Israel announce senior squad for Maccabiah Games

The ICA selection panel has announced Herschel Gutman will captain the Israel team at the 2009 Maccabiah Games. The team, which includes a combination of experience and youth, will meet India in the opening game of the 5-team tournament which commences on July 12. The Games are just the start of a busy couple of weeks for the national team, which heads for Spain to participate in the European Division 3 tournament in September.

Israel Senior Squad: Herschel Gutman (c), Raymond Aston, Shai Bangerra, Gerrit Grundling, Danny Hotz, David Massil, Isaac Massil, Dovi Myers, Safania Nagavkar, Yaniv Razpurker, Shalom Rubin, Eliezer Samson, Gabi Schachat, Steven Shein, Eshkol Solomon, Adrian Vard

Israel Youth Squad: Hillel Bloch, Mikki Cohen, Levy Divekar, Nir Dokarkar, Eli Gilbert, Shlomi Korman, Shalom Kristi, Gil Nojman, Gabi Schachat, Rafi Schachat, Jordan Talkar, Shifron Waskar