Jennings Names Final 12 for Eurobasket Women 2013

By Sam Neter on June 11, 2013

Head coach Damian Jennings has named his final 12 players that will make up the Great Britain Senior Women Eurobasket squad for the competition that tips off at the weekend.

Roz Mason, Kristie Sheils and Renee Busch were the final three players to be cut from Jennings’squad, a decision, he said, that was not easy to make.

“I would like to firstly thank Roz, Kristie and Renee for making this team better. Their de-selection was a very tough decision and all three players represented themselves incredibly well,” he commented.

“Although Roz may be coming closer to her final basketball years, Kristie and Renee represent a crop of players coming through from our under-20’s and Futures programmes and I have no doubt both will be back to cement a place in next year’s senior GB team.

“It is exciting to now finish our last few practices with the final 12 players before travelling to France on Wednesday. The spirit of this group has been excellent since day one and I have no doubt the players are looking to representing Great Britain to the best of their ability this summer.”

There are eight players from the Olympic squad who continue on to EuroBasket Women as well as Lauren Thomas-Johnson and Steph Gandy who narrowly missed out on selection in the final squad last summer. Youth player, Ella Clark has been selected to the senior squad for the first time with 23 year old Georgia Jones also named to the team.

GB Senior Women Final Squad 2013

Dominique Allen (Meccanica Nova Bologna, Italy)
Rose Anderson (Cercle Sainte Paul Rezé Basket, France)
Kimberly Butler (Unattached)
Ella Clark (Long Beach State University, USA)
Stefanie Collins (Cardiff Archers, Wales)
Stephanie Gandy (Sheffield Hatters, England)
Chantelle Handy (Mersin, Turkey)
Georgia Jones (Cluj Napoca, Romania)
Johannah Leedham (Bourges, France)
Azania Stewart (Bacsbasket, Hungary)
Lauren Thomas-Johnson (Sheffield Hatters, England)
Rachael Vanderwal (University of Limerick, Ireland)

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