Game On!

10 Oct 2023

We’re talking This Girl Can, The Female Football Project, Alzheimer’s breakthrough and OUTDance

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Welcome to Game On! JOY 94.9’s Home of Sport every Tuesday from 7-8pm where you’ll hear where you can get your game on! This show is all about you and how you can get your game on by showcasing where sport is safe, inclusive, welcoming and fun for the Rainbow community!

Bec Ahern who heads up the This Girl Can initiative at VicHealth shares the amazing opportunities for women during This Girl Can Week (9-15 October). It’s a week to celebrate women smashing stereotypes to be active however, wherever and whenever they choose without being judged. Check out the website and see whether you might like to have a go at Zumba, Bollywood dancing, Ballet or Roller-derby to name but a few of the oodles of fun activities across the state. Take a look at the stories of the This Girl Can Ambassadors who inspire us with how they overcame their doubts and insecurities and are now loving living an active life! (Starts 2:27)

Fran Hurndall Guinness world record holder, former football player of the round ball, and Founder and CEO of The Female Football Project joins Game On! to tell us all about her inspiration to dribble a soccer ball 1000kms from the Gold Coast to Sydney. What an incredible achievement for an awesome cause – to encourage women and girls to dare to dream and forge a career in football and enabling a pathway for female coaches. Interested in being a coach? Give Fran a follow on Instagram or Facebook for more information. Congratulations Fran on raising over $15,000 for Women Sport Australia and for being nominated for a 2023 FIFA Fan Award. (Starts 11:19)

We are joined by Professor of Neuroscience Bryce Vissel, St Vincent’s Centre for Applied Medical Research, St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney to talk about the latest research approach to Alzheimer’s and the actions you can take to maintain a healthy brain. Years of dedicated research has resulted in a breakthrough with a way forward to reverse the process of Alzheimer’s, restore the switch in the brain and as a result restore the capacity for memory. While the research continues Professor Vissel shares how we can give ourselves the best opportunity to keep our brains functioning by our lifestyle choices today. (Starts 20:59)

Do you have two left feet? Jan Davies Chairperson OUTDance, Perth based ballroom dancing group, lets us know that even if you do you can enjoy all forms of dancing from the cha cha, to the samba, to line dancing to the waltz. If you’re in the area, grab your dancing shoes, head along and be part of 22 years of gliding across the dance floor with a game of bingo thrown in for good measure! (Starts 32:24)

In Who is getting their game on? this week, the Liberty A league Women 2023-24! The season is about to kick off and you can keep the Matilda’s magic going by supporting our 12 teams across the coming 22 weeks. Aussie soccer hero Courtnee Vine shares why she has resigned with Sydney FC, her goals for the season and that she hopes you’ll get on board!

A big thank you to all of our guests for their support of an inclusive and supportive sporting culture and mindset so that everyone can enjoy getting their game on!