The schedule for the six game Senior Men’s National Team International Test Series between World #1 ranked New Zealand and #2 ranked Canada has been finalized. The Series will provide an excellent matchup, as the teams last met in the Gold Medal game of the 2004 World Championships in New Zealand, where the hosts posted a 9-5 victory. Both teams are beginning to prepare for the World Championships which will take place in Saskatoon, SK in 2009.
The first doubleheader will be played on Thursday, June 14th at Tudhope Park in Orillia, ON, with game times beginning at 7:00pm and 9:00pm. Tickets will be sold at the door for a price of ten dollars per person.
The doubleheader in Sebringville, ON will take place at Community Park, with game times also beginning at 7:00pm and 9:00pm on Friday, June 15th. Tickets can be purchased through the Hallman Twins and Sebringville Sting, and will also be sold at the door. Admission cost for the event in Sebringville is five dollars.
Meanwhile, the doubleheader in Kitchener, ON will be played at the Peter Hallman Ball Yard on Saturday, June 16th. Please note that the game times for these games are 6:00pm and 8:00pm, and tickets will be sold for five dollars each at the door, or by calling Series Coordinator Larry Lynch (519-579-2903) or llynch9@rogers.com
Thursday, June 14th – Orillia, ON
7:00 p.m. Tudhope Park New Zealand vs. Canada
9:00 p.m. Tudhope Park New Zealand vs. Canada
Friday, June 15th – Sebringville, ON
7:00 p.m. Community Park New Zealand vs. Canada
9:00 p.m. Community Park New Zealand vs. Canada
Saturday, June 16th – Kitchener, ON
6:00 p.m. Peter Hallman Ball Yard New Zealand vs. Canada
8:00 p.m. Peter Hallman Ball Yard New Zealand vs. Canada
For more information, please contact:
Gilles LeBlanc
Coordinator, Marketing and Communications
Softball Canada
gleblanc@softball.ca
In addition to the National Team games theNew Zealand Community Trust Black Sox will also be playing the Jarvis Merchantsin Jarvis,Ontario
Monday June 11, 7 and 9 p.m., and the following night they will tangle
with the Kitchener Hallman Twins at Optimist Park in Tavistock, Ontario, again7 and 9 p.m.
The 6 game international test series will be a highlight ofthe Ontario fastball summer of softball excellence. With major club team events scheduledin Woodstock, Monkton and Orillia
and the ISC World Championship scheduled for August in Kitchener, Ontario fans will truly salivate at the opportunities to catch “fastball fever”this year.
