Press releases & News stories
15 November 2012: 'The Independent' – There needs to a greater focus on women
Paul Reynolds - One of our executives talks to The Independent about women’s sport on TV - problems, issues and opportunities ...
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9 June 2012: 'JUST TRY' – Women TRY Sport Campaign
Women's SportsNet announces the Women TRY Sport campaign. Under the slogan 'JUST TRY', it aims to get more women active by PLEDGING to TRY sport. ...
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6 June 2012: FIA announces support for 'Women TRY Sport' campaign
By Tom Walker - The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has offered its backing to the 'Women TRY Sport' (WTS) campaign, which is designed to promote and improve sporting opportunities for women. ...
Read the full article on the Health-club.co.uk website.
31 May 2012: Facebook floats 'Women TRY Sport' PLEDGE for England Netball - 'JUST TRY'
Fresh from success in the 'Europeans' netball competition the England Netball Team, under the guidance of Sasha Corbin, are supporting the forthcoming 'Women TRY Sport' campaign by 'embossing' their Facebook pages with motivating words to encourage Women to 'TRY Sport'. ...
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14 December 2011: Leading British sportswomen STAND UP for SPORT
The captains of Britain's major Women's sports will join Olympians and British Internationals from other major sports for a remarkable photoshoot at the Houses of Parliament at 11.00am on Wednesday, December 14, 2011. 'Captains' Charlotte Edwards MBE (Cricket), Faye White MBE (Football), Maggie Alphonsi (Rugby RFU), Nicolla Weekes (Rounders), Jade Clark (Netball) will be supported by MPs Tracey Crouch and Barbara Keeley ...
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18 November 2011: The Women's Sporting Calendar 2012, Inspiring women to take part...
"As little as two per cent of all sports media coverage is devoted to female competitors and women's sport in the UK", according to Sue Tibballs, CEO of the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation. "This lack of profile leaves women's sport short-changed and presents a clear lack of healthy and active role models for women and girls. At the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation, we support all initiatives and programmes that work to reverse this trend and give a vital boost to the profile of women's sport through celebrating healthy women, living an active lifestyles." ...
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7 November 2011: Women's sport 'missing out on big deals'
By Karen Maxwell - Sports Management Magazine. A new report published by The Commission on the Future of Women's Sport has revealed that women's sport is "spectacularly missing out" on large sponsorship agreements. ...
Read the full article on the SportsManagement.co.uk website.
