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Gaia Online and Australian/Kiwi women’s sport

Posted by Laura on Sunday, 28 November, 2010

Gaia Online is a role playing network that has a number of social networking components. It is relatively popular in Australia and tends to cater to a teenaged audience. This type of audience may be a desirable for Australian and Kiwi women’s sport because reaching them may encourage participation in those sport and help improve women’s fitness. Beyond that, getting a younger audience can help insure the continuity of the team’s fandom by having fans who can pass on those allegiances as they get older. At the same time, younger fans likely will need to bring friends or family to attend competitions. This means a potential to maximize ticket sales.

An Australian and Kiwi sport community does exist on the Gaia Online. It is just relatively small and focused on soccer, rugby union, rugby league and Aussie rules.

Given the tiny size of the Australian and Kiwi sport population for men, it is hardly surprising that when profile interests were searched, no one was a fan of women’s sport.

League Team Members Date checked
ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens 0 28-Nov-10
ANZ Championship Northern Mystics 0 28-Nov-10
Swimming Australia Stephanie Rice 0 28-Nov-10
W-League Canberra United 0 10-Nov-10
W-League Canberra United 0 12-Nov-10
W-League W-League 0 1-Jul-10
W-League W-League 0 10-Nov-10
W-League W-League 0 12-Nov-10
WNBL Canberra Capitals 0 28-Nov-10
WNBL Townsville Fire 0 28-Nov-10
WNCL Victorian Spirit 0 28-Nov-10
WNCL Victorian Spirit 0 28-Nov-10
Women’s Flat Track Derby Association Western Sydney Rollers 0 28-Nov-10
Women’s Rugby World Cup Wallaroos 0 12-Nov-10
Women’s World Cup Soccer Football Ferns 0 28-Nov-10
Women’s World Cup Soccer Matildas 0 28-Nov-10

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Flickr and Australian/Kiwi women’s sport

Posted by Laura on Sunday, 28 November, 2010

Flickr is a photo sharing site owned by Yahoo. According to Alexa, it is the 36th most popular site on the Internet and 30th most popular in Australia. Flickr has made it easy for people to upload their pictures on the move by creating mobile applications that allow sharing from phone’s camera.

To get an idea for the popularity of Flickr in Australia and New Zealand, a search was done for Australia in the pictures search section. It had 5,856,165 results. A search for Sydney had 2,678,431 results. A search for New Zealand had 2,136,668 results. The interest in taking pictures of both countries is high.

Interest in sport is also high. A search for all the AFL teams results in around 200 to 500 images each. There are several groups on Flickr specifically dedicated to the league and its teams. The generic term surf Australia has 73,441 results, demonstrating that interest goes beyond traditional professional sports and into niche sport and participation sports. Sport organizations inside Australia have begun to realize its value: Canoeing Australia has set up its own Flickr account to upload pictures.

Why are picture sites like Flickr important? What can they tell us about Australian and Kiwi women’s sport? They are important because they help grow the visibility of the sport. Well composed, beautiful pictures can help really sell sport in a way that text, the primary method of sharing on most of the sites referenced so far, cannot. This visibility could translate into ticket and event sales: These women play so beautifully I should check them out in person. Beyond that aspect, Flickr can also help identify what type of content that people are interested in based on the type of pictures they take. This group can thus be catered to more by creating events or providing similar content on a team or athlete’s internet stream. If there are a lot of event pictures, have a meet up for Flickr and Picassa users during a practice session where they are invited to take pictures of athletes in motion. If there are a lot of pictures that are like head shots and traditional promotional images, then a consideration should be made to include more of that content and make it available where online users can access it. Both of these require a bit of content analysis but a most people will be looking at only only team or a few athletes, this becomes much more feasible.

Pictures can also be useful in terms of identifying potential employees. If there are one or two people who take beautiful pictures, they might be worth contacting to see if they can be brought in in an official capacity. Their work sells the team or athlete already, but by doing that, you help add validation to their work which might get them a bigger audience. This in turn can lead to increased visibility for the team or athlete as each party gets the benefit of the other’s audience.

Beyond the issues above, another way of understanding photographer interest in women’s sport involves the total search results, which when compared to other teams can be useful. It gives another perspective on the comparative interest amongst the more creative classes of Internet users and the kind who get out into the real world to engage in the things that they love. Group results and total members to those groups provides perspective on the total comparative audience for the work of photographers.

The table below includes data from all the total search results found by searching Flickr for total number of images related to a keyword. It is sorted by league and then team. It highlights the popularity of swimming in Australia, though the search results rarely refer to Swimming Australia sanctioned events or Australian swimmers who compete internationally. The W-League results are extremely high and undoubtedly include pictures from the American league with the same name. When looking at individual teams, it appears that the ANZ Championship, W-League and WNBL all have comparative levels of interest. The Australian Women’s Ice Hockey League has zero results and there is obviously much less interest in it.

Date checked League Team Keyword Pictures
27-Nov-10 ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds Adelaide Thunderbirds 24
27-Nov-10 ANZ Championship ANZ Championship ANZ Championship 154
27-Nov-10 ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Melbourne Vixens 39
27-Nov-10 ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts New South Wales Swifts 3
28-Nov-10 ANZ Championship Northern Mystics Northern Mystics 10
27-Nov-10 ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds Queensland Firebirds 20
27-Nov-10 ANZ Championship West Coast Fever West Coast Fever 17
27-Nov-10 AWIHL AWIHL AWIHL 0
27-Nov-10 Cycling Australia Amy Gillett Amy Gillett 10
27-Nov-10 Cycling Australia Anna Meares Anna Meares 27
27-Nov-10 Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Katie Hollywood 20
27-Nov-10 Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Hockeyroos 117
28-Nov-10 Netball New Zealand Netball New Zealand Netball New Zealand 2
27-Nov-10 Swimming Australia Stephanie Rice Stephanie Rice 73
27-Nov-10 Swimming Australia Swimming Australia Swimming Australia 1299
27-Nov-10 W-League Canberra United Canberra United 31
27-Nov-10 W-League W-League W-League 1143
27-Nov-10 WNBL Perth Lynx Perth Lynx 21
27-Nov-10 WNBL West Coast Waves West Coast Waves 84
27-Nov-10 WNBL WNBL WNBL 101
27-Nov-10 WNCL Western Fury Western Fury 28
28-Nov-10 Women’s World Cup Soccer Football Ferns Football Ferns 5

The table below includes the results when searching for groups related to Australian and New Zealand women’s sport. The total search results is small and there are no relevant groups. This suggests a couple of possible things. First, that while people are interested in taking pictures of women’s sport, they do not see their primary interests being focused around organizing people around women’s sport. Second, being photographers of specific women’s sport is not part of their internalized identity in such a way that they need to continually affirm it. Third, that Flickr may not have a large audience for specific Australian and New Zealand women’s sport that the upload totals might suggest is there.

