Mayo Sports Partnership Launches their Women in Sport Week

Date: 01-03-2023

Women in Sport Week 2023 will kick off on Monday 6th March and Mayo Sports Partnership are inviting you to get involved in this celebration and take the time to acknowledge all the amazing women and girls who lead, administer, volunteer, coach, officiate and participate in sport.

An initiative by Sport Ireland , the aims of the week are:

To promote and highlight the ongoing work of Sport Ireland, National Governing Bodies, Local Sports Partnerships and other stakeholders and funded bodies, under the topic of Women in Sport.
To celebrate every woman and girl who plays, coaches, officiates, volunteers, works in and leads out on WIS.
To encourage and remind men and boys to be allies for women in sport

Sport Ireland have created a theme per day which are as follows:

Monday 6th – High Performance
Tuesday 7th – Coaching and Officiating
Wednesday 8th – International Women's Day
Thursday 9th – Leadership and Governance
Friday 10th – Active Participation
Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th – Visibility & Event

In celebration of this week, Mayo Sports Partnership have been very busy putting together a fully inclusive week of events for all women and are delighted to launch their Women in Sport 2023 Calendar of Event which can be viewed HERE

Getting Involved?

If you are running an event during this week, Let us know and we can help promote it. Tag Mayo Sports Partnership and Sport Ireland #WISWeek2023 #WomenInSportIre

Check out the list of events Mayo Sports Partnership are sharing and see if something interests you. If you do head along to an event, let them know by sharing on social media, ensuring to tag @Mayosport1 and @SportIreland and use the hashtags #WISWeek2023 and #WomenInSportIRL

If you’d like to share ideas or chat with our Women in Sport Lead about your potential plans or how you could get involved with this week, get in touch with Deirdre - dedonnelly@mayococo.ie or give us a call 094 906 4360