K2.5m for women’s regional leagues

National Women Football Association (NWFA) has allocated K2.5 million (about $3 479) to each regional women’s league for 2016 season.

NWFA chairperson Severia Chalira said the leagues which are funded by Football Association of Malawi (FAM) will kick off April.

“We have allocated K2.5 million per region for the women football league which will be competed for by under-17 players.

“We thought it proper to limit the FAM Cup to under-17 players to develop women football at all levels,” she said.

Chalira said all along the senior players have been incorporated in the Under-17 competition, a situation she said that needed to be checked.

“Our focus is to have strong junior national team. With a real under-17 tournament, it will be easy to achieve that. Coaches will ably monitor the growth of players as they move to national team,” she said.

The Under-17 FAM Cup is scheduled to kick off in September.

Northern Region Women Football Committee general secretary Salakunja Chimanga commended FAM for supporting women football.

FAM second vice-president Othaniel Hara said it is the wish of the association to improve women football in the country. n