A QUARTET from Essex and Ipswich have made the Great Britain hockey squad for Australia next month to take on the three-time gold medallists in a five-test series.

A QUARTET from Essex and Ipswich have made the Great Britain hockey squad for Australia next month to take on the three-time gold medallists in a five-test series.

Jo Ellis, of Ipswich, Chloe Rogers, Lisa Wooding and Katy Roberts, all of Chelmsford, will make the trip as part of the squad's Olympic preparations.

Squad: A Walker (gk), L Bartlett (Glasgow Western), J Bimson, C Cullen, R Herbert, A Panter, H Richardson (Leicester), H Brown, M Clewlow (Canterbury), C Craddock (Cannock), A Danson, K Walsh (Slough), J Ellis (Ipswich), J Ellis, S Quek (Bowdon Hightown), K Roberts (gk), C Rogers, L Wooding (Chelmsford), B Storry (gk, SCHC), S Thomas (Rotterdam), R Walker, L Wright (Olton & West Warwicks).