18-08-2012, 03:45 PM
Alan,
The families of the strongest players we have normally wish them to attend the Euroyouth and/or the World youth which are universally recognised as the top junior events. Next year the World Youth is at Al-Ain in the United Arab Emirates which is clearly going to be very expensive for all involved. I have already been checking out the hotel and location in the Czech Republic for the EU youth event (normally held at Mureck) as I would consider it likely that more families may wish their children to attend this event next year. One thing I am particularly keen on is to try and find U8 players to represent us at all of these important tournaments. Recently, we feel we have not produced anyone good enough to represent us at this level. I am currently trying to reassess this whole issue. If we don't have U8 internationals, then next we won't have U10's and so on. Have a look at the Euroyouth U8 section. We need to try and get some players to these events I feel, although the general consensus is that if we send our best U8 players there and they get wiped out, they will give up the game completely. The EU youth would be a great starting point I feel in 2013,
Robin.
The families of the strongest players we have normally wish them to attend the Euroyouth and/or the World youth which are universally recognised as the top junior events. Next year the World Youth is at Al-Ain in the United Arab Emirates which is clearly going to be very expensive for all involved. I have already been checking out the hotel and location in the Czech Republic for the EU youth event (normally held at Mureck) as I would consider it likely that more families may wish their children to attend this event next year. One thing I am particularly keen on is to try and find U8 players to represent us at all of these important tournaments. Recently, we feel we have not produced anyone good enough to represent us at this level. I am currently trying to reassess this whole issue. If we don't have U8 internationals, then next we won't have U10's and so on. Have a look at the Euroyouth U8 section. We need to try and get some players to these events I feel, although the general consensus is that if we send our best U8 players there and they get wiped out, they will give up the game completely. The EU youth would be a great starting point I feel in 2013,
Robin.