2023 Right at Home Jackaroos Squad announced
The sport’s National Selection Panel have taken the first step towards determining next year’s 2023 World Bowls Championships’ team, with confirmation of the Right at Home Australian Jackaroos squads for the next 12 months.
The panel, which comprises of selectors Therese Hastings, Dave Stockham, Assistant National Coach Karen Murphy AM and National Coach Gary Willis, have replenished the main squad following recent retirements to key members and bolstered the developmental feeder teams.
The open squad has seen four changes made, with one coming in the men’s team as an in-form Aron Sherriff returns from a 12-month sabbatical in place of the retired South Australian Wayne Ruediger.
In the women’s squad, three changes have been made with Victoria’s Kylie Whitehead, Queensland’s Bolivia Millerick and New South Wales’ Jamie-Lee Worsnop all promoted into the team from the second-tier feeder squad, the Emerging Jackaroos.
The trio will replace the recently retired Commonwealth Games gold medallists and world champions, Rebecca Van Asch and Carla Krizanic, along with Genevieve Delves, who has withdrawn from high performance commitments.
All three have been internationally capped on previous occasions, with Whitehead and Worsnop making their debut in May’s UK Tour, while Millerick donned the green and gold regalia for the first time at the 2017 Multi-Nations.
The Emerging Jackaroos squad sees a slimmed down list for the upcoming year, consisting of 13 players, including three new faces in Queensland’s Cohen Litfin and Jessie Cottell, as well as Victoria’s former capped Jackaroo Dylan Fisher.
The Pathways Jackaroos team boasts 29 bowlers from across the nation and displays the new names of 2022 Under-18 Male Bowler of the Year Jack McShane, 2022 Australian Open and Australian Under-18 Championships boy’s singles winner Joseph Clarke, under-18 girls’ singles winner Reese Finn-Young, Moreton Bay Pirates BPL team member Chris Rosanes, Victoria’s Sophie Kurzman, ACT’s Flynn O’Shaughnassey and Queensland’s Cody Gerick.
The Over-60s Jackaroos includes Lisa Featherby, Sue Brady, Anne Miles, Beth Quinlan, Claire Sanders, Scott Franklin, Ray Jansen, Tony Schiavello, Gary Smith and Robbie Warren.
Following arguably the most historic year for the Jackaroos on the international stage, Willis said he was optimistic about the 2023 squads’ potential.
“We are extremely proud of the 2023 Right at Home Australian Jackaroos squad and the extended teams, which exemplifies the depth of talent to choose from within Australia,” Willis said.
“The team enjoyed a great return to international bowls in 2022 and as a selection panel we feel that these squads and the athletes within them can continue to develop and deliver great results for Australia in the years to come, with a particular emphasis on the next 12-month period, which includes another marquee event in August’s World Bowls Championships on the Gold Coast.”
“The World Bowls Championships has been a great focus of ours, despite only recently contesting the Commonwealth Games in vastly different conditions, and we are planning and preparing our team to be serious contenders in every discipline on home soil.”
“I would like to personally acknowledge the outstanding contribution of each of the players who have recently retired following the Commonwealth Games and emphasise that Wayne, Rebecca and Carla have left an extremely positive and long-lasting legacy with the Jackaroos; they are magnificent people and ambassadors for our country and the sport.”
The open squad will be in action on the Gold Coast against Ireland for a test series on November 15-16, 2022.
The 2023 Para-Jackaroos squad will be announced at a later date.
| 2023 Right at Home Jackaroos | ||
| NAME | CLUB | STATE |
| Lynsey Clarke | Club Tweed | QLD |
| Kelsey Cottrell | Broadbeach | QLD |
| Bolivia Millerick | Broadbeach | QLD |
| Dawn Hayman | St Johns Park | NSW |
| Jamie-Lee Worsnop | Cabramatta | NSW |
| Kristina Krstic | Manning Memorial | WA |
| Ellen Ryan | Cabramatta | NSW |
| Chloe Stewart | Club Tweed | QLD |
| Kylie Whitehead | Wodonga | VIC |
| Natasha Van Eldik | Raymond Terrace | NSW |
| Carl Healey | Cabramatta | NSW |
| Barrie Lester | Burleigh Heads | QLD |
| Jesse Noronha | Cabramatta | NSW |
| Aron Sherriff | Broadbeach | QLD |
| Aaron Teys | Warilla | NSW |
| Benjamin Twist | St Johns Park | NSW |
| Corey Wedlock | Warilla | NSW |
| Aaron Wilson | Cabramatta | NSW |
| Matt Lucas | Club Helensvale | QLD |
| Cody Packer | Osborne Park | WA |
| 2023 Right at Home Emerging Jackaroos | ||
| NAME | CLUB | STATE |
| Kate Argent-Bowden | Angaston | SA |
| Kate Matthews | Raymond Terrace | NSW |
| Jessie Cottell | Cabramatta | NSW |
| Cassandra Millerick | Moama | VIC |
| Chloe Morrison | Vikings | ACT |
| Kira Bourke | Club Tweed | QLD |
| Brianna Smith | St Johns Park | NSW |
| Cohen Litfin | Algester | QLD |
| Dylan Fisher | Moonee Valley | VIC |
| Nathan Black | Grange | SA |
| Nick Cahill | Broadbeach | QLD |
| Beau Prideaux | Cabramatta | NSW |
| Mason Lewis | Engadine | NSW |
| 2023 Right at Home Pathways Jackaroos | ||
| NAME | CLUB | STATE |
| Lauren Banks | New Norfolk | TAS |
| Britt Camp | St Johns Park | NSW |
| Sophie Kurzman | Sunbury | VIC |
| Joseph Clarke | Park Beach | NSW |
| Ruby Leggett | Osborne Park | WA |
| Cody Gerick | Kawana | QLD |
| Grace Moloney | Arthurton | SA |
| William Coad | Kingborough | TAS |
| Tyson Cromie | Yarrawonga | VIC |
| Jack East | Osborne Park | WA |
| Brendan Gallagher | MCC | VIC |
| Kyle Hansen | Taren Point | NSW |
| Taelyn Male | Burnie | TAS |
| Isaac Maughan | Glenorchy Rodman | TAS |
| Callum Murray | Engadine | NSW |
| Dean O’Neill | Bundoora | VIC |
| Segan Pasalich | Osborne Park | WA |
| Michael Phillips | Merrylands | NSW |
| Lachlan Sims | Trevallyn | TAS |
| Tyson Wilson | Grange | SA |
| Jayden Zeller | Grange | SA |
| Kane Nelson | Belmont Services | QLD |
| Jacob Nelson | Belmont Services | QLD |
| Jack McShane | Merrylands | NSW |
| Reese Finn-Young | Merimbula-Imlay | NSW |
| Flynn O’Shaughnassey | Canberra | ACT |
| Chris Rosanes | Pine Rivers | QLD |
| Cameron Keenan | Moama | VIC |
| Jake Rynne | Carina | QLD |
| 2023 Right at Home Over 60’s Jackaroos | ||
| NAME | CLUB | STATE |
| Sue Brady | Mareeba | QLD |
| Lisa Featherby | Mosman Park | WA |
| Anne Miles | Yarrawonga/Mulwala Golf Club Resort | VIC |
| Beth Quinlan | Ascot Park | SA |
| Claire Sanders | Yarrawonga/Mulwala Golf Club Resort | VIC |
| Scott Frankiln | Burleigh Heads | QLD |
| Ray Jansen | Montmorency | VIC |
| Tony Schiavello | Bundoora RSL | VIC |
| Gary Smith | Laura | SA |
| Robbie Warren | Towradgi Park | NSW |
