The FA celebrated Girls’ Football Week (GFW) from the 10–16October 2016. Here at Queenswood, the PE department wanted to support their
campaign by running an after school tournament for all years on Thursday 13
October. The FA in turn returned the favour by sending Leah Williamson, current
Arsenal Ladies professional footballer and England U20 captain, to inspire the
girls.

The event started with a Q&A session, in which Queenswood
girls asked insightful questions about the life of  a professional footballer; one girl asked Leah
 ‘was she better than the boys?’
Following this, we held a tournament in which all girls had the chance to be on
‘Leah’s team’. Leah picked out five students who were awarded a ‘star player’
certificate, for their individual efforts throughout the tournament. The event
was enjoyed by all, and the girls left feeling inspired by Leah as a player and
a person.