Blues and Hampstead have announced their squads as they look to be named the best teams in Europe at the 2024 Ken Galluccio Cup over the weekend.
Both squads are packed full of world-class players with the reigning women’s champions, Blues, naming a 13-player squad boasting talents such as Miho Sakurai, Jane Lee, and Izzy Middleton.
Hampstead, who finished third in 2023, take a 20-strong squad to Catalonia as they look to back up their National Club Championship victory with a first Ken Galluccio Cup title since 2019.
Blues have been drawn in Group A alongside Oslo (Norway), Wettingen Wild (Switzerland), and Madrid Osos (Spain) while Hampstead will play a round robin competition against Hamburg Warriors, Oslo Saints, Amsterdam Lions, and Olsen Saints; both competitions will move into a knockout stage following the first round of action.
Starting tomorrow (Friday 6 September) in Barcelona, Spain, the Ken Galluccio Cup was originally named the Champions Cup before being renamed as a tribute to its creator after his death in 2009 and is the largest European lacrosse tournament featuring the best teams from all over the continent.
Fans looking to cheer on the English teams from home can watch every second of action live on Spain Lacrosse’s newly launched YouTube channel HERE.
Hampstead
1 Brian Vandenbossche
2 Vasilios Fokas
3 Jim Parry
4 Carl Klepper
5 Declan Mulholland
6 Bo Fischer
7 Ted Kapp
9 Bubba Wallace
10 Miles Blair
11 Owen Caputo
12 Chris Tully
16 Matt Sheinfeld
17 Aidan Turner
18 Eddy Roberts
20 Will Pickett
37 James Devine
51 John Sirisuth
58 Mason Gorman
61 Zac Guy
74 Cole Palmby
Schedule (all times BST)
Friday 6 September
11:10am | Hamburg Warriors v Hampstead
1:10pm | Oslo Saints v Hampstead
3:50pm | Hampstead v Amsterdam Lions
4:30pm | Hampstead v Olsen Saints
Saturday 7 September
9:50am | Hampstead v Milano Painkillers
12:30pm | Hampstead v Madrid Osos
Squads
Blues
2 Miho Sakurai
4 Emily Thompson
7 Jane Lee (C)
12 Maeve McKenny
14 Pippa Lloyd
15 Sophie Beane
17 Bex Jordache
18 Flora MacPherson
22 Chloe Wyner
23 Darcy Bance
54 Harriett Mann
88 Izzy Middleton
99 Mimi Painting
Schedule (all times BST)
Friday 6 September
9am | Blues v Oslo
3pm | Blues v Wettingen Wild
Saturday 6 September
9am | Blues v Madrid Osos