jun.16.2010

The Trinidad and Tobago National 7s rugby team will travel to Curacao on Thursday morning . The Calypso Warriors will participate in the Bavaria Curacao Open 7s Rugby tournament this week end.

The T&T team is preparing for the Central America and Caribbean( CAC) Games which will be held in July. Rugby 7s will be making its debut on the multi sport games programme.
 
Curtis Nero ,chairman of the Trinidad and Tobago Rugby Football Union( TTRFU) selection committee said that the ten players selected for Curacao are aware that the eight other palyers from the training squad who were not selected are still in the 'running" for CAC selection.
 
" Some players were omitted becuase of poor fitness test results. Those players still have an opportuntiy to improve their fitness levels. There are three senior team debutants . Keishon Walker ( Tobago RFC ), Andrew Crooks (Trinidad Northern) and Joseph Quashie( Harvard/UTT). Wayne Kelly(Harvard/UTT) is the captain . It is the first time that he will be leading the national team. Players traveling to Curacao have an opportunity to convince the selectors that they have the fitness,focus,discipline and determination we want ."
 
Matthew Marine(Rainbow) will miss out.The speedy winger suffered an ankle dislocation playing for his club Rainbow during last weekend's National 7s Rugby Championship and will be in a cast for the next three weeks. Carib's Abdeel Gilkes replaces Marine.
 
Two TTRFU clubs listed in the tournament schedule are Rainbow and Eastern Graduates. Teams from Curacao,Aruba,Jamaica,Venezuela,USA and
 
Holland are also expected to participate.
 
The T&T team selected to travel is as follows:

1. Wayne Kelly ( Harvard/UTT)(captain)
2. Graeme Alkins(Caribs)
3. Kurt Quashie(Caribs)
4. Joseph Quashie(Harvard/UTT)
5. Kelson Figaro(Royalians)
6. Andrew Crooks(Trinidad Northern)
7. Ronald Silverthorne( Caribs)
8. Keishon Walker (Tobago RFC)
9. Jonathan O'Connor( Trinidad Northern)
10. Abdeel Giles( Caribs)

Curtis Nero- Team Manager
John Williams-Coach
Larry Mendez( Asst. Coach)
Rajesh Dharrie- Maharaj