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The 2024 Game Changers: Power 100 List has the top female leaders in sports technology in the country who are shaping the future of sports innovation. And our fearless leader, Alicia Nagle is one of them. 😍 Alongside so many other powerhouse women. 💪🏼 Thanks to Amy Crosland, Tara Ballard, Dr Martin Schlegel and the team at ASTN - Australian Sports Technologies Network for the work they do furthering gender inclusion in sports tech and innovation. And to Simon Thomsen at Startup Daily for the kind write up. Onwards. 🚀 The link to the report is in the comments. Congratulations to these 100+ women, many of which are our heroines and friends and fellow fabulous female sports innovators including (but not limited to!): Anika Wells, Natalie Cook OAM OLY, Professor Sarah Kelly OAM, Sarah Styles, Sarah Walsh, Kirsty Wrice, Catherine Clark GAICD, Jessica Corones, Suzie Betts, Laura Youngson, Annie Devitt, Sarah Wall, Donna Johnson, Popi Sotiriadou (A/Prof, Dr, SFHEA) and Joan Norton. ❤️

It was a very Zonely Christmas at SHORTEES GOLF on the weekend for our final Pitch and Putt round for 2024! I think...?? 😉 Thanks to the wonderful crew who joined and chipped their way around the short course. 🏌️♀️ Plus they almost witnessed another hole in one... It was unreal. Hit the flag and lipped out. We'll have to get the footage from Scott Williams...! 😆 Still a couple more games this year! Get in while you can! 👏🏼 ➡️ Saturday 21st December at Gordon Golf Club 2.10pm ➡️ Sunday 22nd December at Barnwell Park Golf Club 10.48am Book at www.zonely.co ⛳️👍🏼

Just in time for your holiday listening, Alicia's interview on the Tee for Two podcast with Karen Harding is out now! 👏🏼 Karen is a legend within the world of golf journalism and has been a champion for diversity and inclusion for decades. Anyone pushing for inclusion in golf is simply standing on the shoulders of giants like Karen. 🏌️♀️ So much ground was covered, including (of course), the Zonely journey and vision, as well as what makes our community unique, the Women in Golf Charter commitment and awards and the golf legacy Alicia want to create beyond her Pa's career too. 🏆 Karen is an absolute professional and so supportive, particularly of females working in golf who are making a difference. The research she does and the safe space she creates is just wonderful. Thank you Karen! ❤️ Take a listen at the link in the comments or wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧 We'd love to know what you think, let us know in the comments! 🤔

How good was our first Zonely event in Melbourne! Thanks to Stacey, Justin and Harry for making it the best first Big Swing Golf round ever! 🏌️♀️ There are four more events before Christmas in Sydney, so get amongst it! 🎅🏼 ➡️ Saturday 14th December: Northbridge, 3.20pm. ➡️ Sunday 15th December: Shortees CHRISTMAS Event! 10am ➡️ Saturday 21st December: Gordon, 2.40pm. ➡️ Sunday 22nd December: Barnwell Park, 10.48am EVERYONE can play on Sunday at Shortees. And we mean everyone. 🤩 Come along, we'd love to see you! 🥰 Book at www.zonely.co ⛳️👍🏼

Thanks to everyone who added Zonely Founder Alicia Nagle's name as one of the inspirational female founders who deserve more recognition in this years Startup Muster report. 🥹❤️ Being alongside lady legends, extraordinary empaths and real-world rockstars like Mona Chiha, Abby Bloom, Anne-Marie Elias, Christie Whitehill, Grace Brown, Nikki Tugano, MAPPCP and Vicki Stirling is pretty darn special for her. 🥰 Let's hope that all of these women can all receive a bit more ROI given the support they provide! 🙌🏼 Some standout data: there are (obviously, sadly and annoyingly) still discrepancies for gender based funding, the average age of founders is getting older (now 47) and *no surprises* AI is climbing the charts in several key areas such as job functions and monetisation. 📈 Congratulations to Murray Hurps, Danielle H., Adam Spencer, Muhammad Jafer (PhD Computer Science) for being the "night and day" team pulling the Startup Muster Report together. It is SO much work and has a plethora of invaluable insights for the Aussie ecosystem. 👏🏼 To the team UNSW Founders who took home the best Accelerator/Incubator, well done to David Burt, Nina Juhl, Dina Titkova and so many others. Great team too. 💛 And to all of the partners who help to make it happen - there are loads! Commonwealth Bank, Vanta, Stone & Chalk, CSIRO, ACS (Australian Computer Society), Main Sequence, City of Sydney, City of Parramatta, UNSW Founders, QUT (Queensland University of Technology), Amplitude, Relevance AI, Baxter IP, Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys and The Gild Group. You can download the 2024 report at the link in the comments. 👏🏼 📸 Theresa Winters, Melanie Nguyen, 🎤 Aaron Ngan

