On 31 August, Perth will play host to the inaugural Queltic Games, a grassroots multi-sport event bringing together LGBTQI+ sports teams, athletes and allies from across the UK and Ireland.
Morven BruceAugust 17, 2024
Scottish Women in Sport (SW/S) have a vision for a world where women and girls have equal and fair opportunities in sport and we believe one way that this can be achieved, is through a gender balance on all decision-making boards. This year we support the theme of International Women's Day 2024, #InspireInclusion, by adding ‘Start at the Top’. Our 2021 research, giving the gender breakdown on a variety of roles in sport, highlighted the gap still prevalent in leadership roles between women and men. If we want to change this, we must have change from the top down. SW/S…
Morven BruceMarch 7, 2024
Sheila Swan is a legend on and off the ice. She's lead coach for the British Curling Team and the 2023 SW/S Coach of the Year. We sat down with her and discussed how she became a coach and why she's so passionate about Curling.
Morven BruceDecember 2, 2023
Lisa Allan is the first female Secretary General of the International Judo Federation. So of course we sat down with her to discuss the challenges she faces and the hope she'll bring to the role.
Morven BruceJune 26, 2023
Flashback to the 2022 Athletics European Championships, a visibly frustrated Dina Asher-Smith blamed “girl stuff” for her ‘poor’ performance. This comment made by one of the sport’s biggest names got people thinking - why if something that affects 50 per cent of elite athletes worldwide, is there not more research being done and why is menstruation still such a taboo topic? We caught up with one of the speakers from our 2022 conference, Dr Laura Forrest, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS), to discuss her work in the field. After…
Morven BruceFebruary 8, 2023
You might not know an awful lot about wakeboarding, but we spoke to two of the sports newest stars about their journey in the sport so far and what it's like being a young woman at the top of their game already.
Morven BruceSeptember 5, 2022
Christina Mackenzie has cycled from John of Groats to Land’s End, she’s also cycled the North Coast 500. Beating both standing records. We spoke to her about how she got there and the importance of mental wellbeing and surrounding yourself with people to support you.
Morven BruceMay 23, 2022
Ellie Richardson is both a professional athlete and mother. Our own writer Morven Bruce, is 35 weeks pregnant, so who better to sit down and discuss the highs and lows of pregnancy to give our readers all the best advice and information for their own experience.
Morven BruceMay 23, 2022
