I was thrilled at the end of last season to have finished 7th in Region 3 to earn myself a place at the England team trials in Great Yarmouth last weekend. To be honest I went there with no real expectations of making the team... it was more a confidence building experience which I wanted to enjoy!
With this in mind I went into my first match with no nerves whatsoever, which is a rarity, and won it 3-1! My next match should have seen me beaten 3-0 but my opponent missed the pot on the black and I managed to claw it back to 2 all, but lost the deciding frame. I was most disappointed with my third which I should have easily won 3-0 but went in off the black in one frame and missed an almost straight black in another and ended up losing 3-1!! After narrowly beating my next opponent 3-2 in a deciding black ball finish, I drew Leicestershire's Sarah Day...!! one of us had to go out at this stage and unfortunately that was me, beaten 3-1. It was a great experience though, I achieved my main aim which was to not lose my first 3 matches...!! and I am hoping to be back next year to do a bit better!
County 'A Team' Captain Steve Robertshaw was the pick of the Leicestershire players on the day battling through 9 rounds to earn himself a place in the England team along with Coalville's Judd Sharpe making the England juniors team winning 6 out of 7 matches. Sarah Day went on to get through to the final play off for a place in the ladies team but was pipped at the post.
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