Hailsham Ladies player Nathalie Boyd is due to start her World Cup campaign today in the England women’s +35 masters team. The Exin Masters World Cup 2018 is taking place from the 27th July – 5th August in Spain. The World Cup features masters hockey in both men’s and women’s age categories. 132 teams from 24 countries featuring 2500 players will take to the field.
Boyd got her dream call up this year and has been training with the England set up in the build up to the World Cup. The England team take on the USA in their tournament opener on Saturday 28th July. You can follow the team’s progress on the official website.
Boyd said ‘it’s an honour to be part of this squad, and to be representing my country doing what I love. Something I had always dreamed about but never thought would happen.’
From all at Hailsham HC we wish Nathalie and the team lots of luck.
England +35 Masters Fixtures:
28/07/18 17.05 ENG v USA
29/07/18 17.35 ENG v SRL
30/07/18 21.00 ENG v GHA
31/07/18 21.00 ENG v ESP
03/08/18 17.35 AUS v ENG
04/08/18 13.40 ENG v NZL
05/08/18 FINALS
Australia: AUS
England: ENG
New Zealand: NZL
Spain: ESP
Ghana: GHA
Sri Lanka: SRL
USA: USA
(all times are UK times)
