Team England Renews Kukri Partnership

Team England has renewed its official partnership with Kukri to supply competition and delegation sportswear to the whole of Team England’s teams for the next two years for the Commonwealth Games.

The partnership has been announced with two years to go until the start of the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, where Team England will be hoping to achieve similar success to Glasgow 2014.

The partnership sees Kukri continue to supply sportswear to elite athletes across 18 different sports following on from the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and 2015 Youth Commonwealth Games in Samoa.

As part of the agreement, Kukri will supply products to over 600 England athletes and coaches competing in the Gold Coast 2018 Games, as well as the next generation of English athletes competing at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas.

Paul Blanchard, chief executive, Commonwealth Games England (CGE) said: “Topping the kind of performance that Team England delivered in Glasgow is a tough challenge and CGE is determined to try and build on this success and continue to grow as a leading English sporting organisation. We are confident that having the support of Kukri, and their fantastic kit, will enable us to achieve great success in 2018.

“We are fully focused on sending the best prepared – and best kitted out – team to the Gold Coast. Gold Coast 2018 will also see the England vs. Australia rivalry renewed as we prepare to take on the Aussies in their own back-yard. We want to look our best.”

Andrew Ronnie, group executive chairman, Kukri said: “It is an honour to be working again with a team as prestigious as Commonwealth Games England. Athletes take great pride in representing their country, and we are delighted to be making a range of sportswear which allows them to perform to their ultimate best. Our continued partnership with Team England clearly demonstrates our position as the market leader in bespoke sportswear.”