The third annual Yardie Sports Women in Sports Conference will take place at the Pegasus Hotel under the theme “The Evolution of Women in Sports”, tomorrow morning at 9:00.
The conference will have a number of top female sports administrators as well as athletes and former athletes among its presenters.
Some of the presenters at the conference include, Mrs. Marva Bernard, President of Americas Netball, Dr. Carol Long, former lecturer at the Mico University College, Mrs. Collen Montague, Vice President of ISSA and Principal of Wolmer’s Girls, former Jamaican Olympian Juliet Campbell, sports personalities Trishana McGowan and Denise Walters and Sports Psychologist Dr. Olivia Rose.
The honourees this year are Sylvia Grant, Jamaica’s most decorated female Paralympian, and Connie Francis, former national netball player and current Sunshine Girls head coach.
Dwayne Richards is the CEO of Yardie Sports.
Richards says the conference will continue to be held annually, as they seek to highlight the impact Jamaican women are having in sports.
Dwayne Richards, CEO of Yardie Sports.
