Local sportswoman on the rise in her career
Hilton- Smith bags another achievement.
Germiston’s Fran Hilton-Smith, the South African Football Association’s (SAFA) technical director, has been elected to the newly-formed FIFA Women’s Football Task Force, whose duties will be to identify and harness global women’s football development.
Having recognised the 25 years of women’s participation and involvement in football, FIFA created this new initiative, whose main goal is to develop a universal strategy for women’s football.
The other goal is to prioritise women’s football and develop a distinctive FIFA Women’s Club World Cup.
This, according to FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke, should form part of the Brazil 2014 Legacy.
“To be the sole African representative on the newly formed Women’s Football Task Force is a huge honour,” said Hilton-Smith.
“I promise to do my best, especially in enhancing the development of the sport on the continent.
“We must develop the game in Africa, and one of the components of activating this is by identifying programmes that will uplift women’s football on the continent.”
Hilton-Smith will represent the Confederation of African Football (CAF) region on the FIFA Women’s Football Task Force, which is chaired by Moya Dodd, of Australia.
The world football governing body will hold the first ever women’s task force meeting in Zurich, on January 15 (today, Wednesday).
