Lionesses on the prowl!

On Saturday 7th July the Lionesses arrived pumped for CPPS R3. 

Due to holidays and injuries we were a couple of players short and so drafted in Matt Howel and Harrison Coley to join us. We really appreciated this as it gave the four girls we did have the opportunity to still field a team on Saturday.

We took two early wins followed by two close losses, in the past, losing consecutively like that may have gone to our heads, however we stepped up our game, reassessed our plays and were able to take the next 8 wins on the bounce. This left us with 10 wins to 2 losses all day. 

We believed that we had come in 2nd place to One41 due to a mix up in some of the other teams scores, so it was a pleasant surprise to end up at the top of the podium at the end of the day! 

We had three of the Ladies GB squad playing on Saturday and we are so excited with how this squad is developing together.

A huge thank you to our sponsors GI Sports, Anthrax, Mutant Customs, NPF Bassetts Pole, Get Milked Designs and Planet Eclipse. We had all kinds of weather conditions on Saturday, from torrential rain to blistering sun, but our Gtek 170R's did not miss a beat, remaining consistent all day and allowing us to focus on our game. 

The Lionesses exist as a platform to grow and develop the girl’s game in the UK, I believe we have one of the strongest crops of female players in the world but the opportunities aren’t always there to jump into established squads for whatever reason. We continue to strive to encourage all women in the sport and if there are girls out there who want to take their game to the next level, but aren’t sure how, we are here.

We would also like to give a huge shout out to fellow Lioness and GB player Kat Connell who couldn’t be with us on Saturday due to completing the first leg of her “Man VS” series raising money for Children With Cancer Charity. Kat ran the 25 miles of Man vs Coast and will be continuing on to Man vs Lakes and Man vs Mountain over the next few months.

Lydia Conroy (captain)

We love that the Lionesses are a Planet Eclipse sponsored team shooting the amazing 170R and we also love that most of the squad also play for Team GB Ladies. We congratulate them and wish them all the luck in the future for both Team GB and with the Lionesses :-)