ByAnonymous, Anonymous
Matt Crawcour says Team Maccabi GB are setting their sights high ahead of the European Maccabi Games 2015 in Berlin.
TMGB will send athletes in the Open and Masters categories, led by player-manager Crawcour, a former EMG gold medallist.
The delegation has a proud history of winning Squash medals at the EMG’s. They returned from Vienna with five accolades in 2011, including an overall Open Team Gold and Open Singles Gold, to add to Crawcour’s, plus a Masters Singles Silver and Open Singles Bronze.
Crawcour said: "As a squad we are aiming high, even though we have an inexperienced set of players, and we can leave with a team medal.
"Hopefully it will be a gold one and it would be good to also get at least another medal in the individual events.
"We’ve got a number of athletes who are playing in either their first senior squash tournament or their first European Maccabi Games, so there will be a learning curve for some and a baptism of fire for others.
"But I would tell them to enjoy themselves. The best part about representing your country and Community is the pride in bringing a commonwealth sport to Berlin and to have to opportunity for Team Maccabi GB to show our pedigree, as well as hopefully bringing the British/Jewish sense of humour to the court.
"As a player-manager, I will have my work cut out, playing against younger players, but I hope to repeat the success of Vienna in 2011."
SQUAD:
OPEN
Max Ettinger
Jonathan Leslie
MASTERS
Matt Crawcour (Player-manager)
Daniel Kaitiff