Kent hockey stars dominate Great Britain’s 18-strong squad for the FIH World League Final in Argentina next month.

Canterbury’s Susannah Townsend is joined in the party heading to Rosario for the competition which runs from December 5-13 by Holcombe stars Maddie Hinch, Emily Maguire, Sam Quek and Nicola White.

Maguire and White should make it to a half-century of GB caps during the tournament, which they enter with 48 and 49 appearances respectively.

Quek is recalled after missing the World League Semi-Final in June, a tournament in which GB secured their qualification for the Rio 2016 Olympics, though she did join her Holcs teammates and former Sutton Valence School pupil Townsend in the England squad which won gold at the EuroHockey Championships in London in August.

GB will be joined in the pool by hosts Argentina, whom they face in their opening game, before taking-on old foes Australia and China.

They will also play a three-match Test series in Tucuman before the competition, with an additional seven players available to GB Head Coach Danny Kerry - formerly coach of Canterbury Ladies.

Kerry said: “Our time in Argentina affords us two great opportunities in the three match test series in Tucumán, and the World League Finals in Rosario.

“Over the course of those events we will use 25 players for a number of different aims. It will provide us team and individual competition development exposure.

“As part of that we will look at a number of combinations under test match and tournament conditions allowing us to further build our capacity in the many facets of performance.

“It has been a difficult selection as we will leave behind a number of athletes that could easily swap in for those selected. This is testament to the strength we have in depth in this Olympic cycle.”