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The volleyball players for this year’s UK School Games have been selected for the tournament taking place in Bristol and Bath between 29th and 31st August.
Six teams from England will battle it out with four teams from Scotland and two from Northern Ireland to be crowned UK School Games Champions 2008.
Please click below for more information on each Divisional Squad.
England North England Central England South
Here are the Squad Lists (in order of Shirt no. 1-12) of all competing 12 teams.England Central Boys Volleyball Squad List
Lewis Huntington, Daniel Warner, Karl Butcher, Aaron Jones, Jack Watson (Capt), Matthew Rouse, Matt Terry, Will Jenkins, James Price, James Goodwin, Ronald Koko, Alec Richardson.
Reserves
Will Roberts and Michal Oles
England Central Girls Volleyball Squad List
Jenny Knowles, Lauren Bell-Brown, Megan Viggars, Gemma Beddows (Capt), AnaRita Calinas, Rebecca Chadwick, Rebecca Jones, Katie Bennett, Simone Garrett, Charlotte James, Laura Follows, Bronwyn Cutler.
Reserves
Nicole Parish, Mechele Daniels and Rebecca Forrest
England North Boys Volleyball Squad List
Gareth Thomas, Tom Loughran, Christopher Speers, James Stott, Steve Fairest, Zach Sinclair, Sam Tomkinson, Ste Harrison, Jon-Lee Fielding (Capt), Charlie Francis, Neil Orr, John Chapman.
Reserves
James Annells
England North Girls Volleyball Squad List
Shelly Chu, Megan Van Essen, Jenny Little, Ellie Riazi, Jade Saunders, Sophie Taylor, Jodie Gregson, Elly Martin, Alice Heath, Misha Riazi (Capt), Kirsty Martin, Rebecca Beswick.
Reserves
Courtney Bardlsey-Hodgkiess, Megan Brocklehurst and Julia Whalley
England South Boys Volleyball Squad List
Danny Lewis (Capt), Nathan Dixon, Craig Duckmanton, Tyler Everitt, Daniel Haughton, Andrew Isabirye, Karol Kowalski, Aykut Nafioglu, Dan Riddle, Jon Salt, Aaron Robertson, Theodore Spencer.
Reserves
Luke Wiltshire, Christopher Stent and Warren Francis
England South Girls Volleyball Squad List
Georgia Bird, Hannah Carey, Abi Davies, Isobel Fumagalli, Rosie Kirk,
Helena Lumley, Luana Mesquiati, Zoe Mcaulay (Capt), Paige Nelmes, Hannah Ridge, Natalie Smith, Annie Tinker.
Reserves
Sabrina Farley, Hayley Bland and Lauren Mead
Northern Ireland Boys Volleyball Squad List
Matthew Scott, Edward Doyle, Sean Mclaughlin, Patrick McClurg, James Kane, Michael Hendron, Ryan Skelly, Geoffrey Crooks, Chris Cousens, Eamon Cochrane (Capt), Ryan Caddell, Jordan Armour.
Reserves
Conall Devlin and Stuart Nevin
Northern Ireland Girls Volleyball Squad List
Lauren Scott (Capt), Rebecca Lapsley, Charlotte Wilson, Emma Alderdice, Claire Paul, Yasmin Walker, Fabiana Vito, Rebecca Whitten, Rebecca Holley, Jade McElderry, Niamh Cooper, Lauren Johnston.
Scotland East Boys Volleyball Squad List
Sean Hendry (Capt), Fraser Brown, Jamie McHardy, Andrew McGregor, Ben Hunter, Nick Knaggs, Seain Cook, Michael Harper, Michael Cockburn, Murray Chalmers, Jamie Bruce, Liam Darling.
Reserves
Jordan McKay and Callum Moir
Scotland East Girls Volleyball Squad List
Alex Dickenson, Carly Kirkpatrick, Diane Leslie, Sophie Hunter, Emma Girot, Debbie Malden, Heather Allan, Emma Clarkson, Becky Arthur, Holly Hunter, Catrin Sutherland, Caitlin McEwan (Capt).
Reserves
Sophie Cheney, Katie Sampson and Gemma Ramsay
Scotland West Boys Volleyball Squad List
Grant Young, Graham Tait, Craig Mitchell, Robert Micallef-Eynaud (Capt), Kevin Lawrie, Alistair Green, Liam Fleming, Euan Duncan, Steven Cruse, Ryan Clark, Stewart Caldwell, Calum Bryson.
Reserves
Keven McCronie and Shaun Sutherland
Scotland West Girls Volleyball Squad List
Amy Forsyth (Capt), Laura McLean, Sarah Robertson, Lorna McLean, Susan Richmond, Bethany Parker, Kirsty McLean, Alyson Jones, Claire Ramage, Lilian Tait, Kay Wheatley, Gillian Hair.
Reserves
Lauren Devlin, Mhairi Hamilton-Reid and Natalie Caldwell
At mid-day on the Sunday 8th June the Team Managers from the 12 competing teams at the 2008 UK School Games gathered in the garden area on Bath University Campus for the competition draw.
The draw for the 2008 UK School Games was overseen by Janet Inman, Child Welfare Officer for the event and Volleyball England Development Director. The draw for the Girls under-16 Competition was made by current Great Britain Volleyball Player, Denise Johns.
The U-16 Girls champions in Coventry 2007 England North, will face England Central in the first match followed immediately by one of the most eagerly awaited clashes between Scotland East and Scotland West. Divisional champions England South, kick off their campaign with a match against Northern Ireland. For more information please see the U-16 Girls Competition Schedule.
The draw for the Boys under-17 Competition was made by current Great Britain Volleyball Player, Jody Gooding.
The first match in the Boys U-17 Competition sees overall divisional champions in the 2007 event England South take on Scotland East followed by the U-17 champions taking on England North. The last game of the first block of matches sees Northern Ireland take on Scotland West. For more information on the draw please go to the U-17 Boys Competition Schedule.
Please click below for the completed Competition Schedules for both the Boys and Girls Competitions for Bristol and Bath 2008. There will be round robin with the top two playing off in the finals on the Sunday afternoon. The divisional champions will calulated using both the Boys and Girls results from throughout the weekend.
Girls U16 Competition Schedule
