England have named a 12-strong squad of players for the ISF World Schools Championship in Bahrain later this year.

Six boys and six girls will travel to the Gulf state for team and individual competitions in the U18 age group at the tournament, from October 23 to November 1.

They include Butterfly Schools Individual Finals gold medallists Ella Pashley (pictured above), Isaac Kingham, Hannah Silcock and Alex Liu.

The full squad is – girls: Naomi Coker, Lowri Hurd, Saskia Key, Ella Pashley, Hannah Silcock, Mabel Shute; boys: Krish Chotai, Joe Dennison, Ben Dunkley, Isaac Kingham, Alex Liu, Hiko Yan.

Coker, Pashley and Kingham were in the England squad which competed at the U15 ISF World Schools Gymnasiade in Rio last year.

The non-playing captains are Steve Burge, Kate Hughes, Gail Johns and Chris Parker, and umpires Chloe Ireland and Sheila Walshe complete the England delegation.