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Inside the West Sussex School Days of Honor Black, the 18-Year-Old Entrepreneur Who Took Dragons' Den by Storm

13 September 2026 · Nicole Muller

Honor Black with the Hurstpierpoint College girls' cricket team, wearing Maiden Cricket kit designed for women and girls.

Independent School Parent | 7 September 2026 | Claudia Dudman, Editor

Editor Claudia Dudman sits down with Maiden Cricket co-founder Honor Black for a look back at her school days at Hurstpierpoint College in West Sussex - the baggy, see-through boys' kit that sparked the idea for Maiden, and the pitch to her own headmaster that made Hurst the brand's first-ever teamwear customer.

Honor on that first pitch: "our first customer was my school, Hurst College."

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