Women Unscripted

Wheelchair tennis player Kaitlyn Verfuerth has represented the US in the Athens and Beijing Paralympic Games. She won gold medals in both single and doubles at the 2007 Parapan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and has just begun her season’s campaign to qualify for the Parapan Games in Toronto this summer with the plan of returning to Rio for the Paralympic Games in 2016.  Follow Kaitlyn on Twitter @kverfuerth and follow her results here.Sign up for the free weekly online Women in Sport Podcast’s Official Publication here.  Follow along on Twitter @chrisestafford. Join us on Facebook at Women in Sport.

Kelley Hurley has been a prolific champion in Fencing for 18 years representing the US on numerous occasions. She is an Olympic bronze medalist in the Epee class from the 2012 London Olympic Games, a gold, silver and bronze team and individual medalist at Pan American Championships plus many World Cup victories and four National Titles, the most recent of which took place in February this year.  Kelley is now focused on the World Cup season to qualify for the 2015 Pan American Games and 2016 Rio Olympic Games.  
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On the show this week England Women’s Cricket Captain Charlotte Edwards reflects on a successful tour of New Zealand, former Scotland hockey international turned umpire Sarah Wilson discusses coaching in schools, and we welcome a new Affiliate Partner as Sarah Murray explains the work of Women Win.  Sarah Juggins joins Chris from the UK this week and has lots of women’s sports news from around the world. 
Sign up for the free weekly online Women in Sport Podcast’s Official Publication here.  Follow us on Twitter: @sjuggs15 and @chrisestafford. Join us on Facebook at Women in Sport and Chris Stafford Radio. 
Join us in celebrating women’s sport around the world with International Women’s Day this Sunday March 8. 
Follow out guests on Twitter:
Charlotte Edwards:  @Lottie2323
Women Win:  @women_win

On the show this week we have an interview with Olympic bronze medalist and former world champion rower Sarah Winckless who tells us why she has launched a campaign to raise money for the Scottish Huntingdon Association. Find out more on her website here. Ruth Holdaway Chief Executive of the UK charity Women in Sport talks about a collaborative workshop program to encourage more women coaches and Sarah Juggins has a report on women’s sport in Africa.  Plus Jo Gunston has lots of news from around the world, and some fun stories too.   
Sign up for the free weekly online Women in Sport Podcast’s Official Publication here.  Follow us on Twitter @JoGunston,  @sportsliberated  @sjuggs15 and @chrisestafford. Join us on Facebook at Women in Sport, Sports Liberated and Chris Stafford Radio. Visit Sports liberated.com here.
Follow our guests on Twitter:Women in Sport UK  @womeninsport_uk
Sarah Winckless @sarah_winckless

British Olympic Rowing Silver Medalist Annie Vernon will be joining the BBC commentary team for the Cambridge vs Oxford University Women's Boat Race this spring. She tells us how media work is shaping her second career since her retirement after the 2012 London Olympic Games, the challenges that sportswomen face to gain media exposure and sponsorship opportunities and build a second career. Follow Annie on Twitter @annievernongb and visit her website here.
 
Host: Chris Stafford
 
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Sarah Juggins is in the co-host seat this week bringing you lots of women’s sport’s news from around the world. Our guests are Team SCA Skipper Sam Davies on the fourth leg of the Volvo Round the World Ocean Race somewhere in the North Pacific, Hannah Church, President of the Cambridge Ospreys and Jos Dirkx founder of Girls & Football SA in South Africa joins our Affiliate Partner Program.
Sign up for the free weekly online Women in Sport Podcast’s Official Publication here. Follow us on Twitter @sjuggs15 and @chrisestafford. Join us on Facebook at Women in Sport. 
Track Team SCA as they go round the world here.
Follow all our guests on Twitter:
@Team_SCA
@TheOspreys
@Han2907
@Jos_Dirkx
@GirlsFootballSA

Join Jo Gunston and I as we welcome our guests this week: Adventurer Emma Timmis who shares her latest wanderings,  Cyclist Laura Webb tells us about her new cycling team in Cleveland, OH; Team Velo Femme, Sport’s journalist Denise Watson has a report on women’s sport in Northern Ireland and Trish Anders from Women in Sport online publication in Australia becomes an Affiliate Partner.  
Sign up for the free weekly online Women in Sport Podcast’s Official Publication here.  Follow us on Twitter @JoGunston,  @sportsliberated   @chrisestafford. Join us on Facebook at Women in Sport, Sports Liberated and Chris Stafford Radio. Visit Sports liberated.com here. 
Get involved with Team Velo Femme’s crowd funding campaign here.
Follow our guests on Twitter
@TeamVeloFemme 
@runemma 
@SportyNeesy 
@TrishAnders

Soccer midfielder Keelin Winters talks about her preparations for the start of the season with Seattle Reign FC in Washington State, opportunities for young players, why she thinks Laura Harvey is a great coach, what the highlights of the year will be for her and what she plans to do when she hangs up her boots.  You can also hear the interview with Laura Harvey on last week's full show of Women in Sport here.  All episodes are available for download from the iTunes podcast store. Visit the Seattle Reign FC website here. Follow us on Facebook at Women in Sport and Chris Stafford Radio and on Twitter @chrisestafford and Keelin @keelinwinters.

On the show this week Jo Gunston and I meet teenage racing driver Bryony King who tells us why she’s set on a career to follow in the footsteps of her mentor Susie Wolff, Seattle Reign FC Coach, Laura Harvey compares women's soccer in the US to the rest of the world, British sport’s journalist Sarah Juggins has the scoop on field hockey and we welcome Nancy Hogshead-Makar from Champion Women as an Affiliate Partner of the Women in Sport Podcast.  Plus Jo has the news highlights of the week from around the world. Sign up for the free weekly online Women in Sport Podcast’s Official Publication here.  Follow us on Twitter @JoGunston,  @sportsliberated   @chrisestafford. Join us on Facebook at Women in Sport, Sports Liberated and Chris Stafford Radio. Visit Sports liberated.com here.
Follow our guests on Twitter: 
Bryony King: @KingBRacing 
Laura Harvey: @LH1505 
Nancy Hogshead-Makar: @Hogshead3Au 
Sarah Juggins:  @sjuggs15

On this week's show Claire Fahey talks Real Tennis as she prepares for the US Open, and the only professional female Rugby coach Giselle Mather tells us why gender is not an issue on the pitch. Plus Chris and Jo have tons of news of this week's sporting highlights and a preview of some of next week's major events. You can join in the conversation on our new Facebook Page at Women in Sport Podcast and Sports Liberated.  Follow us on Twitter @chrisestafford @sportsliberated and @JoGunston.This podcast is available for download from the iTunes Podcast store to your Smartphone Podcast Apps.