Date checked League Team Keyword Groups Relevant groups
27-Nov-10 ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds Adelaide Thunderbirds 0 0
27-Nov-10 ANZ Championship ANZ Championship ANZ Championship 1 0
27-Nov-10 ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Melbourne Vixens 0 0
27-Nov-10 ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts New South Wales Swifts 0 0
28-Nov-10 ANZ Championship Northern Mystics Northern Mystics 0 0
27-Nov-10 ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds Queensland Firebirds 0 0
27-Nov-10 ANZ Championship West Coast Fever West Coast Fever 0 0
27-Nov-10 AWIHL AWIHL AWIHL 0 0
27-Nov-10 Cycling Australia Amy Gillett Amy Gillett 1 0
27-Nov-10 Cycling Australia Anna Meares Anna Meares 0 0
27-Nov-10 Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Katie Hollywood 0 0
27-Nov-10 Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Hockeyroos 1 0
28-Nov-10 Netball New Zealand Netball New Zealand Netball New Zealand 0 0
27-Nov-10 Swimming Australia Stephanie Rice Stephanie Rice 0 0
27-Nov-10 Swimming Australia Swimming Australia Swimming Australia 1 0
27-Nov-10 W-League Canberra United Canberra United 0 0
27-Nov-10 W-League Canberra United Canberra United 38 0
27-Nov-10 W-League W-League W-League 2 0
27-Nov-10 WNBL Perth Lynx Perth Lynx 0 0
27-Nov-10 WNBL West Coast Waves West Coast Waves 0 0
27-Nov-10 WNBL WNBL WNBL 0 0
27-Nov-10 WNCL Western Fury Western Fury 0 0
28-Nov-10 Women’s World Cup Soccer Football Ferns Football Ferns 0 0

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Friendster and Australian/Kiwi women’s sport

Posted by Laura on Sunday, 28 November, 2010

friendster is small social networks.  Alexa ranks it as the 685th most popular site on the Internet and the 1,483th most popular site in Australia.  It is not nearly as popular as Facebook or Twitter, but is more popular than bebo and appears to have a slightly more active community.  In 2009, friendster was acquired by an Asian company and sought a more Asian audience and worked to improve the mobile version of the site.  Given that, the direction of the site, if Australian and Kiwi sport teams are looking at friendster, it should probably be with an eye towards growing their Asian audience.  This focus would not necessarily lend itself to women’s sport outside of soccer.

Despite the potentially limiting audience and best approach to using the site, it is worth looking at as the more sites examined, the greater the understanding of how Australian and Kiwi women sport fandom exist on the Internet.

One of the ways friendster fosters communities is through groups.  There are several Australian sport related groups, including one for the Socceroos with over a hundred members and one for the Melbourne Victory with over sixty.   While this community for men’s sport exist, the same does not appear to be true for women.

Searching friendster groups is done by country.  For this, search was conducted for Australian groups.  If quotation marks are not used, every group that mentions any of those terms is used.  That means that pages and pages of search results need to be sorted through or quotation marks need to be used in order to improve search results.  This is not ideal as many women’s sport teams use common words or have multiple names, if sponsor names are considered.  The results below give an idea as to how this plays out.

League Team Keyword Groups Checked
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever West Coast Fever 1006 16-Aug-10
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever West Coast Fever 1006 27-Nov-10
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever West Coast Fever 0 27-Nov-10
ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Melbourne Vixens 0 27-Nov-10
W-League Canberra United Canberra United 1010 27-Nov-10
W-League Canberra United Canberra United 0 27-Nov-10
W-League W-League W-League 1002 27-Nov-10
W-League W-League W-League 0 27-Nov-10
WNBL Perth Lynx Perth Lynx 326 16-Aug-10
WNBL West Coast Waves West Coast Waves 1006 16-Aug-10
WNBL Townsville Fire Townsville Fire 1007 27-Nov-10
WNBL Townsville Fire Townsville Fire 0 27-Nov-10
WNCL Western Fury Western Fury 1010 16-Aug-10
Women’s World Cup Soccer Matildas Matildas 0 27-Nov-10
Women’s World Cup Soccer Football Ferns Football Ferns 1005 27-Nov-10
Women’s World Cup Soccer Football Ferns Football Ferns 0 27-Nov-10

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Ecademy and Australian/Kiwi women’s sport

Posted by Laura on Saturday, 27 November, 2010

ecademy is a small social network for business professionals that is an alternative to LinkedIn. It has a small number of people connected to Australian sport. In using and evaluating ecademy, it should be looked at from the perspective of using it liked in: Developing a network of employees, volunteers and athletes who can help network with other professionals to bring in an audience of potential sponsors and higher income bracket fans.

Given the nature of ecademy, the total number of people who have clubs listed in their profiles should not be gauged as a representation of fandom on the network. Rather, it should be looked at as industry professionals who want to be affiliated with the club or league.

One of the challenges involved with measuring membership on ecademy is that team sport names may not be the name of organization that runs the club or league. This could possibly exclude some people actually connected to them. For example, in the W-League, most teams are run by the state football associations, not by a specific organization with the club’s name in the title.

The table below gives an idea as to the historical size of the Australian and Kiwi women’s sport community on the network.

League Team Interest Total Checked
ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Melbourne Vixens 0 27-Nov-10
ANZ Championship Northern Mystics Northern Mystics 0 27-Nov-10
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever ‘West Coast Fever 0 16-Aug-10
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever ‘West Coast Fever 0 27-Nov-10
W-League Canberra United Canberra United 0 3-Jun-10
W-League Canberra United Canberra United 0 15-Jun-10
W-League Canberra United Canberra United 0 1-Jul-10
W-League Canberra United Canberra United 0 27-Nov-10
W-League W-League W-League 0 3-Jun-10
W-League W-League W-League 0 1-Jul-10
W-League W-League W-League 0 27-Nov-10
WNBL Perth Lynx ‘Perth Lynx 0 16-Aug-10
WNBL Perth Lynx ‘Perth Lynx 0 27-Nov-10
WNBL West Coast Waves ‘West Coast Waves 0 16-Aug-10
WNBL West Coast Waves ‘West Coast Waves 0 27-Nov-10
WNCL Western Fury ‘Western Fury 0 16-Aug-10
WNCL Western Fury ‘Western Fury 0 27-Nov-10
Women’s World Cup Soccer Matildas Matildas 16 1-Jul-10
Women’s World Cup Soccer Matildas Matildas 16 27-Nov-10

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eBay.com.au and Australian/Kiwi women’s sport

Posted by Laura on Saturday, 27 November, 2010

eBay is an extremely popular site in Australia. Alexa pegs it as the 6th most popular in the country. It is similar to a digital garage sale, only there is an economic incentive to only submit items that the seller things can actually sell. If they don’t sell, the seller makes no money and may be subjected to additional eBay related fees.

Sport related goods are a huge part eBay. For men’s Australian sport, there is a category for the AFL and one for the NRL. On November 27, there were over 42,643 items in the AFL category alone. On a page of auction only AFL results, 12 of the 50 items listed had bids. People might not be buying everything but over 20% had bids, which seems really good.

Given all this, it seems to be a fair assumption that the volume of items related to a team or athlete indicate a certain level of popularity.

The tables below are sorted by league/federation and can begin to give an idea of relative popularity of a team or player. As other networks have demonstrated, the volume around a player/team increases during periods when they are in competition. The level of merchandise available for the AFL suggests that this pattern may not hold. A variety of factors clearly influence when items are listed. Until more data is available, it be likely best to assume that merchandise will be available at all times, with volume peaking around important sport related events or major news stories.

ANZ Championship

There is some merchandise available for ANZ Championship teams. It does not appear like there is consistently merchandise of some available for all teams. In this case, it seems likely that there would be an increase in items during the season.

Team Search All Items Checked
Adelaide Thunderbirds Adelaide Thunderbirds 1 16-Nov-10
Adelaide Thunderbirds Adelaide Thunderbirds 0 27-Nov-10
ANZ Championship ANZ Championship 0 16-Nov-10
ANZ Championship ANZ Championship 0 27-Nov-10
Melbourne Vixens Melbourne Vixens 0 16-Nov-10
Melbourne Vixens Melbourne Vixens 0 27-Nov-10
New South Wales Swifts New South Wales Swifts 4 16-Nov-10
New South Wales Swifts New South Wales Swifts 1 27-Nov-10
Queensland Firebirds Queensland Firebirds 1 16-Nov-10
Queensland Firebirds Queensland Firebirds 0 27-Nov-10
West Coast Fever West Coast Fever 0 16-Nov-10
West Coast Fever West Coast Fever 0 27-Nov-10

Athletics Australia

Despite recent appearances at the Commonwealth Games by many of these female athletes, it does not appear to have translated into people selling merchandise featuring them. Additional visibility of these athletes because of their Twitter presence also appears to have failed in generating interest. This suggests that there is a lack of die hard fans around Athletics Australia’s female athletes.

