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Soroptimist International of Wakefield and District joined with Mayor of Wakefield, Wakefield District Women’s Forum and the Well Women Centre at Featherstone Rovers on Saturday 7th March to celebrate International Women’s day. The Mayor of Wakefield Cllr Maureen Tennant-King was guest of honour and Claire Sutherley DL, Managing Director of We Are Wakefield hosted a panel discussion honouring amazing women with a focus on female sporting heroes. Also speaking on the day were:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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John Trickett MP<\/p>\n

Cllr Denise Jeffery, Leader of Wakefield Council<\/p>\n

Amy Hardman, Head of Foundation at Castleford Tigers Foundation<\/p>\n

Alison Lowe OBE, Deputy Mayor of West Yorkshire for Policing and Crime<\/p>\n

Joanna Carr-Will and Lucy Ferguson from the trailblazing 1996 Great Britain Lionesses RL Team<\/p>\n

A brilliant and inspiring morning!\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Soroptimist International of Wakefield and District joined with Mayor of Wakefield, Wakefield District Women’s Forum…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":520,"featured_media":4899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"\nCelebrating IWD with sporting heroes | News | Blog | Events | Wakefield and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wakefield and District : Blog & News : Celebrating IWD with sporting heroes : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of Wakefield and District . 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