Sports Crowdfunding Campaign Of The Week: Molly Summerhayes
PledgeSports have the pleasure of working with some phenomenal athletes and teams. Each week we choose one of them as the PledgeSports “Sports Crowdfunding Campaign of the Week”. This week’s winner is 19-year-old British freestyle skier, Molly Summerhayes. Molly has launched a sports crowdfunding campaign to raise money which will support her bid to qualify for […]
14th July 2017 read full articleLet’s talk food and sport with… Shirley McCay
The 2018 Hockey World Cup is being held in London, but all eyes are on Johannesburg this month as the Irish Women’s senior hockey team battle it out for a qualifying spot at the World League 3 series. Amongst the team are many household names to hockey fans, one of these names and leaders is Shirley […]
10th July 2017 read full articleMost Followed Female Athletes On Twitter
There are billions of sports fans around the world and as 328 million of us actively use Twitter every month, there is a huge opportunity for fans to get closer to their favourite female athletes. At PledgeSports, we work with athletes to raise money, but also raise their online profile and make them more attractive to […]
21st June 2017 read full article10 Most Followed Female Athletes On Instagram
There are billions of sports fans around the world and as 700 million of us actively use Instagram every month, there is a huge opportunity for fans to get closer to their favourite female athletes. At PledgeSports, we work with athletes to raise money, but also raise their online profile and make them more attractive to […]
21st June 2017 read full articleGender Pay Gap For Sports Prize Money Decreasing
A new study released by the BBC has found that the gender pay gap for sports prize money is decreasing as more sports are achieving parity at the elite level. At PledgeSports, we are huge fans of all women involved in sport and have worked with many individual athletes and teams to raise money through […]
20th June 2017 read full articleWho Are PledgeSports?
PledgeSports is a global crowdfunding and sponsorship platform for sport! Spreading across 41 countries around the world (and counting), we have helped men, women, kids, teams, clubs, and even the odd OAP raise money in every sport known to man (and there are some pretty crazy sports out there!) Outside of humans, we have help sports […]
8th June 2017 read full articleAthlete of the Week: Charlotte Trenter
PledgeSports have the pleasure of working with some phenomenal athletes and teams. Every Friday we will choose one of them as the PledgeSports “Athlete of the Week”. This week’s winner is 16-year-old show jumper, Charlotte Trenter. Since the age of nine, Charlotte has dreamt of winning the French Championships and being selected to compete internationally around the world. With […]
18th May 2017 read full articleAthlete Of The Week: Kate Kerr-Horan
PledgeSports have the pleasure of working with some phenomenal athletes and teams. Every Friday we will choose one of them as the PledgeSports “Athlete of the Week”. This week’s winner is Kate Kerr-Horan. At 3-years-old, Kate suffered a serious injury and her parents were told that she would never walk again. Fast-forward 20 years and Kate is […]
12th May 2017 read full articleAthlete of the Week: Scarlett Mew Jensen
PledgeSports have the pleasure of working with some phenomenal athletes and teams. Every Friday we will choose one of them as the PledgeSports “Athlete of the Week”. This week’s winner is 15-year-old British diver, Scarlett Mew Jensen. After seven years of diving, Scarlett has been selected to represent Team GB at hir first ever senior Grand Prix […]
5th May 2017 read full articleTeam of the Week: Colombia Women’s Lacrosse
PledgeSports have the pleasure of working with some phenomenal athletes and teams. Every Friday we will choose one of them as the PledgeSports “Team of the Week”. This week’s winners are the Colombia Women’s Lacrosse team. This group of 20 players share a collective dream of representing their country at the 2017 Lacrosse World Cup in London […]
7th April 2017 read full article