England Men Head for Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

The Sultan Azlan Shah Cup takes place from March 3rd in Malaysia and England Men have called up three East Grinstead Players for the competition as part of preparation for the Commonwealth Games.  Read on... 

England have named their 18-man squad to travel to the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh in Malaysia between 3 and 10 March.  The squad heads out to Malaysia looking to lift the trophy which a number of England athletes won in May 2017 playing as Great Britain.

EGHC congratulates Chris Griffiths, David Condon and importantly Liam Ansell as he achieves another key milestone in his international career.

Australia, India, Ireland, Argentina and hosts Malaysia make up the other sides competing with the tournament providing good preparation ahead of the Commonwealth Games in April.

England head coach Bobby Crutchley said: "We are very excited to head out to Malaysia for the tournament with very fond memories from Great Britain's victory last year.

"The standard of the opposition is very high which will give us strong tests as we build towards the Commonwealth Games in April."

England Squad:

James Albery (Beeston)

Liam Ansell (East Grinstead)

David Condon (East Grinstead)

Brendan Creed (Surbiton)

Adam Dixon (Beeston)

James Gall (Surbiton)

Harry Gibson (GK) (Surbiton)

Mark Gleghorne (Beeston)

David Goodfield (Surbiton)

Chris Griffiths (East Grinstead)

Harry Martin (Hampstead & Westminster)

Barry Middleton (Holcombe)

George Pinner (GK) (Holcombe)

Phil Roper (Wimbledon)

Liam Sanford (Reading & Royal Air Force)

Ian Sloan (Wimbledon)

Sam Ward (Beeston)

Henry Weir (Wimbledon)

Fixtures (UK Times):

Sat 3 Mar - Australia 10am

Sun 4 Mar - India 8am

Tue 6 Mar - Ireland 8am

Wed 7 Mar - Argentina 10am

Fri 9 Mar - Malaysia 12pm

Sat 10 Mar - Classifications

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