Ryan Upton
Northern Ireland U19
184cm
Blocker/Left Side
Home Club: Aztecs Volleyball Club
Career highlights INDOOR: Captain of U17 Northern Ireland, School Games 2017
Career highlights OUTDOOR: Being selected for the Home Nations Beach Volleyball Cup
Favourite player: Earvin N'Gapeth
Favourite place to play beach volleyball: Any beach
Volleyball ambitions: Be the best I can be
Jodie Simmons
Northern Ireland U19
173cm
Defender/Left Side
Home Club: Aztecs Volleyball Club
Career highlights OUTDOOR: Being selected for the Home Nations Beach Volleyball Cup
Adam Hall
Northern Ireland U19
165 cm
Defender/Right Side
Home Club: Aztecs Volleyball Club
Career highlights INDOOR: Playing for U20 national team
Career highlights OUTDOOR: Being selected for the Home Nations Beach Volleyball Cup
Favourite player: Jenia Grebennikov
Favourite place to play beach volleyball: Rimini beach, Italy
Volleyball ambitions: To get to the highest level that I am capable of getting to
Mathieu Outhwaite
Northern Ireland U20
170 cm
Defender/Right Side
Home Club: NIVB
Career highlights INDOOR: Northern Ireland Senior International, NVL Super 8’s
Career highlights OUTDOOR: Being selected for the Home Nations Beach Volleyball Cup
Favourite player: Dustin Whatten indoor, McKibbon brothers outdoor
Favourite place to play beach volleyball: Portrush
Volleyball ambitions: Continue to represent Team Northumbria and Northern Ireland
Harvey Whiteside
Northern Ireland U20
167cm
Blocker/Left Side
Home Club: Queens
Favourite player: Matt Anderson
Favourite place to play beach volleyball: Portrush in the sun
Volleyball ambitions: To play the best and compete with them
Alice Cochrane
Northern Ireland U18
164cm
Split Blocker/Right Side
Home Club: Aztecs Volleyball Club
Career highlights INDOOR: Representing Northern Ireland at School Games 2017
Playing for Aztecs in Portugal
Playing against Southern Ireland at St. Patrick's day friendly
Career highlights OUTDOOR: Being selected for Home Nations Beach Volleyball Cup
Favourite player: April Ross
Favourite place to play beach volleyball: Our beach pad in Portadown
Volleyball ambitions: To achieve my potential
Milenka Rygielska
Northern Ireland
164 cm
Split Blocker/Left Side
Home Club: Ballymoney Blaze
Career highlights INDOOR: Representing Northern Ireland at School Games for 2 years in a row
Career highlights OUTDOOR: Being in the NIR highest placed women's team in a CEV competition in Portrush
Favourite player: Jess Grimson
Favourite place to play beach volleyball: Portrush East Strand
Volleyball ambitions: To win the All Ireland indoor final with my school team and to continue representing Northern Ireland in both indoor and outdoor volleyball
Sarah Scott
Northern Ireland U18
169 cm
Split Blocker/Left Side
Home Club: Ballymoney Blaze
Career highlights INDOOR: Representing Northern Ireland at the School Games in 2015, 2016 and 2017 as well as representing with the senior national team in the season.
Career highlights OUTDOOR: Representing Northern Ireland in a CEV competition and earning 5th place.
Favourite player: Earvin N’Gapeth
Favourite place to play beach volleyball: Portrush
Volleyball ambitions: To continue to train hard in order to become the best I can be