And we are back to regular Zonely programming!!! 🙌🏼 We are heading to the VERY FUN and VERY SHORT Shortees in Terrey Hills for this years Christmas Celebration on Sunday the 15th December! Anyone can play, even if you haven't before. You can also hire clubs to join in the festive swinging cheer! 🎅🏼 There are still a few spots at all of our December events too, hope to see you there! 🤞🏼 🏌️♀️ Saturday 7th December: Gordon GC, 2.40pm 🏌️♀️ Sunday 8th December: Barnwell Park GC, 10.48am 🏌️♀️ Saturday 14th December: Northbridge GC, 3.20pm 🏌️♀️ Sunday 15th December: Shortees CHRISTMAS Event! 10am Book at https://lnkd.in/gGK_EskX ⛳️👍🏼 SHORTEES GOLF Northbridge Golf Club Gordon Golf Club Barnwell Park Golf Club

Such a great bunch of people and clubs doing the gender inclusion work in golf! The awards are a great recognition of the first year of the Women in Golf Charter and we are thrilled to have taken home Excellence in Community Engagement. 🙏 The Charter is leading the way for innovation, engagement and progression to get more women, girls and families into the sport. ⛳️ More golf clubs can sign up to the Women in Golf Charter in the link in the comments! 👍🏼

Zonely won Excellence in Community Engagement at the inaugural Women In Golf Charter Awards at Huntingdale Golf Club on Friday! 🏆 The Women in Golf Charter is an initiative introduced and backed by The R&A, the global home of golf and proudly supported by the golf governing bodies here in Golf Australia, Golf NSW, PGA of Australia and WPGA Tour of Australasia. It is a global strategy to progress gender inclusion and get more women and girls playing the game of golf, but also working in the industry and taking roles in leadership and on boards. 👏🏼 The 2024 awards nominated clubs, facilities, programs and individuals who have signed up to the charter, built a dedicated action plan and executed programs, engagement and innovation for gender inclusion, progression and equity at their home club. To be in the room and get to meet so many women (and male champions!) from all over the country who are doing BRAVE work to push for more female engagement, members, employees, captains, presidents and directors was such a thrill. 🥰 Zonely was also nominated for Most Progressive Club/Facility of the Year which went to The National Golf Club / Meredith Ramadan. 🙌🏼 Alicia was in the running for Most Influential Woman in Golf as well and congratulations to Deb Kember from The Brisbane Golf Club Inc for a well deserved win! 🥇 It's humbling to be recognised for the years worth of work that has gone into the vision, purpose, community and product that is Zonely. We couldn't be prouder! 🤩 Thank you to our Zonely social golf community; the kind, friendly and legendary humans who join us, play with us and tell their friends, family and workmates to join too. Without their support and ongoing membership, we wouldn't be here today. They are why we do what we do. ❤️ To our venue partners across NSW and now VIC! Thank you for allowing us access and working with us to grow the game through a flexible arrangement and a social golf pathway. We hope to have many more venues and states on our platform next year! 🤝 To the entire team behind the WIGC and Women and Girls Engagement including Megan Carr, Virginia Irwin, Tamara Mason, Briony Wandin-Thomas and to the leadership team in James Sutherland, Gavin Kirkman, Karen Lunn and Peter Margin for their enthusiasm and dedication to this important and ambitious strategy. 🏌️♀️ To Mark Ingrey, Tanya Smith, Stuart Fraser, Michael Medway and Andrew Robb from Golf NSW for always being in our corner. 🙏 We've probably missed people. But let's keep talking and working together towards a more inclusive and equal playing field for golf. ⛳️ This was our Australian Open win. 🥹 And it's just the start. 👀 2025 is going to be HUGE. 🚀

The newest Zonely partnership and our first event in Melbourne is LIVE at Big Swing Golf! 🎉 With thanks to the team at Big Swing Golf and their Melbourne CBD location, we are hosting our first ever Zonely inclusive golf event and networking mixer this Thursday 28th November from 6 - 8pm. 🤝 It is during the Australian Open Golf week, so what better way to help more people get into the game, in a safe, inclusive and fun environment! 😍 You can already be a golfer or just golf curious and a beginner as we'll have a bit of lesson at the start too and roaming help.🏌️♀️ Big Swing Golf is an indoor simulator so we'll get to play both on a digital golf course and on the digital driving range plus we will have longest drive and nearest the pin games with prizes! Golf clubs will be provided to those who don't have them and Big Swing has a bar too. 🍻 Book your tickets (and some Zonely merch!) at the link in the comments, message us below if you are coming as I'd love to see all of my Victorian friends there! ❤️ Thanks to Tomy and the Melbourne Team for hosting us and to Robert Oppedisano, Bernard McGrath and Rachel Kravietz for their help to bring this event to life quickly; it will be the first of many! ⛳️👍🏼

"Please, Sir, I want some more... " Oliver Twist. 🥣 Our Zonely community spoke, and we listened! They want more events, at more venues on more days which = more fun! 🤩 We now have Saturday afternoon Twilight rounds (thanks Daylight Savings!) as well as our regular Sunday sessions. ☀️ That's. Every. Single. Week! 📅 So now if you're looking to play with a fun crew on an relaxed Saturday afternoon, we have you covered. 🤗 Last week was Bondi and "Royal" North Turramurra. 🌊 This week is Long Reef on Saturday and Marrickville on Sunday - where will play our Ambrose teams event (always the last Sunday of each month and great for beginners!) 🏌🏼♂️ Let us know in the comments what venue you would like us to play more of? ⬇️ www.zonely.co ⛳️👍🏼