Haslingden Little Storms hold aloft the trophy following their success in the Powerleague Bolton Tournament.
HASLINGDEN Little Storms picked up their first trophy at the Powerleague Bolton Tournament, their first ever competitive outing.
Following success for the older Haslingden Girls and Ladies Football Club teams, there has been interest from some of the younger footballers to join an under 7s team from September.
Many of the younger footballers have started through the Soccer School sessions on Saturday mornings at Marl Pits.
In preparation, an under 7s team have been formed called the Haslingden Little Storms and they attended their first tournament on Saturday.
The team for the tournament was made up of Gracie Millard, Holly Speechley, Emily Speechley, Poppy Jones, Olivia Newbitt, and Evie Hall. All the girls had attended some training and had taken part in a couple of games, but they were a relatively new team playing together.
There were three teams in the under 7s group and each team would go on to play each other twice.
Finding their feet was the strategy in the first game which the girls lost, but it gave them a chance to settle in to the games.
In the second game they came out firing from defence to attack and every player made their mark on the game.
Games three and four proved fruitful for the Little Storms with another two fantastic wins in both. From start to finish the girls put everything in to their performances with great attitudes.
The fun and enjoyment alone was enough to make this a great day out, but with three wins and one loss the girls lifted their first trophy as a team.
Their success was per- fect timing with the annual Haslingden Girls and Ladies Football Club presentation evening later that day.
Little Storms took their first walk to the stage to receive their trophy and medals; hopefully the first of many.