2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival

Coaching Staff: Cliff Noth of North Bay Ontario and Sylvain Pineau of Scarborough.

Hilary Bell (Toronto ON), Dominique Bouchard (North Bay, ON), Bobbie Mielnichuk (Edmonton, AB), Bronwyn Pasloski (Whitehorse, YK), Beatrice Pineau (Boischatel,QC), Chelsey Salli (Langley, BC), Tess Simpson (Ingleside, ON) and Chantal Van Landeghem (Winnipeg, MN) will represent the women’s team.

On the men’s side, Chad Bobrosky (Calgary, AB), David Dimitrov (Calgary, AB), Graham Hawes (Scarborough, ON), James Kendrick (Calgary, AB), Braeden Newton (St.Albert, AB), Austin Rockett (Mississauga, ON), Zachary Somjen (Vancouver, BC) and Karl Wolk (Calgary, AB).

The Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF) was initiated by the Australian Olympic Committee following the success of 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. The AYOF was first held in Sydney in January 2001, and has been held bi-annually ever since. In 2009, over 2500 athletes and officials from 25 countries will be competing in 21 different sports.