Women Unscripted

Exactly two years ago today Hunter/Jumper rider Emily Karp, 21. suffered serious injuries when she fell from her horse while schooling over a grid of cavaletti. She sustained nerve damage to C5-6-7 in her neck which left her paralyzed in a wheelchair and needing to learn to walk again.  Doctors told her parents: “Your daughter was this close to being paralyzed for the rest of her life.” However, i...

If you want to know what Katie thinks about the FIFA World Cup so far here’s your chance to get the inside scoop from a pro player who does not hold back!  Katie tells it like it is when it comes to the early group games, not least of the dominating performance by USA against Thailand this week when they put home 13 goals. Yes, that caused the earth to tremor on Twitterland not least of all for th...

On this month's episode The Lovely Biertrix's guest is Central City Roller Derby's 'Verry Cherry', veteran skater and accomplished announcer. 'Verry Cherry' gives her top tips for new announcers starting out, how to build your announcing CV and what to do with negative feedback on the internet. We also briefly discuss rankings, upcoming tournaments and the benefits of watching games you've comment...

British Ultra-Runner Sharon Gayter has come a long way, quite literally, since enduring a difficult childhood that left her socially scarred and lacking confidence to take part in any sport.  Now at the age of 55 she has clocked up too many miles to count with record-breaking performances around world that have fueled her ambition for yet more milestones.  Sharon has gone from bus-driver to univer...

This week's show focuses on two riders in different sports; one a young professional show jumper and the other an Adult Amateur Eventer. Kelli Cruciotti won her first major show jumping Grand Prix this past weekend when she partnered her Belgian Warmblood mare Hadja van Orshof to victory in the $204,000 Coca Cola Grand Prix at the Tryon International Equestrian Center.  The conditions were less th...

On this month's episode of the Sailing Show Abby Ehler takes a look at the wider area of working within the sailing industry, in particular the roles of Race Officers, Umpires, Judges & Mark Layers. Abby's guests include Sofia Truchanowicz, from Poland, a world-leading international sailing judge and umpire who currently works as part of the umpire team for the new global sailing series, SailGP. ...

On episode 17 of The WeCOACH Podcast, Megan Kahn speaks to longtime coach and administrator Ann Walker. Following more than 25 years in collegiate athletics, Ann has helped boost the growth and engagement of WeCOACH for the past three years as the director of events. On the cusp of her retirement, listen in as Ann shares lessons learned along the way, advice for women in sports, and the power of w...

Dr. Juliet McGratten was a General Practioner for 16 years before she decided to hang up her stethoscope and follow her passion, using medical knowledge and experience to improve the health of women through physical activity. She published her first book Sorted: The Active Woman’s Guide to Health in 2017 and won first prize in the Popular Medicine category at the 2018 British Medical Association M...

Wendy Barrett is a breast cancer survivor who discovered the sport of dragon boating in 2007, just two years after a double mastectomy, and fell in love with the sport.  She joined the breast cancer dragonboat team “Abreast in a Boat” in her home town of Vancouver, Canada, which had started ten years earlier as a research project for women recovering from breast cancer. This organization is now wo...

Paralympic dressage rider Sydney Collier is based in upstate New York from where she is aiming for her second Olympic Games next year and hopes to have a new partner to take her on this journey.  Since 2016 after she suffered her 5th stroke she has been classified as a Grade 1 rider, which is the most severely impaired, Sydney has long since battled against all the odds since she started riding so...

See What She Can Do is a Toronto based organization that is aimed towards uniting women around the power of sport. Their mission is to find inspiring content, people and business to help you do your thing, and your tribe and resources to help keep you moving.  Caroline Wiley is the Founder and President or this new organization which is building a community and cooperative that will help girls and...

British diver Barbara Heathfield first started diving at her high school at age 11 and has returned to the sport she loves after a break of 20 years. Now aged 60 she is taking on the world having competed in numerous National and International Masters competitions. Barbara says: “I thought I would give it a go again, so I joined a club and started to re learn some dives.  I must say it was much ha...

Molly Bailey is a Senior Reporter at The Chronicle of the Horse and she joins us this week to chat about The Devon Horse Show’s Junior Week highlighting some of the young talent that she watched at the championships. We also discuss what’s making news on the international scene from the current FEI rankings and the interesting difference in gender balance between the three Olympic disciplines. The...

