Firstly, thank you to everyone who came down to trials. It was a great turnout for the men. Here is some background on the selection process and the thinking of the selectors.
Firstly, we wanted to ensure that all the players who attended trials or said they were available were selected. We have managed to achieve that.
Secondly, we aimed to select the strongest teams given the players available. Hopefully, we have managed to do that.
To achieve the first objective of ensuring everyone who was available was selected, we needed to ask around if other players were available. Without this, we would have only been able to field one 60s side, which would have meant at least 8 players wouldn’t have been able to go to IPT. So, if you see a few names in the teams that you don’t recognize, please understand that this was done to achieve the first objective: to ensure everyone who came to trials or said they were available was selected.
Regarding the ladies, despite canvassing over 20 players, we were unable to get more than 7 players to commit to attending IPT. Hence, it is with regret that WP will not have a representative ladies’ team.
Thanks, The Selections Committee
Teams
| WP 55s | |
|---|---|
| Goalie | Steve Fourie |
| Backs | |
| Allan Isaacs (V/C) | Chris Beart |
| Darren Bunker | Larry Sherman |
| Trevor Joao | |
| Links | |
| Brett Combrink | Brett Furlong (C) |
| Jeremy Beresford | Richard Perez |
| Steve Dugmore | Vinnie Orchard |
| Forwards | |
| James Davis | Neil van Blerk (V/C) |
| Rowland Graney | Stuart McConnell |
| 16 Players | |
| Manager: Maurice Hartshorne | |
| WP 60’s White | |
|---|---|
| Goalie | Mervyn Marcom |
| Backs | |
| Dennis Foster | Deon Maart (V/C) |
| Ian Thompson | Peter Kratz (C) |
| Warren Machanik | |
| Links | |
| Brian Goemans | Colin de la Harpe |
| Martin Duys | Roy Douglas-Henry |
| Forwards | |
| Clinton Brown | Craig Rieder (V/C) |
| Grant Munro | Michael Hartzenberg |
| 14 Players | |
| Manager: Brian Goemans | |
| WP 60’s Blue | |
|---|---|
| Goalie | Karl Luff |
| Backs | |
| Glenn Turner (V/C) | Luigi Tollan |
| Jimmy Shankland | Roger Wood |
| Wayne Keys (C) | |
| Links | |
| Alan Wood | Moir Scholtz |
| Shaun Bougard | Tony Barbour |
| Forwards | |
| Andy Baker | Dave McKechnie (V/C) |
| Leon Lategan | Leo Nolan |
| 15 Players | |
| Manager: Tom Dicker | |
| WP 65’s | |
|---|---|
| Goalie | Derek McMahon |
| B | |
| Andreas Redenz | Ian Raeburn |
| Lance Schkolne (to be confirmed) | Mark Delbridge |
| Mark Watson | Trevor Knight |
| L | |
| Bryan Webster | Eion Jacobs |
| Gary Frayne (C) | John Masters |
| F | |
| Dereck Marnewick | Guy Jenkins |
| Patrick Owen | Stephen Kelly |
| 15 Players | |
| Manager: Stephen Kelly | |
WP 70s
Positions not finalised. Goalie pending.
The team is as follows:
- Bob Commin
- Chris Hayley
- Edmund Fisher
- Glyn Bedford (some games)
- Gys Cilliers
- Johnny May
- John Donald
- John Shardlow (C)
- Lindsay Halkett
- Mike O’Keefe
- Neil Lavin
- Peter Shardlow
- Riel Smit
- Rob Birt
- Rod Palmer
Manager: Chris Hayley