Fair play

In this episode, we are joined by 2012 Olympian Andrew Lawrence. From playing basketball for Great Britain Under-20s, to going to the US on a full college scholarship and then playing professionally in Europe, we speak about his career, injuries, and everything in between. We also talk about basketball in Britain, its lack of funding, plus Andrew’s hopes for the future and what we’re doing to create and retain basketball talent in the country.

In this episode, we speak to Pippa Britton OBE to explore her incredible journey in the world of archery. Pippa shares her experiences, challenges, and triumphs, offering a unique perspective as both a Paralympian and able-bodied competitor for Wales. We delve into her major surgeries, her experience at the Paralympics, classifications, the importance of inclusivity, her board level roles in the governance side of sport and the upcoming Paralympics in Paris.

We are joined by Bobby Clay, a once rising star in British athletics whose Olympic dreams were shattered by a diagnosis of osteoporosis at just 19 years old. In this episode, she shares her journey from being a top 1500m runner to facing the realities of overtraining and under-eating.

GB weightlifter Jenny Tong joins us for a conversation on her life before finding weightlifting, her journey as an athlete and battle with injuries to become English and British champion in 2022, and her roles in governance, safeguarding, coaching and as a board member.

In this introductory episode, we are joined by Alistair Patrick-Heselton to discuss his inspiring story of resilience, from overcoming severe head trauma as a result of a car crash to representing ParalympicsGB at the 2012 London Paralympic Games in the 7-a-Side Cerebral Palsy (and Brain Injury) team.

Gemma Johnston (CEO and co-founder of She Is Action) joins us to discuss what needs to change to boost female participation in sport. We look at the barriers to entry at various stages of life, some perceptions and misconceptions that are depriving women and girls of their chance to compete and how Gemma and her business hope to implement change.

We are joined by the brilliant Monique Choudhuri (former NED, Brentford FC; current NED, Women in Football) to discuss women in football, WiF’s “Open Doors” agenda, the alarming events surrounding Jenni Hermoso and the future of sponsorship/broadcasting in the female game.

Naida Hutchinson (former England and Superleague netballer) joins us to discuss how she decided the time was right to end her netball career and the difficult choices women face in planning a family when they are often at the peak of their career by comparing decisions taken by notable netball players.

In this episode, we discuss the relationship between coaches and athletes when discussing career goals alongside planning a pregnancy. Alex Newman and Andri Rauber of UK Sport provide insights gained from coaches and athletes during their research and Baz Moffat (CEO of The Well HQ and former Team GB rower) explains how she advises clients who seek guidance about returning to sport after pregnancy and discussing this with their coaches.

Alex Newman and Andri Rauber of UK Sport join us to discuss the key concerns and rationale they had when writing UK Sport’s pregnancy guidance. They look at the concerns athletes have when wanting to start a family and set out some of the solutions that their guidance hopes to achieve across such a diverse range of sports.

We are joined in this episode by Milly Wildish (safeguarding expert consultant who recently advised British Gymnastics) and Baz Moffat (CEO of The Well HQ and former Team GB rower) to explore how best to train a child prodigy to become a sports star whilst also considering the risks of over-training and various safeguarding considerations for young female athletes.

In this introductory episode, we are joined by Baz Moffat (CEO of The Well HQ and former Team GB rower) and Naida Hutchinson (former England and Superleague netballer) to discuss what it takes to reach the top of your sport and how this is different for women.