But as you saw not only from the extraordinary performances of the US national womens team but the one point one billion viewers and the stadiums that were packed out is that people want to see and witness the best quality sport on offer. Peggy ONeil shes the president of the Richmond Football Club here the first woman to be president of an AFL club which is no mean feat and certainly as an outsider to a non Australian. During her residency she was a rower and then an iron man triathlete and finished theq Ironman highway world championship in 2006. Thats sort of resistent attitude. [00:14:07] We are in such a rapid time of change that its quite discombobulating. And when Peggy talks people listen. Teach you about what what it requires to be a woman in leadership and sport in Australia. From 2007 to 2016, Bridie competed in road and track cycling. Where should there be time slots in broadcast opportunities and how can we get the free to air channels to show the nipple World Cup or why. My most useful object is definitely my pillow. I would imagine on your To Do list we do have a huge agenda and we have just a small team but we but theyre terrific. [00:02:25] Well its an opportunity to learn about what you doing there at the Office for Women and Sport and Recreation because its the one and only organization of its kind in the in Australia as I understand it. [00:02:16] I began by asking Bridie how the organisation came about. Im sick of people saying thats not our job to do this or were just waiting for a bigger sponsor. While working in Intensive Care and studying for physician exams, Bridie competed first in rowing and Ironman Triathlon. Given that most of the mid-season races on the womens calendar were between three and four hours long, and involved circuits with long climbs and technical descents, riders who had been on a bike for decades and were not only fearless and desperate, but quite literally, hungry, were potential winners. But the 41-year-old former Mapleton woman this week broke the world hour record, riding 46.882 kilometres in 60 minutes 609 metres further than the existing record. I soon realised the reason for her meandering: the beauty of riding for long, slow hours with no money on her was that she wouldnt be tempted or able to eat. By 1 July of this year and with an amazing amount of work and meetings and resistance and some yelling by some cranky aggrieved gentleman who were long term president saying I know women but I just dont know any woman who wants to be on this board and I think to myself I know why Barry day we got to 93 per cent of those funded organisations by 1 July who would achieve 40 percent or more and the other 7 per cent of them which is about 10 organisations were working with and meeting with every month and there may be extraordinary general meetings and theyre bringing women in and what we know about this is that whatever your feelings are about quotas I they work be they force an exploration of your existing board which is the best outcome because for so many people theyve just said we just need seven people. And I think that is a conundrum too about you know we do need bums on seats and we do need the women to be attending sports events and filling these stadiums too. In 2006, she finished Ironman Austria, Ironman Hawaii and rode a bike course record at Busselton Ironman. If you have any comments or questions about the shows that we do or suggestions for guests please do drop us a line to info at WiSP Sports dot com. Just go to the listen tab on the main menu at the top there and drop down to transcending sport and youll find all previous episodes of this show too. CEOs and board directors and the stats are mind boggling 96 percent of women in leadership positions across all industries have been competitive athletes. From hippy Sunshine Coast upbringing to world record, cyclist Bridie O'Donnell steps into spotlight, For the latestflood and weather warnings, search onABC Emergency, Keep across all the live scores and results from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park, In cycling it's known as this ultimate test of endurance and mental fortitude. And when it is provided to them in a really classy package if you like it at the best stadium with the greatest amenity and the best TV coverage and free to air they will watch it. What Ive experienced and when I was a professional cyclist lets say 10 years ago I was in an extraordinarily talented team. [00:00:00] Hello and thank you for downloading this episode of transcending sport here on WiSP Sports. Womens educations and capabilities are not a problem. My concerns about that were met with derision by old, chain smoking Italian men who drove the vans and said that seatbelts were invented by the English and are a waste of time! She became the first Australian woman to make an attempt on the UCI world our record in 15 years setting a new world record of forty six point eighty eight two kilometres at the Adelaide Superdome in November 2017. So I was appointed after a very long process. Taylor Harris herself was interviewed on the radio sort of saying I know you shouldnt read the comments but Ive read them and these are by some men whove got women in their profile pictures you know wives and probably kids. Until the next time. Shes an expert shes respected shes hard. She would say why dont the race organisers just mandate to you know Euro sport that they have to show 30 minutes and they would say well you need to pay us and then say Okay fine. Thank you for listening and turning up the volume on womens sport. You can imagine there were dozens or they said to me you know 100 women and men applied for this job. And we have nowhere near enough adult women participating in organised sport. 