England had a busy day preparing for their Turkey trip on Thursday

It was an exciting, and busy, day on Thursday for the players and staff of the England Partially Sighted Team.

Currently in Manchester in preparation for the European Championship that take place in Kayseri, Turkey, the squad's day started with a training session at a nearby college. After the players' hard and very detailed training session it was back to the hotel for a team meeting.

Later in the afternoon there were lots of things happening, from chats with the team Doctor, sessions with the team physio and loads of banter!

Early evening saw the Graham Keeley's team have another great training workout and 'recovery session' for the players.

After dinner, the players and staff were issued with their travel suits for the flight to Turkey and all the team were very upbeat about the trip.

On Saturday they learn their fixture schedule for the tournament. We'll have updates from Turkey throughout the week.