Two teams of local schoolgirls were invited to play a once-in-a-lifetime friendly match on a sustainably created full-sized football pitch set amongst the awe-inspiring backdrop of Aoraki Mount Cook National Park.
Football Ferns, Katie Bowen and Emma Rolston, were onsite to take some of the girls through drills and teach them valuable skills, and the match officiated by current Referee and New Zealand Football National Referee Development Manager, Lindsey Robinson.
The 105-metre-long by 68-metre-wide football pitch took more than six weeks to create, with a local groundskeeper flattening, mowing, and seeding the land every four days to create the pristine conditions for a football game.
Aotearoa New Zealand is excited to be co-hosting the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™, welcoming thousands of visitors from around the world. The tournament offers an incredible opportunity to put Aotearoa New Zealand front and centre on the world stage, benefit local communities for years to come, and leave a lasting legacy for football and women’s sport in this country, and our communities.
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