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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 | |
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