Talented Heidi to feature in documentary on women in sport

Heidi Gill (13) has been involved with the 2020 initiative, which creating a cultural shift in our perception of girls and women in sport.

The Scoil Mhuire student, who plays for Buncrana Hearts U14 and U16 girls, as well as Buncrana GAA U13 and U14 girls, as well as school teams was asked to return to take part in the documentary, ‘The Long Road, the Future of Women in Sport.’ She is also fronting its promotional images and material.

Heidi said she was excited to film the documentary , which was ‘all good fun and good craic.’ She told the Journal how her family is very excited for her and her friends have been tagging her on Facebook when they see the documentary mentioned. She added how she believes, since the launch of 2020, the publicity and coverage of women in sport is ‘definitely getting better.’ She added how she would ‘know a lot of girl footballers now but I wouldn’t have known of them two years ago.’

“I would like to see more girls playing sports because it’s great fun, you meet loads of new friends and it’s good exercise. It would be good to see more pictures of girls making the local papers because it’s usually just the boys. Sometimes we get pictures in the paper if it’s a final. Us girls are just as good as the boys!”

You can see Heidi in the documentary at 8pm on www.facebook.com/2020campaign