{"id":136878,"date":"2025-02-11T16:15:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T16:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=136878"},"modified":"2025-02-11T16:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T16:16:10","slug":"australia-womens-u18-touring-squad-for-japan-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/australia-womens-u18-touring-squad-for-japan-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"AUSTRALIA WOMEN\u2019S U18 TOURING SQUAD FOR JAPAN ANNOUNCED"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p><b>Information and photo courtesy of <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/volleyball.org.au\"><b>volleyball.org.au<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Volleyball Australia is pleased to announce a 14-player squad who will head to Japan for a Development Tour from 30 March to 10 April.<\/p>\n<p>The squad will be led by Australia\u2019s Women\u2019s U18 Head Coach Kell Lean, who as a former Volleyroos captain knows exactly what it takes for young players to push their careers forward.<\/p>\n<p>Anni Tang is one player certain to add experience to the squad having last year represented Australia at the 15th Asian Women\u2019s U18 Volleyball Championship in Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving the chance to compete internationally can be a key moment in the development of young players, and the athletes for this Tour&nbsp; have earned themselves a fantastic opportunity,\u201d said Paul Smith, Volleyball Australia National Performance Pathways Manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important that players coming through the pathway have the opportunity to play abroad even in years when the Asian or World Championships are not being held in their age bracket and this Tour will be an exciting one for all involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>2025 WOMEN\u2019S U18 DEVELOPMENT TOUR<br \/>\n30 March-10 April | Japan<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>SQUAD<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Breanna Carrington (QLD)<br \/>\nKennedy Cesari-Ford (VIC)<br \/>\nAllegra Conlon (QLD)<br \/>\nZara Gaviglio (QLD)<br \/>\nCharlie Hannan (QLD)<br \/>\nYichun (Jenny) Jin (VIC)<br \/>\nJocelyn Kerr (VIC)<br \/>\nGreta King (QLD)<br \/>\nJames Lycett (VIC)<br \/>\nMaeve McCowen (QLD)<br \/>\nRuby Smith (VIC)<br \/>\nNina Takahashi (NSW)<br \/>\nAnni Tang (NSW)<br \/>\nAbigail Thie (QLD)<\/p>\n<p><strong>STAFF<\/strong><br \/>\nKell Lean (SA)<br \/>\nMichael Stevens (VIC)<br \/>\nSiobhan Shirlaw (QLD)<\/p>\n<p>QUICK LINKS<\/p>\n<p>AVC Website: click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianvolleyball.net\/\">www.asianvolleyball.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Facebook: click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation\">www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Twitter: click: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/AsianVolleyball\">www.twitter.com\/AsianVolleyball<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Instagram: click: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mikasa Instagram: click: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mikasasports_official\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mikasasports_official<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n<p>AVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information and photo courtesy of volleyball.org.au Volleyball Australia is pleased to announce a 14-player squad who will head to Japan for a Development Tour from 30 March to 10 April&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":136879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider","category-volleyball-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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