The eagerly awaited Playing For Kicks 5-a-side tournament is back for its 3rd year running. Teaming up with UEFA's Together #weplaystrong - this years edition is set to be momentous. Alongside some familiar faces, we will be welcoming plenty of grassroots goodness from London and Paris. As we cheer on 10 awesome women’s football teams, we will raise funds for Imkaan - A UK-based, black feminist organisation dedicated to addressing violence against women and girls.
Come down on Saturday 22nd September from 10am - 5.00pm at Petchey Academy. Whatever your appetite may be, we’ve got it covered. DJ sets from Romance FC & friends so you know the tunes will be on point, yummy food and beverages supplied by What A Melon and Old Blue Last. Bring your pals and join us for a day of footballing fun!
A curator, DJ and promoter, K2RAH (pron. keh-TWO-rah) has been championing exciting new artists and forward-thinking sounds since 2010. Founder of the collective and club night So Future, she’s built a reputation for playing fun and energetic DJ sets and effortlessly weaving along the spectrum of future sounds, electronic, bass, garage, hip hop & alt- R&B.
Jyoty Singh is a longtime London homey with A1 music taste. Coming up in her native Amsterdam’s music scene, she bounced over to London, hustling working night club doors up to presenting on Boiler Room and her radio slot on Rinse FM today. With a big appetite for beatmakers, expect nothing less than grooves to make you move.
Bwalya Newton is a Zambian-born, London-based DJ, writer and the founder of women’s basketball team, Hackney Gazelles. As a DJ, her set list comprises of an eclectic mix of Afrobeat, baile funk, garage, dancehall with smatterings of hip hop and R&B. She is a mainstay at artist Kareem Reid’s Body Party and regularly performs for Bad Sports, Mushpit, and Work It.
GIN is a London Based DJ and a founder of Goldsnap and Resis'dance. GIN has been DJing for over 6 years and has graced the stage at Southbank, Tate Britain, the V & A, Dalston Superstore, as well as notorious parties such as Pxssy Palace and Gal-dem. GIN spins a great variety of genres, some are R&B, Hip Hop, UK Funky, UK Garage, House and DIsco
UEFA Together #weplaystrong UEFA has launched a ground-breaking initiative, aimed at transforming perceptions of women's football and encouraging girls to take up and continue playing the game.
Imkaan: Imkaan is a UK-based, Black feminist organisation. We are the only national second-tier women’s organisation dedicated to addressing violence against Black and minoritised women and girls i.e. women and girls which are defined in policy terms as Black and ‘Minority Ethnic’ (BME). We respect and value the incredible ethos in which Imkaan represents and hope you will join us in offering support for this event.
Playing for Kicks is an annual tournament hosted by Romance FC. Our aim is to create a fun, positive and inclusive day where grassroots women's teams of all levels get a chance to play – and an opportunity for friends to come down to support. Please read our tournament Code of Conduct before attending our event. Watch the video from last year to get a sense of what the day will be like.
This event has been organised by the in-house Romance FC creative squad.
For enquiries please contact romancefc.co@gmail.com
Design and branding by defender Aimee Capstick – ps hire her for freelance
Web design by midfielder wizzard Karoline K
Please note that all players, spectators, volunteers, refs and staff must adhere to our tournament code of conduct.
Please also note that by attending this event you agree to be filmed by members of the Romance FC crew and WePlayStrong. The footage will be used to promote future Romance FC events.
Romance FC has kindly requested that spectators on the day donate a minimum of £3 each, to support our chosen charity Imkaan.