Millerick earns a World Junior Champs berth
The host nation will be given an additional chance to snare gold at the World Junior Championships. Australia has been given a further chance to strike gold at the World Junior Championships on the Gold Coast in November.
Having already confirmed the line-ups for the Under-25 international event last April, the National Selection Panel has today advised that Bolivia Millerick will fill a positional vacancy at the inaugural tournament, partnering with Japan’s Tomoyuki Tamachi in the mixed pairs.
Millerick, an Australia A squad member based out of Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast, is a natural choice, according to National Coach Steve Glasson.
“I’m delighted to confirm Bolivia as Australia’s ‘extra player’ for the World Junior Championships,” Glasson said.
“She fits all the criteria and the exposure and experience she will get out of an event of this magnitude will be priceless.”
Pulling on the green and gold guernsey for Australia will be the sport’s youngest Australian Jackaroos representative, the APL’s Melbourne Roys’ spearhead Dylan Fisher, Bowls Australia’s 2013 Under-18 Male Bowler of the Year Sean Ingham, who boasts a home-ground advantage, National Champion of Champion pairs runner-up Kristina Krstic and reigning Under-18 Female Bowler of the Year Chloe Stewart.
Each player boasts a chance to walk away with two gold medals from the event, with all four taking to the green in the boys’ and girls’ singles, while Stewart and Fisher, and Krstic and Ingham will partner for the mixed pairs competition.
The World Junior Cup will be staged at Broadbeach Bowls Club from November 10 to 16.
