Category: Ladies News

Club Announcement: St Ives Town FC Ladies First Team

The club regrets to announce that the Ladies first team have had no alternative but to withdraw from this season’s Eastern Region Women’s Football League.  This is due to the overall lack of players in the squad alongside injuries as well as the struggle of competing against teams offering financial incentives.

Prior to this decision, active discussions were held with the league, and it was subsequently agreed by the club that the team should sadly withdraw as it would have been unable to fulfil its fixtures for the remainder of the season.

The team has enjoyed almost 10 years at the club, so it is disappointing for our players who have been part of the squad during this time.  This has understandably hit the whole club hard, and it was not the outcome that the staff, players, parents, and volunteers wanted.  

A number of the existing squad will want to leave and the club understands their decision to continue playing football at the existing level and we fully support them.

The Ladies development team will still be a team representing the club this season and some of the existing First team ladies have intimated they will be joining this team.

We would like to thank all the volunteers who worked tirelessly to keep the team going over the last 10 years and the Eastern Region Women’s Football League for their understanding and support during this difficult time.

SITFC Ladies Announce New Manager!

The club are delighted to announce that we have appointed Emily Ingle as the Ladies First Team manager.

Emily will be stepping up to the role after joining the team as a player coach towards the end of last season and also has experience coaching in women’s football with Cambridgeshire FA Girls Advanced Coaching Centre and Cambridge United Girls Elite Training Centre.

We look forward to working with Emily and watching the team progress.

Ladies Team Update

Ladies Team Update

We can confirm that following the conclusion of the 2022/23 season, Ben Green has taken the decision to step down as first team manager. Ben stepped into the role at an extremely uncertain time for the ladies and we’re very grateful for all the hard work and dedication he’s put in to getting us back on track. We’d like to thank Ben for his time with us and wish him all the best for the future.

St Ives Town FC are therefore inviting interested parties to apply for the position of Ladies First Team Manager.

Should you be interested, please contact us through our social media pages or email brookland15@aol.com

Kick Out Cancer – Charity Match 25th May

The club is delighted to announce that we will be hosting a charity ladies match for Kick Out Cancer. The match will commemorate Charlene Martin and Samantha Isaacson who played for St Ives and Cambridge respectively and both unfortunately passed away from bowel cancer.

The match will be held at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road on the Thursday 25th May with a kick off time of 7.45pm. All proceeds will go to the Arthur Rank Hospice charity.

Presentation evening!

End of season presentation evening

There will be a presentation evening at the club this Saturday, 13 May.  This traditional end of season event is an ideal chance to meet the players, management and socialise with supporters.  There will be several awards for various teams at the club including first team player of the year.  Admission is free and doors will be open at the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road from 7:00pm.

Around the club – Fixtures 15th/16th April

Below are the upcoming matches this weekend for all St Ives Town teams.

Mens

St Ives Town vs Bedford town

Sawston Rovers vs St Ives Town Reserves

Ladies

St Ives Ladies U18s – No game

Biggleswade United vs St Ives Ladies Firsts

Isleham United vs St Ives Town Ladies Seconds

Youth

St Ives Town U8s – No game

St Ives Town U12s vs Holme White

St Ives Town U13 Black vs Godmanchester Town White

St Ives Town U14 Black vs Histon

St Ives Town U14 White vs Potton United

St Ives Town U15 – No game

St Ives Town U16 vs Arlesey Town

Around the club – 1st/2nd April

Below are the results and reports from matches around the club including the mens, ladies and youth teams.

Mens

St Ives Town 1 – 3 Coalville

Watch the highlights here

Histon Reserves 0 – 3 St Ives Town Reserves

Ladies

St Ives Ladies Firsts – No game

Swavesey Spartans Ladies 3 – 4 St Ives Town Ladies Seconds

Youth

U8s

No game

U12s

Stamford AFC U12 Yellows 1 – 3 Ives U12

A really positive start by St Ives who put lots of pressure on Stamford initially who held off well before settling themselves into the match. The first half was fairly even ending at 0-0.

