Hoci Cymru are happy to announce the Senior males’s and girls’s squads who will take part on the EuroHockey Qualifiers in Dublin and Glasgow respectively.
The ladies’s 18 participant squad stays unchanged from their current victory in opposition to Malaysia in Hoci Cymru’s Summer season Sequence, hosted at Sophia Gardens.
The senior males’s squad can be seeking to construct upon their summer season collection win in opposition to Austria once they journey to Dublin.
Every sport the squads will play is a knockout construction with the general winner qualifying for the European A division in 2025.
Either side face ‘must-win’ first matches on the twenty second August. The lads’s squad will first compete in opposition to Luxembourg at 11am with the ladies enjoying Croatia at 16:15 to safe their spots within the semi-finals on the twenty fourth August.
Each squads may rejoice important milestones throughout the competitors with Ladies’s goalkeeper Ella Jackson in line to obtain her fiftieth Worldwide cap and Owain Dolan-Grey on monitor to obtain his a hundred and fiftieth cap for Wales.
Talking on his choice Males’s Captain Ben Francis mentioned:
“We’re actually wanting ahead to the euro qualifier in Dublin. Now we have an thrilling younger squad, who’ve put collectively two superb collection wins in opposition to Austria and Scotland thus far this summer season. Now we have a tough path to a possible remaining with Eire, however the potential of one other A division in 2025 is a big motivation to place in some massive performances subsequent week.”
Males’s head coach Danny Newcombe added:
“We’re excited to symbolize Wales within the EuroHockey Qualifiers subsequent week in Dublin. The group is in a very optimistic house following again to again collection wins in opposition to Scotland and Austria. With numerous new caps this summer season the squad has a recent really feel and a terrific stability of youth and expertise. We actually can’t wait to get began.”
Ladies’s head coach Kevin Johnson commented:
“The chosen group has a recent really feel about it with 8 gamers who’ve 5 caps or much less included and they are going to be seeking to construct on some encouraging performances throughout final week’s summer season collection of matches in opposition to Malaysia. I’m hoping we proceed to take a optimistic method to the best way we are attempting to play the sport and use this event as a key stepping stone in direction of additional development for a gaggle whose potential is thrilling to work with.”
You’ll be able to watch all the video games on Youtube and Eurohockey TV.
