Our New Zealand teams head off to Los Angeles over the next few days. We have a large contingent in the NZ Group well over 50 strong.
The Senior Men and Senior Women will play at NARCh in the Men's Pro and Plat and the Women in the Gold/ Plat division. The schedule should be released shortly and the link will be posted as soon as we have it.
The Junior Men and 21 & Under teams commence from Jun 21 in the midget, junior and men's divisions. In addition we have organised additional games and training times with local teams in Irvine a short distance from Huntington Beach.
The teams are a mix of returning and new players looking for an experience of a lifetime playing in an American Championship with teams from all over the USA.
Kane Taylor is also attending to meet with and observe and discuss game officiating technique in an effort to improve our knowledge base in New Zealand when running seminars and mentoring our own referees. Before he heads off he is hosting a referee seminar in the Lower North tomorrow. So if you have not registered and keen to attend, get in touch with the LNI on facebook for more information.
We wish our teams and coaches Bevan Varney, Corey Down and Matt Chan all the best while in LA. Sincerest thanks to Pete Shields, Jenny Henry, Jo Shields and Nicole Grimme for donating their valuable time to ensure our players are well cared for while on foreign soil.
We look forward to updates as the championship progress. The event schedule can be found here.
There have been changes to the rosters over the last couple of months due to player availability and conflicts with exams. The final rosters are listed below.
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