Team Search All Items Checked
Lauren Boden Lauren Boden 0 16-Nov-10
Lisa Weightman Lisa Weightman 0 16-Nov-10
Melissa Breen Melissa Breen 0 16-Nov-10
Petrina Price Petrina Price 0 16-Nov-10
Shannon McCann Shannon McCann 0 16-Nov-10
Lauren Boden Lauren Boden 0 27-Nov-10
Lisa Weightman Lisa Weightman 0 27-Nov-10
Melissa Breen Melissa Breen 0 27-Nov-10
Petrina Price Petrina Price 0 27-Nov-10
Shannon McCann Shannon McCann 0 27-Nov-10

Australian Rugby Union

Earlier this year, the Wallaroos competed in the Women’s Rugby World Cup. They did fairly well. Women’s Rugby Union has also been given a boost by the inclusion of Rugby 7s in the Olympics. These two events do not seem to have resulted in any merchandise related to the team being available on eBay.

Team Search All Items Checked
Wallaroos Wallaroos 0 16-Nov-10
Wallaroos Wallaroos 0 27-Nov-10

AWIHL

The AWIHL season is currently underway. Still, ice hockey is a niche sport in Australia and there is unlikely to be much merchandise available. Given these two factors, it is not surprising that nothing is listed for the AWIHL.

Team Search All Items Checked
AWIHL AWIHL 0 16-Nov-10
AWIHL AWIHL 0 27-Nov-10

Basketball Australia

The Opals are the Australian women’s national team. They have the problem of their name being a common phrase and a market for stones like opals existing on eBay. While there are search results for the team’s name, looking at the results, none of them appear to be for the team.

Team Search All Items Checked
Australian Opals Australian Opals 928 16-Nov-10
Australian Opals Australian Opals 28 16-Nov-10
Australian Opals Australian Opals 178 27-Nov-10
Australian Opals Australian Opals 1 27-Nov-10

WNCL

The women’s cricket season is underway in Australia. The Breakers and Spirit are very active on Twitter in terms of promoting their team. These two factors likely account for the availability of merchandise on eBay. The Victorian Spirit’s name means that not everything in the search results relates to the team, which becomes apparent when the word cricket is put into the search.

Team Search All Items Checked
DEC Spirit DEC Spirit 73 16-Nov-10
DEC Spirit DEC Spirit 0 27-Nov-10
DEC Spirit DEC Spirit cricket 0 16-Nov-10
DEC Spirit DEC Spirit cricket 0 27-Nov-10
DEC Spirit Victorian spirit 34 16-Nov-10
DEC Spirit Victorian spirit 1 27-Nov-10
DEC Spirit Victorian spirit cricket 0 16-Nov-10
DEC Spirit Victorian spirit cricket 0 27-Nov-10
New South Wales Breakers New South Wales Breakers 0 16-Nov-10
New South Wales Breakers New South Wales Breakers 2 27-Nov-10
New South Wales Breakers NSW Breakers 2 27-Nov-10

Cycling Australia

Cycling Australia is represented by a number of female cyclists. These cyclists are all on Twitter. There does not appear to be much available related to them on eBay. What is available appears to be biographies about the athlete. The lack of merchandise may be related to the cycling season being over in the northern hemisphere; it may be possible that there could be an increase during that period.

Team Search All Items Checked
Amber Halliday Amber Halliday 43 16-Nov-10
Amy Gillett Amy Gillett 1 16-Nov-10
Anna Meares Anna Meares 1 16-Nov-10
Bec Domange Bec Domange 0 16-Nov-10
Bridie O’Donnell Bridie O’Donnell 0 16-Nov-10
Kirsty Broun Kirsty Broun 3 16-Nov-10
Nikki Butterfield Nikki Butterfield 0 16-Nov-10
Rachel Neylan Rachel Neylan 0 16-Nov-10
Rochelle Gilmore Rochelle Gilmore 0 16-Nov-10
Sara Carrigan Sara Carrigan 0 16-Nov-10
Sarah Kent Sarah Kent 19 16-Nov-10
Amber Halliday Amber Halliday 0 16-Nov-10
Kirsty Broun Kirsty Broun 0 16-Nov-10
Amber Halliday Amber Halliday 2 27-Nov-10
Amy Gillett Amy Gillett 1 27-Nov-10
Anna Meares Anna Meares 1 27-Nov-10
Bec Domange Bec Domange 0 27-Nov-10
Bridie O’Donnell Bridie O’Donnell 0 27-Nov-10
Kirsty Broun Kirsty Broun 0 27-Nov-10
Nikki Butterfield Nikki Butterfield 0 27-Nov-10
Rachel Neylan Rachel Neylan 0 27-Nov-10
Rochelle Gilmore Rochelle Gilmore 0 27-Nov-10
Sara Carrigan Sara Carrigan 0 27-Nov-10
Sarah Kent Sarah Kent 1 27-Nov-10
Amber Halliday Amber Halliday 0 27-Nov-10
Kirsty Broun Kirsty Broun 0 27-Nov-10

Football Federation Australia

The Matildas are on their way to the Women’s World Cup in June/July 2011. They recently completed their qualifying in the AFL. Their players are much more visible right now because of the start of the W-League season. These things don’t appear to have created interest in people to list items for sale on eBay. The one item currently listed is a 2000 nude calendar.

Team Search All Items Checked
Matildas Matildas 149 16-Nov-10
Matildas Matildas soccer 0 16-Nov-10
Matildas Matildas football 0 16-Nov-10
Matildas Matildas 79 27-Nov-10
Matildas Matildas soccer 1 27-Nov-10
Matildas Matildas football 0 27-Nov-10

Football New South Wales

The Flying Bats are a local lesbian soccer team based in Sydney. There is no merchandise relevant to them on eBay. Given that this is a club side, this makes sense. At the same time, there is often a lot of lesbian merchandise on eBay and it often sells pretty well. It seems probable that some one might have been willing to exploit that to make a few dollars, and yet no one has.

Team Search All Items Checked
The Flying Bats The Flying Bats 20 16-Nov-10
The Flying Bats The Flying Bats lesbians 0 16-Nov-10
The Flying Bats The Flying Bats 3 27-Nov-10
The Flying Bats The Flying Bats lesbians 0 27-Nov-10

Hockey Australia

The Hockeyroos recently appeared in the Commonwealth Games. They did a great job. They have also played in a few internationals since then. Despite this, there does not appear to be a large amount of merchandise available related to them on eBay.

Team Search All Items Checked
Hockeyroos Hockeyroos 2 16-Nov-10
Hockeyroos Katie Hollywood 0 16-Nov-10
Hockeyroos Hockeyroos 1 27-Nov-10
Hockeyroos Katie Hollywood 0 27-Nov-10

Netball Australia

Netball Australia’s national team is coming off the Commonwealth Games and are currently playing a number of friendly internationals. The team’s name makes it hard to separate out the team from diamonds that are from Australia when looking at lots on eBay. This means that Netball Australia as a search is likely more accurate in terms of gauging interest.

