Trinidad and Tobago have gone with a mixture of youth and experience for their senior men's and women's hockey teams that will contest the upcoming Hockey World League in Trinidad.
Queen's Park stickman Darren Cowie will skipper the T&T men in their November 13-17 tournament, which will also feature Barbados, Chile and Venezuela, for a place in the second round of the League.
Dwain Quan Chan will be Cowie's deputy, but his Petrotrin teammate Atiba Whittington did not make the cut, and is on the reserves list.
Notably absent is veteran T&T star player Kwan Browne, who is currently on duty with English club Canterbury.
Solomon Eccles (Petrotrin), Alan Henderson (Paragon), Mickell Pierre (Defence Force), Aidan De Gannes (Notre Dame) and Akim Toussaint (Paragon) are also named named in the squad, which will be coached by Glenn Francis, while Kirth Davis is manager.
Among the women, Paragon's Alanna Lewis is captain, and Patricia Wright-Alexis (Maritime Harvard Checkers), vice captain. Checkers goalkeeper Petal Derry, Blair Wynne (Notre Dame), and Yesenia Luces (Ventures) are on that team as well. Their six-day competition flicks off on November 11.
The Hockey World League has four rounds, running from August 2012 to February 2014. This competition is T&T's first step toward qualification for the 2014 World Cup.
Men's team:
Karlos Steven, Andrey Rocke (goalkeepers); Darren Cowie (captain), Dwain Quan Chan (vice captain), Solomon Eccles, Alan Henderson, Mickell Pierre, Aidan De Gannes, Akim Toussaint, Marcus James, Nicholas Grant, Shane Legerton, Stefan Mouttet, Kiel Murray, Michael O'Connor, Shaquille Daniel, Ishmael Campbell and Christopher Scipio; Atiba Whittington, Joel Bodkin (reserves); Glenn Francis (head coach), Kirth Davis (manager), MacAllister Edstrada (massage therapist).
Women's team:
Petal Derry, Jenielle Carrington (goalkeepers); Alanna Lewis (captain), Patricia Wright Alexis (vice captain), Tamara de Nobriga, Stephanie Whiteman, Zene Henry, Avion Ashton, Dana-Lee de Gannes, Kayla Brathwaite, Blair Wynne, Sekayi Liburd, Kwylan Jaggassar, Arielle du Quesnay, Arielle Williams, Kristin Thompson, Yesenia Luces, Krizia Layne; Amie Olton, Charlene Williams (reserves); Ian Harris (head coach), Jameel Beharry (manager), Abigail Agard (massage therapist).
Additional support staff (both teams):
Zynul Khan (team doctor), Karielle de Bique (physiotherapist), Kamasha Robinson (psychologist), Nicholas Baldeosingh (videographer), Chad Pedro (analyst and IT support), Stephen Webster (trainer).
Source: www.trinidadexpress.com