Only 11 days until the Junior team leave Auckland for Europe. The trip this year heads to Liptovsky in Slovakia for the junior world champs which run from July 17th through until July 21st. The team fly into Munich to be met by Martin and Pavel with vans and a trailer from Prague, and drive down into Slovenia to Solkan for a few days of training followed by competition in the first of the Junior world series races.Our next destination was to have been the Czech Republic but our plans have altered following the terrible flooding in Prague and instead of heading up there we are now booked into accommodation in Ljubljana and training at the course at Tacen. From there we head up to Poland and the city of Krakow to train and compete in the second of the junior world series races. This is followed by a short trip back across the border into Slovakia and our stay at Liptovsky Mikulas for the Junior and U23 world champs. We will be joined by the U23 group at this stage.
Travelling with the team this year are Dale Butcher as manager and Wendy Robertson,
Martin Hammer, coach, Pavel Foukal, coach,
Athletes
Matthew Arnott
Marcus Norbury
Finn Butcher
Callum Gilbert
Luke Robinson
Daniel Munro
Tommy McDowell
Jess Bailey
Haylee Dangen
Deahna Shearer
Patrick Washer (u23)
Robin Pieper (u23)
Joining in Liptovsky with ...
Aaron Osbourne (coach)
Ben Gibb
Malcolm Gibson
Shaun Higgins
Anna Higgins
Ella Nicholas (Cook Islands)
