FIVE London and Essex sports clubs have collaborated to form a new Women’s Elite Sport Partnership.
West Ham Women, basketball clubs London Lions and Essex Rebels, London Pulse netball side and Sunrisers cricket team will collectively work together in order to help grow and sustain the development of women’s sport in Britain.
The partnership comes following in-depth analysis of the challenges facing women in sport today, with the goal of supporting sportswomen in reaching their full potential, as well as continuing to progress elite women’s sport.
The five clubs of the Women’s Elite Sport Partnership, also supported by Essex Cricket and Middlesex Cricket, will focus on supporting one another in three main areas engagement, performance and commercial activity.
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Grace Vella had faced setbacks before.
All she ever wanted to do was play football and aged 17 signed for Man City. She played with the likes of Toni Duggan and Nikita Parris, who are all now in the Lioness team.
But a year later her dreams were dashed when she was released. A life away from football beckoned and she decided to concentrate on a psychology degree at the University of Manchester.