Paul and Miguel won Silver at Beach Oceania Champs (Youth)

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Congratulations to the Vikings Paul Ireland and Miguel Aizpuru, who just placed second with the Youth NZ Beach National Team at the first ever Under 17 Beach Oceania Championships.

2017 - U17 Beach NZ team
Paul (2nd from the left), Miguel (3rd from the left)

The team played well throughout the tournament winning three out of 4 games in the Pool rounds – Kiribati (2:0), Cook Islands (2:0), American Samoa (2:0) and Australia (0:2).
In the semifinal, the Kiwis faced the Cook Islands and this time won 2:0 in compare to the closer game during the pool rounds.
Then in the final, the old rival Australia, was waiting and unfortunately, the Kiwis weren’t able to win the final (0:2).

Congratulations to the winner (Australia) but also to the Kiwi team who played very well.

Also, thank you to the Cook Islands for hosting a great tournament and all teams who came to compete.