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 time Sequence, hosted at Sophia Gardens.
The senior males’s squad might be trying to construct upon their summer season sequence win in opposition to Austria after they journey to Dublin.
Every recreation the squads will play is a knockout construction with the general winner qualifying for the European A division in 2025.
Each 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 taking part in Croatia at 16:15 to safe their spots within the semi-finals on the twenty fourth August.
Each squads might rejoice important milestones through the competitors with Girls’s goalkeeper Ella Jackson in line to obtain her fiftieth Worldwide cap and Owain Dolan-Grey on observe to obtain his one hundred and fiftieth cap for Wales.
Talking on his choice Males’s Captain Ben Francis stated:
“We’re actually trying ahead to the euro qualifier in Dublin. We have now an thrilling younger squad, who’ve put collectively two excellent sequence wins in opposition to Austria and Scotland thus far this summer season. We have now a tough path to a possible last with Eire, however the opportunity 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 signify Wales within the EuroHockey Qualifiers subsequent week in Dublin. The group is in a extremely constructive house following again to again sequence wins in opposition to Scotland and Austria. With numerous new caps this summer season the squad has a contemporary really feel and an awesome stability of youth and expertise. We truthfully can’t wait to get began.”
Girls’s head coach Kevin Johnson commented:
“The chosen group has a contemporary really feel about it with 8 gamers who’ve 5 caps or much less included and they are going to be trying to construct on some encouraging performances throughout final week’s summer season sequence of matches in opposition to Malaysia. I’m hoping we proceed to take a constructive strategy to the way in which we are attempting to play the sport and use this event as a key stepping stone in the direction of additional development for a bunch whose potential is thrilling to work with.”
You may watch the entire video games on Youtube and Eurohockey TV.