GB Slowpitch Team Head Coach Steve Patterson has announced the addition of twelve new players to the team's Development Squad. These players, along with eight players retained from 2012, will be able to fight for places in the group that will travel to the ISF Slowpitch World Cup in Florida in January.
The new players were added following trials at the end of September. Further players may be added to the Development Squad at a later stage, as some existing squad members were unable to attend the trials and the coaching staff want to assess a small number of trialists again at a winter training session.
New additions
The following players who are new to the GB programme have been added to the Development Squad:
Men
Baljit Ahluwalia (Manchester)
Andrew Grose (Manchester)
Kelvin Harrison (Reading)
Adam Haywood (Berks)
Adam Slawson (London)
Duncan Waugh (London)
Chris Yoxall (Bucks)
Women
Lucy Gates (Hants)
Katherine Golik (Bristol)
Chloe Llewellyn (Manchester)
Amy Wells (London)
Natalie Woolley (London)
Re-selections
The following players who were in the Development Squad during 2012 have been re-selected:
Men
Richard Browne
Stewart Butcher
Bradley Gilmour
Jake Ramey
Ed Watkinson
Michael Williams
Women
Kim Hendry
Gelske Huyer
Slowpitch World Cup
The ISF Slowpitch World Cup, the first to be held since 2005, will be played at the ISF Headquarters complex in Plant City, Florida from 23-26 January 2014.
The list of countries that are entering teams has still to be finalised, but it looks like GB will be competing against teams from the United States, Canada, Curacao, Slovenia, the Turks & Caicos Islands, France and Bulgaria, and others may join the list.
The GB squad that will compete in Florida is expected to be announced shortly. The team held a training session on 9 November in Twickenham, and is planning another training session for December.