Water polo juniors face Venezuela

T&T’s 19-and-under water polo team will splash off the 17th Pan American Junior Men’s Championships against neighbours Venezuela from 2 pm today at the Olympic Park Sports Centre’s swimming pool, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The local squad is hoping to emulate the 17-and-under boys who qualified for the World Junior Championships in Perth, Australia, in December. T&T will have to get past champion Brazil, Argentina and host Canada in its five-team round-robin Group A while USA, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Puerto Rico compete in Group B.  At the end of the series on Wednesday, the top four teams will qualify for the cross-over quarterfinals followed by semifinals, final and third-placed playoffs. The fifth-placed teams in each will meet for the ninth and tenth spots. There is also a six-team junior women’s event featuring Puerto Rico, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, USA and the host country.

 

T&T team: Andrew Too-A-Foo, Christian Chee Foon, Shaquille Mitchell, Daniel Tardieu, Daniel Alvarez, Kieron Emmanuel, Russell Ferreira, Jonathan Gillette, Andrew Clarke, Adrian Hinds, Marc Stauble, Ryan West, Justin Bodden; 

Technical staff: Adam Foley (coach/technical director), Alan Too-A-Foo (coach), Peter Gillette (manager)

 

Junior Pan American

Water Polo schedule:

 

Today:

Pool A:

Venezuela vs T&T, 2 pm

Argentina vs Canada, 7 pm

 

Pool B:

Mexico vs Peru, 3.20 pm

USA vs Colombia, 4.40 pm

 

Tomorrow:

Pool A:

Argentina vs Venezuela, 4.40 pm

Brazil vs Canada, 6 pm

Pool B:

Mexico vs USA, 2 pm

Puerto Rico vs Peru, 3.20 pm

 

Monday:

Pool A:

Brazil vs T&T, 2 pm

Venezuela vs Canada, 6 pm

Pool B:

USA vs Peru, 3.20 pm

Puerto Rico vs Colombia, 4.40 pm

 

Tuesday:

Pool A:

Brazil vs Venezuela, 4.40 pm

Argentina vs T&T, 6 pm

Pool B:

Puerto Rico vs USA, 2 pm

Mexico vs Colombia, 3.30pm

 

Wednesday:

Pool A:

Brazil vs Argentina, 4.40 pm

T&T vs Canada, 6 pm

Pool B:

Puerto Rico vs Mexico, 2 pm

Colombia vs Peru, 3.20 pm