Rossall’s Three Lions

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A trio of talented young hockey players are roaring into action for one of the area’s leading independent schools this year, as they look to impress selectors in the hope of moving from the England under-17 team up to the under-18s.

 

Rossall School’s three Lions, Lucas Galley, James Sutcliffe and Liam Ganose, have played their part in a strong start to the hockey season for the Fylde Coast school, including an impressive 4-1 victory over North Wales.  Such has been their start and such is their strength in depth that Rossall’s hockey coach, Guy Emmett arranged for his team to step up in competition with a fixture against stronger opposition, in the form of Keele University’s first XI, which Rossall won 4-3. It is a leap of faith in his under-18 side but with six trophies in the bag last season, including the North of England U-16s title and with player of the year, central midfielder, James Sutcliffe, 16, a weekly boarder from Westhoughton, in such rich form, Emmett believes his young lions are a match for anyone and strong contenders for the U-18 national championship this year.

 

The two other England players and weekly boarders, Lucas Galley, 16, from Chester and Liam Ganose, 16, from Altrincham in Cheshire – both centre backs – have also gained international experience against Spain, Holland and Germany. They are joined at Rossall by a number of players already selected for the North of England team and a total of 16 players who have represented their county in competition.

 

Guy Emmett said: “In addition to James, Lucas and Liam, several of our U-18s have aspirations to compete in future Olympics teams and I have no reason to doubt their ability to make it to that level.  It’s an exciting time to coach at Rossall, because we have the strongest squad of players I’ve worked with during my time at the school and I believe that we have a genuine chance, together with the talent in the squad, to become national hockey champions.  This can only help the other players in our squad with claims for an England call up alongside our existing young lions.”

 

 

 

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