Sedgefield Water Polo Club members Michael Cousins 16, Kris Egginton 16 and Ben Stephenson 15 were part of the England under 18 team that played in the EU Nations trophy in Brno in the Czech Republic. England defeated the home team 10-6, Denmark 27-2, Austria 9-4, Switzerland 8-6, Scotland 18-3 but lost their final game against South Africa 8-6 to finish runners-up. The three Sedgefield players played a big part with Ben Stephenson being England’s top scorer with 12 goals, Michael Cousins got 7 and Kris Egginton 5 goals. All three are getting ready for the European qualifiers in Manchester in May for GB against Ukraine, Rumania, Israel and Lithuania.