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International WELCOME This is a landmark issue as we
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The Women’s World Cup will be taking place in Canada and
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coverage than ever before and so we thought it fitting for that
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doing incredible things and
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have supported teams since forever. These people believe in women’s sport and want
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opportunity and without them so little would have been
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every issue, for telling others
and schedules for the World
Equally to all the parents the
journey. It is exciting and with
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world over, whose countless
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you.
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and for your supporting the each issue I write I always wonder what lies in store for
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Rallye Aicha des Gazelles 8
Karen Darke 14
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Corinne Evans 20 The Barnes Sisters - Keeping it in the family
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International
Matrix Cycling 32 YESSS Tickhill Grand Prix 36 Team USA - The Solheim Cup
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The United States Womens National Team
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FIFA Womens World Cup Guide 70 The Beauty of the Game: FIFA Women’s World Cup
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Betting in Womens Sport 80 Interviews with World Cup Coaches 88 Sports International Magazine’s Outstanding Athlete
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Canada Womens Soccer Team 96 Recipe - The Good for you Apple & Almond Crumble
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Thankyou’s 111 Contact 112
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Contributors Myak-Paul Homberger
Steffan Wyman
Aside from
Starting out in
being a huge
Women’s cycling
Catherine Spencer
sports nut and champion of
team management in 2004,
Catherine Spencer is a former
qualifications including being
goal to work in the sport full
so brings a vast experience
training coach, two martial
and he became more involved
in sport. She recognised the
his instructor level in Urban
wanted and he began to work
that could benefit greatly
practitioner and sociologist
2008. Previously working in
women, their determination,
his previous management
communication, hard work,
a level of professionalism and
Catherine set about sourcing
runs.
and coaches from sport and
In 2010 he took a step back
could communicate their
women’s sport, has numerous
it was never Steffan’s initial
England Rugby Captain and
a BAWLA qualified weight
time. However as time passed
of sport and being a woman
arts black belts alongside
it was clear that’s what he
potential for organisations
Krav Maga. He is also an NLP
full time in the sport from
from the stories of inspiring
with an HND in RAB.
financial services, he’s used
belief, focus, trust, leadership,
Photography is his main
experience to try to bring in
team work and sacrifice.
organization to the teams he
Inspiring Women speakers
passion and he has been
published internationally.
Myak has worked with men’s
and women’s national teams, as well as with premiership
teams and individual players.
from professional teams to
work on a project with Matrix Fitness to try to develop the UK racing scene and
create a new stable team,
giving domestic riders the opportunity they needed. After 5 years, the time
has come for the Matrix
Fitness team to return to
the professional peloton and in 2015 they are lining up
against the worlds biggest
teams in the worlds biggest races. 6 May 2015
business who she believed
stories and lessons effectively.
Richard Stoodley
Benedicte Clarkson
Kirsty Hill
‘Rapid’ Rich
Benedicte
editor and
Stoodley
Clarkson is
Kirsty is a web copywriter
appeared on the cycling
a French woman who has
whose passion for surfing
get fit”. Within just a few
the last 28 years. Three years
contributor to the Surfing
an obsession and long rides
Jamila to compete in the
covering 200 miles in just one
She occasionally writes
Rapid’s competitive streak
Rallye both from a general
Racing with some success.
personal point of view, having
sales, promotion and sheer
what some have described is
obtaining financial support to
She is also a trustee of the
Prix one of the biggest events
a member based charity,
year.
money for small children’s
scene late in 2012 “just to
enjoyed living in London for
weeks this hobby turned into
ago she teamed with friend
became the norm with him
Rallye Aicha des Gazelles.
day. Even aged at over 50
for publications about the
saw him Hill Climbing and
perspective and from a
His skills of organisation,
participated three times in
enthusiasm were key in
the hardest rally in the world.
make the YESSS Tickhill Grand
British Moroccan Society,
on the UK in just its second
organising events and raising
knows no bounds. A
Sumo, and the Slideshow
magazine, she also writes
a blog on her own surfing
adventures. Despite currently being landlocked, Kirsty
refuses to let geography
stand in the way of a sport and lifestyle that she is so passionate about.
charities in Morocco, including schools for young children and women.
UK coordinator www.rallyeaichadesgazelles. com
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Rallye Aicha des Gazelles - Women-Only Off Road Rally
By Benedicte Clarkson The Rallye Aicha des Gazelles Morocco is the biggest womenonly off road motor competition in the world, taking place every
year at the end of March in the Moroccan desert. For the last 25 years, women of about 23 different nationalities, all walks of life,
all ages (the oldest competitor is 71 and has participated 16 times) compete in 4x4s, quads, buggies and moto cross. GPS or phones
are not allowed, the Gazelles (as the competitors are known) navigate the old fashioned way, with black and white maps from
the 60s, a compass, a ruler and a plotter. The winning team is the team which has done the least amount of kilometers.Â
This is not a ballad in the desert. The Gazelles’ endurance, determination and solidarity is tested every day. The terrain is
usually difficult, made of rocky desert, dunes, ravines, tough
vegetation, dried out river beds and mountains. To keep their heading as closely as possible, the gazelles must constantly make decisions. It’s a team effort: the navigator looks both at her
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Photos courtesy Rallye Aicha des Gazelles
straight ahead of the car to avoid or take slowly big rocks, ditches, soft sand where it is so easy to sink the car.
A typical day : The rallye follows the same pattern every year with small variations but basically, while at the bivouac or camp, the competitors are
woken up by “the Boss” Dominique Serra (a French entrepreneur
who created the concept 25 years ago in response to the traditionally male-dominated world of motorsports) at 4am, we stumble up,
briefly wash our faces and apply heavy suncream, the driver walks
to the car park to pick up her car while the navigator either packs up the tent or simply tidy it and prepares her navigation bag.
At 4.15am, you’ll find the driver breathing a sigh of relief that the
car is starting, that the tyres are not flat and that the oil level is fine.
She will then drive the car either towards the tents if they have to
pack up because it’s marathon time or they’re simply changing bivouac or towards the departure line that they are given.
At 5am, it’s briefing time and it’s also the time all the navigators are given the latitude and longitude of the first point of the day and
have to plot it on the map as well as having breakfast. Between 6 and 6.45am, they’re off.
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Every day they are given a certain amount of
checkpoints (about 7) to find over a distance averaging 190kms per day if the team goes straight from point to point.. A checkpoint is
a red flag more or less hidden in the desert. If everything goes well, the gazelles can be back at
camp by 6.30 pm, in time for a shower, a drink at the bar and an excellent dinner from 8pm. From time to time, things do not go so well and they might have to find the camp in the dark. Some might end up sleeping outside the camp.Â
To ensure the safety of all the competitors, all
the vehicles are fitted with a tracking device linked to satellite. The organisers know at all
times where the gazelles are (even if sometimes the gazelles themselves do not know where they are!).
The competition : In 2015, there were several categories: the
expert category (all in 4x4s), the general 4x4/
truck category, the quads/bike/buggies category and the SUV category. They are given different parcours and checkpoints.
“... the two most dangerous factors are fatigue and poor communication.� 10 May 2015
With a typical 10- to 14-hour day starting at 6 a.m., and with a last checkpoint closing at 7:30 p.m., the
two most dangerous factors are fatigue and poor communication. Teammates have to learn how to
communicate in a way that’s constructive. The only
way they can do well is to support and respect each other. They want to be a strong teammate, to have a
great attitude, and look for solutions. The “rockstar” is the navigator. If a mistake is going to be made,
it is usually the navigator making it. The driver can of course break a car but that is unusual. So the teammates must have resilience and must be able to have a good laugh.
