The 2015 season of the TWoLF (T&T Women’s League Football) will commence today at the Hasely Crawford Stadium training field from 1pm with a series of activities including parade of teams and fun events where the teams will be grouped for novelty events.
This year, 20 teams will compete in one Division. Among those teams is the National Under -17 women’s team, currently coached by Rajesh Latchoo which is preparing for the upcoming FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup qualifiers.
Some of the other clubs participating are Trincity Nationals, St Ann’s Rangers (two competing teams), Tobago Chicas, Defence Force, Queen’s Park CC, Malvern FC, Real Dimension, Point Fortin Civic Centre, Central FC, Crown Trace FC and Petrotrin among others.
Wolf league official Janelle James explained the format of the League.
“The League format will be one where teams are placed into one of the three groups according to their geographical location. There will be two North/EAST groups and one South/Central group which would be named after pioneer female footballers - Izler Browne, Delia De Silva and Shirley Mae,” James stated.
The League’s winner will receive $12,000, the runners up $8,000 and the third placed team will walk away with $5,000.
T&T Women’s League president Sharon O’Brien said the League was anticipating a strong turnout of players.
“We are quite excited about the upcoming season as we expect quite a number of young players to come into the fray this season. We are also anticipating that there will be several of the senior players opting to enter the new Women’s Professional League which will make way for more of the younger players, some still in Secondary School, and more of the players at the community level, to have the opportunity to compete in the Women’s League (WOLF),” O’Brien said.
O’Brien said she was pleased that the local governing body was able to continue the League.
“We have kept it going and I am quite happy about this fact. While we expect more of the more experienced players to join the Premier League, we want to take the opportunity to wish them well and we hope to continue to have our league as a breeding ground for local women’s players who can hopefully graduate to the Pro League or go on to the national level or careers abroad,” O’Brien added.
The Women’s Football League falls under the umbrella of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association.
The season’s fixtures will be released in due course.