At the start of the second half we immediately pressurised from the off and after a quality cross from Rico Venditti ended on the head of Aiden Bonner we scored our first goal.  This was followed shortly after with a left foot chip over the keeper from Ollie Munns, who grabbed a second a few minutes later with his right.

A late goal from Stamford and some tenacious defending from St Ives sealed the win.

Overall a great team performance.

U13s

No game

U14Bs

No game

U14Ws

Bottisham 4 – 1 Ives

U14 White took a depleted squad to table toppers Bottisham.

A terrible pitch made for a scrappy game which Town dominated for large parts of the first half.

However, tiredness and a lack of options from the bench made for a difficult second half.

Town rallied in the last 10 minutes and got one back but a 4-1 loss was not an unfair result.

Players Player of the Match – Micah Ali

Managers Player of the Match – Charlie Lewis

U15s

No game

U16s

No game

Around the club – 25th/26th March

There was reason to celebrate this weekend with the Ives reserves winning their cup final on Friday night against Melbourn FC in their first season. Meanwhile, the Ives ladies firsts also progressed to the semi final of the cup as well after winning on penalties against Wodson Park.

Below are the results and reports from matches around the club including the ladies, reserves and youth teams.

Reserves

St Ives Reserves 3 – 0 Melbourn FC

Watch the highlights here: https://youtu.be/zmoPG2vQP2w

Ladies

St Ives Ladies Firsts 2 – 2 (5-3 penalties) Wodson Park

Watch the highlights here: https://youtu.be/A4R67pIQNRk

St Ives Ladies Seconds 1 – 6 Park Ladies

Youth

U8s

A really tough game today against a physically strong team and high winds made the conditions not ideal. With only 5 players the team really did battle hard and all of them looked very tired after a full 40 minutes each. Man of the match went out to Henry for not only playing well on the pitch but also making some great saves playing in goal for 2 quarters. McDonald’s on the way home for the whole team was a well deserved treat.

U12s

Ives 1 – 4 Peterborough RTC Blue

A disappointing result in what was actually a closely fought contest against the top of the table team. For much of the match we played the better football and the result once again was not reflective of the team performance.

First half finished 1-1 and we were firmly on the front foot. Unfortunately two very early goals conceded in the 2nd half knocked the wind out of our sails and we were then up against it. The boys battled to the end and showed great character in horrible playing conditions.

U13s

Ives 6 – 1 St Neots Town

Ives 3 – 2 Leigh Ramblers

St Ives Town U13 ran out comprehensive winners versus St Neots Town in the Hunts FA County Cup U13 semi final. Goals from Darius (x2), Olly, Filip, James and Tom secured a 6-1 win. Player of the match was Freddie. A great team performance.

Semi-final number two of the weekend for the U13s and the team secure another cup final place, this time in the EJA U13 League Cup. In a hard fought match in horrible conditions away at Leigh Ramblers, the lads had to dig deep especially after having played a tough County Cup Semi final the previous day. After going a goal down playing uphill on a boggy pitch, Whitehead latched on to a Windsor cross and drove the ball into the top of the net for the equaliser just before HT.  The boys started the second half strong and Kajfasz added a second after the restart slotting home after a Hollebon slide pass. Mustill added a third with a thunderous strike from outside the area. Leigh pulled a goal back to set up a nervy finish but the boys dug deep to secure the victory and their second final place of the weekend. The first time a St Ives Town team have made an Eastern Junior Alliance (EJA) cup final!

U14Bs

Ives 1 – 2 Walthamstow

St Ives Town U14 Black travelled to Walthamstow for the EJA cup quarter final tie.

St Ives started brightly and created several chances throughout the first half, however conceded a late goal to make it 1-0 at HT.