3-min read. My pleasure. Copyright 2017 All Rights Reserved. I had some staff by the time we got to April 2018 and so weve been up and running. Because Im most curious about this you know being in the media for as long as I have. Its my life you know. She became the first Australian woman to make an attempt on the UCI world our record in 15 years setting a new world record of forty six point eighty eight two kilometres at the Adelaide Superdome in November 2017. I can tell you that. in Queensland to help to help them fast track their board quotas in whatever form it they are helping them learn for our from our mistakes and our lessons. What does this say. Taylor Harris herself was interviewed on the radio sort of saying I know you shouldnt read the comments but Ive read them and these are by some men whove got women in their profile pictures you know wives and probably kids. Bridie graduated as valedictorian from the University of Queensland medical school and won the G R S last prize for the most outstanding intern in 1999. I once owned a very stylish black one-piece swimsuit with a plunging neckline and when I wore it, I imagined I was some sort of Sophia Loren-esque hybrid of a Bond villain and a Hitchcock heroine. Your email address will not be published. So all of those things are challenging. It was a problem all over the worldwhat youd almost term performance-enhancing eating disorders. Posted on July 26, 2021 by July 26, 2021 by And then when theyre not the fastest anymore they dont know what to do next. How we overcome this hurdle of you know challenging the networks to make this free to air and satisfying the sponsors and getting the coverage that women need in the media. In November, 2017, Bridie was appointed the inaugural Head of the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation by the Victorian Government and in May, 2018 she published Life and Death a cycling memoir about her experiences as a professional cyclist in the international peloton. Peggy ONeil shes the president of the Richmond Football Club here the first woman to be president of an AFL club which is no mean feat and certainly as an outsider to a non Australian. And so what weve seen with now three complete seasons of AFL WS Thats the Womens Australian Rules. But the 41-year-old former Mapleton woman this week broke the world hour record, riding 46.882 kilometres in 60 minutes 609 metres further than the existing record. Bridie ODonnell has enjoyed two very different careers. We have 17 per cent of school aged children are getting the required amount of physical exercise every day of one hour one hour of movement and only 17 percent of kids are getting it. I was good but just never great enough to represent my country. They could do it five years ago they would probably struggle and so well I think we need to determine the barriers. Ive been an athlete than a successful athlete. Equally with Sydney in this country and the population of Victorias about eight and a half million and we have 115 now. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. Were making sure we support every organisation and their attacks on. Bridie O'Donnell's tumultuous tenure at . But I think thats a long conversation and when I do that we can solve it here now. So being active playing sport engaged in it in their life. So were not even retaining our high performance coaches from one Commonwealth Games to another. O'Donnell went on to attend All Hallow's School in Brisbane, then gained a medical degree at the University of Queensland. Has this been a lifelong passion and did you. Where should there be time slots in broadcast opportunities and how can we get the free to air channels to show the nipple World Cup or why. [00:16:37] But its early days but theres no doubt that what were seeing now is instead of the why we used to there would have been a lot of the why why should we fund womens sport or why women arent as good as men. ODonnell put hercareer as a medical doctor on hold and spent her mid-30s chasing the dream of representing her country and racing her bike in Europe among the best in the world. The third thing that was really vital for us is access to facilities. Thats where all of our networking events support it. Then it would have been an even more difficult. Shes very tall incredible flexibility of this photograph of her kicking so her legs completely apart almost 90 degrees flexible hips incredible flexible flexibility and strength. The citation noted Dr O'Donnell's extensive work as a physician, professional athlete and gender equality expert, becoming the inaugural Director of the Victorian Government's Office for Women in Sport and Recreation . [00:34:19] And how about the increase in female coaches. Lets say my former sport cycling incredible para cycling bombs as by Australians in the last world championships. Usually former players umpires referees presidents etc. Weve had a multibillionaire man invest in the NBL here and he owns the league and a couple of teams but no multibillionaire is common said. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, she worked in the Industry Recovery Group of Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, and was then appointed Executive Director for the Public Events Team. The Silver Ferns where were sitting and we also saw and Im sure this photograph reached across the world is the photograph of Taylor Harris That was the most glorious examination and image of a woman kicking sheet. As long as many more episodes of different shows we have now over a thousand episodes and a global audience reach now of more than three million. Brady thank you so much for taking time to come on the show today. But I was a very academic kid and so I studied really hard through high school and I was completely mediocre at team sports and I wanted to be a leader like I was so desperately trying to be the best athlete and I just wasnt I didnt have enough speed I didnt have enough agility and all those things that you do when youre playing netball and touch football and some of the sports that have really big in teams here in Queensland. Bridie ODonnell shares three special things. So people were engaging then theyd know they know they all know who Alex Perry and Alyssa Healy and all these players are now because they saw the footage of them they know those names are recognizable and now every woman and man who is a cricket fan in Australia they can name those players that someone said Can you name five women who play cricket. She is quite reserved. 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