Spurs Spotlight: Bellwood's terrific season for Women's Under-19s
Grace Bellwood has put together some impressive numbers in her first season for our Women’s Under-19s.
Stepping up from the Under-16s, having been part of our Academy set-up since the age of 14, the young forward has recorded an excellent 19 goal contributions in 30 appearances in all competitions this campaign.
In her first experience competing against Professional Game Academy League sides, Grace hasn’t looked out of place and although she admitted it was a slow start to the term, she went on to complete the season in Lilywhite by either scoring or assisting at least 19 times.
To showcase how impressive this actually was for the youngster, at the end of February, she only had four goals and two assists to her name but, fast forward to the end of March, Grace had taken her tally to 14 goals in total, registering a further two assists in that time.
Finding the back of the net three more times in April before her season was concluded early due to an injury in the penultimate game of the campaign, Grace finished as the Under-19s top goalscorer with 15 goals in all competitions, with 11 coming in the PGA League.
Also tasked with facing senior sides for the first time in her career, across two cup competitions, Grace certainly relished that opportunity and made her mark in our young side’s fantastic Capital Senior Cup run.
Scoring the winner in our 2-1 win against Dulwich Hamlet in the first round, which saw her stunning strike named as the Club’s Goal of the Month, she then went on to score a hat-trick in the quarter-final stage in the emphatic 5-2 win over London Bees.