Australia Names Boys' Team For July World Juniors
from WS Media
May 23, 2012 - Darwin’s Rhys Dowling will lead the Australian team for the World Junior Boys Championships to be held in Doha, Qatar in July 7-18. Dowling, 17, is joined in the team by Queensland pair Tom Calvert and TJ Rarere, and New South Wales’s Rohan Toole.
Perth’s Mathew Bridle is the non-travelling reserve, while the team will be coached by Australian great Rod Eyles, with South Australian James Rogers the assistant coach.
Dowling is the current Australian Under 17 Champion and has also won national titles at Under 15 and Under 13 levels.
“Making the Australian team had been my top priority, so now that I’ve done that I’ll have to raise the bar a little,” he said. ”Hopefully I will give a good account of myself in Doha, but there will be some very strong nations out there.”
Squash Australia CEO Gary O’Donnell said the team was one of the youngest Australian teams of recent years, with Rarere, at 18, the oldest member of the team.
Dowling and Calvert are both 17, while Toole is just 15 and will still be eligible for the next championships in 2014.
“These four boys have worked incredibly hard over the past 12 months to get themselves selected,” O’Donnell said. “I am confident that they will represent Australia with distinction in Doha.”
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