Matthews using hockey heroes as motivation for Team Europe's Collins Cup defence
Kat Matthews grew up playing hockey with England's Commonwealth Games heroes but is now bidding to translate her teamwork skills into success at triathlon's equivalent of the Ryder Cup. Exmouth's Matthews, 31, played for the West of England's Under-17s with Giselle Ansley and Maddie Hinch before dropping the sport when she started to take triathlon seriously while working as a physiotherapist for the army at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital.


