12 Oct Ticket Information for students who wish to attend the U19 Women’s International Cup
Here at Ulidia we have been lucky enough to have been presented with tickets for the upcoming women’s U19 international football tournament which takes place this month.
The round-robin games will be staged at Ballymena Showgrounds, Mourneview Park in Lurgan, Portadown’s Shamrock Park and at the National Football Stadium at Windsor Park in Belfast.
Running from October 18-23, the U19 tournament is a key part of the association’s preparations for hosting the UEFA Women’s U19 Championship Finals in August 2017.
Irish FA National Women’s Coach Alfie Wylie said: “This is a fantastic opportunity for our players to play against some of the best teams in the world.
“We only have to look at the track records of all three teams to understand the calibre of their player development pathways to consistently produce talented players year on year.”
He pointed out the US women’s national team are the current world champions and said many of the young American girls taking part in next month’s tournament will no doubt aspire to play in the full US women’s national team one day.
Alfie added: “France are the current UEFA Women’s U19 champions, having recently secured the title in Slovakia, while the England women’s national team did exceptionally well at the Women’s World Cup in 2015 with Mark Sampson’s side collecting the bronze medal. I have no doubt that the England U19 team will come to Northern Ireland with extremely high expectations.”
Both England and France have qualified for the UEFA Women’s Under-19 Championship Finals 11 times, with France winning the overall title on four occasions and England winning it once.
The National Women’s Coach further said: “These three teams will undoubtedly be formidable opponents. It will be a great challenge to play them and we are very much looking forward to learning from the experience.
“It is still very early in our preparations in advance of next year’s UEFA Championship Finals but it will be an excellent opportunity to show our players what they should expect in August 2017.”
Fixtures for the Women’s International Cup are as follows:
MATCH DAY 1 Tuesday 18 October 2016 England v USA (14:00) | Ballymena Showgrounds Northern Ireland v France (19:30) | Ballymena Showgrounds
MATCH DAY 2 Thursday 20 October 2016 France v USA (12:00) | Mourneview Park (Lurgan) Northern Ireland v England (19:30) | Shamrock Park (Portadown)
MATCH DAY 3 Sunday 23 October 2016 France v England (12:00) | National Football Stadium at Windsor Park USA v Northern Ireland (16:30) | National Football Stadium at Windsor Park
We have twenty tickets available for each day, if there are more than twenty applicants, tickets then go in a hat and will be drawn at random. If you would like a ticket(s) for any of the above matches, please complete the attached Application Form and return as quickly as possible. For the matches on Tuesday, the slip will need to be returned by Friday 14 October at the latest. PUPILS CAN COLLECT THE CIRCULAR/APPLICATION FORM FROM MISS McKEE.
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