With no family background in horseracing whatsoever, Lilly started out in the North Cotswold Hunt branch of the Pony Club. Lucky to get a pony at age nine, she felt the pull - taking him racing and winning her first one. Lilly rode in her first Point-to-Point in February 2015 and scored her first win between the Flags in April 2016. From there, she had caught the bug.
Read MoreHockey is a fast-paced, exciting game that is played all over the world. Matches can be hugely entertaining to watch, full of end-to-end action! When it comes to starting out, you can usually begin playing at age 5 and keep going right up to ‘veterans’ hockey, there really is no limit. It’s for all ages and abilities, anyone can pick up a hockey stick and learn. So, if this is a first for you and you’ve never heard of hockey before or perhaps you have and would like to know more, this post will hopefully be a good starting point for you.
Read MoreWomen's rugby is one of sport's great success stories. Every weekend across the United Kingdom, women lace up their boots, pop in their gum shields and run, ruck, tackle, maul and scrum – all in the name of their favourite sport - rugby. We are Girls in Sport had the pleasure of interviewing Georgie Lilly Perris-Redding on her career in rugby and how she’s working hard to help others.
Read MoreI’m Sarah Jackson and I got into sport for the same reason as almost everyone – for the love of it! I tried pretty much every sport under the sun growing up, and I’m still finding new sports to try, but windsurfing was my one true love and the harder I trained, the better I got. However, I didn’t start out trying to be the best in the world, or even wanting to be a professional windsurfer, I just wanted to be on the water as much as possible doing what I love!
Read MoreKatie Malkinson, founder of Little Big Sports, is passionate about sport and cricket in particular. She is heavily involved in her local cricket club where her son plays and she’s keen for more girls to play the game too, so much so that she is setting up junior girls’ training at the same club.
Read MoreAt We are Girls in Sport, we are all about partnerships and looking at creative ways we can collaborate with others to share one united goal; to help girls and women to feel good and to build confidence from the inside out through the power of sport. We are delighted to have the support of Pretty Athletic, a business born out of seeing a gap in the marketplace for skincare specifically designed for women and teen girls who enjoy exercise.
Read MoreHere at We are Girls in Sport we know that there are lots of girls and young women out there who want to play sport but who are coming up against barriers. We think it’s great that we’ve discovered one company that has decided to help with that last barrier, providing teenage girls with some sports kit of their very own and the support they need to persevere.
Read MoreIn this week’s blog, we caught up with an advocate for women in sport , Dani Mugridge, Director of Sport at Lady Eleanor Holles school and assistant coach for the English netball team, Surrey Storm. Dani contacted We are Girls in Sport as she supports and believes in our campaign to introduce more girls to the wide variety of sports out there.
Read MoreLAX is an abbreviation for lacrosse … (as well as the code for LA’s airport!) Do you know the sport of lacrosse? Have you played it?
Read MoreI was not a sporty girl, despite coming from a sporty family. I was surrounded by sport — both my parents were active, I went to watch my brother play rugby and sport was always on the TV. I did enjoy watching sport but during my formative years, I didn’t play anything, preferring, instead, a good book and nurturing my aspirations of being a sports journalist.
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