Organisers believe the Perthshire event was the first women-only mountain biking event in Scotland.
A mountain bike and gravel festival for women held in Perthshire over the weekend is believed to be the first of its kind in Scotland.
She said the idea came about after she put a message on social media to see who would be interested in a women only MTB and gravel festival and "within a week 200 people said they'd be interested."Leanne Whitehead helped organise the festival while Kerry MacPhee coached the women taking part Cycling is a male dominated sport which is something Scottish Cycling, the sport's governing body, say they want to address.
The convenor, Gillian Martin MSP, said during their inquiry into the health and wellbeing of children and young people they heard evidence of what was described as a "significant decline in participation in sport and physical activity by adolescent girls". Both Leanne Whitehead and Kerry MacPhee teach children mountain biking skills and have both noticed there are more young boys than young girls taking part.
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