Ben Clague, Jack Maclean, Will Riley, Jolyon Morgan and Mike Wood will all make their Wales senior debuts in the 2018 Men’s Indoor Hockey Championships III in Cyprus this weekend.

Wales head to Bocosia with an exciting blend of youth and experience with Clague and co looking to make the step-up having played in the U21’s EuroHockey indoor tournament last January.

The opening game for Wales comes on Friday against Belarus. They then go on to face Slovenia, Slovakia, Cyprus, Greece and Scotland.

“The indoor championships are always a great opportunity for us to blood new players into the senior environment and we head to Cyprus in good shape. Many of the current senior squad have graduated via this event,” said Wales coach Lee Ible.

“It’s always difficult to predict how we will go on at the event, but what we do know is that we will encounter some more experienced indoor teams. That said, we also know that if we can play to our capabilities we can achieve some positive results.”

Wales Squad: James Carson, Ben Clague, Ali Clift, Kit Cutter, Eddy Evans, Ed Jones, Jack Maclean, Jolyon Morgan, Will Riley, Andrew Seimann, Jack Trantor, Mike Wood.

Fixtures

Friday, 12 January
10:00 – Belarus v Wales
14:30 – Slovenia v Wales

Saturday, 13 January
14.30 – Slovakia v Wales
19.20 – Wales v Cyprus

Sunday, 14 January
09.10 – Wales v Greece
12.40 – Scotland v Wales