READING’s Maria Tsaptsinos says she and her teammates are ready to “show what we’re made of” after being named in the England squad for the Commonwealth Games.

The 20-year-old (pictured) has been named alongside Tin-Tin Ho, Kelly Sibley and Denise Payet for the event in Gold Coast, Australia, in April.

She said: “I’m very happy with my selection and feeling good. We’ve got a good team heading out there and good preparation coming up.

“I feel confident we can go out and get some medals and show people what we are made of.”

Tsaptsinos, a student at the University of Nottingham, has experienced a multi-sport event before at the World University Games in Taiwan last year.

She added: “I’ve stayed in an athletes’ village before and it will be great to do that again. I think I’ll enjoy it even more.

“As a geographer it will be nice to see the landscape in Australia and I want to see how the people live. It will be a cool place to go, but we’re not there on holiday – we see ourselves as definitely in the mix for medals.

“In the team, I think Singapore will be the main threat. India are also tough competitors, but Singapore have got another level.

“I think we can also get some medals in the doubles. We don’t know who we’ll be playing with yet, but all our combinations are good.”

Tsaptsinos has already been named in the England squad for the Team World Cup, to be held at the Copper Box Arena in London from February 22-25.