England Cadet Boys squad for CEV U17s Championships qualifier

England U17 Boys are set to play in their first competition of 2023.

A 12-man squad will travel to Sofia, Bulgaria, to play in round 1 of the CEV U17s Championships.

England will face pool B rivals Greece, Serbia and Türkiye between 18-20 January in Germany. 

England U17 Girls recently returned from playing round 1 in Germany. They did their country proud playing against strong teams from France, Italy and Germany, becoming the first English side to enter the competition in four years.

Squad

• Julien Martin (La Roche Volley-ball) – Opposite
• Joshua Sturland (Newcastle Staffs) – Middle
• Stuart Perry (Boswells) – Outside
• Daniel Sampson (Richmond) – Setter
• James Cox (Newcastle Staffs) – Setter
• Sam Smallwood (Sheffield) – Outside
• Nathan Hampshire (Leeds Gorse) – Outside
• Cayde Keates (Northampton) – Middle
• Zachary Pavitt (London Lynx) – Opposite
• Maksymilian Makowski (Leeds Gorse) – Libero
• Patryk Podwika (Richmond) (c) – Setter
• Kieran Carstens (Northampton, East Northants) – Opposite

• Keith Trenam – Coach
• Antonio Codrington – Team Manager
• David Roberts – Assistant Coach
• Piotr Makowski – Assistant Coach

Schedule

• Wednesday, 18th January, 17:30 (local) – England vs Türkiye 
• Thursday, 19th January, 17:30 (local) – Greece vs England
• Friday, 20th January, 17:30 (local) – Serbia vs England 

Matches are set to be live streamed via the Bulgarian Volleyball Federation's YouTube channel.

Visit the CEV website for more information