The Great Britain Sledge Hockey team will be heading off to Japan next month to participate in the 2016 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships (B Pool).
Ice Hockey UK chairman Richard Grieveson has taken a number of positives from the partnership approach adopted between the governing body and EIHL in organising and promoting the two forthcoming international games between Great Britain and Pool A nation Norway.
Great Britain Under-18 Women ended the four-team international tournament in Budapest with a fantastic 4-2 victory over Spain Women.
Abbie Sylvester and Amy Trueman both scored twice as GB recorded their first win of the competition.
Great Britain Women have named their squad for next month’s Olympic qualification tournament in Astana.
The four-team tournament runs from 3rd to 6th November, with the winners going through to the next stage in December.
GB take on hosts Kazakhstan, along with Poland and a qualifier from the first round.
Great Britain Under-20s completed their trip to Slovakia with a 4-1 victory over St Polten on Thursday evening.
The week-long training camp is part of GB’s preparations for their World Championship (Division 1B) tournament in Budapest in December.
Great Britain Under-20s beat Extraliga U20s side Hoba Bratislava 3-1 in Slovakia on Wednesday morning.
After a goalless first period, GB scored twice in the second and once in the third session to put the seal on a very impressive performance.
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Great Britain Under-18 Women began the four-team international tournament in Budapest with a 10-0 defeat at the hands of hosts Hungary U18 Women.
Hungary, who play a level above GB in the U18 Women’s World Championship structure, won the game with period scores of 5-0, 3-0 and 2-0.
Great Britain Under-18 Women have named their captaincy team for this week’s international tournament in Budapest.
Bracknell Queen Bees forward Louise Beresford will captain the team, with the assistants named as Jemma Wallis (Nottingham) and Sophie Sinclair-Reeks (Widnes Wild).