SoftballCanada Names 2009 Womenâ€™s Youth World Cup Team

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SoftballCanada Names 2009 Womenâ€™s Youth World Cup Team

June 24, 2009

Ottawa, ON

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

June24^th, 2009

SoftballCanada Names 2009 Women’s Youth World Cup Team

(Ottawa,ON) – Softball Canada is very pleased to announce the list of seventeen (17)female players who have been selected to represent Canada at the EastonFoundation Youth World Cup, which will take place in Prague, Czech Republicfrom August 10^th to 16^th, 2009. The Easton FoundationYouth World Cup will feature the very best 16 year old players from twelve (12)countries, which includes Canada, China, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic,Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Russia, South Africa, Venezuela andZimbabwe. Each country is also allowed to have two 17 year old players on theirroster.

JuniorWomen’s National Team Head Coach Tony Foti (Winnipeg, MB) will lead the teaminto Prague, while Glenn Boles (St. Catharines, ON) and Shan McDonald(Scarborough, ON) will serve as assistant coaches. Two-time Olympian AlisonBradley (Pinkerton, ON) will serve as the Team Manager.

“Weare very excited with the group of young ladies we have selected for the EastonFoundation Youth Softball World Cup” stated Foti. “Traveling to Prague will bea unique experience for the team and will be a great introduction tointernational softball for this young group of athletes.”

Theteam was selected from three regional Evaluation Camps that were held inOakville, Ontario, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and Surrey, BC over the past month.

The athletes whohave been chosen to represent Canada at the Easton Foundation Youth World Cupare:

JayceeAffeldt – Maple Ridge, BC
Miranda Castiglione – Brampton, ON
Shannon Davidson – Whitby, ON
Tarah Ettinger – Plainfield, Illinois
Stephanie Gallant – Ajax, ON
Jennifer Gilbert – McKinney, Texas
Megan Gurski – Saskatoon, SK
Renee Helmer – Oakville, ON
Karissa Hovinga – La Vista, Nebraska
Shanice Ketting-Olivier – Surrey, BC
Courtney Kwasnitza – Stonewall, MB
Tessa Loewen – Abbotsford, BC
Nicole Miller – Didsbury, AB
Kristy Noble – Uxbridge, ON
Melissa Palmer – Mascouche, QC
Shanna Wilson – Peterborough, ON
Olivia Zwick – Surrey, BC

CoachingStaff

HeadCoach: Tony Foti – Winnipeg, MB

AssistantCoach: Glenn Boles – St.Catharines, ON

AssistantCoach: Shan McDonald –Scarborough, ON

TeamManager: Alison Bradley –Pinkerton, ON

Easton Foundation Youth World Cup Schedule (Prague,Czech Republic):

August10^th: Canada vs. Italy (4:30pm, Prague Time – CEST)

August11^th: Canada vs. South Africa (3:30pm, Prague Time – CEST)

August12^th: Canada vs. Dominican Republic (10:00am, Prague Time – CEST)

August12^th: Canada vs. Japan (4:30pm, Prague Time – CEST)

August13^th: Canada vs. Russia (4:00pm, Prague Time – CEST)

August14^th: Playoffs