The Devon Cricket Foundation's first-ever Women's Conference takes place on Sunday, 8 March 2026.

Date Date Venue
Sunday,
8 March 2026
1pm - 5pm West Exe School
EX2 9JU

Itinerary

The afternoon will be an opportunity for attendees to come together to prepare and network ahead of the 2026 season, as well as marking both International Women's Day and 100 days until the start of the 2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.

Time Details
12:30pm Arrival
1pm - 2pm

Q&A Session
Our special guests on the day will be International Rugby Referee, Holly Wood, Somerset Women Captain, Sophie Luff, and the only female Chair in the Tolchards Devon Cricket League, Tina England.

2pm - 5pm

Coaching with Sophie Luff
Sophie will run a session with ideas for ensuring coaching sessions are productive, and everyone can be involved. She will touch on common themes and issues coaching in the women's game and how players might challenge these to make sure they get the best out of their own coaching sessions, both as coaches and as players. 

Ronin Taijutsu Self-Defence Classes
Teaching out of Okehampton, this group regularly deliver free self-defence classes for women and girls in the area. Given that many women can often be alone at cricket clubs, locking up in either the centre of a town or the middle of the countryside, the session aims to give women striking and defence techniques that can be used.

The session is open to everyone aged 14 and upwards. 

Wellbeing Session
Rachel for Yoga Strength and Stretch will deliver a 50-minute class focusing on relaxation and breathing, some yoga exercises that can be used as warm-up/down and post-match recovery, with extra yoga poses to help prevent/recover from common sports injuries and help to improve flexibility, strength, stamina, stability, posture and when to use them for the right purpose via the bio mechanics of movement and breath.

Register for our Women's Conference:

REGISTER HERE

Contact

For any questions relating to the Women's Conference, please contact our Women & Girls' Development Officer, Ann-Marie Presswell:

ann-marie.presswell@devoncricket.co.uk
07494 151557