Meg Lay and Jasmine Nicholls are hoping to increase women's visibility in the sport turf industry.
How often have you seen women groundstaff working at sports games in the UK? Probably not that often. Research commissioned by the Grounds Management Association in 2019 found that women account for just three per cent of the sport turf industry. The organisation has plans to conduct regular industry research but there currently is no date set for a follow-up to this report. The figures are even more dire when we turn our attention to cricket.
Only one per cent of grounds professionals and volunteers are non-white, while only two per cent of grounds professionals and volunteers are female - with one percent of head groundstaff being female. For the past two years cricket has been publicly reckoning with its roots. The evaluation of that reckoning was published in The Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket report that found racism, sexism, classism and elitism are 'widespread' in English and Welsh cricket.
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