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Handball Australia is pleased to announce the selection of players for the men’s and women’s beach handball teams has been finalised. Following the beach national championships and the qualifying tournament held in January 2012 and subsequent series of training camps, Handball Australia Board has ratified the teams’ composition as follows:

No.	Surname	Name	State
1	Thompson	David	Queensland
5	Dawson	Benjamin	Queensland
8	Hudson	David	New South Wales
9	Mills	Andrew [ V Capt ]	Western Australia
10	Harvey	Timothy	New South Wales
12	Thompson	Nicholas	Queensland
13	Turecek	Lucas [ Capt ]	South Australia
15	Epstein	Daniel	Victoria
18	Sullivan	Michael	New South Wales
24	Kelso	Andrew	Victoria
Coach	Mensing	Boris	Western Australia
Manager	Cama	Peter	Victoria
Reserve	Michalak	Alex	Victoria
Reserve	Lawrence	Andrew	Australian Capital Territory

No.	Surname	Name	State
1	Lewis	Taylee	New South Wales
2	Keighley	Alice	Australian Capital Territory
3	Hudson-Gofers	Allira	New South Wales
4	Wallace	Amelia	Victoria
5	Murray	Clare	Queensland
6	Cook	Daniela	New South Wales
7	Napier	Kate [ V Capt ]	Victoria
12	van Bussel	Emma [ Capt ]	New South Wales
15	Smiljanic	Vanja	Victoria
16	Boyd	Rosalie	Queensland
Coach	Hedberg	Nanna	Victoria
Manager	Cama	Peter	Victoria
Reserve	Cece	Leah	South Australia
Reserve	Lodewijks	Rachel	New South Wales

Australia will be representing the Oceania Region in the V Men’s and Women’s Beach Handball World Championships, which will be held in the Sultanate of Oman from 8 to 13 July 2012. Both men’s and women’s teams are in Group A, with the following draw:

Handball Australia wishes all the players and officials a successful and memorable participation in the World Championship. No doubt the experiences the teams will gain from this significant tournament will benefit the further development of beach handball which is getting more interest in Australia.

Handball Australia wishes to thank Tamas Neukum and the International Handball Federation for their support in the recent training camp held in Maroubra. This forms part of the preparation of the women's and men's beach handball teams for their participation in the World Championship.

Handball Australia is also proud that Mark Dawson of Queensland Team Handball Association has been selected by the International Handball Federation as a Delegate for the Beach Handball World Championships. This is the first time that an Australian has been a Delegate for Beach Handball World Championships.