{"id":2577,"date":"2008-06-15T10:05:56","date_gmt":"2008-06-15T17:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=2577"},"modified":"2008-06-15T17:27:24","modified_gmt":"2008-06-16T00:27:24","slug":"three-time-defending-isf-jr-champions-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=2577","title":{"rendered":"Three Time Defending ISF Jr. Champions &#8211; Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Australia Will Try to &#8220;Four-Peat&#8221; at Whitehorse in 2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.worldsoftball2008.com\/skin\/jrfastpitchlogo.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/images2\/Softball.AUS.120.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Australian Junior National Team is the proud owner of three gold medals from ISF Junior World Championships, holding the top spot for more than a decade.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.softball.org.au\/site\/softball\/image\/thumbnail\/20055.jpg\" alt=\"Australia's Three Gold Medals\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 2008 Australian Under 19 Men&#8217;s Team to play at the ISF Junior Men&#8217;s World Championship in Canada later this year has been selected.<\/p>\n<p>A team of 17 players and 5 reserves have been selected to represent Australia at the 8th ISF Junior World Championships.<\/p>\n<p>The team will then travel to Canada in June, to try and win Australia&#8217;s fourth consecutive ISF Junior Men&#8217;s World Championship. The World Championship will be held at Whitehorse in Yukon, from 20-29 June.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian Under 19 Men&#8217;s Team won the ISF Junior Men&#8217;s World Championship in Canada in 1997, in Sydney in 2001 and again in Canada in 2005.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The 2008 Australian Under 19 Men&#8217;s Team is as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Steven Albee (NSW)<br \/>\nCraig Bingley (ACT)<br \/>\nCameron Bint (NSW)<br \/>\nAaron Boccardo (WA)<br \/>\nShaun Bostock (NSW)<br \/>\nTyson Duncan (WA)<br \/>\nThomas Edwards (ACT)<br \/>\nDrew Faulkner (Vic)<br \/>\nBeau Harich (WA)<br \/>\nRyan Lavers (NSW)<br \/>\nShane Norman (NSW)<br \/>\nTy Priest (Vic)<br \/>\nBrad Riley (ACT)<br \/>\nRahim Rohizat (WA\/Tas)<br \/>\nMatt Stafford (ACT)<br \/>\nJason Tutt (ACT)<br \/>\nHeath Wells (ACT)<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nPhotos of team members after the jump<\/strong>.  (Profiles not available)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Below: Steven Albee, Craig Bingley, Cameron Bint<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.softball.org.au\/site\/softball\/image\/thumbnail\/20033.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.softball.org.au\/site\/softball\/image\/thumbnail\/20034.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.softball.org.au\/site\/softball\/image\/thumbnail\/20035.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Below: Aaron Boccardo, Shaun Bostock, Tyson Duncan<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.softball.org.au\/site\/softball\/image\/thumbnail\/20036.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.softball.org.au\/site\/softball\/image\/thumbnail\/20037.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.softball.org.au\/site\/softball\/image\/thumbnail\/20039.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Below: Tom Edwards, Drew Faulkner, Beau Harich<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.softball.org.au\/site\/softball\/image\/thumbnail\/20040.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.softball.org.au\/site\/softball\/image\/thumbnail\/20041.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.softball.org.au\/site\/softball\/image\/thumbnail\/20042.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Below:  Ryan Lavers, Shane Norman, Ty Priest<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.softball.org.au\/site\/softball\/image\/thumbnail\/20043.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.softball.org.au\/site\/softball\/image\/thumbnail\/20044.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.softball.org.au\/site\/softball\/image\/thumbnail\/20045.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Below: Brad Riley, Rahim Rohizat, Matt Stafford<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.softball.org.au\/site\/softball\/image\/thumbnail\/20046.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.softball.org.au\/site\/softball\/image\/thumbnail\/20047.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.softball.org.au\/site\/softball\/image\/thumbnail\/20048.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Below: Jason Tutt, Heath Wells, John Neilsen  (Head coach)<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.softball.org.au\/site\/softball\/image\/thumbnail\/20049.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.softball.org.au\/site\/softball\/image\/thumbnail\/20050.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.softball.org.au\/site\/softball\/image\/thumbnail\/20051.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Below:  Gary Butler (Assistant Coach),  Laing Harrow (Specialist Coach), Jodie Sheehan (Team Manager)<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.softball.org.au\/site\/softball\/image\/thumbnail\/20052.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.softball.org.au\/site\/softball\/image\/thumbnail\/20053.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.softball.org.au\/site\/softball\/image\/thumbnail\/20054.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reserves:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shaun Illingworth (WA)<br \/>\nAidan Kajan (NSW)<br \/>\nBrendan Lamb (WA)<br \/>\nMatthew Walker (WA)<br \/>\nLewis Weldon (Vic)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Officials:<\/strong><br \/>\nHead of Delegation &#8211; Phil Matthewson<br \/>\nHead Coach &#8211; John Neilsen<br \/>\nAssistant Coach &#8211; Gary Butler<br \/>\nSpecialist Coach &#8211; Laing Harrow<br \/>\nIT Specialist Coach &#8211; Sandra Evans<br \/>\nTeam Manager &#8211; Jodie Sheehan<br \/>\nStatistician &#8211; Christine Denkel<br \/>\nPhysiotherapist &#8211; Chris Neal<br \/>\nUmpire &#8211; Scott Rindfleish<br \/>\nUmpire &#8211; Darren Sibraa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia Will Try to &#8220;Four-Peat&#8221; at Whitehorse in 2008 The Australian Junior National Team is the proud owner of three gold medals from ISF Junior World Championships, holding the top spot for more than a decade. The 2008 Australian Under 19 Men&#8217;s Team to play at the ISF Junior Men&#8217;s World Championship in Canada later [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,17,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}