New glamorous look for GB women's hockey
10 members of the GB women's hockey squad pose for a shoot in London's Dalston, organised by their sponsors, Investec. From left: Sarah Robertson, Sophie Bray, Alex Danson, Sam Quek, Joie Leigh, Maddie Hinch, Lily Owsley, Kate Richardson-Walsh (captain), Hollie Webb, Georgie Twigg
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24-year-old midfielder Georgie Twigg has a law degree from Bristol and a training contract with law firm Bird & Bird lined up in 2016. 'We are quite a superstitious team,' she says. 'If we win the first game then everyone has to sit in the same place in the changing room.'Picture: Pip
30-year-old forward Alex Danson was chosen among the 25 best hockey players in the world by Telegraph Sport. Outside hockey she loves cycling, surfing and climbing, and her personal sports hero is Olympic rower and gold medallist Katherine Grainger.
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Goalkeeper Maddie Hinch studied sport and exercise science at the University of Loughborough and is a self-employed hockey coach. In 2014, she was nominated for the FIH world best female goalkeeper.
Hollie Webb, 24, studied economics at Sheffield and balances her job on the squad with a place on the finance graduate scheme at DEFRA (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs). "It’s a completely different life," she says of her job at DEFRA. "But it also puts into perspective that I am very lucky to be able to do hockey full time."
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Alex Danson, Maddie Hinch, Sam Quek, Kate Richardson-Walsh, captain of the team, and Georgie Twigg
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Kate Richardson-Walsh is captain of the GB hockey team and its longest serving member. She is also the most capped athlete in the team, having played in 336 international hockey games. Kate is married to Helen Richardson-Walsh, a GB midfielder. Both are likely to retire after the 2016 Olympics and to win gold there would, Kate says, be "what dreams are made of".
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At 20, Lily Owsley is the youngest member of the squad. Until recently, she was an 800m athlete and now plays in forward position on the hockey pitch. She loves to play backgammon in her spare time and says runner Usain Bolt is "the most naturally gifted sportsman the world has ever seen."
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Hollie Webb, Lily Owsley, Sophie Bray, Joie Leigh and Sarah Robertson
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Sophie Bray has a psychology degree from the University of Birmingham and plays in forward position. Off the pitch, she works part-time for Dutch asset management company Dimensys.
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Sam Quek plays in defence position. When she finally hangs up her hockey stick, she plans to "go travelling and see the world," she says.
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Forward Sarah Robertson attended Edinburgh University, where she studied law. Her proudest achievement within hockey, she says, is "representing Scotland at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games".
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