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| Wild Women Captain Charlotte Cramp (Photo by Mark Bird Sports Photography) |
Widnes Wild women’s team captain Charlotte Cramp has been selected to play for the Great Britain students’ team at the World Students Games in Italy in January.
The 2025 FISA World University Games
will take place in the Piedmonte region around Turin from 13th to 23rd January
and will feature a variety of outdoor and indoor winter sports.
Alpine skiing, snowboarding, and
freestyle will be staged in Bardonecchia, cross-country skiing, biathlon, and
ski orienteering in Pragelato, and ski mountaineering in Sestriere.
The indoor sports of figure skating,
short track speed skating and curling will be held in Turin and ice hockey
matches will be divided around three venues - in Pinerolo, Torre Pellice and
Turin.
The GB Students team will come against
opposition from Canada, Chinese Taipei, Czech Republic, Japan, Kazakhstan,
Slovakia, and the USA.
Talking about her GB selection,
Charlotte said:
“I'm so excited to have been selected
to compete in the FISU World University Games with the GB Students Ice Hockey
Team. Being selected for any form of team or competition is amazing, however
this opportunity is an absolute dream come true.”
“I am extremely grateful and excited
for the opportunity to represent GB Students in Torino, Italy in January
2025.Over the next few months I will be putting in a lot of hard work both on
and off the ice to ensure I am ready for the challenges at the World University
Games. Bring on Italy!”
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Charlotte Cramp is now playing in her
fourth season with the Wild women, having joined the team in 2021 from a
background of university hockey with Manchester Metros.
In her previous three seasons with the
Wild, she played 42 games and scored 6 goals and 14 assists.
She is captain of the Wild women’s
team for the second season in a row, having admirably fulfilled the role last
term.
Charlotte is also a qualified match
official and regularly officiates at Moralee and Laidler Division matches in
the NIHL.
Charlotte Cramp has set up a Go Fund
Me page to help with her expenses for the trip such as travel, kit and other
tournament fees, and potential sponsors can find out more HERE
