UK esports body British Esports has announced the players representing Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the inaugural European Games Esports Championships.
This takes place in Katowice, Poland, from June 30th to July 2nd 2023 and will feature Rocket League and eFootball, with the latter having an Open tournament and a Women’s tournament.
The UK Williams Resolve Rocket League team will represent Great Britain (pictured above), while eFootball player Cerith Dennis will represent Great Britain in the eFootball Open, and Emzii, gold medallist from the Commonwealth Esports Championships last year, will represent Northern Ireland in the eFootball Women tournament.
As the official member federation of the Global Esports Federation, British Esports is responsible for the selection and participation of Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the first ever European Olympic-sanctioned Esports competition.
Following on from the Commonwealth Esports Championships in August, 2022, the Global Esports Federation, in partnership with the European Olympic Committee (EOC), have established an esports pilot at the forthcoming European Games – the European Games Esports Championships. Great Britain and Northern Ireland will join over 7,000 athletes representing 48 countries at the third edition of the European Games.
Players representing Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2023 European Games Esports Championships
The best of British 🎮
— British Esports (@British_Esports) May 30, 2023
Rocket League 🏎@FlamE_RL @Breezi_EU @Noahsaki_ @TadpoleRL
eFootball ⚽@Emzii192 @cerithdenniss
The big boss man 😤@Markantweller #EGE23 pic.twitter.com/bLX3g1hsLg
Mark Weller, Great Britain & NI Team Manager, will spearhead the efforts in Katowice this June, and will be joined by the following athletes:
Rocket League
- Jack ‘FlamE’ Pearton (England)
- George ‘Breezi’ Rusiecki (Wales)
- Noah ‘Noahsaki’ Gillespie (England)
- *Euan ‘Tadpole’ Ingram (Wales) – Team coach for Great Britain & NI Rocket League
eFootball™ Open
- Cerith ‘Cerithdennis” Dennis (Wales)
eFootball™ Women
- Emma ‘Emzii’ Rose (Northern Ireland)
“I’m both excited and honoured to lead Great Britain & NI into our very first Olympic sanctioned event at the up and coming 2023 European Games,” said Mark Weller, Team Manager, Great Britain & NI, on the European Games Esports Championships news. “I believe our selection holds some of the best British talent within each title, some of which have represented their nation before during the hugely successful Commonwealth Esports Games in 2022. I look forward to flying out to Poland later this year and showcasing some of the best British esports talent on the global stage.”
“We’re thrilled to be a part of the latest Olympic movement in esports, which will see Great Britain & NI competing against other nations across Europe,” said Andy Payne OBE, Chair, British Esports. “The Commonwealth Esports Championships was a great first step, and this latest competition further demonstrates the wider acceptance of esports across Europe – and the world.”
There’s more info on the European Games Esports Championships at https://britishesports.org/european-games-poland-2023
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
