Great Britain won a fierce battle with Poland 11-9 (1-4, 4-3, 3-1, 3-1) in their third game at the European qualifiers in Kranj on Tuesday morning. Tim Dunsbee’s squad fought back from 1-4 down in the first to level midway through the third quarter, then edged in front early in the fourth. James Blenkinship hit three goals in the last eight minutes to help seal a memorable victory.

James top scored with four, while Dan Paddon (2), Kamz Powell (2), Jordan Elliot (1), Ben Alderson (1) and Harry Bentham (1) were also on target.

Great Britain finished their European qualification campaign with a battling 16-6 (5-2, 3-0, 4-3, 4-1) loss to Slovenia in Kranj on Tuesday evening.
Tom Hunt led the scoring for Great Britain with a hat-trick, while captain Dan Paddon scored twice and Kamz Powell (1) was also on target against the hosts, who were playing their first game of the day.

Unfortunately, Great Britain couldn’t replicate their winning performance from this morning against Poland, but lots of lessons learnt from the tournament and plenty of positives to build on going forward for Tim Dunsbee’s young squad.