GB Under-18 Women’s Fastpitch Team Head Coach Tara Tembey and her staff have announced the players selected to compete in 
this summer’s European Under-18 Women’s Championship.
The tournament will be held from 30 July-5 August at the Joudrs and Spectrum Softball Clubs in Prague, Czechia, with a record entry of 21 countries.
For Great Britain, this will be the first time since 2018 – largely due to the pandemic – that the team has played in a European Championship, and at that point they were playing as an Under-19 team and finished sixth. A year later, the World Baseball Softball Confederation changed the age groups for youth teams, and the Under-19s became the Under-18s.
However, the GB Under-19 Team still holds the distinction of winning Britain’s only European fastpitch gold medal, when they triumphed at the 2016 European Under-19 Women’s Championship in Sant Boi, Spain.
Players and staff
The players selected for this year’s European Under-18 Women’s Championship are:
Hannah Bingaman (Utility/P)
Molly Blackwood (IF)
Jessica Chan (INF/OF)
Aliyah Clarke (C)
Elena Clark-Wilson (P)
Lily Daniels (Utility)
Cara Edwards (C)
Shinju Kimura-Phalon (IF)
Kaitlyn Parisi (OF)
Saige Sampson (P)
Emma Smith (OF)
Sydney Teague (IF)
Jenna Thompson (IF)
Georgia Wilson (P)
The staff will consist of:
Head Coach: Tara Tembey
Assistant Coach/Hitting: Brandi Macias
Assistant Coach/Pitching: Mary Karen Wheat
Assistant Coach: Laura Hirai
Team Manager: David Morris
A Sports Therapist for the team will be appointed soon.
Looking forward
Tara Tembey said, “We are extremely excited about the athletes chosen to represent Great Britain in the 2023 Under-18 European Championship. The Great Britain Softball programme will be well represented as we compete for a European Championship in Prague!”
Reports on all games from the European Under-18 Women’s Championship will be published daily on the BSF website during the tournament.