Thursday's Daily Echo carried an article on how the Hampshire Juniors are targeting getting to the English Boys Finals for the third year running which is well worth a read, link below
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/11106829.Hampshire_juniors_targeting_a_big_year/
Unlike the printed version the online version of the article doesn't include the list of players making up the squads in which our Island Juniors from Shanklin, Westridge and Freshwater feature prominently.
HAMPSHIRE SQUADS 2014
TOURNAMENT SQUAD (U18s):
Jordan Sundborg (Shanklin & Sandown), Josh Oddy (Westeridge), Billy Watson (Weybrook Park), Mason Banger (Meon Valley), Chris Blunden* (Sandford Springs), Callum Watson (Stoneham), Travis Yung-Hok (Southwick Park), Conor Richards (Shanklin & Sandown), Hugo Sanders (North Hants), George Burbidge (Hayling), Lawrence Cherry (Stoneham).
* Junior captain
DEVELOPMENT SQUAD (U16s):
Tom Caplehorn (Bramshaw), Brad King (Southwick Park), Josh Sturt (Rowlands Castle), George Saunders (Meon Valley), Ben Ash (Southwick Park), Sam Jerram (Meon Valley), Alex Talbot (Bramshaw), George Faulkner (Freshwater Bay), Jack Warren (Southwick Park), Richard Pharo (Oak Park), George Roberts (Meon Valley).
U14s: Christian Lindgreen (Oak Park), Joe Goodey (Shanklin & Sandown), Jamie Marwick (Corhampton), Charles Morgan (Rowlands Castle), Ossian Tate (Waterlooville), Robbie Flower (Royal Winchester), James Sankey (Royal Winchester), Ryan Furnell (Meon Valley), Henry Doyle (Hartley Wintney), George Caplehorn (Bramshaw), Hector Small (Rowlands Castle), Robert Wheeler (Oak Park).
It doesn't stop there either with Ryan Harmer already making a name for himself in the Colts Team, as well as Shanklin's Nick Matthews and Joe Green carving a niche for themselves in the U12/U13/U14 set up.
The season starts early for the youngsters with the County Junior Championships at Royal Winchester only 10 days away, who knows we might see some trophies heading south across the water?