Photos courtesy Rallye Aicha des Gazelles
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The charity Coeur de Gazelles: The Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles is acknowledged for its non-profit organization, Heart of Gazelles. The
charity offers medical aid, support to orphanages and
schools,
sustainable
development
for
villages, and job development for women in the
region. The rally is the only global motorsport event with ISO 14001 Certification, with strict environmental and citizen-friendly directives.
During the rallye, a caravan of voluntary doctors, dentists, nurses visit the villages around the Rallye.
The winners: Winner of the general category in 2014, British Jeanette James came 2nd in the expert category
in 2015. A Moroccan team was the winner of the general category in 2015: team 221 Karima Laaroussi-Mouhyi
and
Florence
Deramond.
Anglo-Moroccan team 219 (the Smiley gazelles) came 23rd out of 120.
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Photos courtesy Rallye Aicha des Gazelles
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Karen Darke Inspiring Women Speaker
By Catherine Spencer Inspiring Women’s tag line is “Inspire, Believe,
Achieve” and Karen Darke (Inspiring Women Speaker) is perhaps more closely aligned to all three words than most. She is one of the
most inspirational people I have ever come
across; she has huge belief in her own abilities and has achieved some quite remarkable feats.
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Karen was a keen runner and mountaineer before
becoming paralysed in a rock-climbing accident
aged 21 and has since pursued alternative ways to access the outdoors – canoeing, sit-skiing
and hand-cycling. She has hand-cycled in various
corners of the world, including Central Asia and
the Himalaya, the Karakoram and the length of the Japanese archipelago.
Karen has co-organised Sea kayaking expeditions
along the coastlines of British Columbia and
Alaska, skied across the Greenland icecap, climbed the kilometre-high vertical rock-face of
El Capitan and kayaked through the fjords of
Patagonia. More recently Karen has cycled the Tibetan Plateau otherwise known as ‘The Roof of
the World’. Prior to her Tibetan challenge Karen
also competed in the London 2012 Paralympics coming away with a Silver Medal for British
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Photos courtesy Karen Darke
Photos courtesy Karen Darke
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Cycling. The mental and physical challenges that Karen has had to
endure have been immense but this wonder woman continues to prove that even the biggest challenges and seemingly impossible tasks can be overcome.
In September of last year Karen embarked on yet another challenge that initially seemed impossible to her, competing
in the Mallorca Iron Man. This would involve swimming 2.4 miles, handbiking 112 miles and using a racing wheelchair to run the 26.2 mile marathon. Whilst the distances in Iron Man are highly
challenging for all, the fact that Karen could only use the power of her arms in all three disciplines means that completion would be
a phenomenal achievement. A film has been made to document
this challenge, the premiere of which is being screened at the Sheffield Adventure Film festival in March as part of their Women
in Adventure programme. The film is aptly named ‘Impossible’ and will I am sure inspire us all and instil in us the belief that nothing is really impossible, everything is possible.
(http://www.shaff.co.uk/whats-on/films-a-to-z-list-2015/impossible/ ).
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Many would rest here but not Karen. Her next big focus is Rio and the 2016 Olympics where she
Photos courtesy Karen Darke
will hope to compete as part of the Great British Cycling team; once more entering the ‘pressure
cooker’ of British team racing as Karen describes it. Like London 2012, Rio 2016 will be an entirely
different adventure to cycling the ‘Roof of the World’ with friends or traversing the length of Greenland or climbing the El Capitan but the
mental toughness and determination that Karen has used in the past to turn impossible to possible
will surely spur her on in Rio. As Karen reflected in Tibet: “... cycling up the last ‘double-dipper’
passes (two in one with a drop down between them), especially the final stretch to 5250m and a massive view of the Himalaya and Nepal, the
scenery tugged out our emotion. I felt to be
riding into the future, a future full of excitement and beauty to match the mountains around us. I knew why I’d had to wait twenty years for the
journey. Twenty years ago it wouldn’t have had the same impact”
all about finding belief, confidence, motivation and commitment. There are no limits.”
Following her Rio 2016 challenge Karen will, I am sure, continue to live life seeing the possibility
in everything. Her life, since her accident in 21, is not centred on what she now can’t do but is focussed entirely on her ability and what she can
do. Karen makes the impossible possible. She Inspires those that
know her and those that don’t, she encourages Belief in others
I felt to be riding into the future, a future full of excitement and beauty to match the mountains around us.
and she has and will continue to Achieve greatness.
In Karen’s own words: “What is life if it isn’t an
adventure? I’m constantly amazed by what can
be achieved if we set our heart and mind to it. It’s
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Corinne Evans
Photo Credit: Matthew Hawkey
By Kirsty Hill Spending her early years in a landlocked city
hasn’t stopped Corinne Evans from pursuing her dream of being a professional surfer. After
moving to Cornwall at the age of 13, Corinne knew she wanted to work in the surf industry and took a course based on surf media and
business, which also incorporated surfing. She took lessons with the local grom (young surfer) 20 May 2015
“It was amazing... just the best feeling. I will never forget it.”
surfer Photo Credit: Beach Spirit
club and recalls the moment when she caught her first proper wave: “It was amazing... just the best feeling. I will never forget it.”
When she was 18, Corinne began modelling,
travelling and surfing even more. Realising that
she could combine modelling and surfing to make a living from doing what she loves, she Photo Credit: Corinne’s Surf Tour
contacted FOX about doing competitions, surf trips and getting coverage. In 2013, Corinne
joined surf brand Animal as a team rider and describes getting sponsored by the company as being the best thing that has happened in her surf career so far.
“Considering that I grew up in a city, it took me
a while to get into surfing and the fact that I’m paid to surf and model is pretty crazy!”
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Corinne is proof that you are never too old or live too far from the beach to take up surfing and
encourages women of all ages and backgrounds
to give it a go. Her annual surf tour and festival were created with this in mind.
“I wanted to give women a taste of the surfer
girl lifestyle in a fun, friendly environment that isn’t intimidating. When I learnt to surf, there
was only one female coach around who I was
naturally drawn to. There was me and one other girl in our group, the rest were boys and they told us girls that we would never be any good, which was really off putting.”
The events attract girls, older women, those who
live in cities, new surfers and anyone who wants to take their surfing to the next level. They are
for women who want to get fit, tick something
off the bucket list, make new friends and above all, have fun!
“Last year, a 60-year old lady came along who
had decided to try lots of different things surfing being one of them. Seeing how much fun
these women have and the friendships they form through the events is fantastic.”
There has never been a better time for women to get into surfing. The number of female surfers is
on the increase and Corinne believes that social media has contributed to this.
“Thanks to Instagram for example, people can see what the pro girls are up to - their lifestyle is so appealing and very empowering. Mainstream media sees surfing as a cool way to promote their products which opens further opportunities for those who live inland.” 22 May 2015 Photo Credit: Matthew Hawkey
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Photos Credit: Beach Spirit
“... surfing can be hard and disheartening if you are not standing up straight away but when it does fall into place, it’s the best feeling in the world!” 24 May 2015
“There are more and more girls competing the level is off the scale. Up and coming female
surfers are really pushing themselves and the
prize money for competitions has increased - it will only get better.”
And with two wave parks opening in the UK this year, surfing will become even more accessible,
especially for those who don’t live near a beach. For anyone wanting to learn to surf, Corinne has the following advice:
“Get some lessons. You will learn how to popup properly and gain essential knowledge about
the sea and ocean safety. Surf as often as you
can and keep up your fitness levels. Above all,
have fun and stick at it - surfing can be hard and
disheartening if you are not standing up straight
away but when it does fall into place, it’s the Photo Credit: Corinne’s Surf Tour
best feeling in the world!”