After the break St Ives equalised when Oscar Quickenden slotted home, St Ives continued to create chances but failed to take advantage. FT 1-1

Extra time, St Ives again continued to create the better chances however conceded from a free kick to make it 2-1 to Walthamstow.

With the game end to end, St Ives pushed for an equaliser and had opportunities in the closing minutes. Unfortunately, despite their best efforts St Ives missed the chance to progress to the semis. A big shout out to the lads today who with a depleted squad gave it their all, we go again!

U14Ws

Ives 3 – 2 Sawston

A hard fought match in difficult windy conditions.

Town showed great character to come from behind to win 3-2 thanks to goals from Wibberley and Windsor (x2).

Players Player of the Match – Sammy Windsor.

Managers Player of the Match – Sidney Reeve.

U15s

Ives 1 – 5 Arlesey Town

U16s

Ives 2 – 1 Stanway Rovers

NHS & Club fundraiser

During a difficult time, we’re delighted to launch a fundraising campaign to support our NHS heroes & our local football club. 


Do you have a number of old coins leftover from a holiday abroad? To help support our NHS, and the club, we would like you to ask you to donate your old holiday coins to a great cause.

We have arranged a collection service that will allow us to collect any donations. To arrange a collection please contact us on 07930 196045 or email sitfcsecretary@aol.com

All donations will be split, with 75% of your donation going to our NHS heroes and the remaining 25% helping secure the future of your local football club, St Ives Town FC.

Charlene Martin – Funeral Details

Charlenes funeral details are as follows:

Friday 28th February, 2020

14.30
Crossways Christian Center, Ramsey Road, St Ives PE27 3TB.

Internment at Hill Rise Cemetery, PE28 2EH

Celebration of life including Karaoke (Charlenes instructions) from 16.00, Seven Wives, Ramsey Road, PE27 5RF

FAMILY FLOWERS ONLY / STRICT BLACK DRESS CODE

Donations to Thorpe Hall Hospice / HCCN / Bowel Cancer Uk

Charlene’s family has advised that they are including a drive to Westwood Road (around 2:15pm) as part of the route as this is somewhere Charlene loved to be. It would be really wonderful and a fitting tribute if we could have as many of Charlene’s friends, family and Ives fans there as possible to share in her last visit to WWR.

St Ives Town Ladies announce a new partnership with Old School Strength & Performance Gym

St Ives Town Ladies are delighted to announce a new partnership with Old School Strength & Performance Gym in St Ives commencing this week. The ladies will be given a group session each week with head coach Adam Smith to work on a tailored Strength & Conditioning program as they continue their push towards their goal of National level football.

Manager Darren Marjoram said “We are extremely grateful to Trevor Baldwin at Old School Strength and Performance for his help in arranging and agreeing this partnership. We are always looking at how we can strive to be our best, and this is certainly a huge step forwards for us to have the opportunity to work with Adam Smith who is an experienced Strength & Conditioning coach. The players are really looking forwards to the sessions, and we are all excited about the improvements this will bring.”

Old School Strength & Performance have gym’s in St Ives and St Neots, and offer both open gym and group memberships starting at just £35, with experienced coaches running sessions. You can get further details by visiting their website at www.oldschoolstives.co.uk You can also follow them on Instagram and on Facebook

Weekend Round Up 12 & 13 October

The Reserves bowed out of the Hunts Junior Cup on Saturday, losing 1-3 on penalties following a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes against fellow Cambs 1B side Fenstanton.

The Ladies 1st team made it 7 points from 3 games with a 3-1 victory at Haringey Borough in the ERWFL Premier. Tierney Coulson, Hannah Seymour-Shove & Georgia Stancombe scored a goal a piece.

Manager Darren Marjoram said “What a great 3-1 away win for the Ladies today against Haringey. For us to have responded from a poor start to the season, and now have 7 points from our last 3 games shows the character this group of players have. Couldn’t be more proud of them.”

The Ladies 1st team about to set off from WWR courtesy of Omega Tour.

