Women’s football or women’s soccer is the most prominent team sport played by women around the globe. It is played on a professional level in numerous countries throughout the world and 176 national teams participate internationally. It is the dream of one of our Bellfield girls to one day be apart of one of those national teams, the Australian national team.
Zainab Mohammadi has been working hard over the last few years both at school with her academic studies as well as out on the soccer pitch. She has worked her way up from club soccer to this year playing for Sydney Olympic U17 in the National Premier League.
To juggle HSC study and high level sport is not easy feat – it takes determination, organisation, drive and a dream for the future as well as a lot of support from her family. Zainab is a role model for our junior students not only for her success in sport but also in her passion to give back. She can often be seen helping coach the junior Bellfield girls during her lunch breaks and devotes time to participating in volunteer football events outside of school that will help promote sport for Muslim women and young women in general.
Zainab has been invited to attend to attend the “Women in Sport for Social Change” evening panel to be held on Friday 15th March in Sydney where she will hear from an exciting line up of emerging leaders, game-changers and international guests of the Young Sportswomen for Change leadership forum. The night is designed to develop leadership skills and promote cross-cultural bonds through sport as they bring together women from Arab nations and Australian women harnessing sports’ potential to drive positive social change in their communities.
Bellfield College is proud to recognise and commend young adults like Zainab who dare to dream to be the best they can be.