If you’ve been inspired by Corinne to try surfing, join her surf tour taking place in Cornwall, Devon and Wales. For more information, including dates and booking, visit Corinne’s Surf Tour.
If you can’t make it to one of Corinne’s events,
you can find your nearest surf school and book a surf lesson at The Surfing Sumo the UK’s no.1 place to learn to surf. The site has tips to you get
started and beach guides for the best place to try it out. And with reviews for the surf schools, it’s easy to find one that suits your ability.
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The Barnes Sisters Keeping it in the family Interview and article by Myak Homberger Most families would be pleased to have one daughter represent their country in a sport, so when two sisters represent their country in the same sport though in different disciplines, then it makes
for a very interesting and unique story. “Dad always wanted us to do something sporty rather than sit on the road,” Alice said,
explaining how it all started for them - although they have ended up in similar but different places.
Hannah is a road racer racing for UHC pro-cycling. This sees her
compete in races that vary in terrain, last around three hours and cover 120-130 km. But this is a team race and a team sport where strategy and the support of your teammates is crucial.
Alice is a mountain biker with a very different discipline to contend
with. A mass start of individual riders sees them race a course of 4-7 laps with each lap being roughly 5-6km and lasting around 1.15-1.45 hours; this is a flat-out race over terrain.
Cycling is in their blood for sure - both Hannah and Alice have
been on bikes from an early age. As Hannah commented, “...my Photos: Papaya Photography
first memory was probably on a bike.” They both have very good
and fond memories of their first racing club every Wednesday
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night with Team Keyne. Very quickly it becomes obvious that the
glue and the momentum is family and in particular their parents. I spent the day with Hannah and Alice doing a location photo shoot
as well as the interview and just listening to them talk about their lives and upbringing and where they are at now, it was so clear that the support and love was/is crucial.
So often family and supportive parents are overlooked but the
Barnes sisters both together and individually are very aware and grateful for what their parents have done for them. They spoke of the long journeys to get to events only to turn around and drive
back straight afterwards without complaint. The significant amount of money spent on kit for them, the overnight stays, weekends
given up and then straight back to work on Monday with no time for themselves. As Hannah said, “...they have been so supportive, we couldn’t do it without them�. Although now that both girls are away competing and no longer need their parents to ferry them around and pay for everything they both agree that their parents
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aren’t sure what to do with all this spare time. As Alice said, “...
they have so much time for themselves now they are bored!” and both sisters laugh.
There is genuine affection for their parents as they talk. They may
not need lifts but Hannah and Alice keep in contact every day thanks to technology, chatting on the phone if possible. Likewise
both Hannah and Alice keep in contact with each other as they travel the world competing. “We chat loads,”
“...we have always been close but I think it’s a good thing that we don’t race against each other.”
says Alice. However the interesting thing when I
ask about sisterly rivalry is that they both agree it’s good that they do different things. As Alice explained, “...we have always been close but I think it’s a good thing that we don’t race against
each other.” So in the same way that there is a bond and appreciation of their parents you feel they have the same appreciation of each other. They are close, they are sisters, they are athletes, but they are also friends.
Quiet, unassuming and very humble: Alice and Hannah are a pair
of sisters who have their feet firmly on the ground - well, on pedals - and will continue to grow in stature and success because of it.
It’s the sacrifice of parents around the world like this that enable girls around the world to pursue their dreams and to be enabled
to achieve greatness. So to Mr and Mrs Barnes and all the parents
around the world, thank you for being our unsung hero’s this issue!
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Photo credit: Bart Raeymaekers
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Matrix Cycling The rubber hits the road, season start Article by Stefan Wyman
With all of the preparation done and no opportunity to jump into a DeLorean and travel back in time and change things, you have to be confident you’ve done all you can to be competitive in races.
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We know it’s a big step up, but without confidence the hard work has been done, it’s going to be an
uphill struggle. Racing with doubts leads to poor performance.
Our first few races were a case of dipping our
toes in the water. We had no real expectations but we certainly had high hopes. You can’t go
into professional races happy to just participate,
you have to have some kind of goal, but we didn’t enter the races with a firm result in mind
and just hoped our riders would be capable of having an impact on the race.
They certainly did, and early season races saw Christina Siggaard take the first team win of
the season, plus an excellent podium finish in
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Racing with doubts leads to poor performance.
seamlessly made the step to professional level with her most significant early season result coming in the French classic race in Cholet, with
8th place against some of the worlds leading
These events are the real step up. Long, fast, tough and relentless racing against only leading riders.
riders and teams.
But the big test was still to come. We gained
entry to two of the worlds biggest races, the Tour of Flanders and the Fleche Wallonee. Both
are ranked as World Cup events run alongside the men’s equivalent event. These events are
the real step up. Long, fast, tough and relentless racing against only leading riders. They leave
any weakness exposed; no place to hide. Tour of Flanders is one of the most iconic events in the world, and it was also going to be the team
debut for Laura Trott. A star of London 2012 where she took double gold for Team GB, Laura Photos credit: Bart Raeymaekers
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Photo credit: Bart Raeymaekers
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opted for the toughest start of all, making the
jump from post track season training to the biggest of all events.
It’s not only the results that come under the
microscope, but the media attention at these
events is huge. Spectator numbers are a massive jump from most events, so everything you do,
and how you do it, gets noticed. That attention even moves through to sponsors and we hosted
two of our major sponsors that weekend with
It’s exhausting, exhilarating and inspiring. Yellow Jersey and Trek Bicycles joining the
team in the Belgian sunshine to see how their investment is doing.
We performed well, a steady start, calm and
stress free, followed by a crash for Mel Lowther, then the rapid approach to the seemingly
endless run of hills, cobbles, cobbled hills, more
hills. It’s exhausting, exhilarating and inspiring. Our little team is part of the top of the sport. Molly was our top performer in the finish with
37th. Our goal was top 30, but we did well and
were proud of the ride in general. To see Molly getting such a good and significant result was a great moment, but seeing her want to have
got more out of the event was even better one. Our riders aren’t satisfied to be riders, they want to be winners:
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of the Oude Kwaremont, I wasn’t in as good a
So when you’ve touched the top, what do you
at the front of the race where the attacking was
we are there next year. Stability has always been
position as I would have liked. Instead of being
kicking off once again, I had let myself slip back
to the middle of the group. This meant I spent the whole climb fighting to make up places; not an easy task by this point as my legs had decided they’d had enough. With my hands raw and blistered, shredded legs, and about as
much positivity repeated in my head as I could manage, I slipped into a second group as we
finished climbing and began the lead up to the Patterberg. I put my head down and tried to bridge back to the group, but as I flicked my
arm for the next rider to come through, I saw that everyone behind me had a teammate up the road.”
Photo credit: Bart Raeymaekers
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need to do next? Well we need to firstly ensure
a major goal for our team. We want to continue
to grow, and continue to have bigger impacts on events. But to do that we first need to secure
our future and at this point of the year, one eye is defiantly already on 2016. It’s a big year being
the Olympic year and hopefully our riders can be there winning medals and inspiring another generation of stars.
We’ve managed to put ourselves in the biggest events and on the biggest stage. Now we
have to hope the doors to board rooms open
and interest from those in control of marketing budgets is diverted towards us. Women’s cycling
is a rapidly growing sport that still provides a
Women’s cycling is a rapidly growing sport that still provides a hugely cost effective marketing tool for business around the world.
hugely cost effective marketing tool for business around the world. I really hope we can continue
to provide the opportunity for our riders to grow and success under our banner for the coming years.
