Tess Howard: The England star whose dissertation changed hockey

When the England women’s hockey team wore a mix of shorts and skorts at the EuroHockey Championships in August, most viewers would not have noticed anything out of the ordinary. The change was almost unnoticeable to casual fans, yet it was a move born out of peer-reviewed research by Commonwealth gold-medal winner Tess Howard that has revolutionised hockey’s regulations and could go on to change PE kit rules in schools.