England national quadball team

The English national quadball team is the official national quadball team of England.[1] The team, which is organised by QuadballUK, 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
Full nameEngland National Quadball Team
SportQuadball
Founded2021
LeagueInternational Quadball Association
ColoursRed and White
   
OwnerQuadballUK
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 โ€“ Find Your Passion. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  2. 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 โ€“ Find Your Passion. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  4. "National Teams | QuidditchUK". QuidditchUK โ€“ Find Your Passion. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  5. "European Games Squads Announced | QuidditchUK". QuidditchUK โ€“ 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. ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ“ธ Ajantha Abey Quidditch Photography | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  8. IQA European Games 2022, retrieved 2022-07-27
  9. "IQA European Games 2022 - 23. Jul - England vs Germany". quidditch.live. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  10. "EG 2022 - Gameplay (public)". Google Docs. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  11. "IQA European Games 2022 - 24. Jul". quidditch.live. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  12. IQA European Games 2022 Day 2, retrieved 2022-07-27
  13. IQA European Games 2022 - 3rd place play off and final, retrieved 2022-07-27
  14. "Quadball England - Proud to be announcing the roster for this July's IQA European Games in Ireland! ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ We're looking forward to representing as part of QuidditchUK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง alongside Quidditch Scotland ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ and Quidditch Cymru. ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ...So who is calculating the odds on a QUK medal table? (We'll have gold, it matches our colour scheme.) ๐Ÿ˜‰ Best of luck to all of our players representing their community clubs in league fixtures this weekend. We can't wait for everyone to see the results of all the training and prep, and to finally get to show what we can do together on a pitch. Only 22 days to go! ๐Ÿฆ | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
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