by County Durham Sport | Nov 22, 2021
#THIS GIRL CAN PLAY RUGBY:OLIVIA’S STORY OLIVIA’S STORY “After playing touch rugby throughout primary and secondary school, I started to play contact rugby during sixth form with a newly set up girls team. In the early days we really struggled to make up...
by County Durham Sport | Nov 22, 2021
#THIS GIRL CAN PLAY RUGBY:ERIN’S STORY ERIN’S STORY “I started rugby when I was 9, it was just one of those things you do as a kid. But when I went to secondary school I joined a girls team and absolutely fell in love with the sport!” “It’s not...
by County Durham Sport | Nov 22, 2021
#THIS GIRL CAN SPAR:LEIGH & LUCIE’S STORY LEIGH & LUCIE’S STORY Energy, strength, focused faces and coordinated boxing moves. Women of all shapes and ages (and a couple of men too), working hard, sweaty, red faced but punching out the stresses of...
by County Durham Sport | Nov 22, 2021
#THIS GIRL CAN PLAY RUGBY:RUI’S STORY RUI’S STORY “Rugby is not an intimidating sport, and it is not only for the big girls who have played it for over 5 years. It is inclusive and empowering, and it is never too late to get started.” Rui began...
by County Durham Sport | Nov 22, 2021
THIS GIRL CAN CYCLE:ALISON’S STORY ALISON’S STORY I met Alison at Blackhall Community Centre where she works and I can say that I’ve never met someone more energetic and cheerful! By her own admission though, this wasn’t always the case. Alison grew up in...
