Volleyball England has confirmed the full Women’s Sitting Volleyball squads who will compete in the 2010 Sitting Volleyball World Championships in the USA this July.
Hosted at the University of Central Oklahoma, 640 elite athletes from 20 nations will take part in the competition at the USA’s official home for Sitting Volleyball.
The 2010 Worlds are tipped as a preview of the action expected at the next Paralympic Games. London 2012 is set to be the first Paralympic Games that Great Britain will put forward a women’s Sitting Volleyball squad.
Players who have been selected are due to fly to the USA on the 7th of July for the high-profile tournament between the 11th and 18th of July.
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The selected GB Women’s Sitting Volleyball athletes are as follows:
GB Women
Emma Wiggs – Captain (Portsmouth Sitting Volleyball)
Andrea Green (East Midlands Lions)
Claire Harvey (Kent Wyverns)
Jessica O’Brien (FDSW Celtic Dragons)
Chloe Jones (East Midlands Lions)
Louise Darby (East Midlands Lions)
Jessica Frezza (East Midlands Lions)
Olga Jegorova (FDSW Celtic Dragons)
Martine Wright (Surrey Sitting Volleyball)
Amy Brierly (FDSW Celtic Dragons)
John Bestebroer will travel with the squads as Head Coach of the GB Women. “The squad and staff have worked hard to reach this stage and recognise what a great training opportunity for 2012 this championship will be,” he said. “We all look forward to testing the competition and maintaining our strong position on a world stage.”
Lisa Wainwright, CEO of Volleyball England, said: “GB Sitting Volleyball has gone from strength to strength since the launch of our first ever development programmes just months ago. We will be rooting for our teams in the biggest major international competition before London 2012.’’
With the opposition now confirmed for phase 1 of the competition the Women face Canada, Brazil, Russia, Ukraine, Slovenia and the Paralympic Champions from 2008, China.
Jennifer Tippett, Sportsister
The Women’s Sports Magazine
