Newcastle United Women`s FC and Newcastle United Foundation in conjunction with the Northumberland Sport partnership will be holding a Girls Football Funday at Willowburn Sports Centre, Willowburn Avenue, Alnwick, NE66 2JH.

The coaching programme for players aged 7, 8 and 9 years old will take place indoors on Friday 29 August, 10am until 2pm the Funday is FREE, but please note places are very limited.

Rob Atkin Football development officer "This is the first time we have held a girls Football Funday in Alnwick but I`m sure we will have a full turnout on the day, all of the partners throughout Northumberland have worked really hard to promote the sport and hopefully this will compliment their excellent work"

For more information on the Alnwick funday or to request an application form please contact:

Nicola Hepworth 07919-695-393 (mobile) or e-mail Nicola on NHepworth@northumberland.gov.uk

Newcastle striker Bethanie Gardener will be attending the Under 15 England training camp from 12 August until 14 August.

The residential camp will take place at Bradfield College in Reading with 31 players attending competition will be fierce.

Rob Atkin Newcastle FA Centre of excellence director "Bethanie has done really well to be invited once again, with the next age group being the Under 17`s Beth knows that she has to be at the top of her game to make the next step up the ladder, everyone from Newcastle United wish her the best of luck"

The full squad is as follows:

Francesca Ali Millwall Girls

Ellie Christon Middlesborough Girls

Eleanor Clarke Nottingham Forest Girls

Ria Collins Millwall Girls

Laura Cooper Shrewsbury Town Girls

Holly Crosby Lincoln City Girls

Chloe Dale Aston Villa

Kate Ellis Aston Villa

Isobelle Foster Shrewsbury Town Girls

Paige Forster Liverpool Girls

Louisa Fox Millwall Girls

Leah Galton Leeds United Girls

Beth Gardener Newcastle Girls

Lucy Gunton-Jones Norwich City FC Girls

Sophie Harris Lincoln City Girls

Francesca Kirby Reading

Kasia Lipka Sheffield United Girls

Beth Mead Middlesborough Girls

Aoife Mannion Aston Villa

Nikita Parris Everton Girls

Phoebe Richards Wolverhampton Wanderers Girls

Sophie Rudge Brighton & Hove Albion

Sian Ryan Ipswich Town Girls

Darcie Sanders Aston Villa

Meaghan Sargeant Sheffield United Girls

Tatiana Saunders The Mont Clair Thunderbolts

Grace Seely Millwall Girls

Laura Thacker Norwich City FC Girls

Robyn Tillier Chelsea

Lucy Turner Sheffield United Girls

Joanna Wilson Watford

Newcastle United striker Sarah Bennett was presented with her England representative cap for her appearances for the National colleges side.

Sarah played against Australia at Lilleshall and then travelled to Dublin to play the Ireland U19 national Squad, the presentation made at the Gateshead College end of season Presentation by the principle David Cheetham.

Melanie Reay, Assistant manager at Newcastle United and Sarah`s coach at the college comments "Sarah has come a long way in her 2 years at Newcastle United and Gateshead College. She has progressed through the reserve setup and has become a very important part of the first team squad"

Reay continues "All of the extra training and dedication she shows has helped her go on to achieve this recognition. Not many players get to receive an England cap so Sarah should be extremely proud of her achievements at Gateshead College and the Club”

The old season has gone and the new one still two months away, but it is probably the most hectic time of the year with new players being signed and pre-season training and games to arrange.

With thirty two players now signed for next season the focus moves to pre-season training that will commence on Tuesday 1 July.

Rob Atkin NUWFC Head coach "We now have the players in place for next season with fourteen new signings, seven of those graduating from the FA Centre of excellence programme"

Atkin continues "Neil Baistow and Melanie Reay are looking to improve on last season and we can only achieve this if we have players who can compete for places in the first team"

The following friendly games have now been confirmed.

