New Zealand Under 19 Ultimate boys and girls teams to face Australia

This weekend at Parr’s Park in West Auckland, the New Zealand Under 19 Ultimate boys and girls teams will face off against the Australian Under 19 teams in the first ever tournament of its kind.

This series is the culmination of New Zealand Ultimate’s 2011 Juniors programme, which NZU launched in March of this year.  The long term goal of the programme is to promote the sport within this younger age group and there is serious consideration being given to attempt to send the Under 19 teams to the World Under 19 Championships in 2012.

This Saturday night and all day Sunday, the players' and coachs' hard work will culminate in a best-of-three match series against the traditional trans-tasman rivals, in an event that everyone involved in the sport is excited about.  The future of the growing sport of Ultimate has never looked better.

Match Schedule

Saturday 1 October

4.30pm         1st Boys Test           NZ U19 v AUS U19    Parr’s Park Artificial Turf

6.00pm         1st Girls Test             NZ U19 v AUS U19    Parr’s Park Artificial Turf

Sunday 2 October

9.00am         2nd Girls Test            NZ U19 v AUS U19    Parr’s Park Field

11.00am        2nd Boys Test          NZ U19 v AUS U19    Parr’s Park Field

1.00pm         3rd Girls Test            NZ U19 v AUS U19    Parr’s Park Field

3.00pm         3rd Boys Test           NZ U19 v AUS U19    Parr’s Park Field

The Wellington athletes involved are Ella Notman, Danielle Paul, Saravinder Pannu, Tamsin Fitzerald, Marah Neal, Jonathan Jackson, Isaac Jones, Matt Richardson and Liam Haberfield.  We're incredibly proud of them and wish them all the best of luck this weekend!