The Boys showed good attitude against the strongest team in the competition
England in the first half played very solid, our man to man restricted pressuring man with the ball worked very well as the players played close to each other creating a lot of problems to the Portugal carousel.
As mentioned in my last report we [...]

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England 1 Switzerland 1 (half time 0-0)
Another very competitive game from our Under 17 National Team, the game we deserved to win.
First half both teams were very solid in defence trying to use the counter attack which was most of the time stopped by good defence position moving to triangle until 4th player arrived in [...]

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England played a very competitive in their opening game of the Under 17 European Championships against Italy
England 1 Italy 3 (half time 1-3)
England created the initial goal opportunities before Italy had their first shots on target, however Italy were the ones that found the back of the net first and scored two goals in the [...]

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Carlos Amaral NRHA Head Coach has announce the final squad to participate in the World U20 Championship, to be held in Bassano, Italy 27th September – 3rd October 2009:
1 – Sam Cayley (Peterborough)
2 – Tom White (Herne Bay)
3 – Peter Marshall (Farnham)
4 – Sam Kay (Middlesbrough) captain
5 – Rupert Charles (Halifax)
6 – Jon Taylor (Kings [...]

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Carlos Amaral NRHA’s Head coach has announced the final squad to participate in Ladies Seniors European Championship which takes place in St. Omer (France) 26th – 31st October 2009.
ENGLAND LADIES SENIORS SQUAD
Rachel Joy – Bury
Emma Russell – Plymouth
Ruth Russell – Plymouth
Anna Russell – Plymouth
Lucy Rivers – Bury
Kirsty Ingham – Bury
Emily Rawlinson – Bury
Beth Cook – [...]

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The Ladies team made history by finishing on the podium in 3rd place for the Ladies Under 19 European Championships, which was held in Mealhada, Portugal from 3rd – 5th September.

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A historical result for our England under 19’s ladies tonight (Saturday) in winning bronze at the Under 19’s 2009 European Championships in Portugal. In their last match of the championships England were victorious over Germany winning 3-2 (3-1 at half time). Congratulations to our girls and very well done.
Full report to follow.

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I am very pleased with the improvement since last year’s European Championships. The team have been very consistent on individual restricted defense although the counter attack is not working as well we would like, due to the other teams pressuring very well as soon we get the ball.

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The England Under 17’s team will travel to Feira, Portugal this Friday morning to continue with their final preparations before the European Under 17 Championship in Dinan-France from 14th to 19th September 2009.

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This year the 3rd Under 19 European Women’s Championship will be held in Mealhada (Portugal), from 3 to 5 September.
The the England team will leave for Portugal on Sunday evening and will stay in Feira (Portugal) until Wednesday morning for training and final preparations. We have planned training sessions and two friendly games one against [...]

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