{"id":6600,"date":"2023-06-26T19:59:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T09:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwgwomenandsport.org\/?p=6600"},"modified":"2023-06-26T19:59:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T09:59:25","slug":"fih-announce-updated-kit-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/es\/fih-announce-updated-kit-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"FIH Announce Updated Kit Regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"

7\/06\/2023<\/strong> – England and Great Britain Hockey are delighted by the FIH’s decision today to amend the international kit regulations to allow female athletes the freedom of choice of clothing to wear at future international competitions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In April, on the back of\u00a0the changes England Hockey had made to the\u00a0national kit regulations earlier this year and\u00a0athlete feedback from the Great Britain women\u2019s team on what they feel comfortable to play in, Nick Pink, England and Great Britain Hockey CEO and Hollie\u00a0Pearne-Webb, England and Great Britain\u00a0women\u2019s captain, wrote to the FIH requesting that they review their kit regulations which until now enabled the wearing of skorts or shorts but not a combination of both in one team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The FIH responded positively to the letter and the decision was made at the FIH Executive Board on 6 June that, effective\u00a0immediately, female athletes will be able to make individual choices to wear shorts, skorts or skirts\u00a0as long as they collectively\u00a0retain the identity of the team\u2019s kit through uniformed colours and designs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

England and Great Britain women\u2019s team captain, Hollie\u00a0Pearne-Webb, said: \u201cWe are really pleased with today\u2019s news that we will have freedom of choice over the kit we wear in international competitions. We really appreciate the support of England and Great Britain Hockey, the FIH and the speed at which they have made this decision.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a big milestone for female sport, and we can all be proud that we, as well as the next generation of athletes, will have the choice for what makes them most comfortable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

England and Great Britain Hockey CEO, Nick Pink, said:\u00a0\u201cI want to thank the FIH for making this amendment to their regulations and\u00a0providing female athletes the freedom of choice for what they wear in competition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Earlier this year we changed the rules in the domestic leagues in England to give autonomy to the individual, encouraging players to choose what they feel comfortable in, regardless of traditional hockey uniform gender norms. Under our new domestic guidelines, players have the freedom to choose to wear skorts, skirts or shorts on an individual basis, with no requirement to wear the same item as other players in the team, as long as they are the same colour.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“We\u2019re pleased to see that, through this decision by the FIH, this choice now extends to elite athletes in international competitions too. We\u2019re proud to be supporting the whole hockey community from grassroots to elite level.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Great Britain Hockey<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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