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Young hopefuls go to Portugal

Filed under: International News,UK National News — Gordon Morrison @ 8 April 2009

minorsblack.jpgFor a third year in a row England Roller Hockey teams are participating in one the most pretigious tournaments in Portugal,
this year I have decided to take a Minors (players born in 1996 & 1997) and Intermediates (players born in 1994) teams, Minors are players involved on 2011 & 2012 projects and Intermediates are players involved on 2010 project. These projects are part of the Development Plan for our sport to develope players to attend their first European Under 17 Championships.

This tournament will take place in Sesimbra a town half hour away from Lisbon, starting on Thursday and finishing on Saturday. The team will fly out on Thursday morning and will return to England on Sunday morning. This tournament will have 4 teams participating in each level from Under 11 to Juniors giving an opportunity for our players to have a couple of competitive games and watch quality Portuguese teams.

Minors Team:
Tommy Allander – Gk (Norwich)
David Jones – Gk (Plymouth)
Jack Tucker – Captain (Kings Lynn)
Scott Neville (Cottenham)
Rees Parfitt (Cottenham)
Alex Jones (Bury)
Harry Parfitt (Peterborough)
Thomas Barry (Cottenham)
Joe Brown (Norwich)
Toni Jones (Bury)

Intermediates Team:
Louie Irvine – Gk (Peterborough)
Mathew Stearn – Gk (Cottenham)
Liam Conroy – Captain (Bury)
Kieran Brady (Bury)
Sam Norris (Bury)
Sam Norton (Ely)
William Smith (Middlesbrough)
Seif Nassir-Ali (Manchester)
Michael Carter (Peterborough)
Josh Taylor (Kings Lynn)

Head Coach – Carlos Amaral
Assistant Coach – Arthur Corr
Manager – Val Conroy

Both teams will play on Thursday against home
team Sesimbra, then depending on the results we will play Friday or
Saturday for 3rd/4th places or Final.

Carlos Amaral

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