What else do you do once you’ve touched the top? Well you use the inspiration and motivation
to keep moving up the result sheet. Bite size targets, week on week, will help our challenge for the top of the sport become a reality. Lot of
trainings, lots of learning, and lots of near misses
will all be key ingredients if we want more big steps over the coming months and years.
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“It is not how big you are, it’s how big you play.” - Author unknown
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Sports International Magazine's Netball World Cup 2015 in numbers: The 14th edition of the Netball World Cup (formerly World Netball Championships) will be held on 7-16 August 2015 in Sydney.
Netball World Cup 2015 new format 2015 sees a new competition format which will see the top-ranked teams play each other more than once, offering fans the opportunity to see teams such as New Zealand, England, Australia and Jamaica go head-to-head in blockbuster matches before the final stages of the competition.
7.14%
Other teams
28.57%
28.57%
% Australia has won WC
71.43%
% New Zealand has won WC
% Trinadad & Tobago has won WC
71.43%
92.86%
Other teams
Other teams
Data anomaly due to Trinidad & Tobago being joint winners with Australia and New Zealand in 1979 in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
Data:NWC2015
Average of 9 hours sunshine per day
32% chance of rain
18C/64F
Sydney enjoys a temperate climate with a mild winter, and has more than 340 sunny days a year. August is the last month of winter technically.
SOURCE: Bureau of Meteorology
Only 4 teams have competed in every World cup, how have they faired? 4 2 1 2
4
Australia
England
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YESSS Tickhill Grand Prix
44 May 2015
Photo Credit: Huw Williams
Article by Richard Stoodley At 6.30 am on 20th September 2015, the
residents of the beautiful village of Tickhill, South Yorkshire will still be sleeping soundly as
embark on their their own specific task of they day.
the lorries, transporters and equipment start to
Race day has come and within less than 3 hours
of contractors and volunteers each ready to
arena, lined with 900 barriers, advertising flags
arrive at their destination along with hundreds
the roads are converted into an amazing Racing
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Photo Credit: John Ennis
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...The Race itself offers the public free admission to watch 8 Races over the day ranging from Youth Under 12 Boys and Girls right up to the professional ‘Elite’ Men’s and Women’s Races which boast the UK’s biggest Prize Fund.
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and hoardings, speakers systems, 2 huge 13m2
then hard, hard graft and boundless enthusiasm.
Food vendors ready to feed the 5000 spectators
The Race itself offers the public free admission
action paced Cycle Racing as the YESSS Tickhill
Youth Under 12 Boys and Girls right up to the
LED video screens, a Cycle Kitchen of Street who are due to witness a fantastic day of exciting,
to watch 8 Races over the day ranging from
Grand Prix moves into its third year.
professional ‘Elite’ Men’s and Women’s Races
It’s funny, because by 9.00 pm at night the village
which boast the UK’s biggest Prize Fund.
will be morphed back into its original sleepy
The organisation of the actual Races is one
a street brush, and the noise of the celebrations
under British Cycling rules, with a back up
public house from the day’s talented winning
Judges,
happened.
on staff, litter pickers, helpers etc, but running
But it is this level of dedication and organisation
Prix requires dedication to get the event
state and other than a few folk finishing off with
thing, attracting about 500 Riders, and running
still ringing out from the Scarborough Arms
team numbering about 100 of Marshals,
teams, you wouldn’t even know anything had
Commentators, Car Park attendants, Signing
that has made the Tickhill Grand Prix what it is,
which is quite simply an overnight success story, one of the best Cycling Criterium Races in the UK, that has come from nothing but a simple idea,
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Scrutineers,
Medics,
Commissars,
an event such as the YESSS Tickhill Grand infrastructure in place.
As spectators, you see what is in front of you,
but have you ever considered, who turns on the
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50 May 2015 Photo Credit: John Ennis
Photo Credit: Richard Stoodley
lights at the temporary traffic lights which works
every resident in the village directly effected
A roads ? Who draws out the diagram of exactly
opportunity to voice their concerns ?
in conjunction with a major diversion of the main where the 900 + metal pedestrian barriers will
by putting on the Race and giving them
be placed ? Who contacts the Care companies
Well those are just a tiny fraction of the
will still be able to get her Meals on Wheels ?
ongoing since the day after the last event
to ensure that the bedridden lady at No 39
thousands of different jobs that have been
Who decided on the colours of the ribbon for
finished in August last year.
the Winners bouquet ? Who charges the 45 radios to ensure great communication ? Who do you originally speak and apply to at the Police and the Council to organise a Temporary Road
Traffic Order? How many Ty-Wraps do you need to secure almost 1000 metres of advertising
bannering from about 75 different companies ?
And has anyone ever considered that someone had the job of calling door to door to each and
So why does an event need to be so diligent ?
Race organiser ‘Rapid Rich’ Stoodley explained; “ When you decide to put on an event like the
YESSS Tickhill Grand Prix, you soon realise the costs are going to be huge and to cover these you need to fund them by offering the
event as a vehicle that companies want to use to promote themselves, you have to give them
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52 May 2015 Photo Credit: John Ennis
something with value, exposure and prestige, and that is when it becomes serious.”
“Everything needs to look right, sound right, read right and be right. A sponsor may be giving you tens of thousands or just a few hundred pounds but each equally need their adverts to be right, each
wants to revel in the atmosphere of the day which is only achieved
if both the Spectators and the Riders are enjoying themselves, so it it crucial that every element is planned and controlled from the
900 + Barriers to the freshness on the Cream in the VIP’s scones,
from the Pantone colour of the YESSS ELECTRICAL logo to the toilet signs, from the fair pricing and quality of the coffee to the
1000th second photo finish timing ..... ALL and EVERY task is as important as the next.”
It is hard to believe that on the 20th September this will only be the 3rd time the Tickhill Grand Prix has run, such is the slickness of
the operation, but equally as impressive is its standing as a British Cycling event.
“Everything needs to look right, sound right, read right and be right.
It was the recognition and belief that Women’s Cycling needed to be given equal status that put Tickhill firmly on the map. The organisers
gave the Women Racers what they wanted and
included equal prize money, and overnight, on its inaugural running of inclusion of Women’s Races
it was hailed as the biggest and best Women’s Crit Race in the UK.
No bad for the first one you have put on, and even better when
you find out the organiser doesn’t really have a clue about Cycling
and only climbed on board the saddle himself aged 53 in October 2012 !
We will be previewing the YESSS TICHILL GRAND PRIX in more detail in out JULY /AUGUST (?) issue, but be sure to open your
diary to visit this beautiful historic village on 20th September, and as you enjoy a Paella or Pizza in the Cycle Kitchen or are supping
a pint of their own Grand Prix Ale whilst flicking through the comprehensive and informative full colour programme, just bear a thought .... how did this all come together !
