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From left, Tim Knight, Layton Barton and Sean Spencer are representing Australia overseas.

Three local mates have been selected to play in the Vikings 15 years boys Australian Futsal (indoor soccer) squad to tour the United Kingdom later this year.

Layton Barton of Bangalow, Tim Knight of Federal and Sean Spencer of Alstonville are certainly no strangers to high level sports competition.

Each of them has also competed at either State or Australian level athletics championships and for the last three years they have been travelling together all over NSW and Queensland playing representative State League Football (Soccer).

However to be selected to play for Vikings Australia is a great honour and a crowning achievement.

Last year the three boys, then aged 14, joined a youth (16-19) Futsal '5 a side' team in the Alstonville competition to improve their ball skills and speed. Their local club team, called the Wizards, won the minor premiership and the boys were chosen to represent the Far North Coast NSW.

The rep team had two other Byron Shire boys, Daniel Musgrave and Craig Barnham from the Ocean Shores club and two boys from Grafton.

The rep team was coached by Daniel's dad, Ray Musgrave, under the watchful eye of local ex-Australian player and Futsal CEO, David Major.

At Easter they competed at the Australian and Pacific Regional Championships where they won the Vikings Futsal Silver challenge against teams from New Zealand and Australia.

Two other local Byron Shire players were also selected into the under 13 boys Australian team.

They are Desan Conners-Hart and Toby Barton, who is Layton's younger brother.