You remember Liz Ellis, right? She’s the former Australian netball captain who has also been top TV talent on various shows over the years, and is a great speaker and terrific role model. Who doesn’t love Liz Ellis?<\/p>\n
So Liz — because seriously, who else? — was the MC at the Wednesday launch of the new Suncorp Super Netball league, which is the rebranded version of whatever the old netball league was called.<\/p>\n
As Liz was introducing the team captains, she shared a story. You’ll love this. Over to you, Liz.<\/p>\n
“There’s a bit of talk at the moment about how women’s sport is an overnight success and I don’t mind that. It really came home to me during the Olympics last year.<\/p>\n
I was lying in bed with my five-year-old daughter and we were watching the television flicking between the Opals (basketballers), the Matildas (soccer) and the Pearls (our gold medal-winning women’s rugby team) and we were watching all these women going around playing team sports and my little girl turned to me and she said:
\n‘Mummy, why don’t boys play sport?’<\/p>\n
And I said ‘My darling that’s because they’re ironing’.”<\/p>\n
At which point everyone laughed. But Ellis’s daughter Evelyn wasn’t done yet on that August evening in front of the Olympics.<\/p>\n
“A few minutes later she said, “Mummy, what’s ironing?” and I thought, “My work here is done.” You remember Liz Ellis, right? She’s the former Australian netball captain who has also been top TV talent on various shows over the years, and is a great speaker and terrific role model. Who doesn’t love Liz Ellis? So Liz — because seriously, who else? — was the MC at the Wednesday launch of the … <\/p>\n
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