Our guest this week can best be described as an all-round Virginia horsewoman. Pam Cibula believes in versatility in training horses to learn from the hunt field and adapt to the show ring or most any other question that’s asked of them.  Growing up near Charlottesville in Southern Virginia, Pam rode Welsh ponies and became competitive with her siblings which she carried into her professional career as a working horsewoman.  She trains horses to hunt, to develop confidence cross country and use their instincts to be foot perfect, to find their own stride and jump anything.  She learned how to ride side-saddle and together with her mare Fine Art they can be found handling tough conditions as one of 10 finalists in the 2019 Virginia Field Hunter Championships or turning on her show craft at the Upperville Colt & Horse Show. Pam explains why she believes horses should be able to do anything, and why she prefers the hunt field to the blue ribbon.
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The art of cheating is discussed on this first episode of a new season of The Mind Matters. Sports Psychologist Dr. Jenny Susser unpacks the psychology behind cheating, whether systemic or individual. Is winning the most important part of sport and at all costs?  Is a lengthy or even lifetime ban remotely a deterrent or does a gold medal shine too brightly despite the risks? Chris Stafford joins Jenny to take a closer look at the dark side of sport who offers some rationale and advice to coaches. If you have any questions for Jenny about this topic or anything relating to sports psychology mailto:[email protected].
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Chris Stafford and Nancy Gillen are joined again by Lindsay Gibbs and Julie Helmsley for the top stories around the world of women's sport including:
Youth Olympic Games, Lausanne, Jan 9-22
Claressa Shields Becomes the Fastest Fighter to Win Three Titles in Three Weight Classes
WNBA And WNBPA Reach Tentative Agreement On Groundbreaking Eight-Year Collective Bargaining Agreement
Iran’s Only Female Olympic Medalist Defects Over ‘Lies’ and ‘Injustice’
Kimia Alizadeh, 21, announced her decision in an Instagram post featuring a photo from the 2016 Summer Games, where she won a bronze medal in taekwondo.
Soccer News
Serena Williams Gets First Singles Tournament Win Since Giving Birth
No. 10-ranked Williams beat fellow American Jessica Pegula, 6-3, 6-4, last Sunday in New Zealand; her first title in three years.=
Caroline Wozniacki, a Former Top-Ranked Tennis Player, to Retire
States Weigh Measures to Stop Transgender Athletes From Competing in Women’s Sports
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Double Olympic bronze medal wrestler Sally Roberts founded Wrestle Like A Girl in 2016 to provide opportunities for girls to take up the sport while empowering them to do much more beyond the mat.  Given her background enduring a challenging childhood which saw Sally struggling with petty crime she was offered the choice of juvenile detention or find an after school sport.  Hence her introduction to wrestling and the start of what was to become an Olympic career and service as a U.S. Army combat veteran.  Once she retired from the sport at the age of 36 Sally decided to use her experience and skills to help girls find their way in wrestling and to give them a platform that would empower them in all walks of life.  Sally explains how the organization has evolved, the progress they have made to expand the sport, and what their goals are for 2020 and beyond.
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Our first guest on Transcending Sport in 2020 is Gen Simmons Deputy Chair of Women Sport Australia. The WSA is the primary advocacy organization for women and girls in sport in Australia providing the lead voice for gender equity nationwide.  Their mission is to ensure women and girls in sport are afforded equal opportunity regardless of sport while representing their members and bringing stakeholders together. Australia has recently led the way for equal pay as its elite athletes in cricket and soccer have shown how women can and should be treated not just on national teams but at all levels of sport.  We discuss the main achievements of the organization as it approaches its 16th anniversary and what’s in store for them in this new decade.
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Kicking off Season 2 of The WeCOACH Podcast, Megan Kahn chats with University of Michigan head women’s soccer coach Jen Klein. Coming off of a stellar season in taking the Wolverines to the B1G title game, Jen candidly shares her experiences as not on the youngest  NCAA DI head coach at one time, but also winning the 2016 national championship as an associate head coach at USC. Listen in as she shares insight into building team culture, evolving her coaching philosophy, and managing staff. Her transparent leadership style and growth as a coach have her Michigan team primed for success.
