Ottawa, ON - 2016 Junior Men's National Softball Team Selection Camp
The Canadian Junior Men’s National Team will hold a Selection Camp this weekend (June 2-5) in Kitchener, ON with twenty-five (25) players from the Junior Men’s National Team Athlete Pool competing for a spot on the 2016 roster.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 2nd, 2016
2016 Junior Men's National Softball Team Selection Camp
(Ottawa, ON) The Canadian Junior Men's National Team will hold a Selection Camp this weekend (June 2-5) in Kitchener, ON with twenty-five (25) players from the Junior Men's National Team Athlete Pool competing for a spot on the 2016 roster.
The Selection Camp will include physical and positional testing at Conestoga College in Kitchener, and a pair of intersquad doubleheaders on Friday (5:00pm and 7:00pm) and Saturday (2:00pm and 4:00pm) in Innerkip, ON. Intersquad games are open to the public at no charge.
Following the Selection Camp, the coaching staff will select a group of seventeen (17) athletes to compete for Team Canada in the upcoming season. The team will regroup in Kitchener on July 13 and will compete in the Cephas Roth Memorial Tournament in Tavistock, ON from July 14-17 before heading to Midland, Michigan to play in the WBSC Junior Men's World Softball Championship from July 24-30.
Team Canada finished seventh at the previous Junior Men's World Championship held in Whitehorse in 2014. Argentina won the Gold medal, with New Zealand taking Silver and Japan earning Bronze.
The athletes who will be attending the Junior Men's National Team Selection Camp from June 2-5 in Kitchener, ON are:
First Name Last Name Hometown
Avery Arsenault Tignish, PE
Nick Basaraba Prince Albert, SK
Sheldon Beierle Saskatoon, SK
Robbie Black Glencoe, ON
Jacob Bricknell Port Perry, ON
Ben Broek Tweed, ON
Brendon Donegan Agassiz, BC
Anthony Dumont-Bouchard Levis, QC
Guillaume Fournier Ste-Perpetue, QC
Daniel Godbout St-Gervais, QC
Jordan Hudson Saskatoon, SK
Derek Hyde Tavistock, ON
Dallas Kipfer Kitchener, ON
Matthew Kutnikoff Prince Albert, SK
Justin Laskowski Warman, SK
Isaac Lefebvre St-Leonard-d'Aston, QC
Alexandre Lemieux St-Gervais, QC
Troy Moffitt Waterloo, ON
Joshua Montana Regina, SK
Evan Morris Delisle, SK
Cole Pavey Glencoe, ON
Tyler Randerson New Hamburg, ON
James Shirley Delisle, SK
Mitchell Stack Petty Harbour, NL
Jakob Wiffen Tavistock, ON
Coaching Staff
Position Name Hometown
Head Coach Tom Doucette Middle Musquodoboit, NS
Assistant Coach Jean-Yves Doucet St-Leonard-d'Aston, QC
Assistant Coach Jeff Ellsworth St. Lawrence, PE
Assistant Coach Todd McCulloch Martensville, SK
Assistant Coach Mark Quinn Cardigan, PE
Athletic Therapist Mark Kiervin St. John, NB
Team Leader Duke Cormier Summerside, PE
Manager - MNT Mike Branchaud Ottawa, ON
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For more information, please contact:
Gilles LeBlanc
Manager - Marketing and Communications
Softball Canada
(613) 523-3386 ext. 3105
gleblanc@softball.ca
