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28/05/10
The Tim-man meets the women of Oz
Report from the IWG Global Conference on Women's Sport I feel as though my whole world has been turned upside down. And in a very geographical sense it has been. That’s because I am on the last leg of a 27 hour journey home after spending a week down-under in Sydney attending the IWG global conference on women and sport. My boss Sue and I were lucky enough to be asked to attend and present some...
22/04/10
It's not just for superheroes and the superfit...
What do you get if you add a man-sized chicken, a dozen superheroes, and a couple of WSFF employees to a huddle of 36,000 slightly crazy people? Yes, you’ve got it: the start of the Virgin London Marathon. On Sunday, 25th April, at 9.45am in South East London, around 36,000 runners will be nervously contemplating the next few hours. Questions they may be asking: did I do enough...
30/03/10
Here goes
Welcome to our shiny new website which we hope marks a bit of an exciting new chapter for WSFF.Our new-look online world comes hot on the heels of our 25th birthday. The quarter century milestone was a great moment to celebrate, to celebrate all the big strides that have been taken by the charity, but it also made it crystal clear that we need to keep the pressure on if we’re to reach our goal of...
Love the new website, looking forward to seeing more and more examples of good practice and success for women's sport featured.
17/03/10
Is British tennis really in such a bad state?
Since the admittedly embarrassing men’s Davis Cup defeat to Lithuania, the criticism directed at the Lawn Tennis Association and the clamour to slash funding and the management has reached fever pitch. But taking a step back is British tennis really in such a bad state? Certainly the women’s side of the sport is holding up very well. Elena Baltacha is now ranked 65th in the world, and has...
Having worked at the World Economic Forum in Davos for two years running I can see the networking benefits of such conferences making the world a smaller place and the task at hand that much more...