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Softball Canada Announces Roster for ISF Women's World Softball Championship

July 8, 2012

Ottawa, ON

 

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ISF XIII Women's World Championship - Team Canada Roster
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 8, 2012

Softball Canada Announces Roster for ISF Women's World Softball Championship

(Ottawa, ON) Softball Canada is pleased to announce the list of players who will represent the Canada's Women's National Team at the ISF XIII Women's World Championship, which will take place from July 13-22 at the Pepsi Softball Center in Whitehorse, YK. The tournament will feature sixteen (16) countries that will be competing for the title of World Champions.

Canada's roster will feature 11 players returning from the Bronze medal winning team at the 2010 ISF XII Women's World Championship in Caracas, Venezuela, as well as five players who competed at the 2011 ISF IX Junior Women's World Championship, which took place in Cape Town, South Africa last December.

The seventeen (17) athletes who will represent Team Canada at the ISF XIII Women's World Championship from July 13-22 in Whitehorse, YK are:

Athletes
Jenna Caira (Toronto, ON)
Jocelyn Cater (Delta, BC)
Erin Cumpstone (Saskatoon, SK)
Jennifer Gilbert (Saskatoon, SK)
Victoria Hayward (Toronto, ON)
Karissa Hovinga (Edmonton, AB)
Danielle Lawrie (Langley, BC)
Sheena Lawrick (Calgary, AB)
Caitlin Lever (Buffalo, NY)
Joey Lye (Toronto, ON)
Melanie Matthews (Surrey, BC)
Kaleigh Rafter (Guelph, ON)
Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, BC)
Carey-Leigh Thomas (Ohsweken, ON)
Megan Timpf (Port Dover, ON)
Natalie Wideman (Mississauga, ON)
Jennifer Yee (North Delta, BC)

Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Mark Smith (Falmouth, NS)
Assistant Coach: Melissa Basilio (Pickering, ON)
Assistant Coach: Dave Paetkau (Abbotsford, BC)
Assistant Coach: Glenn Boles (St. Catharines, ON)
Assistant Coach: Alison Bradley (Pinkerton, ON)
Team Leader: Lisa Down (Saskatoon, SK)
Physiotherapist: Laurie Freebairn (Maple Ridge, BC)

ISF XIII Women's World Championship - Team Canada Schedule
July 13: Canada vs. Chinese Taipei (7:30pm PDT)
July 14: Canada vs. Mexico (7:00pm PDT)
July 15: Canada vs. Japan (7:00pm PDT)
July 16: Canada vs. Great Britain (7:00pm PDT)
July 17: Canada vs. New Zealand (11:30am PDT)
July 18: Canada vs. Australia (7:00pm PDT)
July 19: Canada vs. Italy (7:00pm PDT)
July 20: Playoff Round
July 21: Playoff Round
July 22: Medal Round

All games of the ISF XIII Women's World Championship will be webstreamed for free for all viewers around the world, and will also feature live scoring. The tournament website can be found at http://www.worldfastpitch2012.com/


How to Follow Team Canada
Softball Canada Website: http://www.softball.ca
2012 Team Canada Media Guide: http://www.softballcanada.info/2012TeamCanadaMediaGuide.pdf
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SoftballCanada
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SoftballCanadaNSO

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For more information, please contact:

Gilles LeBlanc
Manager, Marketing and Communications
Softball Canada
613-523-3386 ext. 3105
gleblanc@softball.ca

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