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Canadian Men's National Team ready to compete at VIII Pan American Championship

September 13, 2012

Ottawa, ON

VIII Men's Pan American Championship
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 13, 2012

Canadian Men's National Team ready to compete at VIII Pan American Championship

(Medellin, Colombia) The Canadian Senior Men's National Team is ready to compete at the VIII Men's Pan American Softball Championship from September 16-22 in Medellin, Colombia. This event will serve as a qualifier for the ISF XIII Men's World Championship to be held March 1-10, 2013 in Auckland, New Zealand. The top five teams at the Pan American Championship will earn a berth to the World Championship.

The athletes who will represent Canada at the VIII Pan American Championship in Medellin, Colombia from September 16-22 are:

Athletes
#42 Bryan Abrey (Richmond, BC)
#44 Tyson Barkman (Abbotsford, BC)
#51 Ryan Boland (St. John's, NL)
#19 Jeff Ellsworth (St. Lawrence, PEI)
#22 Blair Ezekiel (Harbour Main, NL)
#10 Jason Hill (St. John's, NL)
#6 Brandon Horn (Waterloo, ON)
#7 Mark Johnson (Glencoe, ON)
#14 Rowan Lam (Glencoe, ON)
#33 Stephen Mullaley (Freshwater, NL)
#12 Brennan Pokoyoway (Saskatoon, SK)
#15 Mathieu Roy (St-Gervais, QC)
#8 Jason Sanford (Durham, NS)
#20 Don Scott (Stratford, ON)
#9 Andy Skelton (Newmarket, ON)
#24 Brady Woods (Stonewall, MB)

Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Don Bates (Saskatoon, SK)
Assistant Coach: Les Howey (Conception Bay, NL)
Assistant Coach: John Stuart (Langley, BC)
Athletic Therapist: Adam Davies (Ottawa, ON)
Team Leader: Larry Gould (Burtts Corner, NB)
Operations Manager: Mike Branchaud (Ottawa, ON)

Umpire
Andre Gallant (NB)

Ten (10) teams will participate at the event, which will be a single round-robin with the top four teams advancing to the page playoff round.

Team Canada Schedule
September 16: Canada vs. Ecuador (2:00pm CDT)
September 16: Canada vs. Puerto Rico (4:00pm CDT)
September 17: Canada vs. Bahamas (9:00am CDT)
September 17: Canada vs. Colombia (5:00pm CDT)
September 18: Canada vs. Guatemala (11:00am CDT)
September 18: Canada vs. Argentina (1:00pm CDT)
September 19: Canada vs. Mexico (9:00am CDT)
September 19: Canada vs. Venezuela (1:00pm CDT)
September 20: Canada vs. Dominican Republic (3:00pm CDT)
September 21: Playoff Round
September 22: Medal Round



For more information, please contact:

Gilles LeBlanc
Manager - Marketing and Communications
Softball Canada
(613) 523-3386 ext. 3105
gleblanc@softball.ca

 

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