“Class and composure” - Wynberg Girls Junior football team shines in Denmark

DESPITE working with the team for just two months, former Bafana Bafana defender Roger Links said the Wynberg Girls Junior football team showed “immense composure" during their first international tour.

- JEHRAN NAIDOO

A group of 17 young ladies, between 12 and 13-years-old, jetted off from Cape Town International Airport to Copenhagen, Denmark

From there, the team travelled to the North Jutland town of Hjerring to compete amongst over 1,000 teams from 45 countries in the Dana Cup - a longstanding international youth football tournament.

According to Links, their astute level of professionalism is what earned them the Fair Play Award, given to the team that showed the best sportsmanship.

“Look, for them to win that award alone was really something special. It was insane how many people and teams were there. There were thousands of people and a lot of travelling," said Links.

“But throughout all of that, these young ladies just showed up with the best spirit and always played with good intentions.

They did not receive a single yellow card for the entire tournament and were just out there.

"I really think the Wynberg spirit came through when these girls were out there on the field otherwise they would not have won the Fair Play award."