The London Cubs, the GB Under-13 Girls’ Fastpitch Programme competition team, spent a day training and scrimmaging against 
High Performance Academy athletes on Sunday 24 March to prepare for an Under-15 tournament in the Netherlands this coming weekend.
The team has been training every other week for the past couple of months and will be heading to the Roef Softball Club in Moergestel, Southern Holland, to gain the experience that comes from playing tough competition.
The Cubs are bound to benefit from playing time against teams from the Netherlands and the Czech Republic, and each player will try to achieve goals that they have set for themselves.
The team
The players that will be travelling to the Netherlands, including three players selected for this year’s GB Under-16 Team, are:
Shira Bengal
Matilde Crapanzano
Makenzie Eberley
Megan Longman
Amy Morris
Scarlett Patience
Shinju Phalon
Cordelia Stevens
Chelsie White
Georgia Wilson
The coaches will be Jodie Rushin, Nadya Pavlova and Jasmine Rushin.