Under 17 Open Sessions (Project 2012)
Last month we started the open session for the assessment of players as part of the preparation for U17 European Championships 2012. Any player who currently attends level 4 or level 5 on Saturday, and born in 1996 and 1997 are eligible to attend this open session. As we did [...]

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England 19 USA 0 (Half-time 11-0)
England went into this game confident of our superiority and we started the game pressuring USA half rink. This way we controlled the game and the goals flowed.
We asked the players to concentrate on working for each other and ball possession which allowed us to score nice team goals.
The gap [...]

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England 1 Switzerland 5 (Half-time 0-4)
England after a good win in the group stage versus Switzerland started this game with lack of concentration and showed a lot of tiredness which cost us the 4 goals in the first half. The team didn’t work for each other as well as they had done in the first [...]

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England 22 India 1 (Half-time 15-0)
We knew this would be an easy game after Argentina beat them by 27-0. So, we decided to rotate the team and asked the players to work for each other and as consequence of this the goals came naturally.
England pressured full rink in the first half and to the half [...]

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England 1 Chile 3 (Half-time 1-0)
England Under 20 team is the youngest team in this World Championship with 7 players first year in this category and they rose to the occasion.
England started this game very confident in restricted man to man defence, pressuring the man with the ball against one the best teams of this [...]

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England 2 Andorra 4 (Half-time 0-2)
A bad performance in the first half against a well organize team with an outstanding player who scored all their goals which cost us the game.
We knew that playing Andorra would not be an easy game as they are a club participating in Cataluña league as well as most of [...]

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ENGLAND 4 SWITZERLAND 0 (Half-time 4-0)
England started the game showing lots of confidence, our restricted man to man pressuring the man with ball was perfect in the first half allowing us to create fantastic counter attacks which resulting in the first 2 goals.
In the second half the team was brave always a player between the [...]

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ENGLAND 0 PORTUGAL 10 (Half-time 0-5)
As expected our team improved from the first game, with the nerves gone and we were more consistent in defence, two fine goalkeeping performances, more ball possession and good attack moves creating great goal opportunities.
Portugal probably one the best 2 teams in this competition pressed us full rink all game, [...]

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ENGLAND 0 FRANCE 6 (0-3 half time)
With all the hard work, training and trips abroad nothing can prepare you for the reality of the competition.
We present in this competition a complete new team with no experience at this level which includes 5 players which still are eligible for next year’s Under 17 Championship.
We started the [...]

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Here are the player groups and group timetable for September National Training. As previously emailed September NTW takes place earlier in the month on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th, due to me being away in competitions. For further information on the England Roller Hockey competitions please go to my website at www.jcasports.co.uk
Under 17 Open Sessions [...]

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