Female Football Academy led by England International Jo Potter and leading Women Coach Tanya Oxtoby of “TOFC” to launch from Eastwood CFC, PlaySoccer USA Stadium in September 2017

The Jo Potter Female Football Academy has arisen in Nottingham for female footballers aged 16 to 19 to study a Football and Education Programme. This exciting opportunity will hopefully give the young footballing orientated girls of Nottinghamshire an inspiring footballing and educational future to look forward to. With the devastating news that Nottinghamshire received in late May that Notts County ladies who were playing in the WSL, Jo Potter realised that there was a need for young talented female footballers to be given the opportunity to succeed not only on the playing field but also in the classroom.

The JP11 Academy will use the outstanding facilities of a 3G playing surface in a stadia setting at Eastwood CFC.

JP11 Academy will open its doors for a September 2017 start. It is anticipated that we will be in undated with interest from the local area but also from the Derbyshire area. Please register your interest at info@eastwoodcfc.co.uk or call us on 01773 302232

Our first open trial will take place on Saturday 24th June with registration taking place at 930am. Please see poster for further information. Further trial and open days will be announced in due course.

Jo Potter commented "This has been something I have wanted to do for a long time, I have always envisaged myself setting up a girl’s academy. Helping girls with good training, providing a good coaching mentor and giving the girls a first class education is something that I feel strongly about. Now, where women's football is at, it's a perfect opportunity to get the ball rolling with the JP11 girls academy with the fantastic support network and facilities at hosts Eastwood CFC".

"With the recent upset at Notts County Ladies (a very personal disappointment) I feel one positive thing and that's teaming up with Eastwood CFC to create this amazing opportunity for young girls to flourish in their football and academic careers, within the Nottinghamshire area".

"I have looked closely at the venue and ECFC has everything a young girl could want, alongside this I have a looked at providing female coaching staff and we have the pleasure of working in conjunction with Tanya Oxtoby from Tanya Oxtoby Football Coaching TOFC".

Jo continued "I am looking forward to this new venture and I anticipate that the girls within Nottinghmshire have something to aspire to in the future. I will be present at the trials so hopefully I will see the young talented girls Nottinghamshire has".

Jamie Bennett, Chairman at ECFC made the following statement "We are absolutely delighted to make the announcement of the start of a new adventure. We have recently announced that we will be developing the Eastwood CFC ladies within our current structure, however alongside this we are now at the forefront of providing local females with an education and footballing pathway. We have worked extensively with our partners and stakeholders and we cannot tell you how delighted we are to announce our female Footballing and Education Programme in conjunction with Jo Potter and Tanya Oxtoby as Head Coach. Jo is the perfect role model for the young players to aspire to playing at the highest level of international football with England, Tanya joins us with an extensive playing and coaching career and we can’t wait to work with both".

"Looking at the football development plan we are excelling our targets within the female game. We have created an exceptional environment at the club, with classrooms, state of the art training and game pitch. We look forward to this exciting and innovative adventure ahead."

For Further Details about the JP11 Elite Female Academy with TOFC and Eastwood CFC please call 01773 302232 or email info@eastwoodcfc.co.uk

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