Monday, March 16, 2015 U17 Water Polo Girls achieve qualification standard for Baku Great Britain’s Under-17 Girls Water Polo team Great Britain’s Under-17 Girls Water Polo team (which included Hannah Edwards of Caledonia), have reached the qualification standard required for the inaugural European Games in Baku. The team, who were selected from the England talent programme, won their final qualification match against Switzerland 30-0 (5-0, 4-0, 11-0, 10-0) to finish second in Group A on goal difference behind France. Coached by Nick Buller, the team opened their campaign in Nice with a commanding 26-3 (7-1, 7-1, 4-0, 8-1) win against Portugal. This was followed by an 8-8 (3-4, 1-0, 4-2, 0-2) draw against the Czech Republic and a narrow 13-12 (2 - 2, 4 - 2, 2 - 3, 5 - 5) defeat to France. Meanwhile the British U17 Boys just missed out following a dramatic 7-6 (3-2, 1-3, 1-2, 1-0) loss to Malta in their final game. The tournament was their first international competition playing together and after losing 19-7 to Germany in the opening match, they secured a strong 53-0 (16-0, 14-0, 11-0, 12-0) win against Latvia and 12-1 (2 - 0, 1 - 0, 4 - 1, 5 - 0) victory over Switzerland. British U17 Girls Squad list: Hayley Price - Tyldesley Lucy Shaw - City of Liverpool Verity McCoy - City of Liverpool Danica Brazier - Chelmsford Lara Partridge - Crawley Beth Ward - Devenport Royal Mhairi Nurthen - London Otter Isobel Dean - London Otter Grace Rowland - City of Liverpool Hannah Edwards - Caledonia Kathy Rogers - London Otter Sophie Jackson - City of Leeds Fleur Kennedy - City of Coventry Overall tournament goalscorers for GB Under-17 Girls: Grace Rowland (14), Katherine Rogers (11), Izzy Dean (9), Fleur Kennedy (8), Danica Brazier (7), Lucy Shaw (7), Verity McCoy (5), Hannah Edwards (5), Bethany Ward (5), Larissa Partridge (3), Mhairi Nurthen (2). British U17 Boys Squad list: Benjamin Riding James Barker Charles Briers Samuel Carling Samuel Alberici Owain Llewellyn Ben Greenhill Kameron Powell Matthew Helps Ashley Castle Spencer Wilks Ben Tinkler-Davies Article courtesy of British Swimming