Team Search All Items Checked
Aussie Diamonds Aussie Diamonds 310 16-Nov-10
Netball Australia Netball Australia 26 16-Nov-10
Aussie Diamonds Aussie Diamonds 142 27-Nov-10
Netball Australia Netball Australia 28 27-Nov-10

Netball New South Wales

Team Search All Items Checked
Netball New South Wales Netball New South Wales 4 16-Nov-10
Petersham RUFC Netball Club Petersham RUFC Netball Club 0 16-Nov-10
Netball New South Wales Netball New South Wales 4 27-Nov-10
Petersham RUFC Netball Club Petersham RUFC Netball Club 0 27-Nov-10

Netball Victoria

Team Search All Items Checked
Netball Victoria Netball Victoria 0 16-Nov-10
Netball Victoria Netball Victoria 2 27-Nov-10

Skate Australia

Team Search All Items Checked
Cheltzie Breanna Lee Cheltzie Breanna Lee 0 16-Nov-10
Sophie Muir Sophie Muir 0 16-Nov-10
Cheltzie Breanna Lee Cheltzie Breanna Lee 0 27-Nov-10
Sophie Muir Sophie Muir 0 27-Nov-10

Ski and Snowboard Australia

There was increased interest in these athletes in response to their performances in the Winter Olympics. In the case of Torah Bright, she won a gold medal and was put on a stamp.

Team Search All Items Checked
Aimee Watson Aimee Watson 0 16-Nov-10
Sami Kennedy Sami Kennedy 1 16-Nov-10
Torah Bright Torah Bright 46 16-Nov-10
Aimee Watson Aimee Watson 0 27-Nov-10
Sami Kennedy Sami Kennedy 0 27-Nov-10
Torah Bright Torah Bright 22 27-Nov-10

Association of Surfing Professionals

Team Search All Items Checked
Claire Bevilacqua Claire Bevilacqua 1 16-Nov-10
Jess Miley-Dyer Jess Miley-Dyer 0 16-Nov-10
Laura Enever Laura Enever 0 16-Nov-10
Layne Beachley Layne Beachley 28 16-Nov-10
Rebecca Woods Rebecca Woods 22 16-Nov-10
Sally Fitzgibbons Sally Fitzgibbons 0 16-Nov-10
Rebecca Woods Rebecca Woods 3 16-Nov-10
Claire Bevilacqua Claire Bevilacqua 0 27-Nov-10
Jess Miley-Dyer Jess Miley-Dyer 0 27-Nov-10
Laura Enever Laura Enever 0 27-Nov-10
Layne Beachley Layne Beachley 10 27-Nov-10
Rebecca Woods Rebecca Woods 3 27-Nov-10
Sally Fitzgibbons Sally Fitzgibbons 0 27-Nov-10
Rebecca Woods Rebecca Woods 0 27-Nov-10

Triathlon Australia

None of the search results for this athlete are actually about the athlete. Rather, they are books about astrology.

Team Search All Items Checked
Shelly Wu Shelly Wu 10 16-Nov-10
Shelly Wu Shelly Wu 6 16-Nov-10
Shelly Wu Shelly Wu 5 27-Nov-10
Shelly Wu Shelly Wu 3 27-Nov-10

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Blogger and Australian/Kiwi women’s sport

Posted by Laura on Friday, 26 November, 2010

blogger is a popular blog hosting site. Many popular Australian and sports blogs use it. In the United States, the site also has high press visibility because of its inclusion in Google’s blog search and the number or journalists using Google Alerts, which pulls its notifications from Google’s blog search. The reliance on blogspot has been decreasing as people have eased away from blogging or switched to Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. The Australian sport population is smaller than that of Bebo but larger than that of 43 Things. For example, Collingwood had 68 fans on bebo and 7 people with Collingwood related goals on 43 Things. Blogger has 22.

Beyond the press reliance on using blogger as a source, another thing that makes a blogger audience desirable is that the format encourages people to write more. That additional content should encourage people to be more thoughtful and create dialogs around the team that they are blogging about. Theoretically, the longer and more prolonged the engagement that fans have regarding their team, the more likely they are to reaffirm their relationship with the team.

Sadly, the size of the Australian and Kiwi women’s sport community on blogger is non-existent when compared to their male counterparts. The lone fan of the Matildas is a male from South Australia.

League Team Number Date gathered
ANZ Championship ANZ Championship 0 11-Nov-10
ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens 0 4-Jun-10
ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens 0 19-Nov-10
ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens 0 23-Nov-10
ANZ Championship NSW Swifts 0 19-Nov-10
ANZ Championship NSW Swifts 0 23-Nov-10
ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds 0 19-Nov-10
ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds 0 23-Nov-10
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever 0 16-Aug-10
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever 0 19-Nov-10
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever 0 23-Nov-10
AWIHL AWIHL 0 19-Nov-10
AWIHL AWIHL 0 23-Nov-10
Cycling Australia Amy Gillett 0 11-Nov-10
Cycling Australia Anna Meares 0 11-Nov-10
Hockey Australia Hockeyroos 0 24-Nov-10
Tennis Australia Alicia Molik 0 11-Nov-10
Triathlon Australia Emma Moffatt 0 11-Nov-10
W-League Canberra United 0 3-Jun-10
W-League Canberra United 0 19-Nov-10
W-League Canberra United 0 23-Nov-10
W-League W-League 0 3-Jun-10
W-League W-League 0 1-Jul-10
W-League W-League 0 11-Nov-10
W-League W-League 0 19-Nov-10
W-League W-League 0 23-Nov-10
WNBL Perth Lynx 0 16-Aug-10
WNBL West Coast Waves 0 16-Aug-10
WNCL Western Fury 0 16-Aug-10
WNCL Victorian Spirit 0 15-Jun-10
Women’s World Cup Soccer Matildas 1 4-Jun-10

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BlackPlanet and Australian/Kiwi women’s sport

Posted by Laura on Friday, 26 November, 2010

BlackPlanet is a small social networked targeted at African Americans. There is a small community of Australian sport fans on the site. They tend to prefer rugby. The development of an Australian and Kiwi women’s sport community on the site is probably hampered by the tiny community that exists for men. Some of the women’s sport, like netball and cricket, are also a bit niche and not popular in America. Even if there was a desire to create interest on this network, there is not likely the onsite population to make it happen.

League Interest Total Members Checked
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever 0 19-Nov-10
ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens 0 19-Nov-10
ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds 0 19-Nov-10
ANZ Championship NSW Swifts 0 19-Nov-10
AWIHL AWIHL 0 19-Nov-10
W-League Canberra United 0 3-Jun-10
W-League W-League 0 19-Nov-10
Women’s World Cup Soccer Matildas 0 1-Jul-10

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Bebo and Australian/Kiwi women’s sport

Posted by Laura on Friday, 26 November, 2010

Bebo is a social networking site that is popular in Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The site’s traffic has been down in the past year or so. It traditionally has has a fairly large contingent of Australian sport fans, with most people being fans of the NRL. It has a smaller population of fans for other sports like the AFL and NBL. There were questions regarding bebo’s viability for most of 2010, when there were rumors that the site would be shut down if it failed to find a buyer. This and a variety of other factors, such as the popularity of Facebook and YouTube, have led to a lot of once active users becoming inactive.
Despite the issues regarding inactivity, it is a site worth looking at to begin to give a snapshot of sorts back in time, to understand the size of Australian and Kiwi women’s sport fandom four years ago to a year ago, when activity levels dropped off. It might be possible to determine where these fans migrated to by looking at growth on other niche networks, which could be useful for determining engagement strategies. This data can also give an idea as to what was popular. If the comparative levels of interest on other networks are not similar, it could suggest that clubs have failed with their marketing strategies or have found a method to really engage in their audience that other clubs could benefit from.

When looking at bebo, there are a variety of ways to do that. One of the first is to use search result totals, and compare the size of the community to other teams and over time. The second way is to look at the size groups/views for videos. The third way is to look at the demographic data for people who lit the team as an interest. This will be broken down by league/federation.

