FOUR Rendcomb College pupils have been headhunted by team selectors to join junior development programmes with England Hockey and English Lacrosse.

Eva Maslin, 14, has secured a place with the England Hockey Performance Centre in their U15 team. As one of around 60 girls selected from across the country, Eva will attend monthly training sessions with the rest of her new team in Southampton.

Alice Balchin, 14, and Emily Musgrave, 15, secured a place in England Hockey's Junior Academy Centre.

All three girls and 16-year-old Kieze Francis have also been selected to join the English Lacrosse Talent Pathway. They will attend intensive weekend training camps at various times throughout the year. At the camps, they will fine tune their lacrosse technique and undertake fitness and core strength training.

Speaking about the selection process, the girls said: “We are really happy to be selected out of everyone who took part in the process. All the other girls were really good so we’re very pleased!”

Head of girls’ games at Rendcomb College, Sarah Bell said: “Eva, Alice, Emily and Kieze work so hard and are very talented so I am delighted that they have got this opportunity. We are all incredibly proud and look forward to supporting them all the way.”