25 promising juniors earn call-ups
Junior members have excelled at a hockey club over the past year with several being selected for county squads.
A total of 25 youngsters from Newark Hockey Club have been invited to train at the Nottinghamshire Junior Academy Centre.
They are all part of the youth squad that trains on Sunday mornings, along with around 125 other youth members.
Tim Burch, the chairman of Newark’s junior section, said he was delighted the academy was going from strength to strength.
“I am extremely pleased that we have got so many of them who have achieved the county standard,” he said.
“It is a great achievement.
“Players are bedded in sparingly into the senior squads from the age of 13. There are a lot of promising players.”
Junior members who have been selected for Nottinghamshire academy
Under-13 girls: Harriett Barker, Hannah Laughton, Heidi-Louis Roberts, Evie Thompson and Imogen Kennett.
Under-13 boys: Daniel Beeching, Cameron McLean, Thomas Middleton and Sebastian Price.
Under-14 girls: Yasmine Owen, Rosie Staniforth and Izzy Wells.
Under-14 boys: Joshua Thornton.
Under-15 girls: Georgina Andrews, Lillian Dean, Ellie Laughton and Sabina Schneider.
Under-15 boys: Harry Troop.
Under-16/17 girls: Emilia Hill and Becky Wells.
Under-16 boys: James Beedham, Josh Dent and Bailey Ward.
Under-17 boys: Jack McMunn and Kieran Meppem.
