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Aug 2023
Petition launched calling for Harrogate to honour Rachel Daly
A petition has been launched today calling for the council to honour Harrogate's England Lioness, Rachel Daly.
Daly is part of the England team that will be taking on Spain in tomorrow's Women's World Cup final.
She has already won the European Championships and this season's Golden Boot for being the Women's Super League leading scorer — yet her achievements have been completely overlooked by the council.
Killinghall Nomads Junior Football Club yesterday called for that to change and has today launched a petition. It can be signed here.
The petition calls on North Yorkshire Council to recognise Daly's achievements, preferably by renaming Harrogate Hydro, which is due to re-open next month, the Rachel Daly Leisure and Wellness Centre — and the Stray Ferret is backing the club's call.
Daly has liked a post on the club's Instagram account about the story. So has comedian Maisie Adam, who also hails from Harrogate.
Daly with Killinghall Nomads players when she visited in May.
North Yorkshire Council is keen to promote community fitness at its leisure centres and the Hydro is close to the Killinghall Nomads grounds where Daly started her career and hundreds of boys and girls get active each week.
Mary Beggs-Reid, the club’s media manager, said:
If the petition attracts 500 signatures it will be discussed by the council's Harrogate and Knaresborough area constituency committee.
Cllr Carl Les, the Conservative leader of North Yorkshire Council, said it sent best wishes to Daly and the other Lionesses, adding:
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