Women in Sport | Making Waves Programme 2026

Triathlon Ireland and Cycling Ireland have teamed up once again to host their club level leadership programme including training, mentoring and networking support in April and May 2026.

Club Leadership Program

Triathlon Ireland and Cycling Ireland recognise the need for a support network for the fantastic women who lead our clubs. This program aims to support women who work within their clubs to increase their confidence and knowledge and create a network of leaders within our clubs.We would like to invite applications from current and aspiring club leaders who are driven and passionate to develop themselves and their community.

This program is fully funded and will provide participants with:

Development of a new skills set under the guidance of a very experienced facilitator
Scope to improve your own personal skills as a club leader
Support after the program, provided by experienced mentors
Opportunity to create a network of club leaders

Programme Details

The purpose of the programme is to show how development and planning is pivotal in developing clubs. There will be a series of online and face-to-face workshops coupled with mentoring support. The participants will be introduced to, and use key leadership and management activities supporting existing club activity and developing new opportunities for their clubs.

Key Topics

Key topics include:

Self awareness- recognising your values and areas of weakness
Support clubs in recruitment and training of volunteers for various roles including committee members
Club Governance and its role in assisting clubs in the development and implementation of club development plans.
Support clubs in designing and implementing club development plans
Identify examples of good practice in the areas of club leadership, management and development amongst clubs and share this information at all levels.
Develop mutually beneficial working relationships with other key organisations/agencies.

Requirements

4 evening online sessions

Thursday 16th April- 7pm to 8pm
Thursday 23rd April- 7pm to 8pm
Thursday 30th April- 7pm to 8pm
Thursday 7th May- 7pm to 8pm

1 in-person session at the Sport Ireland Campus, Dublin – Saturday 16th May (10am to 2pm)
Mentoring commitment of 2-3 sessions between May and September 2026

"...The Making Waves Programme gave me the contacts and confidence to progress within my club. Since then I’ve done the Tri Leader course, Level One Coaching, I’m coaching in my Club and I’m the Chairperson! I’m also Race Director for the Club's first ever race on the TI Major Events calendar - so I suppose you could say a lot has changed since Making Waves. I would highly recommend it."

Making Waves Programme

Graduate

Facilitator- Myra McGlynn

About Making Waves Facilitator Myra McGlynn

Myra McGlynn is a Strategic Governance and HR expert with over 25 years of leadership experience in global and national sport.

Myra is a former senior executive at World Rugby with fourteen years as part of the World Rugby management team and worked on critical initiatives that drove substantial change, including returning rugby to the Olympic Games.

Myra now leads a consultancy practice supporting NGBs in governance, HRM, policy development, and board effectiveness. She has leadership experience in World Rugby, Rugby League, Commonwealth Sport, World Olympians, and a track record of grassroots sport involvement.

How to Apply

We are inviting one application per club. If you wish to apply to this programme, please complete our short application form here outlining why you would like to be part of the programme and send a letter of recommendation from your club to amina@triathlonireland.com

Closing date: 5pm on Wednesday 1st April 2026.

If you have any questions please contact Amina amina@triathlonireland.com