TUFC Women begin a new era with dominant win over Teignmouth

The new beginnings for Torquay United Women enjoyed a powerful start, as manager Ryan Perks took control of his first game with a 11-0 demolition of Teignmouth Ladies in a pre-season friendly at South Devon College.

The Gulls took early control of proceedings, with Rebecca McMullin bagging an impressive hat-trick in the opening 23 minutes. It proved to be an early masterstroke from Perks, previously manager of Plymouth Argyle Ladies, as he deployed midfielder McMullin in a new role as striker.

Not satisfied with a treble, McMullin added a fourth with a header before half-time. Emily Elliot also notched a first-half hat-trick and a Jasmine Barker penalty gave United a hefty 8-0 lead at the break.

Perks turned to a group of trialists after the break, one of whom executed a lovely lob to inflict more pain on Teignmouth, who, to their immense credit, kept battling hard despite the tough scoreline.

Another trialist hit the net before McMullin rounded off a powerful performance with a late volley. While the opposition will obviously get a lot tougher in the weeks to come, it was still a very pleasing start to the Ryan Perks tenure as TUFC Women’s team manager.

United (First Half): 1. Trialist A (GK), 2. Scarlett Williams, 5. Trialist B, 6. Lily Hilton, 8. Lucy Palmer, 17. Trialist C, 31. Jasmine Barker, 18. Trialist D, 9. Emily Elliott, 19. Trialist E, 3. Rebecca McMullin

(Second Half): 24, Trialist F (GK), 8. Lucy Palmer, 7. Triallist G, 6. Lily Hilton, 31. Jasmine Barker (11. Trialist L), 17. Trialist C, 13. Lexie Watts, 10. Triallist H, 4. Trialist I, 14. Trialist J, 12. Trialist K

Scorers: Rebecca McMullin (4,11,23,27,87), Emily Elliot (7, 19, 32), Jasmine Barker (26pen), Trialist K (56), Trialist H (78).