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Australian Men's Handball Team to Compete in Oceania Region World Championship Qualifyer

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MEDIA RELEASE

AUSTRALIAN MEN’S TEAM FOR OCEANIA QUALIFYER

The Australian Handball Federation [AHF] is pleased to announce the composition of the Australian Men’s Team to participate in the Oceania Men’s Handball World Championship Qualifying Tournament to be held in Wellington, New Zealand during 7 – 10, April 2008.

The players were selected following evaluation of their performance at the national training camps held in January and February 2008, the National Championships in October 2007 and the Queensland local competition.

The Australian Men’s Team for the Oceania Qualifying Tournament is comprised of:

Player No.    Player                        Position             State

      2          Taip Ramadani           Pivot                    ACT
      5          Todd Morschel            Pivot                    QLD
      7          Jason Hoppner           Centre Back          QLD
      8          Michael Thomas          Right Back            NSW
     11         Adrian Van Bussel        Right Back            NSW
     12         Karim Shehab             Goalkeeper           QLD
     15         Daniel Kelly                 Right Wing           QLD
     16         Jim Varkanitsas           Goalkeeper           VIC
     19         Anthony Deane            Left Wing              NSW
     20         Russell Garnet             Centre Back           NSW
     21         Ognjen Matic               Left Back               NSW
     24         Curtis Eitzen                Goalkeeper            NSW
     27         Richard Ridley              Left Wing              NSW
     28         Mladen Turanjanin        Left Back               VIC

AHF wishes the Australian Men’s Team a successful participation in the Oceania Qualifying Tournament with the aim of representing Australia and the Oceania Region in the Men’s Handball World Championship to be held in Croatia in January 2009.

For any further information about this media release, please contact the AHF Media & Public Relations Officer, Violi Calvert through email: [email protected]. or by phone: + 61 408 22 77 94.