news about internationals
Goalball UK has announced the Great Britain men’s senior squad that will compete at the 10th Annual Pajulahti Games in Finland. Joining coach Faye Dale is Stuart Hudson (RNC/Scarborough Panthers), Matt Loftus (Northern Allstars), Caleb Nanevie (Northern Allstars), Dan Roper (Fen Tigers), Joe Roper (Fen Tigers) and David Scott (Winchester). Getting underway on Friday [...]
The Great Britain’s Men’s team returned from Malmo not only gaining promotion to the European B league but winning the IBSA Goalball Mens Euro C Championships. The team of Adam Knott (Winchester) David Knott (Winchester) David Butler (Nottingham) Filmon Eyassu (Cambridge) and Dan Roper (RNC Hereford) completed the group stages with 4 wins and 2 [...]
The Great Britain men’s team finished in third place in their final warm up competition in Madrid before the IBSA European C Championships in Malmo (31st Jan – 6th Feb). The competition gave full international debuts to David Butler (Nottingham) and Filmon Eyassu (Cambridge). Players: Filmon Eyassu (Cambridge) David Butler (Nottingham) Dan Roper (RNC) Niall [...]
Originally posted November 10 2014 As the GB Men’s squad prepare for the European C Championships in February they faced a tough warm up competition in Stockholm (31/10/14-2/11/14). The tournament produced mixed results against some very tough opposition but overall the team performed well and came away with a bronze medal. Players: Niall Graham (Nottingham) David & [...]
Originally posted October 3 2014 Unfortunately the Great Britain Women’s team failed to gain promotion in what was a tightly contested European B Championships in Hungary (24-28th September). In the group stages the team beat Belgium 4-1 and drew 3-3 against eventual silver medallists Sweden before narrowly losing their decisive group game to decide who made [...]
