Match Preview

Barnes Ladies vs East London Ladies

This season we opened the league with a game away to East London Ladies. We were successful on the day with a win (27-32) for Barnes.

Since then, our season has continued to gather pace with a fantastic group of new players coming on board and our coaching team increasing in both number and calibre. East London Ladies have also had a successful campaign this season, narrowly pipping us to the post by a single point on 41 to our 40 as the current league table stands.

As Barnes have progressed through the season, we’ve won the last 9 league games in a row – the most recent two of these resulting in a ‘nil score’ for our opponents. We’ve also won the last two plate matches that we’ve played, one of those being against a team a league above us.

Our game on Sunday will be played at the B.E.S.T pitches, with the meet up at 12.30pm, warm up shortly thereafter, and kick off at 2pm. Please encourage as many supporters as possible to join us, it’s going to be a great spectacle to watch – we are the two top teams in our league after all – and we always enjoy hearing cheers from the side lines to boost us along.

We’ll also be doing a session with our junior girls down at the club before the match, around 11:00am (start time to be officially confirmed) and you’re encouraged to come along to take part. These youngsters will carry forward the Ladies’ team name once we’ve hung up our boots (some of us likely to do that sooner than others!) We want to see them taking Barnes to the next level off the foundation we're forging at the moment, and they will definitely succeed with our support and guidance – who knows, we could even be mentoring a future international player! It will also help to get our minds set for the game that we'll be playing in the afternoon so do make an effort to come down if you're free before the match.