James to compete for Great Britain at European Championships

Monday, August 13th 2018

Bristol Flyers Women’s star Molly James has been named in the final 12-player squad to represent Great Britain at the Under-16 European Championships.

James becomes the first female player from Bristol to reach national level. Her selection puts her in the company of Flyers alumna Tyrone Treasure, Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye, Tamas Okros and Deane Williams, themselves all former British junior players.

James and the team will compete in Podgorica, looking to develop and progress in this year's tournament, which opens against Macedonia on Thursday under the watchful eye of head coach Kenrick Liburd.

Great Britain will be playing in Group A of Division B, against hosts Montenegro, the Republic of Macedonia, Sweden, Iceland and Greece – seemingly the most difficult of the four groups.

Only the top two teams in each group will advance to the knockout stage, at the end of which the two finalists and the winner of a third place playoff will earn promotion to next year’s Division A tournament. The remaining sixteen teams will enter a classification round.

“This is fabulous news for Molly and her family,” said Flyers Women head coach Gareth Till.

“We’re all delighted for her. She’s worked incredibly hard to get this opportunity, and it’s great the Flyers will be represented internationally this summer.

“We all wish her and the squad all the very best in the upcoming tournament.”

Check out BristolLive’s recent feature on Molly James as part of their ‘Bristol Born and Bred’ series.

More information can be found on both the official British Basketball and FIBA websites.

FINAL GB U16s SQUAD

Rebecca Adjeiwaah Dwomoh			Sant-Josep (ESP)
Asha Andrews			Sevenoaks Suns
Lilly Annim			Southend Swifts
Hannah Dawson			Surrey Blue Storm
Ella Doherty			Perth Phoenix
Tamara Fournillier-Onadeko			Sevenoaks Suns
Molly James			Bristol Flyers
Jade Mbam			Manchester Mystics
Ella Pearson			Ipswich Basketball
Amelia Sandie			Brighton Cougars
Pollyanna Storie			Caledonia Pride
Cameron Taylor-Willis			Ipswich Basketball

GREAT BRITAIN GROUP A FIXTURES

(Times in BST)

Thursday 16th August	Macedonia v Great Britain	5.15pm
Friday 17th August	Great Britain v Sweden	2.00pm
Saturday 18th August	Montenegro v Great Britain	7.30pm
Monday 20th August	Great Britain v Iceland	5.15pm
Tuesday 21st August	Great Britain v Greece	2.00pm