We spoke to Kate and Fran from Performance Canteen to hear how to handle training and eating over the holidays and they have some very sensible advice so that you can enjoy yourself this holiday season.
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It’s that time of year when some women and girls can feel unsafe training in the dark. It’s so sad that we have to think like that, but we must. It’s better to be safe than sorry. We’ve asked Dr Amy Whitehead to share with us ways to stay safe when being active outside in the dark.
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The Olympics are over for another four years. Here are some moments to remember and, sadly, some to forget.
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Pull up a chair and get a seat at the table. Doesn’t sound very sporty, does it? But what about if I told you that the table is football coaching and a seat is you getting involved. That’s what Bloomsbury Football and Momentum On want you to do. They want more girls and young women to consider football coaching, because, quite frankly, there aren’t enough.
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March Madness has begun which might seem strange given we’re closer to the end of the third month of the year than the beginning but what I’m referring to is USA’s NCAA college basketball tournament.
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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.
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This IWD, Sweaty Betty is launching its sports hijab, a collaboration between the foundation, Lipa and a group of girls from This Girl Can in Leeds. The girls & Lipa tried on lots of different hijabs in a safe space, pointing out what they liked and didn’t like, and ultimately designed what you can buy online and in stores from today.
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Describing herself as, ‘Friendly, brave and passionate’, Tess (Tessa) made her debut for Great Britain in 2018. Playing midfield and wearing No 14, Howard currently has 76 combined caps (the number of times you play for your country) for England and GB and has scored 28 goals.
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Hockey 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.
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We are recruiting for our WAGIS group, ‘Seat at the Table’, a group dedicated to shaping We are Girls in Sport as it grows. Every sports club has a committee so we thought we should too and we’re inviting you to have a seat at this (virtual) table.
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You might have seen in the news or on social media that women’s football is going through a rough patch … and that’s an understatement. With the women’s World Cup looming this summer, the game is in crisis. We asked our friends at The Sports Ethics Examiners to delve a little deeper to explain what’s really going on. They focus on the Canadian Women’s Team (Olympic gold medal winning team!) but there are many other cases.
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Thirteen year old Betty Glyptis is one smart golfer. She’s funny and clever and a really good golfer.
A blog with a difference this week as it’s a vlog so you can watch it or listen to it on the go like a podcast! Listen to how Betty’s hearing impairment affects her golf - not something we’d thought of!
The first question is all about how Betty got into golf …Thanks Betty for a really fun chat.
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‘We are only human’ – Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix, Commonwealth Games & European gold medal winning 10m platform diver, comes back to this phrase a lot … and other fantastic words of wisdom which leave me feeling inspired and motivated by the end of our chat. But there’s much more to the first woman to win a platform diving gold for England at the Commonwealth Games since 1966, than that.
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We believe that every girl should be able to play sport and be active, however she likes. You are girls in sport your way.
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Today is the International Day of the Girl and We are Girls in Sport wanted to support one of its main objectives this year:
‘Increasing resources for and investments in adolescent girls, including for the networks and organisations that support quality and inclusive education and prioritise their well-being.’
We want to increase resources for sporty girls and with this in mind, we’re super excited at We are Girls in Sport HQ as we launch PLAY ON, the campaign to make sure that sports clubs & venues provide free period wear. Yes! Free period wear! Wouldn’t that be great?!
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COVID has impacted so many of us around the world and it continues to do so. Here, on this World Mental Health Day, rugby playing Ashleigh Rollins shares how it has impacted her mental health and how sport, and in particular, rugby, helped her. Thank you Ashleigh.
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It’s not often you’ll find a current newsy piece on our blog but this is SO important that it had to be shared and celebrated!
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Just the day before the England women’s football team were about to become European Champions, a footy tournament was taking place in London for girls’ teams. It was a huge success and, just like us, the Project behind it is focussed on breaking down barriers to sport - thank you Leanne for your efforts, the tournament and your write-up.
We haven’t done one of these for a while! C is for canoe slalom! You might have watched this at the Olympics and like me, been transfixed.
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