Instead of picking 15 players as was the original intention, Lions management team of Darren Talbot and coach Rebecca Ayton have widened the squad to 23 players due to the amount of talent at their disposal.

This extended squad has been split into 3 sections.

Performance – Players who are pushing for inclusion into the main England Deaf squad in the next 12 months

Development – Players who could reach the Performance level inside the next 12 months with some work.

Junior Lions – Players who are under 19 and not quite ready for the Development squad but with the promise to get there over the next few years

The squad is:-

Player Squad

Mike O’Mahony On field Coach

Aqib Javed Performance

Henry Wainman Performance

Jake Oakes Performance

John Kenward Performance

Saul Allison Performance

Matthew Clinton Performance

James Foster Development

Jamie Sorbie Development

Liam Savage Development

Martin Henderson Development

Mike Kelly Development

Nathan Caddell Development

Niteshk Chavda Development

Aaron Young Junior Lions

Chris Flynn Junior Lions

Dominic Fox Junior Lions

Louis Gray Junior Lions

Luke Riley Junior Lions

Nathan Secombe Junior Lions

Oliver Aspinall Junior Lions

Sarvesh Thiruchelvam Junior Lions

Nisal Karunaratne Junior Lions

The 2015 fixture list is below:-

25th May v Wolverton Town, Milton Keynes

24th-28th August – Tour to Loughborough with matches every day

13th September v Epping, London

For 2016 the Lions will be looking to create an extended fixture list to play against County under 17 teams, which may involve a little more commitment, and hopefully 4 weekends of training over the winter months.