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Great Britain will field
both a men’s and women’s squad at the two World Cups held on the
weekend of the 5th - 6th June.
An eight-strong British
men’s team will compete in the Spanish World Cup held in Madrid.
In the -66kg weight
category, Colin Oates, who competed in the European Championships
last month and took a bronze medal at the Prague World Cup earlier
this year, has been selected. Oates also impressed at the British
Open Championships two weeks ago, picking up a bronze medal.
Tom Reed, who was a
reserve at the Europeans, has been picked to compete in the -81kg
weight category. At the start of the year the University of Bath
student earned a silver medal at the Vienna World Cup and will
be aiming to put in another good performance.
From the 2010 European
Team Championships, Jean-Rene Badrick will contest the -66kg,
Andy Burns will fight in the -90kg competition and Chris Sherrington
will compete in the +100kg weight category.
Completing the line-up
is Nathon Burns (-60kg), who took a silver medal at the 2010 British
Open and Michael Horley (-90kg) and James Austin (-100kg), who
both took 5th places at this years British Open Championships.
Commenting on the men’s
selection, Head Coach Patrick Roux said, “We have identified players
in the heavy weights and we are now starting to push them to the
next level. The British Open was a confirmation for Chris Sherrington
as he progresses to a higher to the World stage.”
A seven-strong women’s
team will compete in the Romanian World Cup held in Bucharest.
Three players in the
selection competed in the European Championships, including Kelly
Edwards (-48kg), Faith Pitman (-63kg) and Sally Conway (-70kg).
2009 World University
Games silver medalist Gemma Gibbons (-70kg) and 2010 British Open
Champion Sarah Adlington (+78kg), who were reserves at the Europeans,
will step up to the mat in their respective weight categories.
The final selection
is Gemma Howell who will compete in her second event since her
return from a 10 month injury, although her weight category is
yet to be announced by Roux.
Howell, who has made
her place previously in the -57kg weight category, competed in
the -63kg competition at the British Open Championships and seemed
untroubled by the change, winning a gold medal.
Roux further added,
“The World Cups are in the middle of a five- week strength and
conditioning block where we are concentrating more on the physical
qualities.”
Following the World
Cup events, the team along with other members of the British Squad
will go on a training tour in Orenburg & Moscow, Russia between
14 June & 8 July 2010 to start the preparations for the World
Championships.
©
Mike Varey
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