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𝗪𝗛𝗣𝗣 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀’ 𝗜𝗰𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱
𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘞𝘏𝘗𝘗 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘐𝘐𝘏𝘍 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 14𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘐𝘏𝘍’𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴’ 𝘐𝘤𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘌𝘜 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵’𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘰𝘴𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘻𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘢, 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘢, 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢, 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘏𝘗𝘗 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘋𝘢𝘺(𝘴).
Events that spanned over the two days included presentations of the Women’s Hockey Partnership for Progress project, which will be concluding its third, and for the time being, final year of running by the end of 2025. Participants of the WHPP project were able to share their impressions and experiences as well as exchange ideas for the future.
No event of the WHPP Open Day could pass without mentioning the project’s flagship event – the WHPP Ice Hockey Festival & Academy in Maribor (Slovenia), Klagenfurt (Austria) and Zagreb (Croatia), which was, during the course of these three years, a unique opportunity for young female hockey players to train and play together, to learn different skills and to make new friendships.
In addition to the presentation and promotion of the project, the WHPP Open Day events were also a chance for young girls who aspire to become hockey players to get to know the sport, put on skates, hockey gloves and helmet and try themselves on the ice. Together, with the girls who are already playing the fastest team sport in the world, they were able learn about the game of hockey first hand, and that “girls can play hockey too”.
Every single event this weekend concluded with the hope that IIHF’s World Girls’ Ice Hockey Weekend and WHPP’s Open Day inspires young girls and women to put on a jersey, pick up a hockey stick and show up at the ice rink for the next practice.
https://www.whp4p.eu/whpp-open-days-make-valuable-contribution-to-the-iihf-world-girls-ice-hockey-weekend/
