Victoria v Tasmania – Teams
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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
