The English Korfball Association wish good luck and every success to the England Under 23 Team competing at the World Youth Championships in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei, from 1st-8th November.  Results can be seen at http://www.worldkorfball.org/competitions/42.html. 

The team is coached by Colin Boys and Steve Johnson, and managed by Karen Sparrow.  Ella Wright has travelled with the team as physio.  The players in the squad are:

Neala Brennan - Wildcats

Emma Cole - Nomads

Natasha Dawson - KZ

Aimee Evans - Mitcham

Charmagne Francis - Trojans

Jocelyn Hoffman – Sporting Delta

Franci Taylor - Kwiek

Rebecca Woolmer (Captain) – Kwiek

Joe Bedford - Nottingham

Simon Cole - Nomads

Otto Fabias – Dalto/DSB Bank

Luke Francis (Squad and Vice Captain) - Kwiek

Craig Gosling - Mitcham

Jonny Nickerson - Nottingham

Davesh Patel - Bec

James Woolmer - Kwiek

England's schedule of matches is:

1st November vs Belgium

2nd November vs Hong Kong

3rd November vs Australia

4th November vs Catalonia

5th November vs Chinese Taipei

6th November play-off

[7th November final playoff if in bottom 6]

[8th November final playoff if in top 6]

The other group of 6 teams contains favourites The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Germany, China, Russia and South Africa.

English Korfball Association, www.englandkorfball.co.uk