CanadianMen’s Softball Team ready to challenge for XII ISF Men’s World ChampionshipTitle
July 14, 2009
FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE
July14th, 2009
Canadian Men’s Softball Team ready to challenge for XII ISF Men’s World ChampionshipTitle
(Saskatoon,SK) – The Canadian Senior Men’s National Team will be looking to challenge fortop spot at the XII ISF World Championship, which will take place in Saskatoon,Saskatchewan from July 17th to 26th. New Zealand is thethree-time defending world champions, having defeated Canada in theChampionship game the last time the event was held in 2004, which was held inChristchurch, New Zealand.
Theathletes who will represent Canada at the XII ISF Men’s World Championship inSaskatoon, SK from July 17-26 are:
Athletes Number Home Town
1.ColinAbbott 20 St. John’s, NL
2.Craig Crawford 8 Markham,ON
3.JodyEidt 22 Mitchell,ON
4.JeffEllsworth 19 St. Lawrence,PEI
5.TrevorEthier 17 Saskatoon, SK
6. IanFehrman 14 Townsend, ON
7.RobGiesbrecht 42 Landmark,MB
8.DeanHoloien 72 Melfort, SK
9.DaleLevy 30 St. Mary’s, ON
10.ToddMartin 51 Bracebridge,ON
11.DerekMayson 29 North Vancouver,BC
12.KeithMackintosh 9 Melfort,SK
13.SteveMullaley 33 Freshwater,NL
14.SeanO’Brien 12 St. John’s,NL
15.Kevin Schellenberg 6 Squamish,BC
16.NickUnderhill 24 Campbell River, BC
17.RyanWolfe 77 Melbourne, ON
Staff
MarkSmith Head Coach Falmouth, NS
RayTilley Assistant Coach Woodstock, ON
MartyKernaghan Assistant Coach Grafton,ON
DonBates Assistant Coach Saskatoon, SK
GlenBoles Assistant Coach St.Catharines, ON
AdamDavies Athletic Therapist Ottawa, ON
BruceMarshall Athletic Therapist Ottawa,ON
BarrySmith Statistician Dartmouth, NS
HarveyStevenson Operations Manager Victoria,BC
Sixteen(16) teams will participate at the event, which will be split into two poolsfor round-robin play. Each team will play seven games against the other teamsin their pool, as the top four teams from each pool will advance to the playoffround. The pool breakdown will be:
PoolA Pool B
Botswana Argentina
Denmark Australia
GreatBritain Canada
Japan Czech Republic
Mexico Indonesia
NewZealand Puerto Rico
Philippines South Africa
UnitedStates Venezuela
TeamCanada Schedule:
July17th - Canada vs.Argentina – 7:00pm (CDT)
July18th - Canada vs.Czech Republic – 6:30pm (CDT)
July19th - Canada vs.Australia – 3:30pm (CDT)
July20th - Canada vs.Indonesia – 6:30pm (CDT)
July21st - Canadavs. Venezuela – 6:30pm (CDT)
July22nd - Canada vs. SouthAfrica – 3:30pm (CDT)
July23rd - Canadavs. Puerto Rico – 6:30pm (CDT)
July24th - PlayoffRound
July25th - PlayoffRound
July26th - BronzeMedal Game – 12:00pm (CDT)
- Gold Medal Game – 3:00pm (CDT)
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Formore information, please contact:
GillesLeBlanc
Manager- Marketing and Communications
SoftballCanada
gleblanc@softball.ca
(613)523-3386 ext 3105
