Danielle Travis has created her own pathway to a sport that is generally perceived to be elitist and usually demands the wherewithal to be able to own a string of polo ponies. Based in Hawaii, Danielle has the added challenge of traveling to the mainland to compete with other clubs, which speaks to her passion and determination to further her game.  She has played with some of the sport’s top players and in 2011 was one of two women among 12 players to be named to Team USPA by the U. S. Polo Association.  Born in Wailea, Hawaii, Danielle first sat in the saddle at age four and spent her childhood emerged in a variety of sports from surfing and wakeboarding, naturally, to tennis, softball, competitive gymnastics and dressage and hunter jumpers. It was when she discovered polo at the age of 16 where she found the equestrian sport that would provide a team environment that she found most satisfying. Her passion for polo became an addiction once she had a taste of college polo while at Santa Barbara City College and later at Texas Christian University. Once she had graduated Danielle went shopping for a polo pony but instead of perusing the polo world she went on Craig’s List to find the pony in Texas that she could afford. An Appendix Quarter Horse called Bonnie fit her budget and ambitions and she loaded her on a trailer to haul her to Aiken, South Carolina. She got the leg up she needed playing in polo tournaments and continued to travel from coast to coast gaining experience and developing the network she needed to establish herself in the sport. With Bonnie back home on Hawaii having a break from tournaments, Danielle has headed back to California to lease some ponies and play the clubs there with a view to becoming self sufficient with her own string one day and eventually play in Argentina and Europe.  Chris Stafford caught up with Danielle just before she headed to California.

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On this episode we discuss female referees in American Football. A new short documentary, Her Turf, follows three female football officials as they claim access to a powerful role in a male-dominated industry. Annice Canady was the first female football referee to officiate a NCAA game in 2001. She is revered as a trailblazer, opening the door for other women to call the shots. The three-time cancer survivor doesn’t shy away from reporting harsh realities on what it was like being the first female on the field. We will hear about her own struggle to become a referee and to become accepted in a male dominated sport. 
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On this episode we discuss female referees in American Football. A new short documentary, Her Turf, follows three female football officials as they claim access to a powerful role in a male-dominated industry. Annice Canady was the first female football referee to officiate a NCAA game in 2001. She is revered as a trailblazer, opening the door for other women to call the shots. The three-time cancer survivor doesn’t shy away from reporting harsh realities on what it was like being the first female on the field. We will hear about her own struggle to become a referee and to become accepted in a male dominated sport. 

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On this episode our Sport in Focus is golf and joining me to explain the subtleties of the sport is South Asian professional golfer, three time All American and All Region West Player in Div 3, NCAA Maya Reddy. Maya turned pro in 2015 and played consistently on the mini tours plus the LPGA Monday qualifiers, and gained some status to the Symetra tour.  Sadly Maya ultimately stopped playing in events because of the mental and emotional toll that the exclusive nature of the sport took on her. Her favorite golf courses are Torrey Pines South Course in California, Talking Rock Golf Course in Prescott Arizona and Golconda Golf Club In Hyderabad, India. Maya is founder of The Gaysian Project and an ambassador for Athlete Ally. She is also an incoming JD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Maya is passionate about intersectional queer inclusion, especially in sports, and is pursuing a legal education in order to strengthen her work in inclusive policy initiatives.
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On this episode our Sport in Focus is golf and joining me to explain the subtleties of the sport is South Asian professional golfer, three time All American and All Region West Player in Div 3, NCAA Maya Reddy. Maya turned pro in 2015 and played consistently on the mini tours plus the LPGA Monday qualifiers, and gained some status to the Symetra tour.  Sadly Maya ultimately stopped playing in events because of the mental and emotional toll that the exclusive nature of the sport took on her. Her favorite golf courses are Torrey Pines South Course in California, Talking Rock Golf Course in Prescott Arizona and Golconda Golf Club In Hyderabad, India. Maya is founder of The Gaysian Project and an ambassador for Athlete Ally. She is also an incoming JD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Maya is passionate about intersectional queer inclusion, especially in sports, and is pursuing a legal education in order to strengthen her work in inclusive policy initiatives.