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YESSS Tickhill Grand Prix EVENT DETAILS WHERE: Tickhill, Nr Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN11 9PY WHEN: Sunday 20th September 2015 - Racing starts at 11.30 am WEBSITE: www.tickhillgp.com VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsnPFj5slSc Twitter: @T_VeloGrandPrix
RACES: Youth B Mixed - Under 12 Boys / Girls YOUTH B BOYS - Under 14 Boys only YOUTH A / B GIRLS - Under 16 / Under 14 Girls only YOUTH A BOYS - Under 16 Boys only WOMEN Cat. 3 & 4 - Women Only MEN Cat. 3 & 4 - Men Only WOMEN ELITE , 1 , 2 - Top Teams & professional Women MEN ELITE, 1, 2 - Top Teams & professional Men. 54 May 2015
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Team USA
– the Solheim Cup and what it means By Myak Homberger Solheim Cup is an extraordinary moment in the
We have written about the Solheim Cup from
sport come together to represent Team Europe
learnt more about the Team USA players to
Golfing calendar where athletes in this individual or Team USA every two years. This year the Cup returns to Europe and will be played at the St Leon-Rot Golf Club in Germany. 56 May 2015
many angles over time but as of yet we haven’t
understand what it’s like to be on the team and to play in a Solheim Cup. Speaking with
four previous Team USA players we wanted
to understand what it is like to be part of the Solheim Cup event.
The one thing that all of the players instantly said was that it was about the honour of representing your country and that the format of a team event
is something they loved. As Brittany Linicome said, “...there is nothing better”. Playing for your
country is not something that normally happens in Golf and it is very obvious in listening to the
players how much this means to them. “It’s a dream come true and a huge honour,” said
Gerina Pillar of being selected to play for Team USA. Or as Lizette Salas put it, “...everyone wants to on the team.”
The stand out thing for me in everything that they all said was the emotion of it, starting with the selection. From the time selections are being
decided players start to talk on the course and
at events - as Brittany Lang described it, “...
you want to be on it (the team) but you need to
focus on the golf tournaments you are in (prior to selection).” This seems to be a very nerve racking time for all of those in contention and
when you finally get told you are in it’s all just too much for some. As Gerina Pillar explained,
“I broke down in tears, the pressure. It still gives
me chill bumps, Meg saying ‘you’re going to Colorado with us’.” And then she stopped for a
moment and added “I still get teary-eyed about it, it’s the best feeling in golf”.
It seems that a lot of it has to do with validation of the player, in part that they are good enough
to make the team, but more importantly I think, that it validates what they are doing and all the hours and sacrifice they have put in over
the years. As Lizette Salas said, “...finding out alongside my dad is a special moment, knowing
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all your work has paid off, I started to cry”. This is
If you look at the photos you will see the stands
as it seems from what they say that it somehow
that is pressure enough. If you then you then
an incredibly powerful moment for these players, connects them and that it’s an experience.
For others the impact is more on the course once you are there and
the fans are supporting
you and the moment you have always waited for
is finally here. As Lizette
Salas explained, “I was crying before I got to the
first tee, I didn’t know
and crowd watching as the first tee shot is taken, add the fact you are representing your country,
the event status, the validation it gives players, there is no wonder they feel like this.
“...you get very little sleep and you run on adrenaline”
why, such an indescribable
If this is what it is like beforehand and at the start of the competition, how on earth do they
keep it together? Brittany Linicome summed it up when she described how “it’s
special
because
feeling”. Or as Brittany Linicome described
you are helping each other, encouraging each
the 1st tee no matter how many times you have
gets them through, along with professionalism
it “...you feel like you are going to be sick on done it”.
other”. They are in this as a team and that’s what that kicks in and they focus on playing to their
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strengths, all powered by the knowledge that
they are playing for their country as a team and that this is an opportunity not to be missed. It
still doesn’t take away from the intensity of the
competition though, and I think Brittany Lang
covers it well when she said “...it’s exhausting, you get very little sleep and you run on adrenaline knowing that the next week you can sleep”.
What I really enjoyed was the openness of the golfers talking, they answered my questions so
honestly without pretending to be cool about it and that in itself shows what the Solheim Cup
means to them and brings out in people. It may not be for the faint hearted but for those who
have done it and for those who are on the edges it is a life changing experience.
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Football:
The United States Women’s National Team By Myak Homberger They say ‘it’s tough at the top’ but wow, the USWNT (United States Women’s National Team)
have had a tough time with an almost endless list of issues and challenges on and off the field with
players, media and even fans not liking the kit
that Nike have made specifically for the World Cup. It’s like they can’t catch a break. 62 May 2015
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Until recently they were ranked number one in the world (Germany are currently number one).
World Cup winners in 1991 and 1999, the team
has a unique stat in that they have participated
in every Olympics, winning a medal in each; winning in 1996, 2000; being Runners-up 2004
and then winning in 2008 and 2012. The sheer weight of expectation, pressure and demand has been significantly more than for other countries.
As far as experience goes they have it in spadefuls: defender Christie Rampone will be attending
her fifth World Cup, Shannon Boxx and Abby Wambach will be playing in their fourth World Cups, while Carli Lloyd, Hope Solo and Heather O’Reilly enter their third. They will be leading a
group of eight into their first World Cup: Ashlyn Harris, Alyssa Naeher, Whitney Engen, Julie
Johnston, Meghan Klingenberg, Morgan Brian, Sydney Leroux and Christen Press.
Given this and the expectation of lifting the cup
again we thought it would be good to spend
time getting to know the team behind the news and hype, to see what lies behind the stories.
Photo credit: Myroslava Terlycky
The first thing I would say is that we found that there were no airs and graces from any of the
players or the staff, no diva’s and no corporate
lines given to us. We considered it a privilege to have been invited to a closed training session to
watch the team train, spend time chatting with the players and then to interview the players after their game against England. Of course
there were things we were asked not to film etc., but nothing more than you would expect from
any national team. For me this is a huge plus and shows their openness to talk and allow us to see them as they are.
Talking with the players it was clear that they love
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“I don’t take it for granted, each caps is amazing.”
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put it, “I don’t take it for granted, each caps is amazing.” They want to play for USWNT and for sure the World Cup is a huge draw for them. Both
Ali Krieger and Carli Lloyd said almost the same
words when talking to them about the World
Cup: “...it’s the journey, the journey to the World Cup.” For them so much has gone before but there is so much to come, for the players each of
their journeys and training are their stories and listening to them you can sense their desire and focus.
Anticipation is high amongst the players as they
head into the World Cup and as they look to focus on the World Cup, be a team and what it means to win. In our conversation with her
after the England game, Alex Morgan said that
the team was “focused on being selfless” and this was the key to their winning ways. This is great to hear for a number of reasons, most
importantly for the sake of Abby Wambach, their ‘go to’ lynchpin in a tough situation. The 2012 FIFA World Player of the Year, holder of the
world record for international goals for both female and male soccer players with 178 goals
is a colossus on the field. She has ‘thrown the team on her back’ and willed it to victory when that looked almost impossible, as Mia Hamm put it. With more focus on team the pressure is off her to pull the team through and do what she
does best and also to give room to other team mates to flourish. This focus can be the glue that
Photo credit: Myroslava Terlycky
pulls them together and can show the world that they are back on top and how things can be done. This is a team with desire and destiny.
There are wrinkles that they are working on and
hopefully they will have straightened by the
World Cup, I hope so for their sake because they have accomplished much both as a team and as individuals and they have a lot more potential and a lot more to give. If you look at the team on 68 May 2015
“...it’s the journey, the journey to the World Cup.”
paper, there are a number of players who would
be on anyone’s list of a world 11 team. There
are great players and good people that make up the team and I look forward to seeing that
connection and the burning desire that I saw in
players as we spoke as well as that determination
and pride of representing the USA to bring this team to new found glory.
