Head Coach Gareth Jooste and Assistant Coach Josh Peat have announced the GB Under-19 Men’s Team squad that will compete in the European Junior Men’s Championships in Most, Czech Republic from 13-18 July.
The squad has been selected from current GB Under-19 players and from players who were identified over the winter at Academy Softball. Two successful trips to mixed fastpitch tournaments in Paris in October 2014 and March 2015 also helped the coaches make decisions on the make-up of the squad.
Over the past month, games at the Great Britain Fastpitch League have been a good testing ground for the team and also provided an opportunity to assess the newer players in a competition situation.
The squad
Players selected for the 2015 European Junior Men’s Championships are:
Amit Aswani
Kai Benaim
George Blaskett
Damon Brown
Sam Grafton
Rob Mosley (Field Captain)
Trent Nash
Jack Nielan
Alex Reynolds
Josh Saunders
Robbie Studholme
Dylan Stewart
Ben Tomlin
Matt Tomlin (Captain)
George Young
Reserves
Thomas Lang
Jake Roberts
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The staff
Due to personal commitments, Head Coach Gareth Jooste is unable to travel to the tournament, though he will be involved in preparations. So former GB Under-19 and current GB Men’s Team player Josh Peat will be the team’s Head Coach for the Championships, supported by Ian Tomlin.
The coaches will be assisted by a support team of Clare Tomlin and Lee and Jan Grafton.
The tournament
Six teams have entered the Junior Men’s Europeans this year, and GB will come into the tournament ranked fifth, but hoping to finish higher.
The teams taking part, in ranking order, will be:
Czech Republic
Denmark
Croatia
Israel
Great Britain
Poland
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