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BBC News
18-06-2025
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- BBC News
Wales held by France in FIH Nations League
Wales finished third in their pool at the FIH Nations League in Malaysia after a 2-2 draw with opened the scoring in the 14th minute through Louis Haertelmeyer before Fred Newbold equalised for Wales in the second Pritchard then put Wales, who are ranked 19th in the world, ahead in the final minute of the third quarter but Amaury Bellenger responded in the final quarter for France, who are ranked finish the pool stage without a win having drawn 4-4 with South Africa and lost 3-2 to 1-0 win over South Africa in the other group game on Tuesday means Wales finish third. They will now play the side who finish fourth in pool B on Friday morning."Today was a much better performance, we showed glimpses of what we're capable of," said Wales co-captain Rupert Shipperley."We've played France a lot so we knew it was going to be a tough game. It does give us a bit of confidence moving into the playoff games."
BBC News
14-04-2025
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- BBC News
Wales hockey squads named for challenging summer
Wales men will have co-captains for the 2025-26 international hockey season, while Beth Bingham will continue to lead the women's Britain international Rupert Shipperley and Ben Francis will skipper the men's team as they build towards July's EuroHockey Championships II in well as Shipperley, 2024 Olympians Jacob Draper and Gareth Furlong are also in the 24-player men's squad who start the season with June's FIH Hockey Nations Cup in the 24 women selected, Holly Done, Lottie Atkinson, Jamie Bulbring, and Beth Peers earn first senior also face a competitive summer schedule featuring the FIH Nations Cup and European Championships, kicking off with a series of Easter weekend friendlies against Scotland. "This year's senior squad selection contains an exciting mix of experience and potential who will look to build on their positive style of play in 2024 which saw them reach the final of the European qualifiers," said women's head coach Kevin Johnson ."There is much to look forward to as the group will meet together for the first time in this campaign over the upcoming Easter weekend in Scotland to get underway with some training matches before the focus shifts to the FIH Nations Cup II and European Championships over the summer."A third of this squad are also eligible for the Junior Women's World Cup which will be held in Chile in December 2025."Men's head coach Danny Newcombe already has his eyes set on qualifying for the 2027 EuroHockey Championships in London."It was a near impossible task to narrow down our squad to 24 names," said Newcombe. "This demonstrates the depth we are building in the player group. "We have a significant number of players with the level of skill and ambition required to compete at an international level for Wales. With our three Olympians returning to the group, 2025-26 is going to be a really exciting season." Wales menRhys Bradshaw, Alf Dinnie, Jacob Draper. Jonny Fleck, Ben Francis, Gareth Furlong, Rhodri Furlong, Gareth Griffiths, Dale Hutchinson, Hywel Jones, Daniel Kyriakides, Jolyon Morgan, Nic Morgan, Fred Newbold, Will Penrose, Rhys Payne, Jack Pritchard, Jamie Rawlings, Toby Reynolds-Cotterill, Will Riley, Rupert Shipperley (co-capt), Owen Sutton, Jack Tranter, Ben WomenAnja Atkin, Lottie Atkinson, Beth Bingham (capt), Jamie Bulbring, Amy Cradden, Lucie Daman, Rebecca Daniel, Freya Diamond, Holly Done, Emily Drysdale, Tilly Edwards, Ffion Horrell, Izzie Howell, Millie Holme, Ella Jackson, Sarah Jones, Katie Partridge, Beth Peers, Lauren Roberts, Lily Roberts, Maisie Riley, Betsan Thomas, Caitlin Witham, Rachel Goodwin.
