Women in Sport
Cycling Ireland aims to inspire more women and girls to discover cycling and feel confident on their bikes. This aligns with Sport Ireland’s Policy on Women in Sport which intends to address four target areas – Active Participation, Coaching and Officiating, Visibility and Leadership and Governance.
Cycling Ireland will support women and girls in becoming active and valued members of the cycling community, promoting programmes and best practices among cycling clubs in Ireland.
Women in Sport Week
Women in Sport Week is an annual initiative coinciding with International Women's Day on the 8th of March. First held in March 2021 and repeated every March since, Women in Sport Week is a significant and successful week of celebration, promotion, and enhances the visibility of women’s sport and women in sport.
Cycling Ireland is proud to support this initiative and promote the many women involved across all aspects of cycling.
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HER Outdoors Week
HER Outdoors Week, an initiative by Sport Ireland, taking place annually. It provides an opportunity to re-ignite and re-introduce females to the outdoors.
This initiative aims to celebrate and encourage more women and girls in the outdoors. This campaign looks to empower females to find what the outdoors means to them by redefining the perception of outdoor sport whilst evoking the excitement that comes with discovering the outdoors.
Find out more here.
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Move2B Leadership Programme
The Move2B Leadership Programme is run in collaboration with Cycling Ireland, Triathlon Ireland and Rowing Ireland are offering a leadership programme to empower young female athletes aged 16-21.
The programme will run over six weeks, starting in mid-September until the end of October. Each session will be an hour and half long.
The objectives of the leadership programme are as follows:
- Develop leadership experience: Focusing on sound judgement, interpersonal and organisational skills that contribute to the overall success of an event, organisation or team.
- Expand insight, vision and strategic thinking: Developing the ability to identify and articulate challenges within sport, and develop ideas and strategies to overcome them.
- Foster motivation and inspiration: Expanding intrinsic motivation to achieve the best not only for themselves but for their teammates and club, fostering a positive and supportive environment.
- Improve communication: Growing the skills to effectively communicate ideas, instructions and feedback to peers, teammates, club members and coaches.
The programme will focus on practical takeaways and real-life examples. This course is for athletes of levels with an interest in leadership and we encourage all those who think they might be interested to apply.