Two uncapped teenagers, Samantha Quek of Bowdon Hightown, and Susie Gilbert (Birmingham University), could be surprise selections when Great Britain announce their team to visit Argentina for five test matches later this month. Both have been named to play in at least one of Britain’s two remaining matches against the Australian A side at Bisham tonight and tomorrow evening. They are two of 12 players selected who did not play in Wednesday evening’s 3-0 defeat against what is, to all intents and purposes, the full Australian team. The other ten hoping to stay in the British squad are goalkeepers Beth Storry and Katy Roberts, Hayley Brown, Crista Cullen, Jo Ellis (Bowdon), Rebecca Herbert, Chloe Rogers, Wales’ Sarah Thomas and two Scots, Laura Bartlett and Louise Munn. British coach Danny Kerry has informed his squad that anyone not selected for tomorrow’s game will be released to play for their clubs on Sunday. Loughborough Students ought to become the third English club to make the knockout stages of the new European League, when they play Luzerner (today) and Scottish champions Kelburne (tomorrow) in their three team group at Antwerp. To qualify, the Students have to finish in the top two in their pool. They will be better prepared than Reading were if they have to take part in an unusual tie breaker. What Reading appeared not to realise was that, even if the goalkeeper makes a save in the one on one shoot-out situation, they can still score provided they are within the eight second time limit.
