Team Ontario men's fastpitch doubleheader vs Puslinch Kodiaks

Team Ontario is pleased to announce that they will be playing a men's fastpitch softball doubleheader friendly in Aberfoyle as a final weekend of preparation leading up to the 50th Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg.

The games, to be played against the local Puslinch Kodiak men's team, are scheduled for July 22 at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. at the Aberfoyle Community Centre. Admission to the games is free and fans are encouraged to attend to watch high quality men's fastball.

Team Ontario intends on meeting for a pre-game training session prior to the doubleheader to refine technical strategies and work out final details for team logistics for the Games. The team will also be recording some promotional videos for the Ontario Amateur Softball Association, demonstrating some skills to help upgrade the current National Coaching Certification Program coaching modules using current elite skill level athletes.

“As manager of the Team Ontario U21 male softball team, I am extremely impressed with their talent, dedication, commitment, and coming together to form the best team and to represent the province." says Manager and Team Leader Paddy Fitzgerald Nolan. "The players plus staff all have the same goal: play as a team, be a team, one hit, one base at a time.”

About Team Ontario:
Team Ontario is a male under-21 fastpitch softball team representing Ontario at the 50th Annual Canada Summer Games to be held July 29 to August 4 in Winnipeg, MB. Media inquires can be directed to Manager Paddy Fitzgerald Nolan at fitznol@hotmail.com.

Team Ontario Final Roster
Dennis Benson – Rama First Nation
Quinten Bruce – Duntroon
Derek Elliot – Staffa
Derek Hyde – Tavistock
Liam LaForest – Tavistock
Josh Maguire – Cobourg
Nick Penner – New Hamburg
Tyler Randerson – New Hamburg
Clayton Robinson – Port Perry
Jeff St. Pierre – Port Perry
Matt Wardrop – Owen Sound
Conner Weishar – Kitchener
Jared Weishar – Teeswater
Isaiah Whetstone – Embro
Jake Wiffen – Tavistock

Manager and Team Leader: Paddy Fitzgerald Nolan – Sydenham
Head Coach: George Ryder – Port Dover
Assistant Coach: Scott Searle – Ottawa
Pitching Coach: Mike Crawford – Bracebridge
Team Athletic Therapist: Tim Brown – Mount Brydges

About the Puslinch Kodiaks:
The Puslinch Kodiaks are a men's fastpitch softball team with players from Puslinch and other area communities. The group starting playing fastball together in 1989 and since then have won five Ontario Rural Softball Association titles and entered three Eastern Canadian intermediate men's championships, winning gold in 2016. The team was also silver medalists in the Ontario Amateur Softball Association Men's B/C tournament in 2016 and participated in the International Softball Congress World Tournament in Kitchener in 2014. The team is excited to play against the Junior Men representing Ontario as they prepare for the Canada Games. The Kodiaks would like to thank the Township of Puslinch for allowing them to hold this friendly doubleheader in Aberfoyle.