Seven NSW players selected for Pararoos tournament
Pararoos Head Coach Kai Lammert has named his 14-player squad, with seven hailing from NSW, that will compete at the upcoming IFCPF World Championships(cp2017.com.ar) which will be held in San Luis, Argentina from Wednesday 6 September to Sunday 24 September 2017.
Jack Williams, Christopher Pyne, Matthew Hearne, Ben Atkins, Benjamin Sutton, James Turner and Zachary Jones will all don the Green and Gold jersey doing NSW proud in the process.
The Pararoos, who are currently ranked 16th in the world, have been drawn in Group D along with the Ukraine(1st), USA (6th) and Northern Ireland (13th) (www.ifcpf.com/ranking)
Having had the benefit of a number of training camps recently, Lammert is quietly confident of his team’s prospects heading into the tournament.
“We have had four really good training camps, two in Sydney and two in Melbourne, in the lead up to the tournament,” said Lammert.
“I believe that we have a good competitive squad, with plenty of depth and options tactically.
“There is no denying that we have been drawn in a tough group, but our goal is to improve in every game we play and finish higher than 14th, which is what we did at the last World Championships in Spain (2013).
“We are all focused on taking our game to the next level and we’ll see what happens after the group stage,” concluded Lammert.
Their first match of the tournament will be against the USA on Monday 11 September, followed by the Ukraine on Wednesday 13 September and their final group match against Northern Ireland will be played on Friday 15 September (see attachment for full fixture details
The Pararoos will assemble for a Pre-Departure Training Camp at Valentine Sports Park from 2-6 September before heading to Argentina.
1 CHRISTOPHER BARTY – WESTERN AUSTRALIA
2 BENJAMIN ROCHE – VICTORIA
3 JACK WILLIAMS – NEW SOUTH WALES
4 NICHOLAS PRESCOTT – WESTERN AUSTRALIA
5 RAYMOND ELLERY – WESTERN AUSTRALIA
6 CHRISTOPHER PYNE – NEW SOUTH WALES
7 DAVID BARBER – QUEENSLAND
8 MATTHEW HEARNE – NEW SOUTH WALES
9 BEN ATKINS – NEW SOUTH WALES
10 BENJAMIN SUTTON – NEW SOUTH WALES
11 JAMES TURNER – NEW SOUTH WALES
12 CHRISTIAN TSANGAS – VICTORIA
13 COSIMO CIRILLO – VICTORIA
14 ZACHARY JONES – NEW SOUTH WALES
Pararoos Staff:
- Kai Lammert | Head Coach
- Goran Stajic | Assistant Coach
- Mike Harkness | Goalkeeper Coach
- Sam Donaldson | Physiotherapist
- Michael Mrozinski | Team Doctor
- Marty Judge | Team Manager
*Image courtesy of That Football Photog
