Sparta High School Student Heads to Germany with the USA U18 National Fistball Team

July 8, 2016 - Sparta,NJ - Bayleigh Takacs will be wearing lucky #7 as she travels with the first ever USA U18 Girls National Fistball Team. The team is competing at the Youth World Fistball Championships, Nürnberg-Eibach, Germany on July 20-24, 2016.

The 16 year old student at Sparta High School enjoys Volleyball, Lacrosse and volunteering in addition to Fistball. When asked about trying out for the U18 team she responded “I like to challenge myself with new experiences and the sport sounded interesting to me.”

As being a part of the team Ms. Takacs mentioned that she learned a lot about the game and how to play a new sport with a new group of teammates. Additionally she said “I was most surprised by the number of clubs playing this game in the United States and that I had never heard of the game prior to the tryouts. The rules of the game are different from most games I played previously.”

“I encourage people to check out this game that is so popular in other countries, to watch and enjoy the speed and excitement of the game.”

The team has been practicing at the Swim and Sport Club at 272 Emmans Road, Roxbury, NJ since early May to compete against U18 Girl’s teams from Austria, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, India, Kenya, Switzerland and Togo.

With partial funding from the United States Fistball Association, the team has been pursuing corporate sponsorships, individual donations and apparrel sales to help defer the extensive costs to the team members.

The team Generosity Fundraising page is found at: https://igg.me/at/-OGgNYeM35I

Official USFA apparel with all profits going to the U18 Girls Team is found at the following link.. http://ascuniforms.soccercorner.com/stores/usfajuly

Photo Credit: USFA U18 Girls National Team: Kneeling left to right. Valerie Houghton, Alexandra Berdej, Christine Connelly, Kayley Moran, Kelli Vogel, Bayleigh Takacs, and Kate Tagliareni (not pictured is Kumali Schoen)

Team Roster:

#1 Valerie Houghton - Maplewood, NJ
#2 Olivia Woodruff - Maplewood, NJ
#3 Christine Connelly (capt.) - Rockaway, NJ
#4 Kayley Moran - Hacketstown, NJ
#5 Kelli Vogel - Sparta, NJ
#7 Bayleigh Takacs - Sparta, NJ
#9 Alexx Berdej - Roxbury, NJ
#10 Kate Tagliareni - Hacketstown, NJ
missing in the picture #8 Kumali Schoen - Menlo Park, Ca.

For US National Team corporate sponsorship or other details please contact Bob Feid, President, USFA - bobf2@optonline.net

CLICK HERE to learn more about Fistball - http://usfistball.com/

CLICK HERE for information on their home field, the Swim and Sport Club - http://www.swimandsportclub.org/

CLICK HERE for more information on the Youth World Fistball Championships - http://u18wm2016.de/en/