Andrew Bent, coach of the Essex Valley schools sports council, has named a squad of 18 under-14 footballers to participate in the 2008 Norway Cup for world junior clubs to be held in Oslo, July 21 to August 4.

The team, drawn from Alpart's operating area communities in South St. Elizabeth and South Manchester, has been invited to Norway by the alumina company's co-owner Hydro Aluminium, and the visit will be sponsored by Hydro and Alpart.

The players named are Kaneil Harrison, Ackeem Nelson, Simon Barnes, Mark Parchment, Jason McLean, Levaughan Baker, Khesanio Hall, Tafari Smith, Kaya Beckford, Raheen Jones, Toshroy Turner, Kaycee Bromfield, Luciel Banton, Enrique Rochester, Adrian Smart, Kevon Farquharson, Dunar Smith and Okeen Blanford.

They will be accompanied by coaches Bent and Clive Adams, Alpart officials Lance Neita (manager) and Julian Keane, and Nain High School principal Basil Bennett.

The Jamaicans will compete in the Under-14 category of the tournament that has attracted some 1,500 teams from 43 countries this year and remains the world's largest invitational junior football clubs competition.