Women's Weekend of Sport Online Programme

LAUREN
SMITH
We’re back at Ashton Gate this weekend for
what will undoubtedly be a highlight weekend
for women’s sport in Bristol with both us and
Bristol Bears Women running out in BS3 in the
space of 24 hours.
Bears kick off the action on Saturday afternoon
and after a fantastic first season under Dave Ward
and I’m sure they’ll want to hit the ground running
in their first league fixture this weekend against
Wasps - we wish them all the best of luck.
We’ve had a quite a break since our last game with
the international break and our late postponement
before that, so the group are chomping at the bit
to get back on the pitch and even better it’s at
Ashton Gate.
Across the opening months of the season, one of
the most pleasing factors for us as a coaching staff
is that we have demonstrated great consistency at
both ends of the pitch. We have shown what we’re
capable of in front of goal with several different
scorers, but at the same time we are keeping clean
sheets which is one of the main foundations to
having a successful season.
We have set our standards and if we continue
to perform to the same level or higher, which I
believe is achievable, we’ll continue to win more
and more games.
Becoming complacent is something we can’t
afford to do. The standards we set in our training,
preparations and matches can’t slip and I believe
if we continue to look at ourselves and what we’re
doing on a day-to-day basis then they won’t drop.
As always, the international break has seen
a number of our group head away with their
respective nations and it’s been fantastic to see
how they have performed. Abi was among the
goals for Scotland, Shania picked up an assist away
with Jamaica as well as Ffion and Liv both getting
valuable minutes away with Wales.
Time away with your country can be invaluable to
a player’s development and hopefully those that
have been away will bring what they have learnt
back into the group, and we’ll continue to kick on.
Enjoy the action and make some noise!
Lauren
COYR
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