Armchair guide to the Aussie teams at Worlds

All days/time are in AEST. AEST is 17 hours ahead of Vancouver

DINGOS (Open)
Captain: Jonathan Potts (NSW)
Assistant Coach: Rueben Berg (VIC)
Team: Steve Antonopoulos (NSW), Tim Booth (NSW), Paul Denyer (WA), Anthony Dowle (NSW), Matthew Dowle (NSW), Peter Gardner (NSW), Abra Garfield (NSW), Andrew Glover (NSW), Jonathan Holmes (ACT), Angus Keenan (NSW), Tim Lavis (NSW), John Liddicoat (VIC), Brett Matzuka (QLD), Gavin Moore (NSW), Michael Neild (QLD), David O'Brien (NSW), Joel Pillar (SA), Daniel Rule (VIC), Ken Shepherd (NSW), Owen Shepherd (VIC), Jonathan Tatham (NSW), Mark Taylor (NSW), Chris Warris (NSW)

Seeded: 3rd
Draw format: 3 pools of 6
Other teams in pool: Great Britain (4), Germany (9), Ireland (10), Venezuela (15), Colombia (16)

Schedule:
Monday August 4
06:30-08:30 Australia v Ireland
Tuesday August 5
03:30-05:30 Australia v Venezuela
09:30-11:30 Australia v Germany
Wednesday August 6
05:30-07:30 Australia v Colombia
09:30-11:30 Australia v United Kingdom

What happens next:
- Top 2 go through to pools of 3 (Pool D/E)
- Next 2 into pools of 3 (Pool F/G)
- Bottom 2 into pool of 6 (Pool H)
- Top 2 in D/E straight through to quarters
- Bottom in D/E play bottom in F/G for spot in quarters
- Top 2 in F/G play crossover for spot in quarters



FIRETAILS (Women)
Coach: Tom Brennan (NSW)
Team: Lauren Brown (VIC), Sarah Crossie (NSW), Liz Edye (VIC), Megan Gamble (NSW), Rachel Grindlay (NSW), Clare Hussey (VIC), Lisi Jarrott (NSW), Tania King (NSW), Belinda Kinneally (NSW), Joy Lee (VIC), Ash Martens (TAS), Jo McClellan (NSW), Lisa McGinnigle (NSW), Rebecca McKinlay (NSW), Keah Molomby (NSW), Kylie O'Brien (NSW), Helen Osmond (ACT), Michelle Phillips (VIC), Carlie Ryan (NSW), Vivien Stettner (NSW), Sarah Wentworth (NSW), Diana Worman (NSW)


Seeded: 6th
Draw format: Pool of 7, pool of 8
Other teams in pool: Finland (2), USA (3), Switzerland (7), Italy (9), Ireland (12), New Zealand (13), Mexico (15)

Schedule:
Monday August 4
03:30-05:30 United States v Australia
07:30-09:30 Australia v Ireland
Tuesday August 5
03:30-05:30 Australia v Switzerland
09:30-11:30 Australia v Italy
Wednesday August 6
02:00-04:00 Australia v New Zealand
09:30-11:30 Finland v Australia
Thursday August 7
03:30-05:30 Australia v Mexico

What happens next:
- Top 3 in each pool play crossover games
- 4th in each pool plays 5th in the other pool for spot in quarters



BARRAMUNDIS (Mixed)
Captain: Al Don (QLD)
Team: Lee Baker (VIC), Sebastian Barr (VIC), Peter Blakeley (NSW), Rebecca Carmen (NSW), John Damiani (WA), Chris Freise (VIC), Mel Gangemi (VIC), Laina Hall (ACT), Leanne King (ACT), Cath Matthews (VIC), Gaby Melo (NSW), Brett Middleton (SA), Adam Mortimer (ACT), Kristen Nott (QLD), Vickie Saye (ACT), Warwick Shepherd (NSW), Lucy Stevenson (ACT), Andrea Wang (NSW), Steve Wealands (VIC), Max Wheeler (ACT), Huy Vu (SA), James Yorston (NSW)

Seeded: 4th
Draw format: 2 pools of 6
Other teams in pool: USA (1), Germany (5), Italy (8), Colombia (9), Hong Kong (12)

Schedule:
Monday August 4
01:30-03:30 Australia v Hong Kong
06:30-08:30 United States v Australia
Tuesday August 5
06:30-08:30 Australia v Italy
Wednesday August 6
01:30-03:30 Australia v Germany
07:30-09:30 Australia v Colombia

