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Football Page 33
Westfields Boys
Dominate Joeys Squad
13th September, 2005
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By Mark Stavroulakis
Regarding to many as one of the finest sporting high schools from accross Australia, Sydney's Westfields Sports High was very
pleased to have four students selected for the U17 Joey World Cup aquad that departed for Peru last week.
Nathan Burns, Jason Trifiro, Wade Oostendorp and Scott Jamieson all made the school very proud afted youth coach Ange
Postecoglou announced the 20-man squad.
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Cklamovski was also chosen to tour with the Joeys to ensure that the players were physically prepared for the World
Cup.
The achievements didn't stop there for the school.
Five students were selected in the Australian Schoolboys and Schoolgirls side that are set to tour the UK in January
next year.
Nathan Burns, Ben gough, Daniel Wilkinson, Jason Trifiro and Evam Berger were all named at the Schoolboys side
while Frances Dimino got the shout with women's squad.
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Burns and Trifiro are both currently studying at the school, and with only a year left until the HSC, both boys were
given this opportunity that was too good to refuse.
Oostendorp was an ex student but was picked up this year by A-League glamour side Sydney FC abd has been the youngest
recruit ever in the competition while Jamieson, another ex-pupil, has been busy in the U.K. with Premier
Pix Right: All smiles for the Westfields crew after they took out this year's
Puma Cup. (L-R) Daniel Wilkinson, Ben Gough, Even Berger, Nathan Burns and Jason Trifiro shown with the trophy.
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League outfit Bolton Wanderersin their junior ranks.
A fifth student just missed out on the squad but included on the train-on list and that was Turkish-bound Tayfun Buyukkopru.
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Based on their exceptional performances during the recent National Carnival held in sunny Cairns, the fellow players were rewarded
with a trip to England where new avenues could possibly open up with
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Westfields Principal Phil Tucker was delighted to have seen his school grab such plaudits with his students.
"Westfields Sports has a long and proud tradition of significantly contributing to Australian football teams at youth
and full international levels - for both men and women," Tucker told ABSW.
Apart from the players, the schools football strength and conditioning coach Peter
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Frances Dimino
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many scouts watching on from the stands.
Names such as Mark Byrnes, Shane Cansdell-Sheriff, Bradley Groves, Jamie McMaster and Harry Kewell to name a few, all
passed through Westfields ranks.
More future stars are set to follow the pathways of their past heros as the school continues to build it's name as
being one of the most competitive football sides in Australia.
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