Midfielder Sophie Walton has signed a new deal with Sheffield United Women and will also take on a non-playing role at the club.
Walton joined the Blades last summer from Nottingham Forest and will now take on a player/coach role for the new season and add invaluable experience to head coach Neil Redfearn’s staff.
The 31-year-old has a vast array of experience of top level football having spent several seasons playing in the FA Women’s Super League, as well as representing Notts County in the 2015 FA Cup final at Wembley.
Walton is looking forward to what lies ahead for her when the new season gets under way: “I’m over the moon to be fair. I enjoyed my season last year, I took the step into the Championship and it took me a bit of time to find my feet, but it’s a good club, it’s a family club, I was welcomed from the first day and it’s a great group of girls, I’m excited to see what we can do this year.
“We did a really big haul of the river that day and each had a canoe acting like a bumper truck, with kayaks all round it, picking the litter and we were all teams of less than six.
“So we were still being very Covid aware and I thought we had done well with our full two tubs.
“But then I came back and found an entire canoe of litter.
“We plan to do more litter picks this summer.”
Back row left to right: Erik Hurinek, Boris Hurinek (trainee leader), James Ramsden (chair & coach), Ray Pickering, Phil Mackie (treasurer)
Front row Samantha Ahern (secretary & trainee coach), Sophie Walton (coach), Abbie Pearce
WORK has begun on a £1.4m project which will provide contemporary work space for technology and science-focussed businesses. Orbit, run by Durham University, will be based within one of the university’s research institutes at the North East Technology Park (NETPark), a science park in Sedgefield. Orbit will give members access to office, hot-desking, networking, and collaboration space while receiving targeted business guidance, support, and regular sessions delivered by the University’s researchers on a range of subjects. Jenny Taylor, head of economic development at Durham University, said: “We are so pleased that work has begun on fully repurposing and refurbishing part of our research institute at NETPark.
Work begins on £1.4m Durham University office workspace
Orbit will be based within one of the Universityâs research institutes at the North East Technology Park
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