Senior England Men's squad confirmed for December Indoor internationals

They will compete in the Novotel Cup in Luxembourg (27th to 29th December) and play against Northern Ireland in a scrimmage matches in Leeds (16th and 17th December). 

“We are really looking forward to the National Team competing in Novotel Cup again this year,” said Team Manager, Chris Jones.

“The timing of the competition is a little bit different from previous years, falling in between Christmas and New Year, as opposed to early January, so this means the guys, we have playing professionally overseas are able to be part of the squad.

“Couple this with the fantastic performance we had over the summer in South Korea taking bronze and we’re really excited and looking forward to seeing what we can achieve on the court this year in Luxembourg.”

Novotel Cup squad 

Cameron Rhodes (Newcastle Staffs), Noah Sykes (Team Sunderland), Nathan Fullerton (Malory Eagles), Jack Williams (Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn), Will Evans (Black Country), Ephraim Mills (IBB Polonia, pictured above), Thomas Jefferson (Essex Rebels), Zakk Hadgett (ASV Elite), Ryan Poole (Caruur Volley Gent), Thomas Shatimehin (Essex Rebels), Ben Lucas (ASV Elite), James Ledbury (Black Country), Chester Searle (Malory Eagles), Michael Lee (Newcastle Staffs). 

Staff: Simon Loftus, Jefferson Williams, Chris Jones, Hai Binh Ly. 

Northern Ireland squad  

Luke Atkinson (Malory Eagles), Nathan Hall (Essex Blaze), Nico Gajkiewicz (Essex Blaze), Max Norton-Steele (Essex Rebels), Kelechi Bell (Team Sunderland, pictured above), Nathaniel Williams (IBB Polonia), Cheikh Ba (Malory Eagles), Sam Marsh (Penn State), Toby French (Malory Eagles), Benaya Kouame (Richmond Docklands), Cameron Carrington (Malory Eagles), Ian Chau (IBB Polonia), Orson Purves (Richmond Docklands), Stefan Cowley (Newcastle Staffs) Iraj Safaee (Team Sunderland), Thomas Graham-Jones (Team Sunderland). 

Staff: Marcel Sivak, Phil Crawford, Sam Stevenson, Elaine Brown. 

Pics by Nathaniel Macrae