Women's Squad announced for World League 3
May 29, 2015
Ireland’s Women’s National Coach, Darren Smith, has today announced his final squad for World League 3 in Valencia (June 10-21). The team will face South Africa, Germany, Uruguay and USA in the group stages which begin on June 10th. Ireland recently completed an intense warm up tour in North America with 3 matches against USA and 4 against Canada in preparation for the task that lies ahead in Valencia.
“Having worked with an extended National Squad over the past 12 months it has been very difficult to narrow the squad down to 18 and leave some of them at home. The squad we have selected has flexibility with multiple players able to operate in more than one layer, physically fit to cope with the heat in Spain and we feel these are the best performed athletes over the past 12 months†said Coach Darren Smith.
Looking towards World League 3, Smith commented “The tournament is very exciting and we are looking forward to the challenge that initially will match us against South Africa, Germany, Uruguay and USA will bring in pool play before we cross over with the other teams making up the World League 3. The goal is always simple in these sorts of events and that is to qualify for Rio Olympics 2016. We will be doing everything in our power to get our performance to its optimum to give us the best chance of achieving that".
The green army will compete in the first game of the tournament against South Africa on June 10th.
World League 3 Squad 2015
- Lizzie Colvin - Midfield
- Aine Connery - Striker
- Nicci Daly - Midfield/Striker
- Kate Dillon - Striker/Midfield
- Nikki Evans - Striker
- Megan Frazer - Captain - Midfield
- Emma Gray - Goalkeeper
- Shirley McCay - Defender
- Ayeisha McFerran - Goalkeeper
- Hannah Matthews - Defender
- Ali Meeke - Defender
- Katie Mullan - Striker/Defender
- Yvonne O’Byrne - Defender/Midfield
- Anna O'Flanagan - Striker
- Gill Pinder - Midfield
- Clio Sargent - Vice Captain - Defender
- Emma Smyth - Midfield
- Chloe Watkins - Midfield
Non Travelling Reserves - Emily Beatty, Chloe Brown, Naomi Carroll, Stella Davis and Deirdre Duke.
Pool Matches:
June 10 Ireland vs South Africa
June 11 Ireland vs Germany
June 13 Ireland vs Uruguay
June 16 Ireland vs USA
For all the details about World League 3 in Valencia click here