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Canada has hosted one edition of the Summer Olympics (Montreal 1976) and two Winter Olympics (Calgary 1988 and Vancouver 2010). The Canadian women’s team has participated in five out of six editions of the FIFA Women’s World Cup™, their best ranking being fourth in 2003. One year before the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015™, Canada will also play host to the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2014. Canada will be the first country to host this tournament twice after staging the first edition in 2002 when they finished as runners-up. Toronto is the only FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup stadium that will not host the senior event in 2015. The Canadian Soccer Association celebrated its centenary in 2012. Christine Sinclair scored ten goals in one edition of the FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship in 2002, the tournament that is now called the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. Former FIFA referee Sonia Denoncourt from Canada has refereed the second highest number of matches in the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ with a total of nine. The number of teams participating in the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ will increase from 16 to 24 in 2015. In 1991 and 1995, there were just 12. In Mexico in 2010, Canada won the CONCACAF Women’s Championship for the second time. Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone.
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MATCH SCHEDULE
FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP CANADA 2015™
BC Place Stadium * EDT -3
* EDT -2
NGA v. USA
30 15:00
CAN v. NZL
SUI v. CMR
02 19:00
14 16:00
32 18:00
NZL v. NED
CHN v. NED
AUS v. SWE
07 18:30
19 19:00
27 15:00
29 16:00
USA v. AUS
USA v. SWE
THA v. GER
ECU v. JPN
08 15:00 SWE v. NGA
03 16:00 GER v. CIV
20 16:00 AUS v. NGA
15 16:00 GER v. NOR
26 18:30 CHN v. NZL
35 16:00 MEX v. FRA
04 13.00
16 19:00
34 19:00
NOR v. THA
CIV v. THA
KOR v. ESP
09 19:00
21 16:00
36 16:00
BRA v. KOR
BRA v. ESP
ENG v. COL
10 16:00
22 19:00
25 19:30
ESP v. CRC
KOR v. CRC
NED v. CAN
11 14:00
23 14:00
28 17:00
FRA v. ENG
FRA v. COL
CIV v. NOR
12 17:00
24 17:00
33 20:00
COL v. MEX
ENG v. MEX
CRC v. BRA
Montreal
Olympic Stadium * EDT
Moncton
Moncton Stadium * EDT +1
Friday
Thursday June 18
Wednesday June 17
Tuesday June 16
Monday June 15
Sunday June 14
Saturday June 13
31 17:00
SUI v. ECU
13 19:00
* EDT -1
* EDT
Friday June 12 18 16:00
CMR v. ECU
CAN v. CHN
Winnipeg Stadium
Lansdowne Stadium
Thursday June 11
06 16:00
01 16:00
Winnipeg
Ottawa
Wednesday June 10
Tuesday June 9
JPN v. CMR
Rest day
Commonwealth Stadium
17 19:00
JPN v. SUI
Rest day
Edmonton
05 19:00
Rest days
Vancouver
Monday June 8
Sunday June 7
Saturday June 6
Group Matches
* Note: Local kick-off times are listed. Eastern Daylight Ti
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group
Canada (CAN)
Germany (GER)
Japan (JPN)
USA (USA)
Brazil (BR
72 PRMay 2015 China (CHN)
Côte d’Ivoire (CIV)
Switzerland (SUI)
Australia (AUS)
Korea Re
New Zealand (NZL)
Norway (NOR)
Cameroon (CMR)
Sweden (SWE)
Spain (ES
Netherlands (NED)
Thailand (THA)
Ecuador (ECU)
Nigeria (NGA)
Costa Ric
Sunday July 5
Saturday July 4
Friday July 3
Thursday July 2
3/4 Place and Final Wednesday July 1
Tuesday June 30
Monday June 29
Sunday June 28
Semi Finals Saturday June 27
Friday June 26
Thursday June 25
Wednesday June 24
Tuesday June 23
Monday June 22
Sunday June 21
Saturday June 20
44 16:30
42 19:00
48 16:30
52 16:00
1st A v. 3rd C/D/E
1st C v. 3rd A/B/F
W43 v. W44
W49 v. W50
47 14:00
50 17:00
51 14:00
1st D v. 3rd B/E/F
W41 v. W42
W47 v. W48
L49 v. L50
39 16:00
43 17:00
1st B v. 3rd A/C/D
2nd B v. 2nd F
45 19:30 W37 v. W38
Rest days
38 18:00
2nd A v. 2nd C
Rest days
37 17:30
Rest days
40 16:00
46 16:00
49 19:00
1st F v. 2nd E
W39 v. W40
W45 v. W46
Subject to Change. W = Winner, L = Loser
June 19
Quarter Finals
Round of 16
41 14:00 1st E v. 2nd D
imes (EDT) is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) -4 hours.
RA)
France (FRA)
epublic (KOR)
England (ENG)
SP)
Colombia (COL)
ca (CRC)
Mexico (MEX)
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24 FINALISTS AFC
CAF JAPAN
NIGERIA
AUSTRALIA
CAMEROON
CHINA PR
CÔTE D’IVOIRE
2014 AFC Women’s Asian Cup winners Qualified on 18 May 2014
2014 African Championship winners Qualified on 22 October 2014
2014 AFC Women’s Asian Cup runners up Qualified on 18 May 2014
2014 African Championship runners up Qualified on 22 October 2014
2014 AFC Women’s Asian Cup third place Qualified on 19 May 2014
KOREA REPUBLIC
2014 AFC Women’s Asian Cup fourth place Qualified on 19 May 2014
2014 African Championship third place Qualified on 25 October 2014
OFC NEW ZEALAND
THAILAND
2014 OFC Women’s Nations Cup winners Qualified on 29 October 2014
2014 AFC Women’s Asian Cup fifth place Qualified on 21 May 2014
CONCACAF CANADA
FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015™ Qualified as hosts of the final competition
USA
2014 CONCACAF Championship winners Qualified on 24 October 2014
COSTA RICA
2014 CONCACAF Championship runners up Qualified on 24 October 2014
MEXICO
2014 CONCACAF Championship third place Qualified on 26 October 2014
CONMEBOL
GERMANY
2013-14 UEFA Group 1 winners Qualified on 13 September 2014
SPAIN
2013-14 UEFA Group 2 winners Qualified on 13 September 2014
SWITZERLAND
2013-14 UEFA Group 3 winners Qualified on 16 June 2014
SWEDEN
2013-14 UEFA Group 4 winners Qualified on 17 September 2014
NORWAY
2013-14 UEFA Group 5 winners Qualified on 13 September 2014
BRAZIL
ENGLAND
COLOMBIA
FRANCE
ECUADOR
NETHERLANDS
2014 Copa América Femenina winners Qualified on 26 September 2014 2014 Copa América Femenina runners up Qualified on 28 September 2014 CONCACAF-CONMEBOL playoff winners Qualified on 2 December 2014
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UEFA
2013-14 UEFA Group 6 winners Qualified on 21 August 2014 2013-14 UEFA Group 7 winners Qualified on 13 September 2014 2014 UEFA Playoff winners Qualified on 27 November 2014
GROUP A
GROUP B
A1 CANADA
B1
EDMONTON · EDMONTON · MONTRÉAL
OTTAWA · OTTAWA · WINNIPEG
A2
B2
EDMONTON · EDMONTON · WINNIPEG
OTTAWA · OTTAWA · MONCTON
A3
B3
EDMONTON · EDMONTON · WINNIPEG
OTTAWA · OTTAWA · MONCTON
A4
B4
EDMONTON · EDMONTON · MONTRÉAL
OTTAWA · OTTAWA · WINNIPEG
GROUP C
GROUP D
C1
D1
VANCOUVER · VANCOUVER · WINNIPEG
WINNIPEG · WINNIPEG · VANCOUVER
C2
D2
VANCOUVER · VANCOUVER · EDMONTON
WINNIPEG · WINNIPEG · EDMONTON
C3
D3
VANCOUVER · VANCOUVER · EDMONTON
WINNIPEG · WINNIPEG · EDMONTON
C4
D4
VANCOUVER · VANCOUVER · WINNIPEG
WINNIPEG · WINNIPEG · VANCOUVER
GROUP E
GROUP F
E1
F1
MONTRÉAL · MONTRÉAL · MONCTON
MONCTON · MONCTON · OTTAWA
E2
F2
MONTRÉAL · MONTRÉAL · OTTAWA
MONCTON · MONCTON · MONTRÉAL
E3
F3
MONTRÉAL · MONTRÉAL · OTTAWA
MONCTON · MONCTON · MONTRÉAL
E4
F4
MONTRÉAL · MONTRÉAL · MONCTON
MONCTON · MONCTON · OTTAWA
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The beauty of the GAME
FIFA Women’s World Cup 76 May 2015
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By Myak Homberger Football is so often referred to as the ‘beautiful game’ and if you read through all the stats, information and history of the Women’s World Cup it is so easy to see why the FIFA Women’s
World Cup is a beautiful thing indeed. It is impossible not to get excited by every aspect of it!
