Esme Burge
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Esme Olivia Burge (born 15 May 1999) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Hampstead & Westminster and the England and Great Britain national teams.
Quotes
[edit]"Esme Burge backs gender play gap campaign in women’s sport" (2020)
[edit]- "Esme Burge backs gender play gap campaign in women’s sport", TheHockeyPaper, 14 July 2020 by the Hockey Paper Stuff
- Some of us play sport as a living, and we’re really privileged to do so. But for the majority of people across the world, sport is a vehicle for keeping healthy and active.
- By accepting that there are barriers to women’s participation in particular, we are accepting that there isn’t a level playing field. That’s not a sustainable position to be in.
- Under participation in women’s sport is a global concern. There are plenty of factors that contribute to the problem – a lack of facilities, a lack of real and genuine opportunities, and a perception of being less valued than our male counterparts.
