Bowes hopes to encourage kids to try sports through “Lucy Tries Sports” series
TORONTO — Lisa Bowes imagined her storybook character “Lucy” as a compilation of many young girls.
The freckled redhead who lived in Bowes’ imagination was a bit Pippi Longstocking. She was a bit of Bowes’ own daughter Rachel. Bowes, a veteran sportscaster, said she also drew from all the elite athletes she’d met over her career, imagining “Lucy” with the courage and resilience of Canada’s top athletes.
And there was a lot of Bowes herself in the spunky character.
“I was a true tomboy, I grew up playing with boys, sports has always been a part of my life,” Bowes said.