For those converted, come along and enjoy the
ride and for those who don’t know much about Football let me try and convert you.
has
developed
alongside
have participated in all six previous World Cup tournaments. These teams are Brazil, Germany, Japan, Nigeria, Norway, Sweden and the USA.
What is also great to see is the growth of the
game with the number of participants in the World Cup qualifiers going from 45 teams in 1991 to 128 in 2015. This shows the appetite
for the game around the world and the desire for countries to compete for the pinnacle in
Things have changed over the years as the competition
teams competing this time, only seven teams
the
women’s game around the world. For starters
there was no specifically designed football until
the 1999 World Cup - isn’t that amazing? As well as this, regulation time for matches at the first
FIFA Women’s World Cup in 1991 was 80 minutes but changed in 1995 to 90 minutes. Of the 24
Football.
It’s so exciting to see so many countries
participating as you read through the list of countries that took part in the qualifiers for
this World Cup. Credit as well to FIFA for the mammoth task it must have been to organise
the qualification matches for this World Cup.
In 1991 there were a 110 matches around the May 2015 77
world and this has now risen to 398 for this
edition! Played in 79 countries and 179 cities
with a total of 1,643 goals scored, the FIFA team have delivered something truly remarkable for this edition.
The 2011 World Cup saw new records in broadcasting
and
audience
participation
around the world as a total of 5,931 hours were
broadcast across 181 territories reaching an inhome audience of a staggering 248.5 million
people who watched games. This number jumps hugely if you add people who watched some of a game to 407.8 million, incredible figures for
women’s sport! It’s no surprise that the highest viewed game was the final, JPN v USA where 62.8 million sat glued to their seats.
To measure the record for all-time attendance you would need to go back to the World Cup
USA 1999, when a total of 1,194,221 fans
flocked to the stadiums, an average of more than 37,300 per game. The 1999 World Cup also set an attendance record for a single match,
when a total of 90,185 spectators watched the USA beat China PR in the final at the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles.
So can the 2015 World Cup beat these figures? Well, it certainly seems it from all the media talk
and excitement as well as the ticket sales at
the time of writing this. It seems that we are on course for some records to tumble.
Most telling as to how the women’s game has improved is that the goal average has dropped from over three goals for the first six tournaments
(with a record of 3.84 in 1999) to 2.69 in the last edition, which reflects the steady development and increasing professionalism of the women’s game.
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So it will all boil down to the 24 teams competing in 6 pools and a total of 52 matches across 6
host cities to see who will raise the World Cup
in Canada. These are exciting times for women’s
football globally, especially given the current
level of issues around mens football at the moment. By contrast, the female footballers are renewing the beauty of the game for many.
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offering any bets. This is further compounded
results to the truly ridiculous including how
links on betting sites - the information is so
where you can bet from the obvious sport related
many times a politician will say certain words in a speech or the name of a celebrity’s unborn baby. Huge amounts of money are handled around the world in betting shops and thanks to the internet, and all the many online bookmakers.
With the Women’s Football World Cup just
when reading through the various articles and
out of date, including having old league names still displayed. When I spoke with the Director
of Media relations for one of the largest bookmakers he said that they don’t update any of the website information anymore and do blogs if necessary, a very haphazard approach.
about to come to life in Canada I decided to do
It’s a sad situation when it’s easier to get odds
around the world. I contacted bookmakers’
the potential of an alien existence than it is for
some research into gambling in women’s sport press departments as part of our online research
to understand more about it. The one thing that everyone agrees on is that Football is the most
popular women’s sport to bet on by a long way
- and the World Cup is the biggest and most bet on of all the women’s sports worldwide.
This is fantastic news until you look at it in more detail. At the time of writing this article there
on who the next ‘sexiest woman on earth’ is or
many women’s sporting events. The 6 Nations,
heralded as ‘the greatest championship’ and the
largest international competition outside of the
Rugby World Cup, saw only one company offer
odds on the matches despite the mens version that runs in tandem having every regional bookmaker offering odds, not only on the game but on who will score etc.
were only 4% of all betting companies offering
I am not seeking to comment on the morality of
rising to 9% for any women’s sport. What is
highlighting that within the worldwide betting
any odds on the World Cup with the figure only strange is if you look at the companies that do offer betting on women’s sport only 14% of them
offer betting on the World Cup, supposedly the largest women’s competition in the world?
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Interviews with the World Cup Coaches By Myak Homberger There is always so much focus on the teams and the players as
World Cups come and go but so often little is mentioned about the coach unless there is an inspired decision or sadly a bizarre one that leads to a loss.
In the lead up to the World Cup I have been very fortunate to spend time with a number of the coaches during the Cyprus Cup
and chat about all sorts from formations, to highs and lows and training regimes. But just to give you some stats first.
The first World Cup saw five female coaches lead their national teams, this figure has risen slightly to seven in the latest tournament.
Of these women only Silvia Neid of Germany (who we interviewed last issue) will be making her third appearance. Pia Sundhage of
Sweden will be making her second appearance with the balance of the female coaches all making their first appearance, what a cauldron to enter!
Streets ahead of all the other male coaches is Even Pellerud of
Norway who will lead his side to his 5th World Cup, a remarkable feat for any coach. With thirteen of the male coaches making their debuts this will be a very interesting World Cup from a coaching point of view.
Each coach I spoke to has had very different things to contend
with as they approach the World Cup. The Matildas, along with
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and protecting the players from injury with too many games”. With youth on their side and a squad of 30 to choose from as well as a lot of games and quality periods of time together leading to the World Cup, Alen is confident that they are a team to be
reckoned with. “It’s a tough group but we are growing with each game we play. We are definitely in the mix to lift the Cup, there is
a group of nine or so who could possibly win and we are in it, so that’s good.”
For Korea and coach Yoon Dukyeo it’s been all about getting the
right combinations of players, holding training camps and keeping
with a clearly defined plan that has been laid out. Dukyeo explained his training regime and said of the World cup plans, “...preparation is going well, but we must keep with the plans.”
Hosts Canada may have the home advantage but that can also be a home pressure and coach John Herdman is all to aware of these pitfalls and so has ensured that this issue was addressed head-
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in situations they were uncomfortable with, so playing big teams at home and losing in front of 25,000, has taught everyone a lot
but also dealt with the pressure”. However, Herdman feels that it’s about training for every eventuality on the field and preparing
the team mentally. It’s about empowering them on the pitch, in
the cauldron of the World Cup to change and be flexible but not rattled.
