Girls didn’t get a look in until May 2002 when Wigton began actively recruiting in local schools and held a number of free coaching sessions. At that point Wigton had no female coaches so it sought the help of the WRCFA development office to get things going. Julie Chipchase coached at the first two sessions with another two by Julie Grundy. So, it was with great pride that in 2004 Wigton’s U11 team accepted the West Riding Girls Football League Division B Trophy in the presence of Julie Chipchase indicating what a strong influence the two Julie’s coaching had been. Quite a number of the girls receiving their trophy that evening had been coached by the two Julies and, up until attending those first sessions, had never been involved in football before. This season Wigton will have teams playing from under 8s right up to Open Age. (For further details visit the Girls Teams section of this site).