Team Scotland Floorball Bronze Medal Success at EuroGames 2023

That the Parliament congratulates Team Scotland on its participation at the 2023 EuroGames, which was held in Bern, Switzerland on 26 to 29 July 2023; understands that the EuroGames competition is Europe’s largest LGBTQI+ multi-sports event, and that the 2023 edition saw more than 3,000 athletes from over 75 countries compete in 20 sports and events, including floorball, hockey, swimming, golf, and track and field; further understands that, for the first time in EuroGames history, Team Scotland was represented in floorball by a squad selected from the Perth Parrots floorball team; congratulates those who were selected to play, and commends those who helped the squad to prepare for the Games; notes that Team Scotland faced competition from countries, including Switzerland, Slovakia, the Netherlands and 2021 champions, Norway, among the eight teams in the group phase, and commends them for reaching the bronze medal play-off match, where they defeated Norway 7-1 to secure a medal for Team Scotland; congratulates the squad on this achievement and for helping to put Scottish floorball on the map, as well as for creating what it sees as a positive example and group of role models for the LGBTQI+ community in sport, at a time when, it believes, they are needed most; hopes that this is just the beginning of international floorball success for Scotland, and congratulates the team on its bronze medal-winning achievement, and hopes that the team will be represented at the 2024 EuroGames in Vienna.