Lockey is not known in Tamarindia at all, apart from a select group of enthusiasts at the Academy for International Relations in Libertad. Here people study for careers in the diplomatic service, the international Units, and other trades relating to the wider world. Fernando Durán, Head of the Experimental Sports department, which means sports not played in Tamarindia, has put together a team of interested players from his department to represent the Tamarindies at the Gregory Cup in Alfabetostuk.
Coach: Fernando Durán, 35
Head of Experimental Sports. A former professional footballer who played for AIR Libertad. Retains a healthy scepticism for experimental sports whilst excelling at pretty much any that he tries out. If he'd started twenty years earlier, could've been an international lockey sensation.
Assitant: Hugo Caillett 43
Lecturer in Experimental Sports. Loves Babbage Rules Football, and is head coach of the Babbage team. As a senior lecturer in Experimental Sports he also has interests in Lockey, Korfball, Quidditch, and the strangest of them all, American Football.
Assistant: Alfredo de Torrente 64
Professor of Experimental Sports. A former professional footballer who played for Unión Libertad. Feels that if he'd started forty years earlier, could've been an international lockey sensation.
The team roster is all made up of final year degree students who are doing their thesis on lockey, and this trip counts as one unit, so you could say their degrees are riding on a good showing.
Keeper: Victor Chacón, 22. Personality/playing style - Flaky. Easily dispirited when things inevitably go wrong.
Sweeper: Jorge de León, 21. Personality/playing style - Resilient. Not easily dispirited when things inevitably go wrong.
Left Fullback: Roy Valverde, 20. Personality/playing style - Eccentric. From the sublime to the ridiculous.
Right Fullback: Thomas Corre, 21. Personality/playing style - Professor. Knows the game of lockey inside out - but only theoretically.
Rover: Kendall Rodríguez, 22. Personality/playing style - Determined. Will get his degree at all costs. Including the opposition.
Left Winger: Clement Fontaine, 22. Personality/playing style - Disinterested. Gifted and frustrating, could be a star, but probably won't.
Right Winger: Jair Sánchez, 22. Personality/playing style - Professor. Knows the game of lockey inside out - but only theoretically.
Attacker: Joel Rivera, 23. Personality/playing style - Athletic. Another word for thin and gymnastic.
Reserve
Keeper: Alain Cazes, 22. Personality/playing style - Brave. Fear will save your life, but courage will get you killed.
Sweeper: Ricardo Salvídar, 21. Personality/playing style - Extrovert. Every Tamarindo is a party animal, but some are more animal than others.
Left Fullback: Mathieu Lebourg, 20. Personality/playing style - Ambitious. Annoyingly competitive with his own team-mates.
Right Fullback: Etienne Papillion, 23. Personality/playing style - Lazy. Considers it a failure if he breaks sweat.
Rover: Michael Rodríguez, 22. Personality/playing style - Laid back. Kick him, hit him, verbally abuse him. No problem.
Left Winger: Alvaro Vergara, 21. Personality/playing style - Extrovert. Is everybody's friend and responsible for team moral. Plays the ukelele.
Right Winger: Olivier Maysonnave, 20. Personality/playing style - Creative. Every play a work of art, but not all art is widely appreciated. Or understood.
Attacker: César Mendieta, 20. Personality/playing style - Unpredictable. Hard to defend against, hard to play with, hard to understand, hard to get on with.