Community
18 July, 2025
Johnstone to speak at breakfast meeting
TALENTED Warrnambool footballer Maggie Johnstone will be among the guest speakers at the next BPW South West breakfast meeting.
Johnstone, who began her football career at Dennington as an enthusiastic seven year-old, has already accomplished several milestones in her sporting journey including being captain of the national all-stars team.
She played in the Hampden women’s league at the age of 13 and is considered a rising star in the sport.
The BPW South West breakfast event will be held at the Lady Bay Resort on Tuesday, August 5 and will follow the theme ‘Levelling the Sporting Playing Field.’
Keynote speaker for the morning will be Federation University’s Professor Rochelle Eime.
Profession Eime is the director of the physical activity and sports insights research group and deputy chair of Vicsport.
The Sexual Assault and Family Violence Centre chief executive, Kerriann Campbell-Jones, and executive manager (impact and engagement) Lauren Famulari will introduce guests to the ‘respect starts here’ program.
The program works to assist sporting clubs and organisations to take action to promote respect and quality and challenge disrespectful behaviours.
Participants at the breakfast will hear the latest research into trends around women’s participation in sport and the factors that influence playing and drop-out rates.
Lauren Famulari will introduce the group to the program, which works to assist sporting clubs and organisations to take action to challenge disrespectful behaviours.
Anyone is welcome to attend the August 5 event, which will run from 7am-8.30 am.
Anyone wishing to attend can book a ticket online at https://events.humanitix.com/bpwsw-august-2025-meeting.