Leonardo Cuéllar will be leading the Mexican national team on this his third outing to a World Cup. Having spent 15 years building a
national women’s development program, Cuéllar is in an enviable
position with too many players to choose from and a couple of key players who are about to come off the sick bench. He sees that consistency is key for them and that there is still room for
improvement - and hopes that the two training camps and four friendlies between now and the World Cup will provide that.
Cuéllar said of his team to me, “...we are in a difficult group but we have everything to gain and nothing to loose. We are eager to
have a good World Cup for our country”. This is a great view to have as well as a good position to be in with less than two months till kick off.
So for me it has been interesting to chat with all these coaches and
hear what they have to say and observe their varying focus - and that is what makes this sport such a great one to watch and be
involved in. Culture, training, previous match experience and even the number of times the country has attended the World Cup all have a huge influence on their build-up to the event. It is this fact
that makes these 24 coaches, both male and female, so remarkable - but also adds such a burden and pressure with a record audience
around the world predicted watching every decision they make
and questioning every bit of training and planning they made leading to this point.
All the coaches have two things in common: a passion for women’s
football and a desire to lift the World Cup. And as Alen Stajcic
said, “that’s the great thing about this World Cup - there are a few teams in the mix that can do it this time and that can only be good
for the game”. He is right, what better advertisement can there be than there being no definite winner ahead of the World Cup with all the favourites having been beaten at some point recently, wonderful!
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AT H L E T E Portia “Bhashin” Modise By Myak Homberger Portia Modise is a remarkable player by any measure - the first African player to reach the elusive 100-goal barrier in international football and only 14th player ever to score a milestone 100 goals for her country. If you read the list of the other women who have achieved this it’s a who’s who of women’s football heros. She is indeed in rare company. Portia is also one of only two African footballers, alongside Perpetua Nkwocha, to be nominated for the Women’s FIFA World Player of the Year (2005). Her 100 goals in 117 games puts her third in terms of her goals-per-game ratio of players who have netted over 100 goals for their country: her 0.85 goals/game only puts her behind the retired duo of Julie Fleeting and Elisabetta Vignotto, who have an impressive 0.97 goal/game average. The amazing thing is, she is still going strong and some would say stronger than before! Watching her pace and command of the ball, an ever present danger for the goalkeeper, she is
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definitely a player to watch - which, considering she walked away from international football in 2008 is something. What makes the story even better is that she was ‘re-discovered’ by current coach Vera Pauw playing for a men’s regional team! Her ascent has been swift and she hasn’t looked back since 2014. Talking with her, she is very modest about what she has achieved and very, very humble. She makes it clear from the start “...this is for (sic) the contribution of my team mates because I wasn’t going to do it on my own so it was team work,” she says of her achievement. This only serves to endear her to the team more and make her a more likeable person. She knows what she has achieved and is as pleased as anyone to be in such rare company - but for Portia it’s about the team and this keeps her grounded. If you didn’t know her achievements and you met her you would never know - she isn’t going to talk about them and she doesn’t wear them on her sleeve as some can. Having said that, she is equally blasé about scoring goals. “If the opportunity comes to take
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A fun and wonderful person to have met.
it I do,” she says of opportunities and scoring goals. But she goes on to explain that she isn’t chasing goals and if it means setting up a goal for a team mate then of course, because for her it’s not about scoring goals, it’s about a desire to win. When I ask her what is she going to set her sights on next, she doesn’t hesitate and says, “... for the love of God to score another 100!” She laughs and then says “150, this is my goal, to get to 150 goals scored for South Africa”. Under the laughter and smiles there is a determination that I think will see her get those goals. I look forward with interest to seeing how Portia’s next phase unfolds because she has all the ingredients to be a record breaking footballer who is humble, grounded and talks of team first.
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behind the jersey.” It’s this very sentiment that Sophie shared with me when I spent time with her and team mates Kadeisha Buchanan, Erin McLeod as well as Coach
John Herdman that made you instantly warm to the team, the country and all they have planned for this amazing event.
FIFA and Canada have done an incredible job of promoting and creating such a welcoming environment for this event with what is projected to be the largest audience ever and it seems that the approach is the same across the board. Excellence in what they are doing, but at the same time a desire and ability to revel
in the moment and enjoy it. There isn’t a sense of intensity and stress, but a relaxed one that is focused on delivery and a good event for all. As coach John said, “55,000 Canadian fans in Edmonton will be fantastic!”
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by all, yes, the Canadians are focused on winning, of course they
are. But it is this balance between excellence, wanting to win the
Cup and enjoying the moment that they seem to have, no matter who you speak to or what is put out in the media. It’s the same message and that is quite a feat.
People speak about ‘home advantage’ and how crowds have pushed some teams further than they would normally have gone
- and this is something the team are aware of and rather than it
“...when you get to a tournament, anything happens and we want to be ready for any situation” being the elephant in the room, they have embraced it in a very interesting way. First, from coach John’s point of view, he knew
from the get-go that this would be an issue that would need addressing and so as he says, he “put them in situations they were
uncomfortable with”, getting big teams to play them at home and beat them.
This may seem an odd way to go about things but it has provided him and the team with huge learning that they can put into
practise during the tournament now. Losing at home, losing in general and losing in front of friends and family and learning how
to deal with that have all been worked through, so that they can now focus on what they need to do and play the football they are
all comfortable with. They have turned these games into a huge
amount of learning. For the team it’s all about preparation, various
scenarios and what to do. As John said, “...when you get to a
tournament, anything happens and we want to be ready for any situation”. This doesn’t mean the team isn’t aware of the pressure
either - as goalkeeper Erin McLeod explained, “...the momentum
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John is wanting to have a team that walks onto
every eventuality and they are feeling that things
for anything that happens, as well as having dealt
our mindset is great, we are heading in the right
the pitch for the first game completely prepared with the obvious challenges. He doesn’t want to be dealing with things on the pitch in a World Cup as a surprise. He doesn’t want the team to
focus on surprises, he wants them to focus on football and winning. Winning is something that is increasingly a part of their make up: straight
wins since December last year and only losing
are in a good place. As Sophie explained, “... direction and we will peak at the World Cup.”
(This to a cheer from her team mates!) It’s about a connection between the various units and the
small details and there is a quiet confidence in what they are doing that you can sense when talking with them.
in the final to England in the Cyprus Cup in
As Kadeisha Buchanan explained, the home
positioned.
looking to use positively. “Fans support will be
Talking with the team, it’s very obvious the
tough and you need a little pick-me-up, we are
March by 0-1, has set them up to be perfectly
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crowd is something new and something they are huge, in those games where it goes quiet and
looking for the fans to provide that”. They are
looking to embrace the support rather than
looking at it as a pressure to perform and this is
why it is genius what John did, getting the tough games at home in the build up to this.
Having said all of that there is tangible excitement from all of them at the prospect of playing in a
World Cup, but more so that they are playing at
home in front of family and friends. For so many of them their loved ones have previously been unable to travel and see them play so to do so in a World Cup on home soil, perfect.
The team spirit and the vibe I get from them is best summed up by Erin when she says “we are
a team that plays a lot with our heart”. This is a group of focused, prepared and connected
footballers who are going to welcome and revel
in everything that being a host nation brings but importantly with eyes wide open, having dealt with a lot of the challenges they may face and still come out smiling the other side.
This is a team that is going to use the fans’
support and the pull on the heart strings of the friends and family watching in the stand to make Canada proud of them as well as the World Cup
family, whilst playing the best football they can and enjoying living their dreams.
Editors note: from staff to coaches to players the team was so welcoming and a pleasure to be around, a really nice vibe and great to spend time with, all so smiley!
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