The Year In Review

As charity partner to the Women’s Sport Trust, spring sees the launch of the Unlocked programme, which pairs athletes with appropriate activators to help guide them on their journey inside and outside their chosen sporting arena. For me personally, to be an activator on this programme is so self-satisfying and athletes like Paralympic coxswain Erin Kennedy and rugby player Simi Pam have delivered incredible stories for Glorious. Of course, the highlight of the year was the Lionesses winning the Euros when they brought football home. Having watched several matches at Boxpark London, which was buzzing, it was brilliant to how much the mixed crowd admire and respect today’s female football players.

I had never been to a women’s rugby match until the final pre-warm-up game to the World Cup between England versus Wales. To watch the strength and athleticism of these women up close was an eye-opener and highlighted to me even more the importance of Glorious publishing a story about the disparity in women’s rugby, backed up by another story on Scottish rugby player and firefighter Jade Konkel. It was an historic moment for women’s cycling with the first edition of the Tour de France Femmes, and our writer, Amy Sedghi, managed to join the bus of the British team Le Col-Wahoo and follow the gruelling race. Golf is my sport, and it was an historic moment for me when Glorious captured women’s golf in such a unique way and actually made it look cool!