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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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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Our annual showcase “The Finals of the National Cup Competitions” are being held at the Bushfields Sports Centre, Peterborough on Saturday 18th July.
Start time is 10.30am and the order of play is as follows:

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This competition was also used as part of my development plan for Ladies, so more important than winning was gaining experience of playing competitive Roller Hockey abroad. Our team was the youngest team in the competition and we had shown signs of a bright future for English Ladies Roller Hockey.
Regarding the games, although we [...]

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Photo by Jan Cook
This years England under 19 ladies team has now been selected. They will travel to Cestas, France to compete in the 2nd Under 19 Ladies European Championships from 30th October to 1st November. Four teams (Germany, France, Spain and England) will go head to head in this round robin championships starting on [...]

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Carlos Amaral final comments:
I am very pleased that we achieved the objective of finishing top 8 in the world. The girls had a great attitude on and off the rink which showed an improvement of their sports mentality. Our team had an average of 17 years old and compared to other teams we were the [...]

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Photo courtesy of Lucy Rivers
England 0 Spain 12
Half Time 0-8
Our first objective was achieved by playing in the quarter final against this year’s second seed. We played a diamond formation all game relying on the counter attack, however, in the first half Spain applied the pressure causing problems to our defence and attack strategy. The [...]

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England Ladies made history by qualifying for top 8 position in World Championships.
England 5 South Africa 1
Half Time 2-1
England started the game with a diamond formation controlling possession in the first ten minutes of the game. Although we scored a goal in the first ten minutes, Carlos called a time-out and changed the system to [...]

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