Rhyl & Prestatyn Ladies F.C.

Rhyl & Prestatyn Ladies F.C.
Full name Rhyl & Prestatyn Ladies Football Club
Founded 2009 (as Prestatyn Ladies & Girls Football Club)
Ground Belle Vue Stadium, Rhyl
League Welsh Premier Women's Football League

Rhyl & Prestatyn Ladies Football Club, until 2014 known as Prestatyn Ladies & Girls Football Club,[1] are a women's association football club based in Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wales. They play their home matches at Rhyl F.C.'s Belle Vue Stadium and currently play in the Welsh Premier Women's Football League.

History

Prestatyn Ladies & Girls were founded in 2009 in Prestatyn by Tom Jamieson with a five year plan to eventually reach the Welsh Premier Women's Football League.[2] In 2014, Prestatyn Ladies & Girls won promotion from the North Wales League to the Welsh Premier Women's Football League[3] by winning a play-off against the Ceredigion League's Aberystwyth University 10–0.[4] Owing to ground regulations, the club moved away from Prestatyn and joined with Rhyl to play at Belle Vue Stadium. The club were also renamed Rhyl & Prestatyn Ladies as a result.[1] Following the club's move to Rhyl, a new women's football club was set up in Prestatyn and became affiliated with Prestatyn Town F.C. which became known as Prestatyn Town Ladies in order to continue women's football in Prestatyn.[5]

Following the disbandment of Wrexham Ladies F.C., a number of players moved to Rhyl & Prestatyn Ladies.[6] Rhyl & Prestatyn Ladies along with Llandudno Ladies were the only teams from North Wales competing in the Welsh Premier Women's Football League with concerns expressed that they would be the main teams representing the region as North Wales League clubs had been dissuaded from applying for promotion due to the expense.[7]

Youth

Rhyl & Prestatyn Ladies run a number of youth teams. In 2016, their under 16 team won the North West Wales League title.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rhyl & Prestatyn Ladies Club Information". Welsh Premier League. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  2. ↑ "Prestatyn Ladies Reach Welsh Premier League". Welsh Premier League. 2014-05-29. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  3. ↑ "Four new team names in Welsh Premier Women's league". BBC Sport. 2014-07-07. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  4. ↑ Jones, Dave (2015-10-08). "Female focus: Rhyl and Prestatyn's Joy Jamieson". Daily Post. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  5. ↑ "Prestatyn Town Ladies FC". Welsh Football Trust. 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  6. ↑ Jones, Dave (2016-02-04). "Women's football: New signings for Rhyl and Prestatyn LFC". Daily Post. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  7. ↑ Jones, Dave (2016-04-08). "Losing another North Wales team from the Welsh Premier Women's League would be a disaster for the region". Daily Post. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  8. ↑ Jones, Dave (2015-04-28). "Women's football: Prestatyn Under-16s secure the North Wales Girls League title". Daily Post. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
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