FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 28, 2012
Softball Canada Names 2012 Junior Men's National Team Roster (Ottawa, ON) Softball Canada is pleased to announce the list of players who will represent the Canadian Junior Men's National Team at the ISF IX Junior Men's World Championship, which will take place from
November 1-10 in Parana, Argentina. The tournament will feature fifteen (15) countries competing for the title of World Champions
At the previous Junior Men's World Championship held in Whitehorse, YT in 2008, Team Canada defeated Japan 4-3 to advance to the Gold medal game, and went on to lose a 2-1 thriller in eight innings against Australia to earn the Silver medal.
The seventeen (17) athletes who have been chosen to represent Canada at the ISF IX Junior Men's World Championship from November 1-10 in Parana, Argentina are:
Athletes Cody Anthony (Shubenacadie, NS)
Cole Bolton (Flinton, ON)
Taylor Brown (Centreville, ON)
Ambrose Firkus (Irma, AB)
Michael Lagace-Roote (New Hamburg, ON)
Michael Lamontagne (St-Charles-de-Bellechasse, QC)
Brett Larson (Irma, AB)
Parker MacKay (Irma, AB)
Steven Normand (Calgary, AB)
Aiden Patrick (Prince Albert, SK)
Brad Peck (Surrey, BC)
Taylor Schubada (Irma, AB)
Ty Sebastian (Brussels, ON)
Carson Soucy (Irma, AB)
Adam Stuck (Owen Sound, ON)
Cody Werner (Baden, ON)
Brett Young (Taymouth, NB)
Coaching Staff Head Coach: Tom Doucette (Middle Musquodoboit, NS)
Assistant Coach: Doug Chase (Port Alberni, BC)
Assistant Coach: Jim Jones (Leduc, AB)
Assistant Coach: George Ryder (Port Dover, ON)
Team Leader: Duke Cormier (Summerside, PEI)
Athletic Therapist: Mark Kiervin (Saint John, NB)
'We are extremely pleased with the quality of athletes that we had the opportunity to invite to our Selection Camp held in Cambridge from August 13 to 17' said Duke Cormier, Team Leader for the Junior Men's National. 'The team will be strong offensively with good quickness, and at bat the team will put the ball in play from top to bottom. Defensively, the team will be very solid and pitching will be spread between as many as four or five pitchers. Team Canada is a legitimate threat to win Gold along with at least four or five other countries in this very competitive World Championship.'
The International Softball Federation has also selected two Canadian umpires to officiate at the event:
Umpires George Findley (ON)
Aaron Poulin (BC)
The official website for the ISF IX Junior Men's World Championship can be found at: http://worldjuniormenfastpitch2012.com/