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On Episode 4 of ‘The Lovely Biertrix’ we talk to Lindsey Watson (Meanie aka Haberbashery) from Auld Reekie Roller Derby. This week it is Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK, and the focus is on body positivity, our podcast episode covers Habs’ personal relationship with the sport of Roller Derby, how it helped her through a poor episode of mental health and how it changed her relationship with the way she felt about herself and her body. We also explore what leagues can do to support team mates, tips to get you out to training on the days you don’t really want to go and how Habs’ league; ‘Auld Reekie Roller Derby’, recognized the importance of both physical and mental health.
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On Episode 4 of ‘The Lovely Biertrix’ we talk to Lindsey Watson (Meanie aka Haberbashery) from Auld Reekie Roller Derby. This week it is Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK, and the focus is on body positivity, our podcast episode covers Habs’ personal relationship with the sport of Roller Derby, how it helped her through a poor episode of mental health and how it changed her relationship with the way she felt about herself and her body. We also explore what leagues can do to support team mates, tips to get you out to training on the days you don’t really want to go and how Habs’ league; ‘Auld Reekie Roller Derby’, recognized the importance of both physical and mental health.

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Our guest this week is Canadian Masters Rower Marisha Roman, who at 52 has been rowing competitively for 32 years and is still motivated to set her 4:30am alarm to go training.  In 1989 she won the Royal Canadian Henley Intermediate Women’s Eight and when she returned to Masters Rowing in 2003 she won the age 40+ 8s at the famous Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston five times with the Toronto Sculling Club. Other notable successes have been winning the Women's B 8 at the Amsterdam Heineken Rovierkamp in 2018, winning medals at the US Masters Champs in 2003 with the Don Rowing Club and in 2016, 2017 with the Masters Rowing International. In 2017 she won gold at the Royal Henley Masters Regatta in Women's C 8, The gold in Masters women's category at the Royal St. John's 200th Anniversary Regatta in 2018 which was a fixed seat boat in the world's longest running rowing race.  Marisha has also excelled in canoeing kayaking and swimming which is her winter cross training sport of choice. She is also the co-founder of the Masters Women Competitive Athlete Network and an elected board member for Rowing Canada with the Safe Sport portfolio. In 2005 Marisha was awarded the Tom Longboat Award as the Indigenous Athlete of the Year for Canada for Dragon Boat Paddling.
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Our guest this week is Canadian Masters Rower Marisha Roman, who at 52 has been rowing competitively for 32 years and is still motivated to set her 4:30am alarm to go training.  In 1989 she won the Royal Canadian Henley Intermediate Women’s Eight and when she returned to Masters Rowing in 2003 she won the age 40+ 8s at the famous Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston five times with the Toronto Sculling Club. Other notable successes have been winning the Women's B 8 at the Amsterdam Heineken Rovierkamp in 2018, winning medals at the US Masters Champs in 2003 with the Don Rowing Club and in 2016, 2017 with the Masters Rowing International. In 2017 she won gold at the Royal Henley Masters Regatta in Women's C 8, The gold in Masters women's category at the Royal St. John's 200th Anniversary Regatta in 2018 which was a fixed seat boat in the world's longest running rowing race.  Marisha has also excelled in canoeing kayaking and swimming which is her winter cross training sport of choice. She is also the co-founder of the Masters Women Competitive Athlete Network and an elected board member for Rowing Canada with the Safe Sport portfolio. In 2005 Marisha was awarded the Tom Longboat Award as the Indigenous Athlete of the Year for Canada for Dragon Boat Paddling.

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For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1000+ episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of over 2 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

On this episode of The Sailing Show, Abby Ehler talks to Swiss solo sailor, Justine Mettraux about her Figaro campaign and her pathway into the Figaro circuit. Justine first competed in the Mini Transat series back in 2013 and went onto compete in the Volvo Ocean Race in 2014-15 with Team SCA. Justine is now in her 4th consecutive year in the Figaro circuit, and is joins us fresh from the first Figaro event of this season: The Solo Maitre Coq, finishing 9th in a fleet of 47, a fantastic result in such a competitive fleet. Abby’s second guest is record breaking round the world sailor, Dee Caffari. Dee has sailed around the world six times. She is the first woman to have sailed single-handed and non-stop around the world in both directions and the only woman to have sailed non-stop around the world a total of three times. Dee gives her advice and opinions on advancing through the sport of sailing, or even advancing your career in professional yachting. Drawing on her experience as a skipper of a young crew in the last Volvo Ocean Race, she shares what she was looking for when selecting her crew. Great advice for any ambitious sailor.
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