Hi everyone,
Ahead of the British Championships entry opening, I wanted to give you all a little bit of information regarding the new GB Selection Committee and team selection for 2024. Johnny Bispham has stepped down as captain of the panel due to his new role as UK Racketlon President.
Ray Jordan and Duncan Stahl will also no longer be continuing on the panel, and we thank all of them for all the hard work put into the teams over the past few years.
This means that I [Matilda Parslow] will take over as captain of the selection committee for this year. I’m delighted to announce that I will be joined by two new fresh faces. Peter Barton and Jack Bishop are both joining for the first time while former panelist Dan Busby will return in an advisory role.
World Team Championships / British Championships
The World Team Championships will be held in Rotterdam between August 1st and August 5th, and the GB Selection committee will be selecting our squads across the open categories and age groups (both junior and senior grades). Further information regarding the World Championships is due to be released soon.
As in previous years, selection will be based on a range of criteria including performance on the World Tour and UK Tour events. However, the primary selection opportunity is the British Championships which will be held at Parklangley on 13th-14th April.
Entry for the British Championships will open at 18:00 on Thursday, February 22 here.
For players who wish to represent an age group criteria, please ensure you enter that age group if it is offered at the British Championships.
Please note, we have changed our junior categories to align with the newly adopted FIR age groups. They are U12s, U14s, U16s, U18s and U21s.
If you are unable to attend the British Championships, but are eager to play in Rotterdam, please let the selection committee know by contacting me or one of the other committee members or grabbing one of us at a tournament.
If you have any questions about anything at all regarding the World Teams Championships then please don’t hesitate to reach out to me.
Thank you and good luck to everyone in all the upcoming tournaments.
Matilda Parslow
tildaparslow@gmail.com // 07789205997