Victoria v Tasmania – Teams

by Team BV

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Unavailability for some of Victoria’s key players has meant youth gets its opportunity in the 2016 Test series against Tasmania in Devonport from December 4 to 6.
Aaron Wilson, Barrie Lester and Carla Krizanic are all representing Australia at the World Bowls Championships in Christchurch, meaning opportunities for new players to test themselves at State level in the series at Spreyton Bowls Club.
In the women’s teams, ex-Tasmanian Makayla Gibson and Bendigo teenager Amelia Bruggy have been elevated to the senior squad.
Their four – also including Jody Nevill (Bundoora RSL) – will be skipped by teenager Tiffany Brodie (Fitzroy Victoria), who only made her senior debut last season but has blossomed into one of Australia’s most promising players since.
Experienced hands Nic Shortis and Brooke Edwards are the other women’s skips – Brooke’s sister Blaine joining her and mum Gayle (all Altona) in the Victorian squad.
Bendigo’s Stephanie Priest, a key part of the Bendigo Campaspe team which won the 2016 Women’s Region Sides Championship, has also been selected.
The men’s side retains the core of the team which won last season’s National Sides Championship. But Josh Rudd (Wodonga) who impressed in the Under 25s last season, is elevated to the squad along with Altona’s Ben Loughlin.
No surprises that Curtis Hanley is given a senior Victorian debut after making the 2016 Australian Indoor final – beating Aron Sherriff along the way.
Hanley (Melbourne BC) will lead for Nick McIntyre (Whittlesea). Matthew Flapper (Ocean Grove) and another with plenty of top-level experience, Wayne Roberts (Yarraville-Footscray) are the other skips. 
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Victoria – Men

Position
Player
Club 

1

Dane McKinnon

Altona

2

Brad Orr

Shepparton Golf

3

Dylan Fisher

Fitzroy Victoria

4 (Skip)

Matthew Flapper

Ocean Grove

Position

Player

Club 

1

Curtis Hanley

Melbourne

2

Ben Loughlin

Altona

3

Josh Corless

Bundoora RSL 

4 (Skip)

Nick McIntyre

Whittlesea

Position

Player

Club

1

Liam Garlick-Adams

Altona

2

Josh Rudd

East Shepparton

3

Nathan Wilson

Essendon

4 (Skip)

Wayne Roberts

Yarraville Footscray

Manager: Pat Clark

 
Victoria – Women

Position
Player
Club

1

Stephanie Priest

Bendigo

2

Kylie Whitehead

Wodonga

3

Gayle Edwards

Altona

4 (Skip)

Brooke Edwards

Altona

Position

Player

Club

1

Blaine Edwards

Altona

2

Tayla Spence

Bundoora RSL

3

Rebecca McMahon

City of Colac

4 (Skip)

Nicole Shortis

Leopold Sportsman’s

Position

Player

Club

1

Amelia Bruggy

Bendigo

2

Jody Nevill

Bundoora RSL

3

Makayla Gibson

Bundoora RSL

4 (Skip)

Tiffany Brodie

Fitzroy Victoria

Coach: Jan Hurst Manager: Meredith Norton