England U18 & U16 Rosters Revealed for Haris Tournament 2014

By Sam Neter on December 24, 2014

Following on from their most recent training camps, the squads for the England Under-16 and Under-18 teams that will be competing at the annual Haris Memorial Tournament in Manchester from 27-29 December have been selected.

Head Coaches Karl Brown (U18) and Alan Keane (U16) are taking fifteen and fourteen players respectively, as they continue to look ahead to selecting a final 12 to represent the country at the European Championships next summer.

With the Under-18s missing arguably the top three ’97s in the country in Josh Steel, Akwasi Yeboah and Calvin Nevill-Kintu it will be an opportunity for other players to step up. Kyle Carey and Aidan Gastaldi-Davies will no doubt take on some of the scoring load, with the likes of ’98 borns Carl Wheatle and Sam Japhet-Mathias looking to make the most of it a year young.

Alan Keane’s side also have absences of key players (Nelson Boachie-Yiadom, Caleb Fuller, Jay Carter, Zephi Sharman and Ashley Briggs) but will be looking at Kaiyem Cleary, Jacob Iwowo, Micah Savery-Richards, Zion Tordoff and Ryan Murunge to lead the young squad as they gain valuable experience in Manchester.

The teams will face off against Spanish side CB Cornella, France’s Boulazac, Irish team Sligo All Stars, Manchester Magic as well as Tilton and St Andrews Prep from the US, in the tournament that tips off at 6pm on Saturday.

The full squads are below:

England U18 Squad for Haris Tournament

Luke Mitchell
Alex Roberts
Aidan Gastaldi-Davies
Dominic Scott-Robinson
Danny Evans
Denzel Ubiaro
Kyle Carey
Shaquille Walters
Andre Arissol
RJ Eytle-Rock
Carl Wheatle
Paul Jeboda
Henri Langton
Harvey Barr
Sam Japhet-Mathias
Head Coach – Karl Brown
Assistant Coach – Daniel Petts

England U16 Squad for Haris Tournament

Richard Amaefule
Tariq Balogun
Kyle Best
Cameron Bett
Joseph Cummins
Kaiyem Cleary
Josh Edwards
Jacob Iwowo
Sam Kato
Ryan Murunge
Jacob Round
Micah Savery-Richards
Eisley Swaine
Zion Tordoff
Head Coach – Alan Keane
Assistant Coach – Guy Coles

The Haris Memorial Tournament is an annual Christmas Tournament that pays tribute to former Magic player, Haris Charalambous, who tragically died at training with NCAA Division 1 Toledo University team in October 2006.

All proceeds from the tournament go towards the Haris Memorial Fund.

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