Picture (L-R): Pete Todd (Captain), Helen Roberts, Sophie Van Der Stap, Emilie Gradwell, Chelsea Watson, Jessica Oldham, Imogen Cowper, Chloe Hughes, Nigel Hunter (Captain)
The 18U girl's travelled to Prestwick in Scotland for their annual County Cup event. With notable omissions to the team line up due to injury and illness, Shropshire fielded a young team for this Division Four encounter.
Unfortunately, the opposition were generally older and higher rated/ranked than our team and the girl's found it to be a tough weekend. They were due to play Gloucestershire, Northumberland and North of Scotland during the three day event, and were not able to gain a victory that would keep the team in Divison Four next year.
On the positive side, these omissions from the line up gave some of the younger players a taste of what 18U County Cup is about, as I'd imagine most of the squad will be regular team members in the near future.
Next year they will be fighting to gain promotion from Division five back into four, like they did successfully a couple of years ago.
Results:
North Of Scotland lost 8-1
Northumberland lost 8-1
Gloucestershire lost 6-3