New Zealand Under 19 Volleyball team will compete against the Australian Under 19 team in a 5 match test series for the Murry Mansfield Trophie held at the end of this month.
Volleyball BOP will host 2 of these matches at Bethlehem College on Sept 29th (game 2) and Sept 30th (game 3), both games start at 6.30pm.
The Bay will be strongly represented in the NZ team with 6 players in the line up:
Patrick McConnell (Trident), Michael Wright (Western Heights), James Thomas, Cameron Shaw (Tauranga Boys') Reuben Gillard and Ben O'Dea (Otumoetai).
Come along and support the team and our local players as they attempt to regain the Trophie! Tickets are $5 for adults and $2 for school children.
Click here to view the series poster.
1 NZL beat AUS 3-2; 24-26,25-23,25-23,19-25,15-8
2 AUS beat NZL 3-1; 25-23, 25-13, 25-27, 27-25
3 NZL beat AUS 3-2; 21-25, 26-24, 20-25, 25-23, 15-7
4 AUS beat NZL 3-1; 25-18, 24-26, 25-13, 25-10
5 NZL beat AUS 3-2; 22-25, 18-25, 25-20, 25-22, 15-121 AUS beat NZL 3-1; 25-23, 16-25, 25-22, 25-162 NZL beat AUS 3-1; 25-23, 27-25, 11-25, 25-21
3 AUS beat NZL 3-1; 13-25, 12-25, 25-20, 17-254 NZL beat AUS 3-2; 27-25, 25-23, 21-25, 17-25, 15-135 Aus beat NZL 3-0; 25-14, 25-13, 25-18