England Hockey has named its males’s and ladies’s squads for the primary block of matches on the upcoming FIH Hockey Professional League matches in London, as residence followers put together for 12 days of world-class worldwide hockey at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre from 13-28 June.
Returning to London for its seventh season, the FIH Hockey Professional League will convey collectively among the world’s high worldwide sides with England’s women and men each set for an thrilling run of residence fixtures within the capital.
Each squads go into the house leg of the FIH Hockey Professional League on the again of unbeaten profitable performances on the World Cup Qualifiers.
The boys’s squad combines worldwide expertise with rising expertise, with captain Zach Wallace main a bunch that features Sam Ward, Phil Roper and James Gall whereas Max Anderson and Michael Royden-Turner step up from the U21 programme.
Co-captains Flora Peel and Lily Walker lead an skilled ladies’s squad with Lily Owsley near her 150 English cap, whereas Tess Howard and Alice Atkinson make their Professional League return in London and U21 gamers Molly Smith and Mia Moore be a part of the senior squad for the primary time.
Throughout the London leg, England’s males are scheduled to face Argentina, Australia, Pakistan and India, whereas the ladies will come up towards Germany, Australia, Spain and Argentina, giving supporters the prospect to look at back-to-back worldwide hockey that includes each England groups on residence soil.
England males’s head coach Zak Jones stated: “The London stage of the Professional League will probably be crucial by way of our preparations for the World Cup because it supplies us with a excessive density of aggressive fixtures that permits us to get an excellent measure and really feel for the place we’re as a squad and the way we’re monitoring in our capability to ship our recreation. It additionally permits us to strive, tweak, take a look at and cement sure facets of our recreation in addition to have a look at our greatest mixtures to be able to finalise our World Cup choice.”
England ladies’s head coach David Ralph stated: “We all the time look ahead to enjoying Professional League video games at London, in entrance of our residence assist. We’re very fortunate that we get to play so many video games at residence towards one of the best groups on the earth in entrance an awesome crowd, and that’s one thing that we all the time relish and get excited for. To see so many individuals come out to assist us, and the game of hockey, in our personal nation is thrilling and vastly motivation for us, it’s not one thing we take as a right and we look ahead to enjoying some many video games in entrance of them this summer season.”
Supporters can watch England’s women and men in motion throughout the London stage at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, with tickets accessible now for all matchdays.
England males’s squad:
NAME CLUB
14 James Albery (VC) Outdated Georgians
53 Max Anderson College of Nottingham/Surbiton HC
23 Nick Bandurak Surbiton
4 Rohan Bhuhi Holcombe
31 Will Calnan Surbiton
9 Henry Croft Outdated Georgians
47 Ben Fox Wimbledon
26 James Gall Surbiton
19 David Goodfield Surbiton
33 Sam Hooper Wimbledon
16 James Mazarelo (GK) Outdated Georgians
18 Tim Nurse Surbiton
2 Nick Park Surbiton
20 Ollie Payne (GK) Amsterdam
15 Phil Roper Outdated Georgians
74 Mikey Royden-Turner Holcombe
17 Stuart Rushmere Surbiton
27 Liam Sanford Outdated Georgians
5 Tom Sorsby Den Bosch
46 Sam Taylor Holcombe
7 Zach Wallace (C) Bloemendaal
3 Jack Waller (VC) Pinoke
13 Sam Ward Outdated Georgians
30 Conor Williamson Surbiton
England ladies’s squad
NAME CLUB
39 Alice Atkinson College of Birmingham
31 Grace Balsdon East Grinstead
44 Lottie Bingham College of Birmingham
2 Darcy Bourne Surbiton
21 Fiona Crackles Wimbledon
18 Katie Curtis Surbiton
19 Olivia Hamilton Hampstead & Westminster
23 Sophie Hamilton Surbiton
25 Sabbie Heesh Surbiton
14 Tess Howard East Grinstead
11 Holly Hunt Hampstead & Westminster
8 Pippa Lock Wimbledon
3 Becky Manton Wimbledon
43 Mia Moore Loughborough College
22 Lizzie Neal Studying
26 Lily Owsley Banco Provincia
28 Flora Peel (C) Wimbledon
40 Miriam Pritchard (GK) Hampstead & Westminster
13 Ellie Rayer East Grinstead
46 Molly Smith Loughborough College
30 Martha Taylor Surbiton
10 Amy Thompson East Grinstead
6 Anna Toman Wimbledon
4 Lily Walker (C) East Grinstead
