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Three Western netballers have been included in a group of eighteen players who have been invited to trial for a place in the New Zealand U21 team to play at the 2009 World Youth Championships. The New Zealand U21 team trials will take place in Wellington, 12-13 May.
Netballers from the Western region to trial are Jodi Beaumont, Alanah Cassidy and Claire Kersten. Both Jodi and Alanah featured strongly in the Western team who placed third overall in the recent Lois Muir Challenge.
Three further Western players have been selected as reserves for the trials and they are Sam Durie-Aranga, Natalie Moore and Te Paea Selby-Rickit.
Following the trials, New Zealand U21 coach Yvette McCausland-Durie will name a team of twelve to represent New Zealand in the 2009 World Youth Championships to be held between 11-20 August in the Cook Islands.
New Zealand won gold at the previous Netball World Youth Championships in 2005.
The NZU21 Trialists are:
Jodi Beaumont - Western
Hannah Broederlow - Pulse
Alanah Cassidy - Western
Emily Close - Otago
Hayley Croft - Southland
Kayla Cullen - Auckland Waitakere
Paula Griffin - Pulse
Larrissa Herrison - Pulse
Emma Iverson - North
Claire Kersten - Western
Charlotte Kight - Tactix
Camilla Lees - Pulse
Jess McCormack - NNZ Accelerant Group
Jess Moulds - Otago
Julianna Naoupo - Southern Steel
Jaimee Power - Otago
Grace Rasmussen - Mystics
Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit - Steel
Reserves:
Te Amo Amaru-Tibble - Pulse
Sam Durie-Aranga - Western
Natalie Moore - Western
Te Paea Selby-Rickit - Western
Elias Shadrock - Magic
Sulu Tone-Fitzpatrick - Auckland Waitakere
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