Young players picked

Press, 30 December 1976, Page 20

Young players picked

From RAY CAIRNS

Two Canterbury and Wharenui age-group water polo players, John Koens and Paul Rowe, have been named in a squad of 17 from which the first New Zealand under-19 team will be chosen. Both of them are still eligible for the under-15 grade, but they were yesterday named at the conclusion of the Trans Tours national club championship, Koens had already left the Naenae pool for Christchurch, and Rowe was not a member of the Wharenui team competing in the club championship. Neither was Eddy Smolders, another member of the club, and another originally not named in the squad but chosen this time. Two leading contenders from Canterbury, Matt Lewis and Derek Ferigo, were not available, but another Wharenui player, its reserve goalie, Rob Lewington, has been i named.

Tlte complete squads are;—

Senior: Murray Davie, Dennis Reid, Mark Harding, Greg Harding, John Symon, Mark Trembath, Richard Clark, Gary Campbell (all Canterbury); Borgers, Ashley Fogel, Ross Paterson, Paul Dyson (all Wellington); Justin Bannar-Martin, Neville Wiig (both Auckland); Russell McConnochie (Otago).

Under 19: John Davie, Chris Lewis, Lewington, Koens, Smulders, Rowe (all Canterbury); Grahame Duffy, Stephen Williams, Keith Brodie, Chris Jarvis (all Wellington); Chris Tuoro, Bannar-Martin, Torstein Sandoy (all Auckland); Michael Baart, Brendan Horan (Bay of Plenty); Stuart McLaughlan, Jeff Conroy (both Otago).