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Nancy Gillen from Inside the Games and WiSP Sports Executive Producer Chris Stafford are joined by two new team members; journalist Lindsay Gibbs who pens the Power Plays newsletter three times a week covering women's sport, and soccer coach Julie Helmsley who will contributing to the news each week. Between us all we will have a comprehensive round up of the top stories in women's sport around the world.
Top stories covered this week:
Youth Olympic Games, Lausanne, Jan 9-22
16 sports, 8 venues. 1,783 athletes
Performer fighting for her life after Lausanne 2020 Opening Ceremony dress rehearsal accident
Unnamed Russian Skater
World Cup Alpine Skiing -  Zagreb Slalom, Jan 4
1.Petra Vlhova; 2. Mikaela Shiffrin; 3. Katharina Liensberger
Jan 11-12 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee  Downhill Alpine Combined & Super-G
January events - Flachau, Sestriere, Bansko, Rosa Khutor
Australian Open Tennis, Jan 20-Feb 2
Maria Sharapova, 32, #147 (WTA rankings), criticizes 'second-tier' Brisbane International after men's matches force women off court. 
Maria has a wild card to the Australian Open which starts on Jan 20, 12 years since she won this Grand Slam. She’s been runner-up three times.
Aus Open Past Winners
WTA Rankings
Laura Harvey Hired as New Head Coach of U-20 USWNT
Long-Time Soccer Executive Amanda Duffy Appointed to Lead Orlando Pride
Olympic figure skating champion Sotnikova a victim of fortune-telling scam
The Government Is Reining In Youth Sports. The Adults Are Worried.
Canadian Girls Activity Level is Dismal
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Our first guest on The Horse Show in 2020 is the Chair of Women in Racing Tallulah Lewis. Tallulah explains the work of the organization that was founded in 2009.  Its vision is to reach women across the industry to raise their profile and, with that visibility, encourage more women to be appointed into senior roles. With such role models, it is hoped that more women will come into horse racing and enrich the sport accordingly. Women in Racing seeks to enhance mentoring and development opportunities, to develop cross-industry working groups and facilitate the chance to network in order to share knowledge and best practices in an industry which has traditionally been male dominated. 
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On the final episode of 2019 Chris Stafford is joined by Mollie Bailey, Senior Reporter at The Chronicle of the Horse to take a look back at the highlights of the year in equestrian sport.  They discuss the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru where Mollie watched the U.S. Eventing team win the gold medal which crucially secured their place for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and Lynn Symansky, riding in her third Pan Ams, won the silver medal aboard RF Cool Play.  The US Dressage Team also took silver as team rookies Sarah Lockman riding First Apple clinched the individual gold with Canada’s Tina Irwin and Laurencio took the silver and Jennifer Baumert also making her championship debut for the US took the bronze.  In jumping the intrepid Beezie Madden also claimed a bronze medal to get the US on the podium again.  On the other side of the pond the focus was on the European Championships in the three Olympic disciplines.  Germany’s Ingrid Klimke claimed back to back individual eventing titles - Britain’s Pippa Funnell is the only other rider to manage that feat. Pippa herself won Burghley again; it’s been 16 years since she last won on her Grand Slam partner Prinmore’s Pride. Runner up to Pippa at Burghley was her friend Piggy French who has won 15 international events this year including Badminton.  Germany dominated the European Dressage Championships with the doyen of dressage Isabell Werth adding yet another gold medal to her bounty of championship titles.  Elsewhere show jumper Adrienne Sternlicht and Benny’s Legacy shone the spotlight on US riders with back to back wins in World Cup Qualifiers as they focus on the World Cup Final in Las Vegas next April. And on the Global Champions Tour recently married and arguably one of the most recognizable riders on the circuit with her flowing feathers, Dani Waldman née Goldstein won two events on the star studded tour this year in Berlin and Shanghai riding her one-in-a-lifetime partner Lizziemary. 
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As the curtain drops on 2019 Jenny and Chris look back at what made the news around the world of women's sport and the impact it had on women outside sport in the wider society.  We share some moments that stood out for us and why we believe that the rising tide of women in sport is good for all women. We decided to call the show Lower the Ladder as a way of giving women a leg up, while we are inspired by women who paved the way for us, so we all should now be doing what we can for girls and women in sport whether as athletes or coaches or officials or in sports admin...this is for all of us.
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