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Junior Women's National Team begins III Pan American Championship Today
(Bogota, Colombia) The Canadian Junior Women's National Team will be looking to secure a berth in the 2011 ISF IX Junior Women's World Championship this week, as they will be one of 13 countries competing at the III Pan American Championship in Bogota, Colombia. Canada will open their tournament schedule against Brazil at 4:30pm EDT today. The top four teams from each of the two divisions will advance to the playoff round.
Team Canada finished fifth at the 2007 ISF VIII Junior Women's World Championship in Enschede, Netherlands. In three exhibition games played over the past few days, they defeated Colombia 11-6, lost to the United States 8-2 and defeated Brazil 17-0.
The other countries competing in the III Pan American Championship are: Argentina, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, the Netherlands Antilles, Peru, Puerto Rico, the United States and Venezuela. The top five teams will earn a spot at the ISF IX Junior Women's World Championship, which will take place in Cape Town, South Africa in December of 2011.
The athletes who will be representing Canada at the III Pan American Championship in Bogota, Colombia are:
Athletes
#12 Brigitte Aizprua (Terrebonne, QC)
#25 Natalie Becker (Waterloo, ON)
#44 Katelyn Bedwell (White Rock, BC)
#19 Corrine Brookhuis (East York, ON)
#14 Jocelyn Cater (Delta, BC)
#4 Shannon Davidson (Whitby, ON)
#7 Jennifer Gilbert (Mckinney, Texas)
#8 Victoria Hayward (Mountain View, California)
#20 Karissa Hovinga (La Vista, Nebraska)
#5 Tessa Loewen (Abbotsford, BC)
#15 Kristy Noble (Uxbridge, ON)
#6 Jacqueline Omichinski (Abbotsford, BC)
#26 Erika Polidori (Brantford, ON)
#9 Natasha Szlapetis (Brampton, ON)
#21 *Logan White (Brantford, ON)
#2 Natalie Wideman (Mississauga, ON)
#23 Shanna Wilson (Peterborough, ON)
*Logan White has been added to the roster following a pre-tournament injury to Olivia Hornstein (South Surrey, BC).
Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Tony Foti (Winnipeg, MB)
Assistant Coach: Shan McDonald (Scarborough, ON)
Assistant Coach: Glenn Boles (St. Catharines, ON)
Assistant Coach: Alison Bradley (Pinkerton, ON)
Athletic Therapist: Darren Wharrie (Toronto, ON)
Team Leader: Harvey Stevenson (Saanichton, BC)
Team Canada Schedule
August 7: Canada vs. Brazil (4:30pm EDT)
August 8: Canada vs. Argentina (2:00pm EDT)
August 10: Canada vs. Colombia (4:00pm EDT)
August 11: Canada vs. Peru (10:00am EDT)
August 12: Canada vs. Mexico (midi EDT), Canada vs. United States (2:00pm EDT)
August 13: Playoff Round
August 14: Playoff Round
Game reports will be available on the Softball Canada website (www.softball.ca) a few hours after each game.
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For more information, please contact:
Gilles LeBlanc
Manager - Marketing and Communications
Softball Canada
(613) 523-3385 ext. 3105
gleblanc@softball.ca