Firsts & Res Away to Glasgow Celtic Sun 13 July

First & Res Welsh Super cup 18,19,20 July Aberystwyth 2 full days of games

First & Res at home to Leeds Utd Sun 27 July 2 pm

Res Whitley Bay Thur 31 July Coach Lane 6-30pm

Firsts Away Donny Belles Sun 3 Aug 2-15pm

Firsts and Res Sun 10 Aug in house games

Res Falkirk Sun 17 Aug Coach Lane 2pm

FAWPL Northern Div season begins Sun 17 Aug fixtures to be confirmed

FAWPL Res Div 1 North season begins 7 Sept fixtures to be confirmed

Youth football for girls in Newcastle will be further boosted over the coming months with a £1,000 donation to Newcastle United Women`s FC from Sport Newcastle.

The Women`s club will ensure their youth development and coaching programme will benefit from the £1,000 award encouraging new players and coaches to take up the sport across city.

The club have an excellent reputation for nurturing talent with most of today`s Premier league squad coming through the vibrant youth set up, the much needed funds will mean junior players will be able to continue to practice and play at some of the finest facilities in the region under the guidence of the best coaching staff.

Rob Atkin, NUWFC Head Coach says: "Sport Newcastle have been the biggest supporters of rising stars in Newcastle over many years. This financial help allows us to support our younger members of our community towards reaching their full potential that will one day see them realise their dreams of playing in Newcastle United's first team on the National stage."

Atkin continues: "We have many examples of the players progressing into a coaching career with the ongoing support we have received from Sport Newcastle, nine of our youth squads have achieved the FA Level 1 coaching award in the last six months and this is a very healthy situation for our coaching programmes"

Sport Newcastle are doing a massive amount of unseen work to enable youngsters to become involved in all aspects of sport at every level.

For more information visit the Sport Newcastle website www.sportnewcastle.com

Newcastle Under 16s brought the curtain down on another successful campaign with their end of season presentation at Casantonio Restaurant.

A full turn out of players and parents enjoyed the social event as individual awards were presented to the following people:

Top Goal scorer – Jessie Coates:

Most Improved – Lauren Davidson:

Player’s Player – Emma Phillipson:

Managers Player of the year (M.V.P) – Toni Laurie and Sophie Chopra

The under 16s finished runners up in the Northumberland Girls league after a great season in which they only lost 2 games.

North Shields Juniors Girls squad were delighted to welcome three members of Newcastle United Women's first team squad to attend their end of season celebrations at the Park Hotel, Tynemouth.

Newcastle United Club Captain Jo Cartwright, Ruth Sutcliffe and Helen Kane went along to present the individual awards to the North Shields girls throughout the evening.

North Shields juniors have nearly 100 girls from 8 - 16 playing and training every week and the club continues to grow every season with an open age team being formed for 08-09.

Paul Armstrong event organiser on behalf of North Shields girls "The Newcastle players were fantastic, nothing was too much trouble for them as they chatted to the up and coming North Shields player`s"

Paul continues "Every girl was delighted to receive their awards from the NUWFC players, as a development club we know that the attendance of these elite players helps to send out the right messages to all our members to what can be achieved if you work hard, everybody involved at North Shields would like to thank the NUFC player`s for crowning a special evening"

The NUWFC player1s enjoyed the company of the North Shields club members and were signing autographs and having their photographs taken well after the presentations had ended.

Newcastle Women’s football club will once again be playing in next seasons FA Women’s Premier League under the name of “Newcastle United Women’s football club”, this link is the first in the history of Newcastle United FC in allowing female players to compete under the world famous name.

The Women’s club, who have worked very hard to forge strong working partnerships with Newcastle City Council, University of Northumbria and Adidas UK, still needs to raise it’s own finance to cover pitch hire/training facilities and massive transport costs to away fixtures, sometimes as far away as London.

By giving companies/Individuals the opportunity to sponsor a player’s squad number for the full season at £100 per player (approx £3-50p per game) it will help towards ensuring that the club can continue to compete on the elite stage, and be in a position to offer local young players the opportunities that they may never have had access to without outside financial support.

Rob Atkin NUWFC Head coach "We need as much financial support as we can get if we are to realise our dream of moving up into the National league, £3-50p per game will go a long way in supporting our local performers in making the next step up to the highest level there is, for the £100 donation each sponsor gets their name on our website for the full 2008-09 season and a signed player photo"

If you would like to receive a squad number sponsor form please e-mail ratkin442@aol.com