England national quadball team

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The English national quadball team is the official national quadball team of England.[1] The team, which is organised by QuidditchUK, was founded in 2021 after the splitting of Team UK into separate teams for each of the individual home nations. They made their debut at the 2022 IQA European Games in Limerick, winning the tournament.[2]

Team England
England national Quadball team logo.png
Full nameEngland National Quadball Team
SportQuadball
Founded2021
LeagueInternational Quadball Association
ColoursRed and White
   
OwnerQuidditchUK
Head coachAlice Walker
CaptainLuke Twist
Championships2022 IQA European Games
WebsiteQuidditchUK webpage
Quadball England Facebook Page

History[]

Previously Team UK represented all the countries of the United Kingdom at international tournaments organised by the International Quadball Association. Team UK was founded in 2012, making their debut at the Summer Games in Oxford. Their final tournament appearance was at the 2019 IQA European Games in Bamberg.[3] In 2021, the decision was made to split Team UK into separate teams for England, Scotland (Team Scotland) and Wales (Team Wales).[4] Players from Northern Ireland compete as part of an all-Ireland team with the Republic of Ireland organised by Quidditch Eire.[5]

Competitive record[]

2022 European Games[]

Team England made their debut at the 2022 European Games held on 22-24 July in Limerick in Ireland,[6] where they placed 1st of 20 teams. The team were placed into group D along with Scotland, Germany, Netherlands and Czech Republic for the group stage on day 1.[7][8] They finished 2nd in the group below Germany after a 110-140* defeat in their match against them. In the match Germany caught the snitch from behind to even the scores and then went on to score the 3 extra goals required to reach the set score in overtime.[9][10] During the knockout stage on day 2 they won against Poland, France and then Norway.[11][12] The final was a rematch against Germany with England winning after catching while 30 points behind then successfully reaching the set score in overtime for a final score of 160*-140.[2][13]

Players[]

The squad for the 2022 IQA European Games was coached by Alice Walker and captained by Luke Twist and consisted of the following players.[5][14]

Name Number
Alex Macartney 34
Andy Hull 24
Ben Malpass 20
Bex Lowe 13
Carina Werner 17
Dan Trick 3
Doug Bryant 5
Ed Brett 18
El Southwell 50
Elliot Fisher 14
Fey Davies 2
Isla Adams 95
Jacopo Sartori 99
Jordan Aymer-Jeffrey 23
Kerry Aziz 89
Lucy Barrington 4
Luke Twist (C) 7
Michal Kreft 61
Mikey Orridge 15
Paula Marmolejo Morazo 31
Sam Spencer 28
Seb Waters 10
Tash Ferenczy 6
Tristan Harris 55
Tua Karling 44

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Team England | QuidditchUK". QuidditchUK – Find Your Passion. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Poletti, Steven (2022-07-26). "Team Australia places third at IQA European Games, England beats Germany to win the gold". The Inner Sanctum. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  3. ^ "Team UK | QuidditchUK". QuidditchUK – Find Your Passion. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  4. ^ "National Teams | QuidditchUK". QuidditchUK – Find Your Passion. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "European Games Squads Announced | QuidditchUK". QuidditchUK – Find Your Passion. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  6. ^ O'Regan, Ellen (2022-04-11). "International Quidditch teams to fly into Limerick this summer". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  7. ^ "IQA European Games - And with that.. the IQA European Games 2022 draw ends! Find the result of the draw below.