Megan Crowson to fly the Cambridge City flag with the Great Britain EDP squad

City ace heading out to China

Meg Crowson is excited at the prospect of carrying on her Cambridge City form with Great Britain in China this week.

The 22-year-old is top scorer in the Investec Women’s Hockey League, Conference East after scoring a hat-trick as City stayed top thanks to a 3-2 win over Hampstead & Westminster.

Next stop for Crowson is China, as part of the GB Women’s Elite Development Programme (EDP) squad for a Four Nations tournament from November 2.

“It was a brilliant team performance on Saturday and it was great to get the win It is a confidence boost going into the China trip,” said Crowson, who will face China, Australia and Germany with GB under-23s.

“I was very excited when I found out I’d been selected.

“GB EDP is a brilliant squad to be a part of. Although we don’t train together on a weekly basis, when we come together at training camps there is always a buzz around the squad and we train hard and have fun at the same time.”

She added: “We’ve been developing in lots of areas over the past few months as a squad so we will be looking to bring them all together for the trip to China to get results.”