December 14, 2009

The 2010 Men’s U17 Pan American Youth Championship Team has been announced. Congratulations to the following athletes who will represent Canada at the first ever Youth Olympic Qualifier, held February 6-14, 2010 in Hermosillo, Mexico. More information on the team can be found at http://2010youthpanam.ca/index_t.html.

Pan American Youth Championship Team Roster

Antoine Bilinski, Vancouver Hawks
Alex Smith, Saint Georges
Brenden Bissett, Saint Georges
Spencer Curran, West Vancouver/Burnaby
Justin Dhaliwal, India Club
Sunny Dhindsa, United Brothers
Gurteg Gill, India Club
Gabriel Ho-Garcia, Burnaby
Gordon Johnston, Vancouver Hawks
Andrew Kanerva, Tsawwassen Falcons
Louie Plottel, Vancouver Hawks
Navi Purewal, India Club
Chris Roydhouse, Jokers
Tony Sidhu, United Brothers
Alex Wharton, Vancouver Hawks
Paul Wharton, Vancouver Hawks

Tournament Staff:
Head Coach: Aaron Guest
Assistant Coach: Minder Gill
Manager: Alvin Bissett
Physiotherapist: Steacy Alexander

Reserve Athletes:
Max Coert, Vancouver Hawks
Jack Hyslop, Vancouver Hawks
Brent McNeil, Tsawwassen Falcons
Axel Morrison, Victoria
Gagan Sandhu, India Club
Jatinder Sivia, United Brothers

Field Hockey BC earned the right to send two teams to represent Canada at the Pan American Youth Championships by winning the Gold Medal at both the Girls and Boys Canadian Under 16 National Championships this past summer. The boys’ tournament is being held in Hermosillo, Mexico in February, 2010 and the girls in Montevideo, Uruguay in March 2010. Learn more about the teams, their story and how you can help the U17 Pan Am Teams achieve excellence at the following link: http://2010youthpanam.ca/index_t.html.