Thank you to Brandi Friedrich Mitchell for being an outstanding advocate for older women's soccer. Watch her TED talk!
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Thank you to Brandi Friedrich Mitchell for being an outstanding advocate for older women's soccer. Watch her TED talk!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=izWg...
"Organised to strengthen bonds of friendship, promote sportsmanship and advance women’s football between Ghana and Togo, the match lived up to its billing as a celebration of passion and experience."
dailyguidenetwork.com/ghana-cruise...
Meet Granny Omo!
Omo considers her children and grandchildren to be blessings. "God did not bring us into this world to live as islands. We are born to help one another." ⚽🇿🇦❤️
Soccer Grannies is now available as an audiobook! More at JeanDuffy.com/audio…
#SoccerGrannies #audiobooks
Meanwhile, the Vakhegula Vakhegula women are playing are a curtain raiser at the COSAFA (Council of Southern Africa Football Associations) Women's Championship. Go Grannies! ❤️⚽
It is a big weekend in Grannies football! Mama Beka is in Ghana supporting a friendly game between Ghana and Togo ❤️⚽🇬🇭🇹🇬
Rewriting the rules of aging: Grannies soccer leads the way!
The spotlight shines brightest on 80-year-old striker Fikile Marishane.
“There’s nothing I love more than a penalty. I hit it straight into the corner. When they expect me to go right, I go left.” ❤️⚽️🇿🇦
www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-02...
Meet Granny Norah!
"I wake up early. I stretch and jog about five kilometers. I take care of my grandchildren. I bathe them, cook for them, and feed them. Just like that life goes on."
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Soccer Grannies is now available as an audiobook! More at JeanDuffy.com/audiobook
#SoccerGrannies #audiobooks
Meet Granny Bull! At age 64, Bull started playing soccer. "We were younger then; we were playing like nobody else, and no team could beat us. Football has really helped me a lot." ⚽🇿🇦❤️
Soccer Grannies is now available as an audiobook! More at JeanDuffy.com/audiobook
#SoccerGrannies #audiobooks
Last year we lost one of my teammates to ovarian cancer. Please be aware of the symptoms as early detection is key to better outcomes. Yesterday we had a tournament and raised over $12,000 to donate to HERA in Mary Ann's name to help find a cure. Soccer buddies rock!
www.herafoundation.org/donate
At age 66 with creaky, arthritic knees and a fear of heights, I undertook a challenging two-week hike in the Alps. My husband’s idea of a dream vacation induced nightmares for me, but off I went. 🥾🏔️
Thanks to @goworldtravel.bsky.social for publishing my essay!
www.goworldtravel.com/hike-alps-wo...
Meet Granny Khune! Khune is happiest when she meets the other women on the pitch to play football. She knows it’s something of a feat to be playing soccer at her age and is proud of it.⚽🇿🇦❤️
Soccer Grannies is now available as an audiobook! More at JeanDuffy.com/audiobook
#SoccerGrannies #audiobooks
Four South African Grannies teams traveled to Mozambique this weekend for a football reunion! 🇲🇿🇿🇦⚽❤️
#ActiveAging #soccersisters
The Dock Bookshop in Fort Worth TX is hosting a series of called the "Road to the Cup - Futbol 2026" on how the game ignites human spirit across nations. Soccer Grannies will be featured on Wed 12/10 at 12pm in TX, 1pm in MA and 7pm in South Africa ⚽❤️🇿🇦
Details at thedockbookshop.com/event/2025-1...
Our friends from South Africa, the Pietermaritzburg Soccer Grannies, talk about their first year of soccer! The game has taken them to Mauritius and Limpopo and their sights are set on Bali. Beyond travel, they embrace life with new "pride, purpose, and laughter." ❤️⚽🇿🇦
witness.co.za/news/2025/11...
Meet Granny Rossina! Although Rossina was born in 1941, she looks younger than you might expect for someone in her venerable eighties. Maybe it’s her sporting lifestyle?⚽🇿🇦❤️
Soccer Grannies is now available as an audiobook! More at JeanDuffy.com/audiobook
#SoccerGrannies #AudioBook
Writing group buddies are the best! 🥰
Get a head start on your holiday shopping! Check out the Arlington Book Fair, Saturday, November 8th 2:00-5:00, at the Roasted Granola Cafe, 1346 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, MA.
Twenty local authors will be available to sign books including Bev Stohl, Laura Beretsky, and yours truly!
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Meet Mama Beka! She is a highly praised community activist and the founder of the Vakhegula-Vakhegula football team . . . affectionately known as the Soccer Grannies. ⚽🇿🇦❤️
Soccer Grannies is now available as an audiobook! More at JeanDuffy.com/audiobook
#SoccerGrannies #AudioBook
In 2007 Beka Ntsanwisi formed a soccer team of older women. They improved their health and formed a vibrant new community of support.
Now almost 20 years later, hundreds of teams of grandmothers play soccer across Africa.
One woman can change the world! ⚽❤️
Melissa-Asli Petit reflected on the Grannies World Cup in “Soccer Brings Joy!” ⚽🥰
oldwomenaroundtheworldenglish.substack.com/p/soccer-bri...
“With age, many challenges arise. Playing soccer means you no longer feel alone, you can forget your problems on the field, and encourage each other.”
"Soccer Grannies" book is now available to listen to on Audible, Spotify, and more!
I hope I’ve done justice to the voices and spirit of these extraordinary women.
All proceeds will be donated to the Beka Ntsanwisi Foundation. ⚽🇿🇦
More details are on my website, jeanduffy.com/audiobook/
#audiobook
The lauded humanitarian Beka Ntsan'wisi has been busy, busy. She held an event for the elderly providing food donations and eye checks, celebrated a milestone birthday for one of the Nkowankowa players, and is promoting cancer awareness. 👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️
One week from today! On Friday 9/26 at noon the Ingalls Memorial Library has arrangerd a Soccer Grannies "Lunch & Learn" event at the Meeting House, 6 Payson Hill Road in Rindge NH. Would love to see you there! ⚽🇿🇦❤️⚽🇿🇦❤️⚽🇿🇦❤️
Sorry to relay that this event has been cancelled. Keep kicking the soccer ball!
