Leeds Olympians to watch

Olympics Matt Holland & Ed Scott - (GB Men’s Water Polo) Preliminaries 31 July, 4, 6 August // Quarter Final, 8 August // - Semi Final, 10 August // Final, 12 August With Team GB facing the Gold, Silver and Bronze medallists from Beijing in their group it will be a tough test, but we’re sure they’ll be up for the challenge. Ashleigh Ball - (GB Women’s Hockey) Preliminaries, 31 July, 4, 6 August // Quarter Final, 8 August // - Final and Bronze Medal Match, 10 August With 47 England caps and five for Great Britain, Ash will be adding the Olympic Games to her playing CV after already competing at both the Commonwealth Games in 2010 and World Championships in 2011. The midfielder scored some crucial goals in this year’s Champions Trophy against China and Germany to help Great Britain finish in second place. Rebecca Gallantree - (GB Women’s Diving) 3m Springboard preliminaries, 3 Aug // Semi Finals and Final, 4 Aug // - 10m Platform preliminaries, 8 Aug // Semi Finals and Final 9 August Rebecca competed at the Olympic pool in London during the diving World Cup and is raring to go for the Olympics. Now settled in Leeds having studied Sport and Exercise Sciences she is on course to compete in two separate diving events. Jack Oliver - (GB Weightlifting) 77kg Class Heats and Final, 1 August Jack smashed the British under 20 and under 23 records at the World Championships held at Disneyland Paris in November last year. Having rapidly risen through the rankings over the last six years Jack was selected to represent England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi finishing eighth.