Our Squad Part 1: Why Do Women Abstain From Sport?

Inside Welsh Sport

On average, there is a ten percentage point gap between men and women participating in sport and this trend starts early. But why does it happen? And how can we encourage more women and girls to get active. Lowri Morgan is joined by a panel of inspirational women in sport to hear their stories. Ffion Davies, an English teacher who also runs the website Scoop Hockey and plays both hockey and rugby in her spare time. Giorgia Rescigno owns Letzshare - a community for women to try alternative sports. Gemma Price runs a Women’s boxing fitness class, Boxing Pretty and Jin Osborne runs JinFit - a Women’s only fitness company. This is the first of a two-part episode and a transcription of both episodes can be found at oursquad.cymru/blog.