Oh my god! I have been selected to represent my country in the UEFA qualifiers.

When I got the email I was speechless, I couldn’t spit my words out. On the 7th October I will be travelling to Warwick where I will meet the team. From then we will stay over night and fly to Northern Ireland the next morning. We will be playing our games on the 11th, 13th, and 16th and be travelling home on 17th. In our group we will be playing Northern Ireland, Finland and Israel. I cant wait to meet all the girls and have some banter but also we will all be really focussed on the games or training ahead.

I will definitely blog again after the camp to tell you how the qualifiers went. :)

Woo! England Qualified! We came top of the group with 9 out of 9 points. We really gelled together as a team with some positive and motivating coaching! All the staff made the trip an enjoyable and positive experience for me and one that I will remember always. We beat Israel 4-1, Northern Ireland 2-1 and Finland 4-2! I played all 3 games at right back which was an amazing privilege. I received the Finland pennant from Lois (Coach) which was mind blowing and made me feel very proud.

During the trip the whole team went shopping, watched Footloose at the cinema and went out for a nice meal in the evening! We also were able to talk to the Finish, Israeliers and Northern Iish which was quite funny as they didnt fully understand us!

As per usual we had the ice baths and pool sessions but in one of the last pool sessions we were allowed to dive which was amusing as some girls couldnt do it! I had to teach some of my team-mates how to!!!

Overall a fantastic 10 days. I feel like I have learned so much and cant wait for the second phase next April. I am going to work my socks off to make sure I am there.