Girls’s Junior World Cup squad introduced

Dragflick Newsdesk : England have named a 20-strong squad for the Junior Girls’s World Cup in South Africa.

There’s important pleasure going into this occasion; it has been six years for the reason that final match in Chile in 2016, and this iteration was additionally postponed from its authentic date of December 2021, that means there was an unprecedented build-up as an African nation hosts this occasion for the primary time.

The occasion takes place from 1 – 12 April in Potchefstroom. All video games shall be obtainable to look at free on the FIH’s Watch.Hockey app and web site.

Simon Letchford’s squad is an thrilling and gifted group, led on the pitch by Captain Millie Giglio of the College of Birmingham.

With their staff at present prime of the Vitality Girls’s Division One North, College of Nottingham have 4 representatives within the squad, together with one of many home league’s prime scorers Maddie Axford, in addition to Mollie Mason who is known as as considered one of England’s two Vice Captains. The opposite Vice Captain is goalkeeper Mila Welch of East Grinstead.

Head Coach Simon Letchford stated:

“After the frustration of the occasion being postponed final December, I’m delighted that twenty athletes are going to have the chance to take part in such a unbelievable match.

“With a lot of the squad chosen in December having transitioned into the senior squad, this can be a new Beneath 21 group. Within the brief house of time collectively, it has been nice to see them develop so shortly and through our time in South Africa I sit up for seeing them proceed to develop each individually and as a staff.

“In enjoying with depth and with out concern, I hope that this match creates reminiscences that final eternally and can form their future.”

9 of the 20 gamers initially introduced in December’s squad are chosen once more. Quite a lot of gamers initially chosen have now stepped as much as be a part of the senior programme, together with Olympic medallists Fiona Crackles and Izzy Petter, plus Darcy Bourne, Alex Malzer and the Hamilton twins Olivia and Sophie.

After ending seventh on the final occasion in 2016, this group shall be hoping to enhance on that. Within the earlier two occasions the ladies simply missed out on a podium putting, ending fourth in 2009 and 2013. The England males’s staff had been sadly unable to participate of their occasion in India late final 12 months.

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