NUMEROUS Bega Valley talents have been recognised as potential stars of the future, by recently being named in the Greater Western Sydney Academy development squads for 2020.
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The under 14s squad features 19 players - eight of whom play in the AFL Sapphire Coast competition.
Bermagui has the largest contingent (five) with Zane Curven, Will Callaghan, Kane Forbes, Harry Huddlestone and Tyge Matters all named.
Joining them are Merimbula's Walter Blewitt and Tom Miller, and Tathra's Jack McMahon.
Others in the under 14s squad are Tasman Simons, Tom Lassau, Austen Edwards and Tully Ware all from Batemans Bay; Ulladulla Dockers Harry Neil, Conner West and Ben Clough; Cameron Softley and Cade Missingham from Bay and Basin; and Bomaderry Tigers Oscar Tunney-Robert and Dylan Johnstone.
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Meanwhile, headlining the under 15s squad are Bomaderry quintet Charlie Dunn, Evan Larkins, Hayden Batson, Lachlan Almond and Brynn Carlile.
Other AFL South Coast products named in the squad are Ulladulla's Xander Jackson and Brayden Atkins, Bay and Basin's Keanu King and Batemans Bay's Kalin Don.
Finally, the 2020 under 13s squad contains 14 AFL South Coast juniors.
Bay and Basin (Oliver Driscoll, Taj Malmborg, Jack Hewson, Jethro Snelling and Jake Griggs) and Bomaderry (Daniel Harris, Dustin Cook, Harrison Ingwersen, Thomas Duncan and Tyson Walker) both contribute five players each, while Batemans Bay (Jacob Pike, Finn Wheatley, Jed Ware and Oliver Dyason) has four.
The 21-person squad will be filled out by Pambula's Deakin Ross, Will Clapton and Oliver Dinuroodi, Narooma's Will Tiffen, Luke Druham and Hudson Bromwich, Tathra's Toby Parker and Liam Chandler, Bermagui's Lachlan Moresi and Merimbula's Hugh Balas.