British Swimming has unveiled a squad of 26 athletes set to compete at this summer’s European Junior Championships in Antwerp.

And it contains some experienced swimmers in the likes of Lizzie Simmonds (Lincoln Vulcans), who competed at the senior World Championships earlier this year in Melbourne, and Ellen Gandy (Beckenham), a winner of five European Youth Olympic gold medals in 2005.

The team, under the guidance of Head Coach Bill Pilczuk (Swansea Performance), is smaller than in recent years but will be totally focused on maintaining Britain’s impressive record over the past few championships.

Last year from Spain the team returned with 15 medals, a highest total by some margin for an overseas Championships, of which six were gold, seven silver and two bronze. The five-day event will get underway in Antwerp on 18th July.

British Swimming has also announced a team of three that will compete at the European Junior Open Water Championships in Milan in July. The team will be lead by Head Coach Sean Kelly.

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The British squads selected for the European Junior Championships in Antwerp, Belgium (18th to 22nd July) and European Junior Open Water Championships in Milan, Italy (6th July) comprises:

European Junior Championships 2007
Female Names	Club	Current Coach
Alexandra Warren	Bath University	Mark Skimming
Charlotte Broadbent	City of Sheffield	Russ Barber
Ellen Gandy	Beckenham	Tony Beckley
Emma Smithurst	Derventio Excel	Mark Rose
Hannah Askew	Maxwell	Kevin Brooks
Jenna Turner	Ealing	Dave Heathcock
Lauren Collins	Co Birmingham	Adam Ruckwood
Elizabeth Simmonds	Lincoln Vulcans	Marc Spackman
Rebecca Turner	City of Sheffield	Russ Barber
Robyn Matthews	City of Edinburgh	Frederic Vergnoux
Sasha Matthews	Nova Centurion	Bill Furniss
Sophie Allen	Lincoln Vulcans	Marc Spackman
Zoe Hester	Reading	Graeme Thomas
Male Names	Club	Current Coach
Adam Brown	Hatfield	Chris Nesbit
Chris Fox	Wolverhampton	Chris Nesbit
Chris Walker-Hebborn	Team Ipswich	Chris Nesbit
Daniel Scott	Glenrothes	Dave McLean
Grant Turner	Tigersharks	Chris Nesbit
James Doolan	City of Salford	Chris Nesbit
Jonathan Greig	City of Aberdeen	Eileen Adams
Marco Loughran	Guildford City	Chris Nesbit
Max Partridge	Co Sheffield	Russ Barber
Peter Thompson	Middlesbrough	Les Green
Robert Holderness	Millfield	Doug Campbell/Ed Sinclair
Ryan Bennett	Bolton Metro	Hayley Baker
Xavier Mohammed	Bexley	Shelly Camy

Richard Charlesworth	Hatfield	Chris Nesbit
Rachel Jack	City of Leeds	Ian Greyson
Alice McCall	Wigan Best SC	Les France

For further details contact Dave Richards, British Swimming Media Manager, on 01509 632237, 0778 992 6136 or email dave.richards@swimming.org

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