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History of Raiders Girls’ Football

With 275 female players, Berkhamsted Raiders is, according to the FA, the largest football club in the country for female youth football. However, we’re not resting on our laurels and we aim to grow our number of female players to 500 by 2025. Our first female player, Molly Beard, started playing in 2003 and was ... More

A brief (and incredible) history of women’s football

We’re living through a golden age of women’s football. With more investment and public support than ever before, record and growing match attendances, ever-increasing mainstream media coverage, and fantastic levels of participation at grass-roots level, there’s plenty to feel proud of and hopeful about if you’re in ... More

Celebrating International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month

Whilst 8th March is an important reopening milestone with many of our children going back to school (cue collective cheer and sigh of relief), it also marks another important day, namely International Women’s Day. Additionally, this month is also Women’s History Month. Raiders will be celebrating both these events with ... More

The changing face of grassroots football

Keith Pollard, Raiders Chair of Trustees looks at how grassroots football has changed over the last ten years and how he sees the future. September 2007, Hemel Hempstead: My Berkhamsted Raiders U11s play their first game in the step up to 11 a side football. A 14-0 defeat played on a full-size pitch with full-size goals ... More

Raiders response to Dacorum Local Plan

Raiders Members are encouraged to respond to the consultation on the Dacorum Local Plan.  Responses can be submitted by email to responses@dacorum.gov.uk or via the online consultation portal. The deadline for submissions is Sunday 28 February 2021. The Charity Trustees have submitted a response to the Local Plan, ... More

Is futsal the future?

Sean McKay, Raiders Age Group Coordinator and Futsal coach shares his insight into the future of futsal. Johannesburg, 11 July, 2010. “It’s broken for Fabregas, now it’s Iniesta, this is it, that’s the goal, Spain have surely won the World Cup”. Conservative estimates put the TV audience for the 2010 World Cup ... More

Statement on Bulbourne Cross

Many Raiders members and local residents will have received a leaflet through their door regarding Bulbourne Cross. a development at Bourne End, that aims to provide housing, a school, a country park and community sport and leisure facilities. There is a project website, a recording of a webinar available on Vimeo and a ... More

Amazon Smile – Donate As You Shop

We've always been been proud of our strong relationships with our local partners and have always been keen to promote the principle of 'shop local' wherever possible. However we also recognise that for many, Amazon is an easy solution for buying the things you can't get on the high street. With that in mind, we ... More

Raider in the Spotlight – Mark Thomas

This month we are delighted to hear from Mark Thomas, who has recently stepped in to be our new Head of Girls Football. Q1. What does your new role involve? As the Head of Girls Football my responsibility is to make sure that we have the right environment in place at Raiders for all girls to be able to ... More

Dacorum BC and football in Berkhamsted

As a member of the Dacorum Sports Network, Raiders aims to influence the policies of Dacorum Borough Council that relate to sports facilities. The DSN provides a voice for sport in Dacorum and lobbies for the promotion and development of sport in our area. After some excellent work by Andy Criddle, the Vice Chair of the ... More