Shepway Sports Trust

Gold Ambassadors

introducing our elite sports ambassadors

Lauren Williams

Football

Key Achievements

  • 1998 – IBF British Judo Champion
  • 2003-2007 – District School Cross Country Champion
  • 2003-2008 – District Schools 800m Track Champion
  • 2005 – Kent County 800m Track Champion
  • 2005 – Playing football for Kent Schools
  • 2006 – Playing football for the London FA
  • 2009/10 – Winning the double (League and the League Cup) Arsenal Ladies Reserves
  • 2011 – Final four in WPSL American Ladies Soccer league
  • 2013/14 – Playing for Kent FA
  • 2014/15 – Captaining the Gillingham Ladies side
  • 2012-2015 – Winning the Kent Cup 4 times consecutively for Gillingham Ladies

Future Goals

  • To continue playing and giving my all for my chosen club
  • To make a difference in children’s development in schools
  • To become a good role model for young children
  • To further my coaching development

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Profile

Age: 23

Lauren currently plays semi-professional women’s football as a defender for FAWPL side Gillingham Ladies. Lauren is one of the more experienced players at the club with this being her 5th season. She began playing football at the age of 4 for a local club in Folkestone, Kent. She was scouted at the age of 9 to Arsenal Ladies where she stayed for 10 years. She went to Oaklands College in St Albans combining her studies in a professional environment training every day for the Arsenal Ladies Academy.  At 18 she was then signed by Gillingham Ladies and has stayed ever since. In 2011 Lauren went out to the USA to play in a summer league for Tampa Bay Hellenic reaching the final four in the country. Lauren currently works at Hampton Primary School in Herne Bay where she teaches children from 4-11 PE and sport.