What happens next:
- Top 3 in each pool through to power pool
- Top 4 in power pool play semis



TAIPANS (Masters)
Team: Charles Blumer, Tom Brennan, Chris Burwell, Steve Campbell, Nathan Chan, Geoff Doty, John Greenfield, Duncan McIntosh, Jens Meyer, Declan Moore, Andrew Morris, Brian Petteys, Mat Ryan, Anthony Solomon, Chris Stephens, Piers Truter, Craig Turnbull, Sacha Vidler, David Zuk

Seeded: 8th
Draw format: Round robin
Other teams in pool: USA (1), Canada (2), Great Britain (3), Japan (4), France (5), Germany (6), Italy (7), New Zealand (9), Venezuela (10)

Schedule:
Monday August 4
04:00-06:00 United Kingdom v Australia
08:30-10:30 Japan v Australia
Tuesday August 5
05:30-07:30 France v Australia
Wednesday August 6
03:30-05:30 Italy v Australia
07:30-09:30 Germany v Australia
Thursday August 7
03:30-05:30 United States v Australia
07:30-09:30 Australia v Venezuela
Friday August 8
01:30-03:30 Canada v Australia
05:30-07:30 Australia v New Zealand

What happens next:
- Top 4 play semis



THUNDER (Junior Open)
Coach: Piers Truter (QLD)
Assistant Coaches: Jimmy Tod-Hill (NSW), Matt Hill (VIC)
Captain: Phil White (NSW)
Team: Robbie Andrew (SA), Jake Angelovich (VIC), Alexander Britten-Jones (SA), Lewis Broad (VIC), Ashley Buttons (TAS), Brock Cunliffe (QLD), Michael Dunne (TAS), Peter Eley (WA), Lachlan Gregory (WA), Dale Grixti (SA), Max Halden (NSW), Josh Jacobs (NSW), Jeremy Katz (VIC), Sean Lace (SA), Will Larkin (QLD), Alex Linnertson (NSW), Tarrant Meehan (VIC), David Noble (NSW), Alistair See (NSW), Calan Spielman (NSW), Tom Tulett (NSW), Jackson Turner (NSW), Tiger Webb (NSW), Lochlan Wise (VIC)

Seeded: 4th
Draw format: Round robin
Other teams in pool: USA (1), Canada (2), Colombia (3), Japan (5), Germany (6), Great Britain (7), France (8)

Schedule:
Monday August 5
01:30-03:30 Australia v France
Tuesday August 5
03:30-05:30 Colombia v Australia
07:30-09:30 United States v Australia
Wednesday August 6
02:00-04:00 Canada v Australia
06:30-08:30 Australia v Japan
Thursday August 7
04:00-06:00 Australia v United Kingdom
08:30-10:30 Australia v Germany

What happens next:
- Top 2 through to semis
- 3rd to 6th play off for spots in semis



TERRA (Junior Women)
Coach: Matthew Faulkner (NSW)
Assistant Coaches: Nicky Smith (VIC), Karen Parker (VIC)
Co-captains: Megan Carraro (NSW), Barbra Hough (NZ)
Team: Eliza Burke-Polden (TAS), Crystal Cheung (VIC), Angela Fehlner (NSW), Emily Gibbs (VIC), Sarah Hammer (NSW), Melanie Hill (VIC), Charlotte Kesteven (ACT), Clare Langford (NSW), Chloe McDonald (VIC), Lyra Meehan (VIC), Antonia Melo (NSW), Sophie Murdoch (VIC), Catherine Phillips (VIC), Ellie Sparke (NSW), Nicole Sutton (NSW), Rebecca Villis (NSW), Loren Viswalingam (NSW)

Seeded: 4th
Draw format: Round robin
Other teams in pool: USA (1), Canada (2), Colombia (3), Great Britain (5), Finland (6), Japan (7)

Schedule:
Monday August 4
03:30-05:30 Canada v Australia
09:30-11:30 Australia v Japan
Tuesday August 5
04:00-06:00 Australia v United Kingdom
09:30-11:30 United States v Australia
Wednesday August 6
03:30-05:30 Colombia v Australia
07:30-09:30 Australia v Finland

What happens next:
- Top 3 play each other again (Pool B)
- Bottom 4 play each other again (Pool C)
- Top of Pool C joins Pool B in semis



I'll be posting results as I get a hold of them.