England international star duo Lisa Wooding and Chloe Rogers were blown away by their success at the KT Cup in Korea.
The Chelmsford Hockey Club pair played a huge part in guiding their country to the six-nations title which saw them finish the tournament unbeaten with four wins and two draws.
Chelmsford ladies' captain Wooding, who started every match for Danny Kerry's outfit, admitted that the triumph had taken time to sink in.
The 26-year-old told the Gazette: "I haven't been sleeping too well since I've got back. I think I'm still getting used to it." Wooding hailed her experience in Asian as 'awesome' and was delighted to be part of the whole set-up.
She said: "We weren't expected to do so well.
"The tour was all about developing what was a really young squad, but after we drew with China we really started to think 'perhaps we could do it'."
Despite a goalless draw with China in their opening match, Wooding was more than pleased with her team-mates' showing.
"It was a daunting experience taking on China, who are fourth in the world, in our first match and I was really nervous beforehand.
"We knew it was going to be tough as we'd only stepped off the plane two days before, while China had been out there a week, but we fought really well and created a lot of chances."
While England were only able to draw 1-1 with India in their next match, a 3-0 triumph over Ireland and an 8-0 drubbing against Malaysia saw them head into their final group match with South Korea in high spirits.
Yet despite going a goal behind to the country ranked six in the world, England fought back to win 2-1 and book their place in the final, which paired them up against the hosts again.
The match followed a similar pattern again, with Korea taking the lead.
But Chelmsford's Rogers played in Cathy Gilliat-Smith for the equaliser as England stormed to a 3-1 victory.
Rogers, who played in four of the six matches, said: "It was a great feeling to set-up the goal seeing as we were 1-0 down at the time."
"The whole tournament was a big learning curve for me and a great experience.
"My next aim is to hopefully make the squad for the Under-21s World Cup in Chile in September."
Both players are now waiting to hear whether their performances in Seoul have earned them a place in the national squad for the Champions Challenge in the United States next month
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Published Tuesday, June 21, 2005
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