Team Canada Ready to Compete at
ISF Women’s World Softball Championship

(Haarlem, Netherlands) The Canadian Senior Women’s National Team is ready to compete at the ISF XIV Women’s World Championship from August 15-24 in Haarlem, Netherlands. Team Canada will play its first game against Puerto Rico on Friday, August 15 at 7:30am EDT.

At the previous ISF Women’s World Championship held in Whitehorse, Yukon in 2012, Japan defeated the United States 2-1 in ten innings in the Gold medal game, ending the Americans streak of seven consecutive world titles. Australia beat Canada 3-1 to advance to the medal round and went on to win bronze, with Canada finishing fourth. At the 2010 ISF World Championship held in Venezuela, Canada earned its first-ever National Team World Championship medal by winning a pair of tight playoff games against Australia and China on Canada Day to advance to the medal round and earning a bronze medal.

The athletes who will represent Canada at the ISF XIV Women’s World Championship in Haarlem, Netherlands are:
 

#	Name	Pos	Date of birth	Hometown
29	Jenna Caira	P	April 1, 1989	Toronto, ON
26	Larissa Franklin	OF	March 26, 1993	Maple Ridge, BC
24	Jenny Gilbert	OF	February 3, 1992	Saskatoon, SK
17	Sara Groenewegen	P	April 12, 1994	Surrey, BC
4	Megan Gurski	IF/P	January 22, 1994	Dalmeny, SK
8	Victoria Hayward	OF	April 11, 1992	Toronto, ON
77	Sara Hopwood	IF	February 27, 1989	Richmond, BC
6	Karissa Hovinga	P	January 28, 1993	Edmonton, AB
9	Caitlin Lever	OF	March 12, 1985	Buffalo, NY
5	Joey Lye	UT	May 4, 1987	Toronto, ON
15	Sara Plourde	P	January 27, 1990	Fredericton, NB
7	Erika Polidori	OF	January, 26 1992	Brantford, ON
55	Kaleigh Rafter	C	August 18, 1986	Guelph, ON
13	Carey-Leigh Thomas	IF	September 14, 1992	Ohsweken, ON
14	Megan Timpf	IF	January 21, 1984	Port Dover, ON
20	Natalie Wideman	C	January 11, 1992	Mississauga, ON
22	Jen Yee	2B	June 14, 1987	North Delta, BC

 

Position	Name	Hometown
Head Coach	Mark Smith	Falmouth, NS
Assistant Coach	Melissa Basilio	Pickering, ON
Assistant Coach	Glenn Boles	St. Catharines, ON
Assistant Coach	Rob Guenter	Victoria, BC
Assistant Coach	Ken Leavoy	Vancouver, BC
Assistant Coach	Dave Paetkau	Abbotsford, BC
Ostheopathic Manual Practitioner	Don Griffis	Vancouver, BC
Team Leader	Lisa Down	Saskatoon, SK
Manager - Women's NT	Alison Bradley	Pinkerton, ON

 

Name	Province
Joyce Bellini	Quebec
Genevieve Gaudreau	Quebec