The 2025/2026 season for our Ladies consisted of many ups and downs, with manager Mikey Felgate at the realm managing the Ladies 1st team and Hannah Godbold managing the Reserves side, we started off with decent numbers throughout the squads.

After a summer of hard work and arranging friendlies and tournaments throughout in preparation for the season (as we always do!) we were hit immensely hard with a literal last minute decision by the Ladies league to scrap the second division for the Ladies 7s league (in which our Reserves were in), this meant our Reserves would join the same division [1] in which our 1st team were placed. This was spurred onto us all from committee to management and players within 3 days of the league campaign starting which caused huge panic and frustration from top to bottom. Mostly so due to the uncertainty and rules that were now in place to throw our season off before it even began. With the change, this meant our 1st team and Reserves players were not allowed to play for both teams unless transferred, and of course with division 1 being a tough division, our Reserves players were not confident in facing such harder opposition all of a sudden, but we had to make due.

This reasoning proved to be an uphill struggle for both of our Ladies sides, struggling to field a side for the Reserves despite having what we thought to be enough signed on in the summer; we were forced to postpone a vast amount of fixtures throughout the season, especially for our Reserves. Immense credit and appreciation for the majority of our true Rocks players who stuck with us throughout and still had smiles on their faces during the cold, wet training sessions and matches (when they were on). It was an up and down season for Mikey’s 1st team with some good results finishing mid-table. There were some notable decent sides in the league with Gorleston being a top side and dominating the league as well as Leftfield proving to be forceful opponents throughout. 

Unfortunately around October time H. Godbold had to step down for personal reasons from the Reserves role with Kayles Capps stepping up to be interim manager and oversee the side. We thanked Hannah immensely for being a star during her time as manager from the previous season to now, especially when being player-manager which is most certainly a tough and demanding ask! Despite stepping down from managerial duties, it was great to hear that Hannah would remain as a player for Rocks.

The committee came to a decision to appoint Georgia Dearden as manager with Jordan Fitton assisting as she was a long-serving Rock Ladies player (since our formation in 2019 in fact!) recently set to return from a serious knee injury, and she was quick to give a good, positive buzz within the Reserves almost immediately, it was great to have George back!

As previously mentioned, it was a season of catch-up from the start thanks to last minute division changes but we always gave our all, especially from a committee perspective working hard behind the scenes to ensure we field a team and keep going until the end of the season. Mid-way through the season our Ladies Rocks Xmas Quiz team managed to defeat reigning champions to be crowned winners in what was a top night as always for our annual quiz night!

Leanne Warnes earned 3rd spot in the league goalscoring table with 32 goals for the season behind Gorleston and Vikings players, a proud achievement!

A huge thanks to Mikey, Hannah, George and Jordan for their time, efforts and dedication throughout… it definitely didn’t go unnoticed! 

It was promised by Chairman Tomo at the end of the season that notable changes would most certainly be implemented to improve the morale and ‘bring back’ that positivity for our Ladies with a a well-needed rebuild for the 2026/2027 season (UPDATE FROM 2/9/26: The re-build has already proven to be a huge success after a hard-working summer – a morale-high season for the Ladies is most certainly on the cards!)