The Ladies Development side suffered 4-2 reverse at Fulbourn Institute Bluebirds  in the Cambs Prem.

The Dev team before kick off.

The U16’s had a busy weekend with an emphatic 16-0 victory at St Ives Rangers on the Saturday, following up with a 4-0 win over Cambridge City in the EJA Brown Division to lift them to 2nd place in the table.

The U15’s lost 0-7 at home to Wroxham in the EJA League Challenge Cup.

The U14’s enjoyed a 2-1 victory at home to Stotfold in the EJA Yellow Division to leap frog them to top the table. Manager Ed Shepherd said “It was a great performance against the league leaders in difficult conditions. The goals came from Ceilidh’s Rosborough & George Shepherd.”

Results, fixtures & league tables for all our teams can be found in the menu bar at the top of the page.

Sunday Round Up – 8th September

Although The Ladies 1st team suffered a fourth straight defeat losing 2-1 at home to Royston Town in the ERWFL Premier, Ladies manager Darren Marjoram was buoyed by the performance. He said “We might not have won but nobody can argue that it was a good performance from the Ladies today. Every single player put a great shift in, and their response to the previous week was outstanding. I couldn’t ask for any more from them. That gives us something to build on.”

Tierney Coulson scored the Ives goal. Mollie Flack was the Ives ‘Player of the Match’ as chosen by Royston.

The Ladies Development team got off to a winning start in the Cambs Premier with a 3-1 victory at Riverside Ladies. Development Manager James Seymour said “Well done to the Ladies devs who came away with a solid 3-1 win away at Riverside. We dominated possession and created some great chances. We could’ve had a few more if it wasn’t for their keeper making some excellent saves. Looking forward for what the season brings.”

The Development goalscorers – Jade Carpenter (x2) & Steph Ransome. Ellen Bullin was awarded ‘Player of the Match’.

EJA LEAGUE

The U16’s came from a goal down at half time to beat Potters Bar Town to win 3-1 in the Brown Division.

According to the U14’s manager Ed Shepherd it was “A fantastic performance on the opening day of the season to secure a 4-0 win over Biggleswade Town.”

George Claxon, Panashe Masviporwa (x2) & Cieron Spencer-Rosborough were the goalscorers in this Yellow Division match.

The U13’s lost 5-1 at Biggleswade Town in the Yellow division.

Results, fixtures & league tables for all our teams can be found in the menu bar at the top of this page.

Ladies Player Sponsorship Opportunities – 2019/20

Following the success of St Ives Town Ladies FC last season, we are looking for individuals or companies that are able to help support players by way of sponsorship for the upcoming 2019/20 season. This season the ladies 1st team will be playing in the Eastern Region Premier division which involves long return journeys of several hours on a Sunday to the likes of Wroxham, Wymondham, Haringey and Colney Heath. This, on top of training twice a week, is a big financial burden on the players. Training on its own costs each player £100 a season.

By sponsoring a player you will be helping these talented and ambitious players to play at the level they deserve, as well as helping to promote female football in our area. You will also be supporting the flourishing success being achieved at St Ives Town Ladies (4 promotions in 4 years across the two teams with back to back league wins for the first team) as well as supporting the growth and development for a bright future at the club. In return for sponsoring a player, you will receive the following:

  • Your company details on the player profile photo of your sponsored player on the St Ives Town FC website
  • Promotion of your sponsorship from the player, the manager and coaches, and via club social media retweets and posts
  • Further promotion of your sponsorship should your chosen player be voted as Player of the Match

Sponsorship starts at £50, but we are looking to help cover at least each player’s training costs (£100) if possible. All sponsorship goes directly to the player to help cover their costs.

If you are interested in sponsoring a player and receiving some promotion for your kind support, please contact darren.marjoram@ntlworld.com

Ladies Development clinch the Cambs Women’s Championship South Division

St Ives Town Ladies Development team followed up the Ladies first team’s title winning season when they wrapped up the Cambs Championship South title after recording two wins over Park Ladies in a double header on Sunday.

