The United Kingdom will be sending four players to May’s Sjoelen World Cup in Bischheim, France – doubling the number who competed in the previous edition.
Sjoelen UK’s original players, Bethany Burrow and James Atherton will be back for their second World Cup and they will be joined by new teammates Tom Burrow and Constance McIntosh Smith.
Tom is a veteran of the sport, having made his own board based on guesstimated measurements and memory after learning to play in Spain in the 1980s. With no domestic competitions to compete in over the last few decades, this will be Tom’s first competition and he is looking forward to meeting Sjoelen players from all over the world.
A relative newcomer to Sjoelen, Constance will also be competing in her first tournament. She had never encountered the sport until she started playing at Sjoelen UK’s sponsors, Beerblefish Brewing Co., but quickly picked up decent technique and some great scores.
The Sjoelen UK team will be competing at the Parc des Sports de Bischheim, near Strasbourg in France on 9-11 May 2024 against teams from across the globe, including Sweden, the USA, Suriname, the Netherlands, Portugal and this year’s hosts, France. They will be participating individually in the men’s and women’s competitions and (with an as yet unknown fifth player) in the team competition.