Search: ANZ Championship
The ANZ Championship is the most successful women’s (semi) professional league in Australia.  It makes sense that the team would have the largest amount of interest on bebo.  While this is true,  the community size, the number of groups and videos created by these fans is still extremely limited.  (Their counterparts in the AFL often have 200 to 400 people who list them as an interest.)

Interest People Video Music Groups Apps Skins Date gathered
Melbourne Vixens 3 4 0 0 0 0 19-Nov-10
Melbourne Vixens 3 4 0 0 0 0 26-Nov-10
NSW Swifts 2 0 0 0 0 0 19-Nov-10
NSW Swifts 2 0 0 0 0 0 26-Nov-10
Queensland Firebirds 0 0 1 0 0 0 19-Nov-10
Queensland Firebirds 0 0 1 0 0 0 26-Nov-10
West Coast Fever 0 0 0 0 0 0 16-Aug-10
West Coast Fever 0 0 0 0 0 0 19-Nov-10
West Coast Fever 0 0 0 0 0 0 26-Nov-10

Search: AWIHL
This is a niche league, where the men’s team also fail to have people who list them as an interest. If there is an ice hockey fan base in Australia, it is not on bebo.

Interest People Video Music Groups Apps Skins Date gathered
AWIHL 0 0 0 0 0 0 19-Nov-10

W-League
Somewhat surprisingly, the W-League fanbase on bebo appears to be a bit larger than that of the ANZ Championship. One possible factor for this could be that the overall fan community for soccer is really large on bebo. Another contributing factor could be that the Canberra United attract male fans to the sport that a W-League team may not otherwise get because the United do not have to compete with an A-League club in their city: If you love soccer in Canberra, you support the top level competitions here. Bebo also has a community of people who uploaded videos. Soccer videos are really popular across the whole of the network. Given that, W-League fans may be part of a larger part of video uploading culture that ANZ Championship fans are removed from.

One issue at play with W-League results is that Canberra United content is easier to pull out than the Melbourne Victory, because secondary keywords are needed to differentiate Melbourne Victory W-League results from A-League results. This means that real numbers for the W-League teams could be understated. Similar issues of a sort exist for the W-League, which shares a name with an American women’s soccer competition. This could lead to an over representation when just that term is counted.

Team Interest People Video Music Groups Apps Skins Date gathered
Adelaide United Adelaide United W-League 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-Jul-10
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar W-League 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-Jul-10
Canberra United Canberra United 4 7 1 2 0 0 16-Aug-10
Canberra United Canberra United 4 7 1 2 0 0 3-Jun-10
Canberra United Canberra United 4 7 1 2 0 0 15-Jun-10
Canberra United Canberra United 4 7 1 2 0 0 25-Jun-10
Canberra United Canberra United 4 7 1 2 0 0 1-Jul-10
Canberra United Canberra United 4 7 0 0 0 0 24-Oct-10
Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners W-League 0 1 0 0 0 0 1-Jul-10
Melbourne Victory W-League Melbourne Victory 0 1 0 0 0 0 1-Jul-10
W-League W-League 41 53 48 58 0 0 25-Jun-10
W-League W-League 41 53 48 58 0 0 1-Jul-10
Canberra United Canberra United 4 7 1 2 0 0 26-Nov-10
Adelaide United Adelaide United W-League 0 0 0 0 0 0 26-Nov-10
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar W-League 0 0 0 0 0 0 26-Nov-10

WNBL
The WNBL is the premiere women’s basketball competition in Australia. Unlike the NBL, it does not include a New Zealand team. The problem with one of the teams looked at, the West Coast Waves, is that the name is a rather common phrase and almost none of the video results look relevant to the WNBL team. This type of issue can be a huge problem for women’s (and men) sport when doing promotion and reputation management for the club’s brand beyond the players.

Interest People Video Music Groups Apps Skins Date gathered
Perth Lynx 2 1 0 0 0 0 16-Aug-10
West Coast Waves 5 18 0 2 0 0 16-Aug-10
Perth Lynx 2 1 0 0 0 0 25-Nov-10
West Coast Waves 5 18 0 2 0 0 25-Nov-10

WNCL

The WNCL teams being looked at do not share the name issues that their WNBL counterparts share. Unfortunately, they may suffer a problem with not all results being shown as they often have names with sponsors in them. Official and player content may pull up sponsor named related names. The average fan is less likely to use them as fannish identities are not based around who sponsors them.

Interest People Video Music Groups Apps Skins Date gathered
Victorian Spirit 2 1 0 0 0 0 15-Jun-10
Victorian Spirit 2 1 0 0 0 0 16-Aug-10
Western Fury 1 2 0 0 0 0 16-Aug-10
Victorian Spirit 2 1 0 0 0 0 26-Nov-10
Western Fury 2 1 0 0 0 0 26-Nov-10

Search: Women’s World Cup Soccer
The Matildas are Australia’s national women soccer team. As the W-League is larger than the ANZ Championship, it is not surprising that there is a comparable elevated amount of interest in the team.

Interest People Video Music Groups Apps Skins Date gathered
Matildas 22 21 6 1 0 0 1-Jul-10
Matildas 22 21 6 1 0 0 16-Aug-10
Matildas 22 21 6 1 0 0 26-Nov-10

Videos: W-League
Only the W-League Canberra United team were checked. Some of the videos for the team had quite a number of views. bebo’s stagnation is quite clear when looking at this data as the number of views for all videos failed to increase between June 3 and November 26.

Video Total Description Date checked
W-League Final 2009: Queensland Roar V Canberra United -… 0 Viewers W-League Final 2009: Queensland Roar V Canberra United – Goals – 17jan09 3-Jun-10
W-League Final 2009: Queensland Roar V Canberra United -… 0 Viewers W-League Final 2009: Queensland Roar V Canberra United – Goals – 17jan09 26-Nov-10
W-League: Canberra United V Melbourne Victory – Report -… 5 Viewers W-League: Canberra United V Melbourne Victory – Report – 20dec08 3-Jun-10
W-League: Canberra United V Melbourne Victory – Report -… 5 Viewers W-League: Canberra United V Melbourne Victory – Report – 20dec08 26-Nov-10
W-League: Canberra United V Sydney FC – Report – 6dec08 95 Viewers W-League: Canberra United V Sydney FC – Report – 6dec08 3-Jun-10
W-League: Canberra United V Sydney FC – Report – 6dec08 95 Viewers W-League: Canberra United V Sydney FC – Report – 6dec08 26-Nov-10
W-League: Central Coast Mariners V Canberra United – Rep… 8 Viewers W-League: Central Coast Mariners V Canberra United – Report – 13dec08 3-Jun-10
W-League: Central Coast Mariners V Canberra United – Rep… 8 Viewers W-League: Central Coast Mariners V Canberra United – Report – 13dec08 26-Nov-10
W-League: Newcastle Jets V Canberra United – 26oct08 445 Viewers W-League: Newcastle Jets V Canberra United – 26oct08 3-Jun-10
W-League: Newcastle Jets V Canberra United – 26oct08 445 Viewers W-League: Newcastle Jets V Canberra United – 26oct08 26-Nov-10
W-League: Perth Glory V Canberra United – Report – 30nov08 0 Viewers W-League: Perth Glory V Canberra United – Report – 30nov08 3-Jun-10
W-League: Perth Glory V Canberra United – Report – 30nov08 0 Viewers W-League: Perth Glory V Canberra United – Report – 30nov08 26-Nov-10
W-League: Perth Glory V Canberra United – Report – 30nov08 64 Viewers W-League: Perth Glory V Canberra United – Report – 30nov08 3-Jun-10
W-League: Perth Glory V Canberra United – Report – 30nov08 64 Viewers W-League: Perth Glory V Canberra United – Report – 30nov08 26-Nov-10

People: ANZ Championship
The table below includes the demographic data for people who listed ANZ Championship teams as interests on bebo. This data tends to confirm that teams have local interest and don’t have national fan bases.

