Five Scots selected for Great Britain women’s squad

18th April 2013

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Five Scots have been selected by Great Britain Head Coach Jason Lee for the senior women’s international prorgramme.

London 2012 Olympic Bronze Medallist Emily Maguire is joined in the squad of twenty-nine players by Ali Bell, Amy Gibson, Nikki Kidd and Morag McLellan.

The coaching team and athletes will spend the next four years preparing for and building up to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

Ali Bell vs. T&T FIHWLR2

Speaking about the road ahead, Lee is eager to start working with his full-time centralised team of coaches and athletes, “The new squad represents a very healthy blend of exciting young talent, those athletes who have already experienced an Olympic cycle and a small group of experienced and world class athletes who understand very well the rigours of Olympic preparation. With a new coaching team and new athletes, we know there?s a lot of hard work to be done before the Investec World League in June, but I?m confident we have the right balance to take us up to the next level over this four year cycle.”

Great Britain and England Performance Director Danny Kerry added, “Our centralised programme remains cutting edge and will allow the very best preparation of the squad over the coming cycle.. I would like to thank the on-going support of the National Lottery and its key role in supporting the funding of performance sport, UK Sport and the EIS in its custodianship of our high performance Olympic sport system.”

“Equally, the investment of our women’s sponsor Investec, continues to give us critical profile and investment. These key partners are pivotal in our endeavours to facilitate our athletes taking their place on podiums as they did consistently through the last cycle and at the London 2012 Olympics.”

Amy Gibson vs. USAFIHWLR2

Great Britain Performance Director Danny Kerry added, “Our centralised programme remains cutting edge and will allow the very best preparation of the squad over the coming cycle. I would like to thank the on-going support of the National Lottery and its key role in supporting the funding of performance sport, UK Sport and the EIS in its custodianship of our high performance Olympic sport system.”

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Nikki Kidd

Great Britain Women Squad

Name	Current Club	Position	Home Nation
Giselle Ansley	Loughborough Students	Defender	England
Ashleigh Ball	Slough	Midfielder	England
Alison Bell	Grove Menzieshill	Forward	Scotland
Sophie Bray	MOP (NED)	Forward	England
Alex Danson	Reading	Forward	England
Steph Elliott	University of Durham	Defender	England
Amy Gibson	Glasgow Western	Goalkeeper	Scotland
Susie Gilbert	Reading	Midfielder	England
Sarah Haycroft	Surbiton	Midfielder	England
Rebecca Herbert	Pinoke (NED)	Forward	England
Maddie Hinch	Leicester	Goalkeeper	England
Nikki Kidd	Edinburgh University	Midfielder/Forward	Scotland
Jo Leigh	Clifton	Midfielder/Forward	England
Kirsty Mackay	Bowdon Hightown	Goalkeeper	England
Hannah Macleod	Leicester	Forward	England
Emily Maguire	Reading	Defender	Scotland
Shona McCallin	MOP(NED)	Midfielder	England
Morag McLellan	Glasgow Western	Midfielder/Defender	Scotland
Dilly Newton	Canterbury	Defender	England
Sam Quek	Reading	Defender	England
Helen Richardson	Reading	Midfielder	England
Susie Townsend	Canterbury	Midfielder	England
Georgina Twigg	Surbiton	Midfielder	England
Laura Unsworth	Loughborough Students	Defender	England
Kate Walsh	Reading	Defender	England
Sally Walton	Bowdon Hightown	Defender	England
Ellie Watton	Beeston	Forward	England
Hollie Webb	Beeston	Defender	England
Nicola White	Leicester	Forward	England

Five Scots selected for Great Britain women’s squad

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