Ali Donnelly
Founder and Author at ScrumQueens.com
CEO @morethan_equal 🏁 Founder @scrumqueens 🏉 Ex @sport_england @10downingstreet @hmtreasury Author of Scrum Queens -The Story of Women's Rugby 📖 🇮🇪
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Mar 8, 2024 |
sportengland.org | Ali Donnelly
The rise of women’s football is one of the true success stories in women’s sport in recent years. Arsenal generating crowds of 60,000 at the Emirates Stadium, fans lining the side of the pitch desperate to get a glimpse of their heroes and big brands signing up the likes of Leah Williamson and Lucy Bronze for major campaigns are no longer cases of exception in the sport. They are becoming the norm.
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Mar 1, 2024 |
medium.com | Ali Donnelly
One year in: Five things I’ve learned as CEO of More than EqualA year ago I left Sport England, to join a nonprofit startup with an ambitious goal — to support female drivers and help them realise a dream of competing at the very top end of motorsport. Though I had lots of experience in sport, and in particular supporting women in sport, motorsport itself was largely new to me. Here are some things I’ve learned. Mixed gender sports present unique and different challenges for women.
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Oct 19, 2023 |
theguardian.com | Ali Donnelly
To minimal fanfare last week, a quiet revolution began in women’s rugby. Italy’s victory against Japan in Stellenbosch, South Africa, might not have troubled the headline writers, but it marked the inauguration of a groundbreaking competition. Called WXV, the three-tier global series involving 18 Test teams is expected to usher in a new era of the women’s game.
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Sep 26, 2023 |
readersdigest.co.uk | Ali Donnelly
HomeLifestyleThe story of the pioneers of women's rugbyBY Ali Donnelly26th Sep 2023 LifestyleWomen's rugby has a long history, dating all the way back to the 1880s. The new book Scrum Queens, by Ali Donnelly, takes you through the history of women's rugbyIt is thought that rugby began in the 1820s and was named after the school at which it began: Rugby School in Warwrickshire.
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Sep 20, 2023 |
medium.com | Ali Donnelly
Every so often on various social media platforms, that incredible Nike ' Dream Crazier ' ad, voiced by Serena Williams, makes a resurgence. Perhaps someone has stumbled across it for the first time and wants to share it, or maybe it chimes with something they're doing in that particular moment.
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Fantastic appointment 👏
We are delighted to announce Carol Isherwood OBE as the very first chair of the new Lions Women’s Committee. Carol's immediate focus will be on overseeing the first ever Lions Women’s Tour to New Zealand in 2027.
