Australia and New Zealandhave accepted the invitation by the Turkish Handball Federation, through itsPresident Mr. Tank Cengiz, to participate in the Tri-Nations tournament. The training camp, which will be held during 12th – 14thFebruary 2010, will focus on tactical preparation for Australia’s participation in thissignificant handball event.
The camp, the first for 2010,will feature six 2 hour sessions and will be held at Football NSW, Valentine Park, 235-257 Meurants Lane, Glenwood.
In addition to the followingsquad members, several other players have also been given an opportunity totrial at this camp:
New South Wales
Pascal Winkler (Sydney University)
Richard Ridley (Hills)
Michael Thomas (Harbourside)
Luka Krajnc (Hills)
Mitchell Hedges (Harbourside)
Robert Ridley (Hills)
Steve Plummer (Sydney University)
Ognjen Matic (UTS)
Queensland
Dan Kelly (University of Queensland)
Victoria
Nick Kodric
Australian Capital Territory
Rob Lans (CanberraHC)
Curtis Eitzen (CanberraHC)
Coach: Taip Ramadani
AssistantCoaches:Russell Garnett & Zlatan Ivankovic
TeamManager:John Calvert
The man behind the idea for theannual Tri-Nations tournament and Chief Executive Officer of gutto.biz, Mr Tarkan Batgun willalso attend the camp to speak about the significance and the objectives of thisannual tournament. Mr Batgun has also been coordinating plans with the TurkishHandball Federation for another training camp in Istanbul, leading to the GallipoliTri-Nations Tournament.
Eight European-based playerswill also be considered for selection to the 14-man squad that will betravelling to Turkeyin April.
This camp also forms part of theTowards Sweden 2011 Program as preparation of the Men’s Team toparticipate in the next World Championship to be held in Sweden.
For further information, please contact the AHF Media &Public Relations Officer, Violi Calvert by email: [email protected] by phone:
+ 61 408 22 77 94.