Interest Name Gender Age City State Country
Adelaide Thunderbirds J A M E S Male 18 South Australia Australia
Adelaide Thunderbirds LiL-Miss-Sharna
Central Pulse Jacinda S Female 19 Tauranga New Zealand
Central Pulse Kaz Hagedorn Female 25 Wellington New Zealand
Central Pulse Magics BOp Female Waikato New Zealand
Central Pulse Rebecca Female 21 Tauranga New Zealand
Melbourne Vixens Chelsea Tobin Female
Melbourne Vixens Elise.
Melbourne Vixens Mrs Lutz. Female Wellington Wellington New Zealand
New South Wales Swifts (Sydney Swifts) ~~mrs~~orlando~~bloom~~ Female 20
New South Wales Swifts (Sydney Swifts) Keegs L Male Parramatta New South Wales Australia
New South Wales Swifts (Sydney Swifts) Kirsten R Female Sydney New South Wales Australia
New South Wales Swifts (Sydney Swifts) Phoebe Zapletal Female Maroota New South Wales Australia
Northern Mystics Keshia Grant Female 23 Eltham Taranaki New Zealand
Southern Steel Ian K Male 18 Coonawarra South Australia Australia
Southern Steel James N Male 19 Christchurch Canterbury New Zealand
Southern Steel James Robinson Male 21 Stafford England United Kingdom
Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Jacinda S Female 19 Tauranga Bay of Plenty New Zealand
Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Magics BOp Female Waikato Bay of Plenty New Zealand
Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Rebecca Female 21 Tauranga Bay of Plenty New Zealand

People: Basketball Australia
The Australian Opals have a similar issue with a few other Australian sport teams: People could use these words but not mean the team. This makes a bit of sense, given that one of the people who list the Opals as an interest is not from Australia.

Interest Name Gender Age City State Country
Australian Opals Lauren Jackson Female 28 Albury New South Wales Australia
Australian Opals Marc Zillmer Male 54 Salem Oregon United States

People: W-League
Some what surprisingly, the people who list a location are not from Canberra. A possible explanation for this is that Sydney bebo users are friends or family of players, who themselves may not be from Canberra.

Interest Name Gender Age City State Country
Canberra United Jack
Canberra United Missunderstood Female Sydney New South Wales Australia
Canberra United Faz Male 21 Sydney New South Wales Australia
Canberra United R.i.p steve irwin R.i.p Male

People: WNBL
Like the ANZ Championship, most fans are from areas near where the team is based. Fans also tend to be young and there is an even mix of male and female fans, which suggests that the WNBL could grow by working to attract that male audience in communities under served by NBL teams.

Interest Name Gender Age City State Country
Adelaide Lightning Olivia Smith Female 31 Adelaide South Australia Australia
Australian Institute of Sport Ben Hall Male 25 Adelaide South Australia Australia
Australian Institute of Sport Blair H Male 21 Bendigo Victoria Australia
Australian Institute of Sport Chris Roper Male 22 Sydney New South Wales Australia
Australian Institute of Sport Daniel Walker
Australian Institute of Sport Lauren Jackson Female 28 Albury New South Wales Australia
Australian Institute of Sport Lieke Schaap Female 18
Australian Institute of Sport Rayno Ellis
Australian Institute of Sport Sam Pickett Male 25 Noosa Queensland Australia
Bendigo Spirit Lisa Clark
Canberra Capitals Lauren Jackson Female 28 Albury New South Wales Australia
Dandenong Jayco Rangers (Dandenong Rangers) J-E-S-S
Dandenong Jayco Rangers (Dandenong Rangers) Vanessa Lacey
Logan Thunder Emmyy
Logan Thunder Laura Mc Dermott Female 22 Lismore New South Wales Australia
Logan Thunder Leisa C
Logan Thunder Logan Thunder – Mens DLeague Male
Logan Thunder Loganthunderisda Male Logan Victoria Australia
Logan Thunder Patty
Logan Thunder Scotty Male Logan Victoria Australia
Perth Lynx Liam Dunn Kellock Male Perth Western Australia Australia
Perth Lynx Tash Nichols Female 18 Perth Western Australia Australia
Sydney Uni Flames Vlad Alava Male
Townsville Fire Rebecca Female 20 Townsville Queensland Australia
Townsville Fire Reece Dowleans Male 21 Townsville Queensland Australia

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43 Things and Australian women’s sport

Posted by Laura on Friday, 26 November, 2010

43 things is a goal setting community found at www.43things.com/.  Compared to professional sports for men, the women related goals are less likely to exist and less likely to involve a component that expresses fandom such as a desire to buy a shirt or attend a championship match.  This presents two issues.  First, the number of goals related to women’s sport is less than men’s: There is clearly a gap in interest levels between men and men’s sport that needs to be addressed.  Beyond that, it highlights the idea that women’s sport does not have the built in spectatorship that men’s sport has and people do not identify as clearly as fans of these teams.

The table below begins to give an idea as to the amount of interest in randomly selected women’s clubs, leagues and athletes on 43things over time.  As you can see, there isn’t. For comparisons sake, the Fremantle Dockers have 5 goals, the Collingwood Magpies have 6, Hawthorn Hawks have 4 and the Melbourne Storm have 2.

It appears, based on the audience using the site, that growing the women’s sport related goals in an organic manner, done with out deliberation on the part of various stakeholders, appears unlikely.  There is barely an audience for men and the Australian population using the site is much smaller than on other networks.

League Team Keyword Results Relevant goals Relevant goals + people Date checked
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever West Coast Fever 3019 0 0 16-Aug-10
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever West Coast Fever 0 0 0 19-Nov-10
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever West Coast Fever 3122 0 0 19-Nov-10
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever West Coast Fever 0 0 0 26-Nov-10
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever West Coast Fever 3135 0 0 26-Nov-10
Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Hockeyroos 0 0 0 24-Nov-10
Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Hockeyroos 0 0 0 26-Nov-10
Swimming Australia Stephanie Rice Stephanie Rice 0 0 0 19-Nov-10
Swimming Australia Stephanie Rice Stephanie Rice 591 0 0 19-Nov-10
Swimming Australia Stephanie Rice Stephanie Rice 0 0 0 26-Nov-10
Swimming Australia Stephanie Rice Stephanie Rice 592 0 0 26-Nov-10
W-League Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory 0 0 0 1-Jul-10
W-League Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory 0 0 0 26-Nov-10
W-League W-League W-League 0 0 0 1-Jul-10
W-League W-League W-League 1 0 0 26-Nov-10
WNBL Perth Lynx Perth Lynx 6 0 0 16-Aug-10
WNBL Perth Lynx Perth Lynx 113 0 0 26-Nov-10
WNBL West Coast Waves West Coast Waves 3104 0 0 16-Aug-10
WNBL West Coast Waves West Coast Waves 0 0 0 26-Nov-10
WNBL West Coast Waves West Coast Waves 3227 0 0 26-Nov-10
WNCL Western Fury Western Fury 448 0 0 16-Aug-10
WNCL Western Fury Western Fury 0 0 0 26-Nov-10
WNCL Western Fury Western Fury 471 0 0 26-Nov-10

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Most popular female Australian (and New Zealand) sport related Twitter accounts (November 24)

Posted by Laura on Wednesday, 24 November, 2010

This is an updated version of from November 13 , November 16 and November 18.

If there is anyone missing, please let me know. I’m always happy to improve this list. I feel like there are probably more roller derby accounts out there that I’m missing. I also feel like there should be more Kiwi women on the list that I’m just not seeing. If anyone knows a good place to begin to find either group, please comment. :)

If anyone wants the list of followers for these accounts and all the public information that you basically see in the list below, please let me know and I will be happy to send you a csv file containing that information. I’m just hesitant to upload it as I only have so much bandwidth and I have about 805 files with follower information.

