The 2019 Women Installers Together (WIT) Conference will take place later this year on July 4th and Polypipe Building Products are once again proud to be event partners. (Pictured above are organisers of the conference Stopcocks with Polypipe Area Sales Managers Chris Pritchard and Luke Greenwood at Installer Show 2019).
Organisers of WIT 2019 are delighted to announce that the conference’s headline speaker will be Maggie Alphonsi MBE. The face of international women’s rugby and arguably one of the most well-known names in women’s team sports on the planet. Maggie represented her country an impressive 74 times, won a World Cup and helped England win a record breaking seven consecutive Six Nations crowns.
In 2015, after ’retiring’ from rugby, Maggie became the first ever former female player to commentate on men’s international rugby when she was signed up by ITV for the Rugby World Cup. She certainly understands what it’s like to excel in a male dominated job.
Hattie Hasan, powerhouse behind the conference says,
“This year’s conference looks set to be the best one yet. We’re delighted to welcome new sponsors and very excited that Maggie Alphonsi is going to share her stories with us. Can’t wait!”
Polypipe will once again be donating the grand raffle prize of a stay in a luxury cabin with Polypipe UFH. Here’s a comment from last year’s winner, Kerry.
“Thank you so much for our holiday. Me and my family had a lovely time. It was much needed and much appreciated.”
Kerry and her family on their prize trip to the Cabin complete with Polypipe Underfloor Heating.
The percentage of women plumbers is still one of the lowest of all jobs at around 1% and female gas engineers are estimated at around 500 out of 100000.
The WIT Conference is the only event of it’s kind in UK and is a celebration of the women plumbers succeeding. It is supported by several major companies in the plumbing industry and is now in it’s third year.
For more information about Stopcocks go here https://stopcocks.uk.
For tickets and information about the WIT Conference go here https://witconference2019.eventbrite.co.uk.
For more about Maggie Alphonsi go here https://maggiealphonsi.co.uk.