Hi, I’m Katie, I’m the Women and Girls Development Manager for West Yorkshire at the Yorkshire Cricket Board. I am so excited to be launching this new Women and Girls Development Group for West Yorkshire; we have the most amazing team on board, full of passion and commitment to improving and enhancing cricket for females.

My own cricketing journey involves falling in love with playing softball cricket as a Mum after years of being around my husband, daughter and son who are all cricket obsessives! I then threw myself into a leading and coordinating role, setting up a women’s section from scratch at my own local club. I have directly experienced many of the challenges faced when trying to change the culture at a traditional male-dominated club – it is no walk in the park!!

Previous roles have included TV and radio journalism, and University lecturing. I aim to bring a varied skillset to both my YCB role and the role of Chair of this group, and most importantly, contribute to developing all aspects of the female game in this area.