The biggest movers on this list appear to be ItsStephRice, RochelleGilmore, Sally_Fitz, gypsy_gilmore, libby_trickett who have all gained 50+ followers. This contrasts with kristy_giteau, MelissaBreen_, muirsop, TheFlyingBats, saltydolls, samikennedy, SportingSheilas, watsonjessica who all lost between 1 and 3 followers, which if you think about it isn’t that many followers.

. . . . . . . . Difference: 18-Nov to 24-Nov Difference: 18-Nov to 24-Nov Difference: 18-Nov to 24-Nov Difference: 18-Nov to 24-Nov
Account League Team Description Followers Statuses Listed Friends Followers Statuses Listed Friends
ItsStephRice Swimming Australia Stephanie Rice athlete (female) 13281 2970 424 51 166 9 0 0
watsonjessica Yachting Australia Jessica Watson sailor (female) 5203 259 190 8 -3 0 -2 0
libby_trickett Swimming Australia Libby Trickett athlete (female) 4922 1468 163 111 73 48 -1 0
Sally_Fitz Association of Surfing Professionals Sally Fitzgibbons surfer (female) 4161 566 244 72 100 17 7 1
gypsy_gilmore Association of Surfing Professionals Stephanie Gilmore surfer (female) 3423 174 201 31 90 1 6 1
LayneCBeachley Association of Surfing Professionals Layne Beachley surfer (female) 2642 187 125 33 39 0 0 0
SharelleVixens ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (female) 1810 321 69 46 26 14 -1 2
clairebevo Association of Surfing Professionals Claire Bevilacqua surfer (female) 1778 1279 116 235 47 16 2 1
MelbourneVixens ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens official team (female) 1735 892 71 25 9 48 -1 0
caseydellacqua Tennis Australia Casey Dellacqua player (female athlete) 1697 13 222 24 31 0 -1 0
paigehareb Surfing New Zealand Paige Hareb surfer (female) 1673 1051 123 52 26 17 1 0
katehollywood10 Hockey Australia Hockeyroos player (female) 1528 884 57 87 37 34 -2 0
_Moffy Triathlon Australia Emma Moffatt triathlete (female) 1502 74 98 19 23 3 0 0
arodionova Tennis Australia Anastasia Rodionova player (female athlete) 1423 340 241 19 13 12 0 0
RochelleGilmore Cycling Australia Rochelle Gilmore biker (female athlete) 1388 123 89 90 104 6 1 0
QLDrollerderby Australia Roller Derby Queensland RollerDerby Roller Derby team or league 1374 412 81 1906 5 3 3 -2
TorahBright Ski and Snowboard Australia Torah Bright snowboarder (female) 1264 171 82 2 49 4 4 0
NetballAust Netball Australia Netball Australia (female) 1193 482 58 137 28 34 0 6
richtercity New Zealand Roller Derby RC Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league from New Zealand 1152 1047 91 508 3 27 2 2
sydneyderby Australia Roller Derby Sydney Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 1097 114 95 123 10 0 2 0
rebekahkeat Triathlon Australia Rebekah Keat triathlete (female) 1093 41 87 38 22 -41 2 0
AussieDiamonds Netball Australia Australian Diamonds national team (female) 1006 629 52 84 19 42 0 0
saskystewart AWIHL AWIHL player (female) 1001 6435 90 1058 4 57 0 5
NicLiv Swimming Australia Nicole Livingstone retired athlete, former Olympian (female) 999 77 42 20 27 5 0 0
jessmileydyer Association of Surfing Professionals Jess Miley-Dyer surfer (female) 963 645 67 166 10 14 1 0
bcr_rollerderby Australia Roller Derby Brisbane City Rollers Roller Derby team or league 953 487 66 903 7 0 1 -3
meagen_nay Swimming Australia Meagen Nay athlete (female) 902 1651 47 97 22 80 -1 -7
biancachatfield ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (Bianca Chatfield) (female) 843 643 40 115 4 8 0 0
JulieCorletto ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Julie Corletto (female) 817 364 28 127 17 17 0 4
lauraenever Association of Surfing Professionals Laura Enever surfer (female) 792 70 58 72 33 0 4 0
laurafirebirds ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds player (female) 777 43 40 11 8 0 1 0
Renaehallinan ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (female) (Renae Hallinan) 776 467 36 48 6 7 1 -1
Soph_Edington Swimming Australia Soph Edington athlete (female) 772 355 57 220 12 1 -1 4
SophieSmith86 General Australian sport General Australian sport sport journalist for Geelong Advertisers (female) 741 2156 53 279 16 10 1 -1
NatTbirds ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds (female) 695 54 44 34 6 3 0 10
becwoods Association of Surfing Professionals Rebecca Woods surfer (female) 694 140 59 629 21 6 2 10
amberhalliday Cycling Australia Amber Halliday rower, biker (female) 658 1793 67 332 4 32 -2 4
ash_delaney Swimming Australia Ashley Delaney athlete (female) 655 1494 47 72 16 24 1 1
SusanSwifts ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts player (female) 646 563 37 32 3 3 0 0
AliciaMolik Tennis Australia Alicia Molik player (female athlete) 622 22 76 8 10 0 4 0
rachneylan Cycling Australia Rachel Neylan athlete (female) 539 710 53 257 14 7 0 1
flickabram Triathlon Australia Felicity Abram triathlete (female) 537 693 32 112 2 15 0 1
NikButterfield Cycling Australia Nikki Butterfield biker (female athlete) 515 1875 51 106 6 30 1 4
snowygrl Triathlon Australia MacBeth Kingsbury Watson triathlete (female) 507 2351 32 883 14 30 0 18
Kimmygee8 Netball Australia Australian Diamonds player (female) 498 559 25 100 3 14 0 2
AnnaMeares Cycling Australia Anna Meares biker (female athlete) 487 51 33 210 19 1 2 6
Jade_Sutcliffe Triathlon Australia Jade Sutcliffe triathlete (female) 469 676 10 69 9 12 0 0
netballvic Netball Victoria Netball Victoria (female) 459 40 29 625 5 0 0 0
KateBevNetball ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds player (Kate Beveridge) (female) 441 256 22 24 15 14 0 0
madibrowne ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (Madison Browne) (female) 431 192 21 27 16 8 0 0
saracarrigan Cycling Australia Sara Carrigan coach (female athlete) 421 14 31 36 3 0 1 0
Bridie_OD Cycling Australia Bridie O’Donnell biker (Cyclones) (female athlete) 416 789 38 29 5 18 1 0
SarahLWall ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (Sarah L Wall) (female athlete) 413 228 16 78 15 17 0 3
NBRrollerderby Australia Roller Derby NBR Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 375 1255 32 260 11 75 2 19
piratecity New Zealand Roller Derby Pirate City Rollers Roller Derby team or league from New Zealand 375 317 34 317 3 0 1 0
geelongrollers Australia Roller Derby Geelong Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 364 15 33 52 2 0 0 0
SusanWCFever ANZ Championship West Coast Fever player (female) 356 118 25 22 1 0 0 0
nswswifts ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts official team (female) 353 5 27 8 4 0 0 0
amygillettfdn Cycling Australia Amy Gillett track cyclists (female) 350 149 13 108 7 1 0 0
AdelaideTBirds ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds official team (female) 319 182 22 0 2 4 1 0
PerthRollaDerby Australia Roller Derby Perth Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 304 30 36 39 3 -28 0 0