The first game saw Ives take the lead early on through a tremendous Jade Carpenter finish, followed by a Tierney Coulson goal to put the hosts in control. But Park were allowed a lifeline back into the game as a slack back pass was intercepted by the Park striker before she finished past keeper Sophie Marjoram to make the game 2-1. But the Saints didn’t panic and further goals from Coulson and Fran Worrall sealed a 4-1 win.

So going in to the second game, Ives needed just a point to win the league title. But the message from manager Lisa Trigg was to go and win the game! The players responded in tremendous style as they lead 4-0 at half time through Jade Carpenter, Kirsty Wicks, Hannah Seymour-Shove and an OG. The scoring was completed by Carpenter with another fine finish to win the second game 5-0 and seal the league title for Ives, to follow up the ladies first team’s league success. Players of the Match were Jade Carpenter and Cherish Sibanda.

Shortly after the game Lisa Trigg announced she was stepping down to take a break  from managing the side. Lisa said “I’m so proud of all the players, not just for today but also for all their hard work through the season. They fully deserve this success and it has been worth all the hard work put in over the last two seasons since this team was formed. I’m proud of all we have achieved, and look forward to seeing the team continuing to progress over the coming months and years.”

Ladies 1st team manager Darren Marjoram said “This has put the icing on a fantastic season for the ladies section of the club. Lisa has been instrumental in the success achieved over the last two seasons, and she will be sorely missed by us all. She is not just a great coach, but a close personal friend and someone I can always turn to for help and advice. I would like to take the opportunity to thank Lisa for everything she has done for St Ives Town Ladies. Now we start to look ahead to next season, and are looking for new players interested in joining our ladies teams.” Anyone interested in joining for next season can get details from Darren by emailing him on darren.marjoram@ntlworld.com – open training sessions will be running throughout June.

Cambs Women's Championship South - 2018/19

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Sunday round up – 5 May

The Ladies 1st team travelled down to Brentwood in Essex to face Hutton Ladies with the ERWFL D1 title already in their hands.

A Georgia Stancombe tap in saw the Ives take the lead, but were pegged back and the game finished in a 1-1 draw. They remain unbeaten in the league with 1 game left to play.

Next game – Sunday 19 May v King’s Lynn Town Ladies – 14:00 k.o at the St Ivo Outdoor Centre.

Eastern Region Women’s Football League – 2018/19

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The Ladies Development side have their destiny in their own hands as they beat current leaders Haverhill Rovers in an exciting 3-2 win at the New Croft in the Cambs Championship South. The Ives goals came from Sophie Crook, Fran Worrall & Caitlin McGeown.

As it stands they require 7 points from their last 3 games to clinch the title as Haverhill have a vastly superior goal difference.

They are at home to Cambridge Rangers tomorrow (Wednesday 18:30 k.o) and finish the season this coming Sunday with a double header (two x 60 minute games) at home to Park Ladies. (First game k.o 14:00). All the games are being played at the St Ivo Outdoor Centre and they would love your support as they aim for the Cambs Championship South crown.

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Weekend round up – 27 & 28 April

Saturday 27 April

The Ives completed a very satisfying season with a 1-0 win at Coalville Town.

Click here for the match report.

Sunday 28 April

The Ives Ladies claimed the ERWFL D1 title with 2 games to spare in dramatic fashion with an 87th minute Emily Smith goal to beat Newmarket Town Ladies 1-0.

Click here for the match report & post match celebration photos.

Click here for the match photos by Gary Reed Photography.

Eastern Region Women’s Football League – 2018/19

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The Ladies Development side also kept up their title aspirations in the Cambs Championship South Division with a fine 5-1 win over Burwell Tigers.

They play current leaders Haverhill Rovers next Sunday in a vital six pointer.

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