| Clubname: | JVW Development Team |
| Fullname: | Janine Van Wyk Gems Football Club |
| Nickname: | The Gems |
| Short Name: | JVW |
| League: | Gauteng Women's Development League |
| Season: | 2023 |
| Position: | 2nd |
| Current: | 2024 Gauteng U/16 Women's Development League |
| Website: | https://www.jvw5.co.za/ |
| Manager: | Kenneth Sithole (U16) Claudia Raposo (U/14) |
| Owner: | Janine Van Wyk |
| Stadium: | Wits Stadium |
| Capacity: | 5,000 |
JVW Girls also known as JVW U/16 and U/14 or JVW Gems is a women's soccer club based in Bedfordview, Gauteng. The team competes in the Gauteng Women's Development League, the Gauteng regional women's football league for U/14 and U/16 teams in South Africa. It is the academy of JVW.
In 2018 they became the first team to represent South Africa at the Dana Cup in Denmark.[1] [2] [3]
In their first match of the 2019 tournament they won 2–0 against Stokke IL from Norway.[4]
The U/16 Gems played in the inaugural 2023 U-15 Gauteng Women's Development League where they finished runner's up with 44 points (14 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses).[5] [6] They were runners-up in the inaugural pre-season tournament GWDL Top 8 losing the final 4–2 to Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies U/16.[7]
| Position | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| U/16 Head Coach | Kenneth Sthole | |
| U/14 Head Coach | Claudia Raposo |