Great Britain Women now know the final team in Olympic Qualifying Group G after Mexico Women came through the first Preliminary Round. It means the group will consist of Great Britain, Mexico, Poland and hosts Kazakhstan. The four-team tournament runs from Thursday 3rd to Sunday 6th November 2016 in Astana. Mexico, who were the group’s…
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Great Britain Women have named their squad for next month’s Olympic qualification tournament in Astana. The four-team tournament runs from 3rd to 6th November, with the winners going through to the next stage in December. GB take on hosts Kazakhstan, along with Poland and a qualifier from the first round. Their final opponents will be…
Great Britain Women and Great Britain Under-18s will both travel to Korea next year for their respective World Championship tournaments. Korea put in a bid to host both competitions in Gangneung as a taster event ahead of hosting the 2018 Olympics. This decision was deferred by the IIHF at Congress in Moscow earlier this year, but…
Coach Cheryl Smith says she is excited by the talent currently in the Great Britain Women set-up. An under-16s camp was held at Ice Sheffield last weekend as GB continue their preparation for the 2016-17 international season. GB Women start their Olympic qualifying campaign in Kazakhstan in November and their 2017 World Championship (Division 2A)…
Great Britain Women were beaten 5-1 by Slovakia Women in the second of their two-game series this weekend. The game was part of GB’s preparations for the upcoming Olympic pre-qualifiers in Kazakhstan in November. Slovakia, who won the first meeting yesterday 3-1, took the lead at 3:47 through Miriam Mikeskova. Radka Trebulova made it 2-0…
Great Britain Women produced an impressive performance but were beaten 3-1 by Slovakia Women in the first of a two-game series this weekend. Slovakia are ranked seven places higher than Britain in the IIHF world rankings, but GB were competitive throughout the game. Lenka Curmova put the hosts ahead within the first three minutes (2:56)…
Great Britain Women have named their captaincy team for this week’s trip to Slovakia. GB left the UK yesterday for their training camp which will include two matches against Slovakia, who are ranked 14th in the world. Georgina Farman will wear the captain’s armband, with Saffron Allen and Lauren Summers as her assistants. GB coach,…
Great Britain Women have named a squad of 24 for this week’s two international matches in Slovakia. The two sides go head-to-head on Friday 15th July and then a day later, on Saturday 16th July. Both matches are taking place at the Zimný štadión Petržalka in Slovakia. Slovakia are ranked 14th in the world, seven…
Great Britain Women’s head coach Cheryl Smith says next week’s trip to Slovakia will be of massive benefit ahead of November’s Olympic qualification tournament. GB begin their bid to reach the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang with a tournament in Kazakhstan from Thursday 3rd to Sunday 6th November 2016. As well as facing the hosts,…
Great Britain Women will play two games against Slovakia Women in July as part of their preparations for the Olympic qualifying tournament in Kazakhstan. The two sides will go head-to-head on Friday 15th July and Saturday 16th July 2016, with both matches taking place at the Zimný štadión Petržalka in Slovakia. Slovakia are ranked 14th…
Great Britain Women will begin their bid to reach the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics with a four-team qualification tournament in November. GB will come up against Kazakhstan, who will host the tournament as the highest seed. They will also face Poland and a qualifier from the first preliminary round, which will be either Turkey, Mexico…