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Article: Kate selected for England ice hockey squad.
- Article from:
- News Guardian (Whitley Bay, England)
- Article date:
- July 23, 2008
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A YOUNG ice hockey star who plays for Whitley Bay has been chosen as the youngest player on the England U16s national girls team at the age of 12.
Kate Ord, from Cramlington has been playing ice hockey since the age of five and plays with the boys for home team Whitley Bay.
And ice hockey runs in the family as little brother Jamie, aged seven, plays for Whitley Bay U10s.
Mum Cathrin told the News Guardian this week that Kate has now been selected for the England team and will be travelling with them to Canada in October.
Kate was picked for the national team when she attended a school of excellence in Hull in May.
And Cathrin ...