On the third episode of Full Time, Katie gets the chance to speak to two of the most influential women in the professional soccer world. Stephanie Lee and Laura Harvey are the General Manager and head coach, respectively, of the Utah Royals. You will hear advice on how to follow your dream, pave the way as a role model for others, and stay true to yourself while taking a leap of faith. I hope you...

Zoe George at Radio New Zealand sits down with the former Prime Minister of New Zealand Right Honorable Helen Clark to discuss her favorite sport, what we need to do to improve coverage of women in sport, and how we lean in to encourage more women into leadership roles. We hear from some of the attendees of the recent International Work Group Captains Luncheon about the big challenge facing women...

On Episode 16 of The WeCOACH Podcast, host Megan Kahn has an opportunity to talk with THE FEARLESS COACH Becky Carlson. Their discussion interweaves building and sustaining team culture, challenges affecting all women coaches regardless of sport or level, and how she finds the courage to speak up for those who don’t feel they have a voice. She candidly shares her perspective on how the coaching la...

Our guest this week is multi-talented Masters Thrower Myrle Mensey from St Louis, MO who, despite becoming a septuagenarian earlier this year, continues to dominate both nationally and internationally. Her catalogue of world records is endless, both in hammer and shot put and as a coach she knows a thing or two about throwing discuss and javelin too.  Despite growing up before Title IX and missing...

Danielle Travis has created her own pathway to a sport that is generally perceived to be elitist and usually demands the wherewithal to be able to own a string of polo ponies. Based in Hawaii, Danielle has the added challenge of traveling to the mainland to compete with other clubs, which speaks to her passion and determination to further her game.  She has played with some of the sport’s top play...

On this episode we discuss female referees in American Football. A new short documentary, Her Turf, follows three female football officials as they claim access to a powerful role in a male-dominated industry. Annice Canady was the first female football referee to officiate a NCAA game in 2001. She is revered as a trailblazer, opening the door for other women to call the shots. The three-time canc...

On this episode our Sport in Focus is golf and joining me to explain the subtleties of the sport is South Asian professional golfer, three time All American and All Region West Player in Div 3, NCAA Maya Reddy. Maya turned pro in 2015 and played consistently on the mini tours plus the LPGA Monday qualifiers, and gained some status to the Symetra tour.  Sadly Maya ultimately stopped playing in even...

On Episode 4 of ‘The Lovely Biertrix’ we talk to Lindsey Watson (Meanie aka Haberbashery) from Auld Reekie Roller Derby. This week it is Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK, and the focus is on body positivity, our podcast episode covers Habs’ personal relationship with the sport of Roller Derby, how it helped her through a poor episode of mental health and how it changed her relationship with...

Our guest this week is Canadian Masters Rower Marisha Roman, who at 52 has been rowing competitively for 32 years and is still motivated to set her 4:30am alarm to go training.  In 1989 she won the Royal Canadian Henley Intermediate Women’s Eight and when she returned to Masters Rowing in 2003 she won the age 40+ 8s at the famous Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston five times with the Toronto Sc...

On this episode of The Sailing Show, Abby Ehler talks to Swiss solo sailor, Justine Mettraux about her Figaro campaign and her pathway into the Figaro circuit. Justine first competed in the Mini Transat series back in 2013 and went onto compete in the Volvo Ocean Race in 2014-15 with Team SCA. Justine is now in her 4th consecutive year in the Figaro circuit, and is joins us fresh from the first Fi...

Our guest this week is Mexican show jumper Lorenza O’Farrill who played a pivotal role in helping Mexico win the Nations Cup in Coapexpan recently riding her 14 year old Oldenburg gelding Queen’s Darling. She did the double on her home turf by winning the Grand Prix on her 11 year old Oldenburg mare Calvira and proved that she is back on form after a challenging few years. Seven years ago the flam...

On Episode 15 of The WeCOACH Podcast, Megan talks to California Golden Bears Women’s Basketball Head Coach Lindsay Gottlieb. Lindsay offers her perspective on successful assistant coaches, how to know if you’re prepared to take a head job, and adapting her coaching philosophy. On the cusp of Mother’s Day, Lindsay reflects on balancing motherhood, the impact of visible female leaders and how having...