A village's football club will host an open training session to mark International Women's Day to boost the growth of women's football.

Brantham Athletic Football Club will welcome players to the open session on the main pitch between 6-7pm on Wednesday, March 8.

There will be a chance after the training session to socialise at the Brantham Leisure Centre, while enjoying a slice of pizza.

The club currently supports girls from age 7 (Mini Imps) up to the adult ladies' team, and even recently formed a ladies' veterans and recreational group, launched in December.

East Anglian Daily Times: Brantham Athletic have ladies teams from U7s all the way to the senior team. Credit: Ian ParkerBrantham Athletic have ladies teams from U7s all the way to the senior team. Credit: Ian Parker (Image: Ian Parker)

Organiser Louise Madley, said: "A number of our current players will be attending and we are keen to welcome any women and girls, of all ages, for the session - regardless of experience or whether they are currently involved in a team at Brantham.

"We have a variety of age groups already playing at the club and we felt this was a great opportunity to celebrate women and girls at Brantham FC and within football in general."

At Brantham, they have three girls teams at U13 and U14 level, with a ladies team playing in the Suffolk Girls and Womens League.

They first started having women's teams as far back as the 1950's.

East Anglian Daily Times: Brantham Athletic have ladies teams from U7s all the way to the senior team. Credit: Ian ParkerBrantham Athletic have ladies teams from U7s all the way to the senior team. Credit: Ian Parker (Image: Ian Parker)

Women's football has increased in stature over the past few years, with the help of the women's England team, the Lionesses, winning the European Championships in 2022 on home soil.

Louise continued: "This is a really exciting time to be involved in women's and girls' football and what better day to acknowledge that than on International Women's Day."

Everyone is welcome to Brantham Athletic Football Club on March 8 to take part in the training session.