TheFirebirds ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds team (female) 301 94 17 37 7 5 1 5
kristy_giteau Australian Rugby Union Wallaroos player (female) (Kristy Giteau) 290 250 24 26 -1 4 1 0
WNBL WNBL WNBL (female) 283 407 28 46 3 2 0 0
sarahkent90 Cycling Australia Sarah Kent biker (female athlete) 266 612 34 56 2 17 1 0
wirdrollerderby Australia Roller Derby Wollongong Derby Roller Derby team or league 263 141 38 153 1 -140 1 0
SportForWomen Australian Olympic Committee Australian Olympic Committee fansite (female) 262 632 9 360 31 108 0 36
katebevilaqua Triathlon Australia Kate Bevilaqua triathlete (female) 254 1098 23 55 0 5 0 0
petrinaprice Athletics Australia Petrina Price athlete, high jumper (female) 248 1048 15 132 1 31 0 -10
GirlsLikeLeague NRL NRL fansite (female) 239 533 15 157 3 0 0 1
Mengelsman Swimming Australia Michelle Engelsman athlete (female) 239 894 6 473 5 14 0 12
SportingSheilas Australian Olympic Committee Australian Olympic Committee fansite (female) 234 513 20 106 -2 1 -1 -1
sallypeers3 Tennis Australia Sally Peers player (female athlete) 230 7 29 8 3 0 0 0
Epicrollerderby Australia Roller Derby ENRG Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 215 478 21 232 7 26 0 0
GCRollerDerby Australia Roller Derby Gold Coast Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 214 49 24 422 1 -40 1 1
OZrollerderby Australia Roller Derby Australia RollerDerby Roller Derby team or league 212 340 25 53 1 0 0 0
AustralianOpals Basketball Australia Australian Opals national team (female) 195 20 4 488 1 1 0 2
AusWomensGame W-League W-League fansite (female) 190 802 18 45 8 41 4 -2
shaunanderson22 Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Manager at Hockey Australia (female) 178 371 0 461 7 14 0 7
Towns_Villains Australia Roller Derby Towns Villains Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 177 67 25 239 1 0 -1 0
TheFlyingBats Football New South Wales The Flying Bats team (female) 159 244 9 89 -1 0 0 0
CricNSWBreakers Cricket New South Wales New South Wales Breakers official team (female) 156 367 14 125 17 8 1 17
saltydolls Australia Roller Derby Salty Dolls Roller Derby team or league 148 31 15 188 -2 2 0 -1
MelissaBreen_ Athletics Australia Melissa Breen athlete (female) 144 247 11 48 -1 13 0 0
kateporter83 Australian Rugby Union Wallaroos player (female) 142 236 19 24 2 8 1 0
KristenBeams Cricket Victoria DEC Spirit player (Kristen Beams) (female) 140 173 10 62 12 20 1 10
ahealy77 Cricket New South Wales New South Wales Breakers player (female) 137 124 13 33 26 14 0 2
SWSRockets Australia Roller Derby SWS Rockets Roller Derby team or league 135 282 19 342 1 19 1 34
LisaWeightman Athletics Australia Lisa Weightman Marathon runner, Olympian (female) 134 242 12 22 1 6 0 2
RikkiSwannell General New Zealand sport General New Zealand sport journalist (female) 128 402 9 76 NEW NEW NEW NEW
LaurenBoden Athletics Australia Lauren Boden athlete (female) 126 123 10 52 0 0 0 0
LDevanna_dc Football Federation Australia Matildas player (Lisa De Vanna) (female) 124 0 16 1 0 0 0 0
AlexBlackwell2 Cricket New South Wales New South Wales Breakers player (female) 115 44 13 36 8 0 1 -2
RachaelHaynes Cricket Victoria DEC Spirit player (RachaelHaynes) (female) 115 109 9 61 13 15 1 4
ElyseVillani Cricket Victoria DEC Spirit player (Elyse Villani) (female) 105 90 10 45 10 12 1 18
Sydney_Netball Netball New South Wales Netball New South Wales Organization (female) 97 170 6 63 0 -168 0 0
WA_Roller_Derby Australia Roller Derby WA Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 92 2 13 82 3 -4 0 0
Debby_H_Rugby Australian Rugby Union Wallaroos player (female) (Debby Hodgkinson) 91 8 11 14 1 -8 0 0
KirstyBroun Cycling Australia Kirsty Broun biker (female athlete) 91 39 19 40 3 0 0 0
mariekeguehrer Swimming Australia Marieke Guehrer swimmer (female athlete) 91 46 7 83 5 6 -1 1
newcastlederby Australia Roller Derby NRDL Roller Derby team or league 91 38 14 10 4 -38 0 0
ANZnetball ANZ Championship ANZ Championship league (female) 90 11 5 34 4 0 1 0
bendigospirit WNBL Bendigo Spirit (female) 89 275 7 63 2 8 0 -1
samikennedy Ski and Snowboard Australia Sami Kennedy Australian National Ski Cross Team Athlete (female) 86 184 5 130 -2 6 0 0
DECspirit Cricket Victoria DEC Spirit official team (female) 75 29 8 49 1 1 0 0
AWIHL AWIHL AWIHL official league (female) 73 34 10 143 3 -20 1 0
JaycoRangers WNBL Dandenong Jayco Rangers (female) 67 222 8 31 1 17 0 0
shellwu Triathlon Australia Shelly Wu triathlete (female) 64 533 3 309 2 12 0 4
muirsop Skate Australia Sophie Muir speed skater (female) 63 29 10 23 -1 0 0 0
vandiemenroller Australia Roller Derby Van Diemen Rollers Roller Derby team or league 62 30 13 74 1 0 0 0
WSRollers Australia Roller Derby Western Sydney Rollers Roller Derby team or league 58 18 11 57 0 0 0 0
PerthGloryWomen W-League Perth Glory team (female) 57 84 3 55 4 7 1 2
JoBrigdenJones Australian Canoeing Jo Brigden Jones Jo Brigden Jones (female) (kayaker) 53 22 1 62 NEW NEW NEW NEW
Anna_Flanagan Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Anna Flanagan (female) (player) 52 6 4 57 7 0 0 1
PetershamNetbal Netball New South Wales Petersham RUFC Netball Club (female) 46 9 6 13 0 0 0 0
Shannon_McCann Athletics Australia Shannon McCann athlete, one hundred meter hurdles (female) 42 232 2 69 0 3 0 0
becdomange Cycling Australia Bec Domange biker (female athlete) 40 38 12 49 4 4 0 1
DollsAuGoGo Australia Roller Derby Dolls Australia Go Go Roller Derby team or league 31 23 7 3 0 0 0 0
ckoski55 Cricket New South Wales New South Wales Breakers player (female) 27 40 7 20 1 6 0 0
loganthunder WNBL Logan Thunder (female) 24 69 6 5 1 19 0 0
DragonsHockey AWIHL Melbourne Dragons team (female) 23 119 3 30 0 0 0 0
abcwleague W-League W-League media outlet (female) 22 31 7 15 0 0 4 0
aimee_watson Ski and Snowboard Australia Aimee Watson Australian National Ski Cross Team Athlete (female) 11 5 3 8 0 0 0 0
CoffsDerbyDolls Australia Roller Derby Coffs Derby Dolls Roller Derby team or league 10 2 4 10 0 0 0 0
cheltz333 Skate Australia Cheltzie Breanna Lee figure skater (female) 9 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
SelenaJW Australian Rugby Union Wallaroos player (female) (Selena Tranter) 4 2 4 5 0 0 0 0
BCRollerDerbyHB New Zealand Roller Derby Bay City Rollers Roller Derby team or league from New Zealand 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
gladrollerderby Australia Roller Derby Gladstone Derby Roller Derby team or league 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
SWBLest1995 Sydney Women’s Basketball League Sydney Women’s Baseball League league (female) 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0

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