England Darts are delighted to announce their Youth Team Squads for the forthcoming Youth International Friendlies versus Russia and Hungary.
On Sunday 11th April England Youth will play Russia in a WDF Team Format match, which consists of a Best of 17 leg match where each player plays each player in the opposing team over one leg (similar to the Six Nations format but just with 4 players).
The second International friendly sees England Youth take on Hungary Youth on Saturday 17th April. this will see an expanded format used in the British Internationals with 8 boys and 4 girls from each side taking part in this match.
The side for this match was selected from those who had competed in the Online Grand Prix Series and Diamond League Qualifiers and focuses on those mainly outside the England Youth side and those who may be involved in future years.
These matches will be steamed live on the England YouTube channel by TC Streams and while Full International Caps won't be awarded, players will be awarded Official Online Caps.
Youth Official Bradley Kirk states 'It is a great opportunity for these youngsters who have been supporting our events in these testing times. With the possibility of WDF International Events later in the year and lack of recent information to select the teams we have felt its important to provide Youth with opportunities as laid out in the Online Grand Prix Series, Diamond League and these Youth International Friendlies. it is important we continue to provide these opportunities and look to develop youth players to continue to compete on the world stage and part of this is looking at younger players and giving them pathways for the future and this is illustrated by the young squad we have picked for the Hungary match which includes the likes of Lauren Stokoe, Lewis Mayes, Archie Self and Olly Raywood who are all at different stages of their development and all have the potential to make the full England Team in future years.'
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| GIRLS' TEAM | BOYS' TEAM | GIRLS' TEAM | BOYS' TEAM |
| Eleanor Cairns (Lancashire) | Leo Beechey (Buckinghamshire) | Eleanor Cairns (Lancashire) | Leo Beechey (Buckinghamshire) |
| Beau Greaves (Yorkshire) | Tavis Dudeney (Sussex) | Amy Evans (Clwyd Youth/Cheshire Seniors) | Nathan Bell (County Durham) |
| Rosie O'Connor (Warwickshire) | Luke Littler (Merseyside Youth/Cheshire Seniors) | Rosie O'Connor (Warwickshire) | Tavis Dudeney (Sussex) |
| Lauren Stokoe (County Durham) | Nathan Potter (Suffolk Youth/Norfolk Seniors) | Lauren Stokoe (County Durham) | Luke Littler (Merseyside Youth/Cheshire Seniors) |
| Lewis Mayes (County Durham) | |||
| Olly Raywood (Humberside) | |||
| Archie Self (Berkshire) | |||
| Evan Willoughby (Berkshire) | |||