Sunday afternoon from 2.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m., at Bloomfield Road Playing Fields, Bangor until the end of October (2009) - with a programme of coaching which will concentrate on three elements of the modern day footballer: Physical - cardio vascular conditioning; tactical - team formations, offsides, principles of attack and defence; and finally technique - skills, shielding, heading, passing etc.

TRAINING FOR 2009 EVERY SUNDAY (Mar. 1st)
NEW PLAYERS ALWAYS WELCOME
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SHOOTING - BLOCKING - TACKLING - SHIELDING - PASSING

The move to Bangor F.C. signals what will be a permanent long term relationship between the Irish League Premiership side Bangor and North Down Ladies, with Bangor Chairman Trevor Best and Bill Peden having met with the ladies to discuss a number of very positive proposals which now sees the ladies section established at the Clandeboye Road venue, as the official Ladies Section of Bangor Football Club - a move which will no doubt cement the future for one of Northern Ireland’s newest ladies football clubs, and give both clubs a bigger profile in the town with a number of joint ventures planned over the next few months.
Another of the main attractions for the membership in 2009 will be an opportunity of a another scholarship and possible Professional Contract in Iceland next May - by invitation of the Icelandic Football Association who visited Clandeboye Park in 2006. Bangor Ladies have established strong links with a number of coaches at Iceland's Premier club Fylkir, with a view of taking advantage of an offer of an annual scholarship for a local player every season. Bangor have since sent two players over in May, 2008 on Professional Terms.

For more information on Bangor Ladies Football Club - the Borough's only Premier Ladies football club and details of how to get involved in the "World's Fastest Growing Sport" just contact our Club Secretary at LEANNE McGARRY on 07818 873676 or consider getting along to the training at the Bloomfield Road Playing Fields, Bangor, from March (Sunday afternoon) throughout the Summer months - Bangor Ladies will begin training from 2.00 p.m. - New Players Always Welcome.

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