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Erica Woods and the Great Britain (GB) Standard Life Under 20 Women's Basketball Team face an important summer campaign, but do so with one of the strongest rosters that has been pulled together at this age group.
As well as the returning players, the British Basketball scouting system has been working hard throughout the season to unearth players from around the globe who are eligible to pull on the GB vest.
Woods and her teammates will be in the European Division B, playing four games in Macedonia. Not only will the opposition present a challenge, so will the scheduling of these games as they play four games over a four day period.
The U20 women will be lead for the first time by senior women’s assistant coach and UWIC head coach Damian Jennings. Players such as Nicky Avery, Ruth Davison, Woods and Mairi Buchan are returning for another campaign.
Jennings said "I am personally looking forward to working with this age group for the first time alongside my role as Assistant Coach to the GB senior team. The U20’s really is British Basketball’s University playground, so my staff and I carry a great responsibility in educating and embedding a GB culture that will in-turn respectfully place us in the eye’s of Europe as contenders at this age group and set our players up if indeed a select few are given the senior nod in the future.
“For now we must do all we can to ensure GB U20’s achieve their best in Kavadarci (Macedonia) this summer. We have an extremely tough group firstly with a Division A relegation country in Czech Republic, Division B 3rd and 7th place finishers in Belgium & Hungary respectively, and the host nation Macedonia - the group stage, and our start is key to us reaching our potential.”
Great Britain Standard Life U20 Women’s Team
Woods, Erica – Marshall University
Avery, Nicky - UWIC Archers
Bardsley, Kelsey - Manchester Mystics
Barroilhet, Tamzin - Bourges
Buchan, Mairi - Old Dominion University
Campbell, Naomi – Sheffield Hatters
Colley, Julia - University of Bridgeport
Davison, Ruth - Northumbria
Durojaye, Mary - Robert Morris University
Joseph, Kashmere - Seton Hall University
Shaw, Hannah - University of Miami
Stoddart, Charlotte - Manchester Mystics
Charles, Krystal – Eckerd College
James, Rachel – LSBU & Brixton Topcats
Salmon Josephine – Barking Abbey
Shiels, Kristie – Leeds Carnegie
Hayward, Deanne – Leeds Carnegie
Jones, Georgia – Oral Roberts
Allison, Rebecca – Old Dominion
Chiemeka, Katrin – Davidson
Clark, Ella – Barking Abbey
Busch, Renee - Sevenoaks Suns
Brough, Rebecca – UWIC Archers
Taylor Kathryn – Kent Prep School
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