{"id":198325,"date":"2025-10-14T01:17:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T01:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/198325\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T01:17:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T01:17:13","slug":"vikings-women-crowned-league-one-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/198325\/","title":{"rendered":"VIKINGS WOMEN CROWNED LEAGUE ONE CHAMPIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"217\" data-end=\"380\">Widnes Vikings Women produced a stunning fightback to be crowned\u00a0League One Champions, defeating Wakefield Trinity 16-12 in Sunday\u2019s Grand Final.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"382\" data-end=\"618\">After falling 12-4 behind, the Vikings showed determination and resilience to turn the game on its head, to lift the trophy and secure promotion to the Women\u2019s Championship for 2026.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"382\" data-end=\"618\">Naoimh Gill-Ward and Becky Webb crossed for tries before Sammy Traynor scored the winner, with Aimee Wood adding two goals to seal victory.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"382\" data-end=\"618\">It was a fitting end to a fantastic campaign for the Women\u2019s Team, who finished top of League One after the conclusion of the regular season, winning 14 from 15 games.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"620\" data-end=\"796\">Head Coach, Dom Dean said: \u201cIt\u2019s been some season, what a group we\u2019ve got here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_p1\">\u201cI honestly love coaching this group of players. We\u2019ve come a long way in a short space of time.\u00a0They deserve it and I\u2019m proud of what they\u2019ve achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"620\" data-end=\"796\">General Manager, Tim Holmes, said: \u201cThis is an incredible achievement for our Women\u2019s team and a proud moment for everyone at the club. The commitment, resilience, and togetherness they\u2019ve shown all season have been outstanding.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"620\" data-end=\"796\">\u201cTo win the Grand Final and earn promotion is a huge reward for their hard work, and we couldn\u2019t be prouder of what they\u2019ve accomplished.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"620\" data-end=\"796\">Everyone at the club would like to congratulate Dom and the team on a deserved win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Widnes Vikings Women produced a stunning fightback to be crowned\u00a0League One Champions, defeating Wakefield Trinity 16-12 in Sunday\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-198325","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}