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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 -SC- For more information, please contact: Gilles LeBlanc Manager, Marketing and Communications Softball Canada 613-523-3386 ext. 3105 gleblanc@softball.ca |