Scrumqueens in the mix for top award
Scrumqueens.com has made the final shortlist for the Media Organisation of the Year accolade at this year’s #BeAGameChanger Awards run by the Women’s Sports Trust.
Published by Alison Donnelly, April 7th, 2015
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Nominated alongside powerhouse broadcasters BBC, BT Sport and Sky Sports your vote really matters to our team of volunteers who run the website and our social media channels, who keep you updated throughout the year on women’s rugby news and insight from around the world.
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Scrumqueens.com has grown enormously since it launched in 2009 as an outlet to try and fill the gap in coverage for the women’s game. Having moved on from a straightforward news outlet in its earlier days, the site now offers in depth features, data driven articles, blogs from players and coaches from around the globe and coverage from a selection of top domestic leagues.
Over the past year alone the site has been visited by readers from 190 countries from the UK to Swaziland to Fiji, and earlier this year it won a prestigious accolade for at the annual Rugby Writers’ Association Awards in the UK for its efforts in promoting and championing the game. Run by a core group of volunteers, the website is supported by London based agencyMake It Clear,who recentlyrebranded and relaunchedthe site's entire look and feel.
Notable campaigns and achievements over the years include the management of the onlywomen’s test rankingsin the world; research to tell the story of thefirst ever women’s rugby playerand a campaign to help thereversal of planned changesto the women’s Six Nations.
Website editor and founder Ali Donnelly said: "To be nominated alongside such heavy hitting media organisations is a real achievement for us, as we are after all a small group of volunteers with a passion for one sport. Women's rugby has grown enormously since we launched Scrumqueens in 2009, from being completely amateur to having a professional sevens circuit and hugely improved media interest. We’ve loved being part of that journey and there’s lots more to come.”
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