They’re skilled, smart, sassy and with the help of the Layne Beachley Aim For The Stars Foundation, a new breed of female sports heroes will have their names on the lips of the nation this season. In a show of camaraderie for women in sport, Australia’s top female cricket and surfing champions battled it out in a beach cricket match to celebrate the ICC Women’s World Cup which kicks off in March as well as surfing’s ASP Women’s World Tour at the LG Mobile Roxy Pro, at Snapper Rocks, Gold Coast this weekend.
The event was designed to celebrate up-and-coming Australian female sports stars and inspire girls and women across the country to dream and achieve. Teams included representatives from the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars and the ASP Women’s World Tour with world surfing veteran Matt Hoy as umpire.
Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars Cricketers
Matthew Hayden
Ellyse Perry
Delissa Kimmince
Sarah Andrews
ASP Women’s World Tour Surfers
Layne Beachley
Steph Gilmore
Jessi Miley-Dyer
Sally Fitzgibbons
Sam Cornish
Promoting women in sport and supporting the dreams of Australian girls is a cause close to the heart of seven time ASP Women’s World Champion Layne Beachley. In 2003, Beachley established the Aim for the Stars Foundation, "encompassing academic, sport, cultural and community pursuits, my foundation offers ambitious and dedicated females an opportunity to receive financial and moral support to help them achieve their goals," said Beachley, " it is important that women sports support one another and what better way than to play some beach cricket, look out Southern Stars!"
Delissa Kimmince, Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars cricketer and Female Development Officer at Queensland Cricket knows first-hand how inspiration and determination can see young women achieve great things.
"I grew up in a country town near Brisbane and at 12 I was selected as a shadow player for Darling Downs – but there wasn’t a girls team, so I couldn’t play or go away with them! But I tell the girls in my development
squad if you work hard and wear a smile anything is possible. And now I’m representing my country at the Women’s World Cup. It’s a dream come true," she said.
The ICC Women’s World Cup involves the world’s top 8 ranked teams, being Australia, India, New Zealand, England, West Indies, Sri Lanka, South Africa and Pakistan. Like our men’s team, Australia are the defending champions.
The tournament involves 25 matches played over 16 days. The opening match of the tournament between Australia and New Zealand will be held at North Sydney Oval on Sunday, 8 March 2009. The group stages will be held from 7 to 12 March, the Super 6 qualification stage from Saturday 14 to Thursday 19 March and the Final on Sunday 22 March 2009
The event was designed to celebrate up-and-coming Australian female sports stars and inspire girls and women across the country to dream and achieve. Teams included representatives from the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars and the ASP Women’s World Tour with world surfing veteran Matt Hoy as umpire.
Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars Cricketers
Matthew Hayden
Ellyse Perry
Delissa Kimmince
Sarah Andrews
ASP Women’s World Tour Surfers
Layne Beachley
Steph Gilmore
Jessi Miley-Dyer
Sally Fitzgibbons
Sam Cornish
Promoting women in sport and supporting the dreams of Australian girls is a cause close to the heart of seven time ASP Women’s World Champion Layne Beachley. In 2003, Beachley established the Aim for the Stars Foundation, "encompassing academic, sport, cultural and community pursuits, my foundation offers ambitious and dedicated females an opportunity to receive financial and moral support to help them achieve their goals," said Beachley, " it is important that women sports support one another and what better way than to play some beach cricket, look out Southern Stars!"
Delissa Kimmince, Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars cricketer and Female Development Officer at Queensland Cricket knows first-hand how inspiration and determination can see young women achieve great things.
"I grew up in a country town near Brisbane and at 12 I was selected as a shadow player for Darling Downs – but there wasn’t a girls team, so I couldn’t play or go away with them! But I tell the girls in my development
squad if you work hard and wear a smile anything is possible. And now I’m representing my country at the Women’s World Cup. It’s a dream come true," she said.
The ICC Women’s World Cup involves the world’s top 8 ranked teams, being Australia, India, New Zealand, England, West Indies, Sri Lanka, South Africa and Pakistan. Like our men’s team, Australia are the defending champions.
The tournament involves 25 matches played over 16 days. The opening match of the tournament between Australia and New Zealand will be held at North Sydney Oval on Sunday, 8 March 2009. The group stages will be held from 7 to 12 March, the Super 6 qualification stage from Saturday 14 to Thursday 19 March and the Final on Sunday 22 March 2009
Cricket Australia Media Release
Sunday, March 01, 2009 1:42:12 PM
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