The Young Football Ferns are New Zealand’s national U-17 women’s football team.
In 2008, they captured the hearts of the New Zealand football public with dramatic encounters against Canada and Denmark and a thrilling win over Colombia during the New Zealand hosted FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, the first of its kind.
The matches were played in front of large crowds and uncovered rising new stars, who have gone on to make the full international debut.
In 2010, Dave Edmondson’s charges are aiming to reach the finals in Trinidad and Tobago but must get through April’s Oceania qualifying in Auckland first.
- From left to right: Top row: Bev Priestman (Head of Delegation), Penelope Day (Doctor), Kate Carlton, Jessie Mathews, Olivia Chance, Hannag Carlsen, Rachel Head, Evie Millynn, Kelly Rope (Physio), Jill Gilmore (Asst Coach). Middle row: Gene Granger (GK Coach), Dave Edmondson (Head Coach), Brittany Dudley-Smith, Stephanie Skilton, Jess Reddaway, Chloe-May Geurts, Lily Alfeld, Michelle Windsor, Sivitha Boyce, Gareth Ashton (Sports Scientist), Mariah Meagher (Manager). Front row: Rebecca Burrows, Holly Patterson, Tessa McPherson, Katoe Bowen (captain), Kate Loye, Megan Lee, Grace Parkinson, Hannah Wong.
