I have always been someone that lives and breathes sport and will always be up for trying a new sport at any given opportunity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
I am very grateful to be in a job where I can empower others to try something new. I have been playing football for most of my life and had never really investigated taking up another\u00a0sport. That was until I got to University. At the end of my second year I was told about the Women’s Cricket team, so myself and a few friends went along to a training session and I have never looked back. Now 3 years on, I have played in 3 outdoor Varsity fixtures, 2 indoor Varsity fixtures and I am now preparing for the BUCS Indoor League and what we hope will be two back-to-back wins at our annual Varsity indoor and outdoor games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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You’ll never know what opportunities it will bring you in the future…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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I had never played cricket before that training session a\nfew years ago and I am so grateful to have picked up a second sport and stuck\nto it. It may not be cricket, but if anyone is curious about a sport or an\nactivity but has never tried it before, go along with a friend and just go for\nit as you’ll never know what opportunities it will bring you in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, just to add, you may never get another opportunity\noutside of University to try something new, so while you’re here at Canterbury Christ\nChurch, make it your mission to try a new sport and see where it takes\nyou. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Chloe Woolaway<\/strong> President (Sports & Engagement)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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THE CAPTAIN OF WOMEN’S CRICKET<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I first got into cricket when I was much younger;\nI wanted to try a sport that not many girls seemed to play, and it was a game a\nlot of my family were involved with. I enjoyed watching my uncles play and\nwatching cricket on TV. Additionally, playing cricket at primary school fundamentally\nhelped me decide I wanted to try it out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Annabelle Richards<\/strong> President and Captain of Women’s Cricket <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
I found it enjoyable joining a club where I was\none of the only girls. I found I was able to keep up or better the boy\u2019s\nperformance, showing them that we can be just as good! Playing cricket means so\nmuch to me, the game has developed considerably since I started for women. It\nhas given me opportunities I would never have had if I hadn\u2019t joined. These\ninclude playing for clubs I never thought I would, including Kent county and\nfor a premiership team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cricket has also helped me make so many friends along the way, whether that\u2019s at a club or university level<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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Cricket has also helped me make so many friends\nalong the way, whether that\u2019s at a club or university level. furthermore, it\u2019s\nfantastic to be able to play and coach the game to get more girls involved and\nhelp women\u2019s cricket create more of a name for itself – developing future\nstars, which makes me proud to play such a great game! Knowing that when I\nplay or help girls with their cricket, it is getting more people involved in a\nsport that wasn\u2019t big for women in the past, and that makes me enjoy the sport\neven more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Annabelle Richards<\/strong> President and Captain of Women’s Cricket<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have always been someone that lives and breathes sport and will always be up for trying a new sport at any given opportunity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116870,"featured_media":3130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christ-church-sport"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"authorName":"James Cook","featuredImage":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/christchurchsport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/526\/2019\/11\/CW_blogHeader.jpg","postExcerpt":"I have always been someone that lives and breathes sport and will always be up for trying a new sport at any given opportunity.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/christchurchsport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/christchurchsport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/christchurchsport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/christchurchsport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/116870"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/christchurchsport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3126"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/christchurchsport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3146,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/christchurchsport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3126\/revisions\/3146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/christchurchsport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/christchurchsport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/christchurchsport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/christchurchsport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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