THREE University of Worcester students have been named in the Great Britain women’s squad for the forthcoming European Wheelchair Basketball Championships.
Sophie Carrigill will captain the side, while Jude Hamer and Jordanna Bartlett have also been included in head coach Miles Thompson’s 12-player squad.
The University of Worcester Arena will host both the men’s and women’s European Championships during August and September.
The ten-day event will see the British teams do battle with their continental counterparts for the title of European champion and to secure a crucial qualifying place for the Rio 2016 Paralympics.
The women’s GB team will also be looking to build on the bronze medal which they won in the Frankfurt European Championships in 2013.
Thompson said: “I’m excited about this team, it’s full of potential and it’s fun to work with potential.
“It’s filled with some seasoned players and some emerging players that I think are really on the cusp of finding their game, finding out who they are as basketball players – and that journey’s always exciting. The squad is filled with talent.
“Our goal for the European Championships is to do something that hasn’t been done and that’s get to the final.
“Obviously you have to go through the Germans and the Dutch who are the benchmark. We want to be the benchmark.”