 Academy Squads named
The Gordon U21 and U19 Academy squads have been named for 2008-09. These players have an exciting program mapped out for them over the next season and they should certainly benefit from the expert coaching they will receive, as well as displaying their talents in a number of trial games.
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(Emile Van Schalkwyk in action)
The Under 21 squad includes a couple of newcomers as well as two ‘returnees’ to Gordon. We welcome Peter Drysdale from New Zealand. Peter has represented Northern Districts (NZ) up to U19 level and is keen to experience Australian conditions. We also have yet another talented Central Coast player,Damien Way, joining the club and we wish him and Peter all the best for 2008-09.
Returning to the club after missing the whole of last year with a back injury is Emile Van Schalkwyk. “Vandog” (that’s how he signs off on his emails!) is raring to go after a very frustrating last season and we wish him every success in an injury-free season. We also look forward to Hamish Angus playing full time when he returns from his GAP year in England towards the end of the year. At present he’s playing cricket in the same team as Julian Stephenson and I’m sure he’ll have plenty of stories when he gets back.
It will also be good to see Robert Edwards, a very well performed young cricketer, playing this season, now that he has completed his school commitments.
This is a really talented bunch of young players. They are in this squad because the club considers them to be prospective First Grade players (four of them have already experienced the top grade) and so it is expected that they should be putting lots of pressure on the more established members of First Grade through the season.
The Under 19 squad contains players from our last two AW Green Shield teams. All these boys are still at school but we hope to see them perform well in the Academy games against local schools and also, in many cases, fill in at various times through the season. It is a very important opportunity for them to develop their skills before they begin their grade careers.
I’d like to wish all the Academy members the very best as they begin the season. Let’s hope that by the end of 2008-09 we’re all discussing the great achievements of many of them.
The schedule of Academy events can be downloaded from here ...Academy Schedule...
Under 21 Squad
- Hamish Angus
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Chris Archer
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Reece Bombas
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James Campbell
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Nick Cheadle
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Steve Colley
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Adam Cubbage
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Peter Drysdale
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Cameron Eccles
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Robert Edwards
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Harry Evans
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Matt Jones
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James Kennedy
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Blair Lindsay
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Dan Mahaffey
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Elliot Richtor
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Chad Soper
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Harry Turner
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Emile Van Schalkwyk
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Damien Way
Under 19 Squad
- Hugo Anderson
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Mark Anderson
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Ben Cannon
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Henry Carmichael
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Declan Jakrot
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Tom Lamont
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Tom Ledgerwood
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Sam Monk
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Michael O’Shea
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Alex Shaw
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Angus Sinclair
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Dan Lake
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Jono Wigham
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