Solway Sharks forward Duncan Speirs has been named in the Great Britain u20 squad for their forthcoming World Championship in Megeve, France next month.
Speirs has come through the Solway junior programme and made his senior debut last season to huge acclaim – a season ending with a four-goal performance in the play off semi finals.
The call-up, confirmed by GB coach Tom Watkins this week, will see Speirs and his GB colleagues take on France, Japan, Poland, Slovenia and Ukraine.
His coach at Solway, Martin Grubb, said: “I’m very proud of Duncan making the GB U20’s team. He has worked hard and is improving all the time. Everyone at the club wishes Duncan and the GB team the very best of luck.”
Speirs is joined in the squad by another Solway junior graduate – Josh Grieveson is studying in the US and playing with Middlesex Black Bears but returns to play in France. Grieveson won a gold medal with the u20 and a bronze with the u18 last season. This will be Josh’s fourth IIHF WC tournament.
The tournament runs from December 12-18 and more information can be found at www.icehockeyuk.co.uk.
GB U20 SQUAD
Netminders
Ben Churchfield (Portland Jr Pirates)
Jordan Hedley (Swindon Wildcats)
Defencemen
Callum Buglass (Swindon Wildcats)
Josh Grieveson (Middlesex Black Bears)
Jay King (Edinburgh Capitals)
Edward Knaggs (Milton Keynes)
Cameron McGiffin (Peterborough Phantoms)
Harvey Stead (Swindon Wildcats)
Oliver Stone (Okanagan)
Forwards
Ivan Antonov (Bracknell Bees)
Ollie Betteridge (Nottingham Panthers)
Glenn Billing (Milton Keynes)
Lee Bonner (Hull Pirates)
Sam Duggan (Örebro)
Alex Forbes (Ogden Mustangs)
Connor Glossop (Nottingham Lions)
Macaulay Heywood (Telford Tigers)
Lewis Hook (Milton Keynes)
Luc Johnson (Milton Keynes)
Toms Rutkis (Swindon Wildcats)
Duncan Speirs (Solway Sharks)
Michael Stratford (Swindon Wildcats)
Photo credit: Mark Paterson/Skidpix
