European Nations Cup – United Kingdom
It is with great pleasure that the UK Electronic Sports Association (UKESA) can today announce it will be the UK's official partner for this seasons ESL European Nations Cup! This time around, the UK will enter a squad in the following disciplines; Counter-Strike 1.6, Unreal Tournament 2004, and Warcraft 3! Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond our control, the UK will not be putting forward a Fifa 2005 squad this time around.
Here is a full run down of the squad rosters as they stand. These are liable to change before the start of the ENC.
Counter-Strike 1.6
Keir 'aKuJii' McCann (Team-Captain)
Stuart 'Harriman' Harriman
Marc 'Mangiacapra' Mangiacapra
Reece 'ZaG' Bullers
Dave 'duck' Pratt
Tom 'Toomy' Harries
Marcus 'Marcus' Hamilton
Warcraft 3
Omar 'Makaveli' Qureshi (Team-Manager)
Alex 'BoNd' Bond (Team-Captain)
Nathan 'Yarakyo' Lau
Mark 'Spike' Quigley
Zeno 'Zeno' Sittas-Constable
Charles 'Kre-peR' Clarke
Unreal Tournament 2004
Paul 'ExeC' Shearing (Team-Manager)
Gaz 'd1cKz' Toone (Team-Captain)
Peter 'Quasar' Light
Paul 'astz' McGarrity
Elliott 'de_ReV' Beresford
All that's left to do is wish our fellow country men the very best of luck, and hope that they all manage to qualify for the LAN finals later this year. All announcements relating to the ENC squads will be made via #UKESA on Quakenet.