A TEENAGER has struck hockey gold after being selected to represent his country.

Cameron Lewis, 17, was selected for the team at the England School Games, which were held in Loughborough between August 30 and September 2.

The deputy head boy at Barnard Castle School, in Barnard Castle, was selected to play for England schools U-18’s team.

The 2018 School Games National Finals, supported by National Lottery funding from Sport England and delivered by the Youth Sport Trust, is a major multi-sport event for the most talented young athletes across the UK and has provided a pathway for many gold medal winning Olympians.

The Hockey finals saw representative teams from Ulster, Scotland and England play four highly competitive tournament round robin games with England coming through to win the gold medal.

Cameron has been a regular participant in England Hockey’s national performance programme since 2013 and has previously been a part of England Hockey’s U-16 futures cup winning team in August 2016, the first time any team representing the North of England has won the competition at either U-16 or U-18 level.

The youngsters, who previously played his Hockey for Richmond Hockey Club, in North Yorkshire, is currently training with Durham University with a view to playing with them for the forthcoming season.

Cameron, of Ovington, in Teesdale, hopes to study engineering at Durham University.

His father, Richard Lewis, said the whole family was incredibly proud.