Stroud High School student, Ellie Thompson is this week representing Great Britain U18 women in an international Handball tournament in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ellie was selected in the 14 strong squad from a GB training squad which also numbers schoolmates Alex Neilson and Ellie Weekes.
Stroud Handball is in rude health, the girls teams having qualified for the national club finals in both U19 (runners-up) and U16 (winners) age-groups.
Ellie is delighted to pull on the Great Britain shirt and expects to shed a tear when the national anthem is played before each match.
GB are drawn in Group B with Luxembourg, Azerbaijan and Bosnia, with Belgium, Estonia, Cyprus and Moldova also competing.
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