WORCESTER’S Kate Read will be hoping to star after being selected in Great Britain’s women’s under 19 water polo squad for the European U19 Championships in The Hague.
Kate, who competes for Worcester in the Midland Water Polo League, is part of the squad for the trip to the Netherlands which will see Team GB face Italy, Bulgaria and Slovakia in the group phase.
The 17-team competition will take place from September 10 to 18 and the other teams taking part are Russia, Hungary, France, Ukraine, Croatia, Spain, the Netherlands, Serbia, Romania, Greece, Germany, Israel and Turkey.
As part of Team GB’s preparations, the players have spent the past six weeks training intensively in Beswick, Manchester, and they have also gained valuable international experience from a trip to Croatia.
Read said: “I’m looking forward to being one of the more senior players and being able to use my experience to help the others.
“We want to qualify for the worlds and we’re confident we can do this as we have such a strong squad.”
