The new faces are Ellie Barker, Ellie Barnett, Jemma Bentley, Sophie Connor, Jen Regan and Lauren O'Reilly from Cheshire's junior ranks; Nathalie Long, Mary Priestner and Coral Murphy who have all caught the eye in Cheshire League matches; and Appleton's new acquisition Raffaella Rodighiero.
First Championship match is against Essex at Warrington on Sunday May 29. More immediately, a team will travel to take on Staffordshire in a friendly at Oakamoor CC on Good Friday.
Full squad:
Lauren Griffiths (Reading, captain),
Dawn Prestidge (Chester Boughton Hall/Hawarden Park, vice-captain),
Natalie Heap (Hawarden Park),
Hannah Gradwell, Jennie Kitzinger, Ellie Barker, Katie Paterson, Coral Murphy (all Trinity),
Lorna Thomas, Kate Coppack, Ellie Barnett (all Chester Boughton Hall),
Hayley Agnew, Kate Skelhorn, Jemma Bentley, Sophie Connor (all Oakmere),
Natalie Lyons, Raffaella Rodighiero, Nathalie Long, Jen Regan, Lauren O'Reilly (all Appleton),
Mary Priestner (Trafford Metrovics),
Shami Ahmed (Meir Heath),
Emma Lingard (Cheadle),
Kate Harvey (Warrington in 2010),
Rachael Walsh (Sheffield United/Bowdon in 2010).
