Olympics: Scots quartet selected for Olympic volleyball team

Published on 30/06/2012 01:26

Great Britain’s volleyball debut at the Olympics will see the men’s and women’s teams field a total of four Scots.

Glaswegians Chris Lamont and Mark McGivern, who both play in France, have been named in the men’s squad, while Glasgow’s Lynne Beattie, who plays in Spain, and Edinburgh’s Joanne Morgan, who competes in the Netherlands, will feature for the women.

Beattie, who will captain the women’s squad, said: “I am absolutely delighted to be named in the team of 12 as part of Team GB at the London 2012 Olympic Games. I feel honoured to be a part of this amazing team of players and staff who have all been working so hard for the last five years in order to be where we are today, on the brink of our first Olympic Games.”

Team GB chef de mission Andy Hunt paid tribute to the rapid development of the sport in Britain and the dedication of the athletes, with the women’s team having a particularly difficult time as they were not centrally-funded like their male counterparts.