FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 11th, 2015
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Canadian Men's Softball Team Ready to
Compete at XVII Pan American Games
(Ajax, ON) The Canadian Men's Softball Team is ready to compete at the XVII Pan American Games in Ajax, ON and will open the event with a game against Mexico at 7:00pm EDT on Sunday, July 12. The event will feature six teams, including Argentina, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, the United States and Venezuela.
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The TORONTO 2015 Games will mark the return of men’s softball to the Pan Am Games program, last appearing in 2003. The Canadian Men’s Softball Team won all seven gold medals awarded at the event between 1979 and 2003.
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Team Canada is coming off an outstanding performance at the 2015 WBSC Men’s World Softball Championship last week in Saskatoon, SK, where they defeated Venezuela 10-0 to advance to the Championship game and came back from a 5-0 deficit to defeat New Zealand 10-5 to claim its first Gold medal at the event since 1992.
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The Canadian Men’s Softball Team will be holding an
Opening Press Conference at 3:00pm EDT on Saturday, July 11
at the Main Press Center (100-1 Princes’ Boulevard, Toronto, ON)
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Attendees will include:
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John Stuart – Head Coach, Men’s Softball Team
Mike Branchaud – Manager, National Teams
Jeff Ellsworth – Men’s Softball Athlete
Derek Mayson – Men’s Softball Athlete
Steve Mullaley – Men’s Softball Athlete
Mathieu Roy – Men’s Softball Athlete
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The athletes who will represent Team Canada as members of the Men’s Softball Team at the XVII Pan American are:Â
Athletes
Number |
Name |
Hometown |
51 |
Ryan Boland |
Goulds, NL |
44 |
Sean Cleary |
Habour Main, NL |
19 |
Jeff Ellsworth |
St. Lawrence, PEI |
22 |
Brad Ezekiel |
Harbour Main, NL |
14 |
Ian Fehrman |
Townsend, ON |
10 |
Jason Hill |
St. John's, NL |
17 |
Brandon Horn |
Waterloo, ON |
30 |
Paul Koert |
Stouffville, ON |
29 |
Derek Mayson |
North Vancouver, BC |
33 |
Steve Mullaley |
Freshwater, NL |
15 |
Mathieu Roy |
St-Gervais, QC |
8 |
Jason Sanford |
Durham, NS |
6 |
Kevin Schellenberg |
Squamish, BC |
9 |
Andy Skelton |
Scarborough, ON |
77 |
Ryan Wolfe |
Melbourne, ON |
Coaches
Position |
Name |
Hometown |
Head Coach |
John Stuart |
Langley, BC |
Assistant Coach |
Glenn Boles |
St. Catharines, ON |
Assistant Coach |
John Hill |
St. John's, NL |
Assistant Coach |
Les Howey |
Conception Bay, NL |
Athletic Therapist |
Adam Davies |
Ottawa, ON |
Team Leader |
Mike Branchaud |
Ottawa, ON |
Umpires
Name |
Hometown |
Peter Kluszczynski |
Barrie, ON |
Aaron Poulin |
Hope, BC |
Gary Skjerven |
Radville, SK |
Six (6) teams will participate at the event, which will be a single round-robin with the top four teams advancing to the page playoff round.
Team Canada Schedule
How to Follow Team Canada
2015 Pan American Games Website
Softball Schedule and Results
TO2015 Twitter
TO2015 Facebook
Softball Canada Website
Softball Canada Twitter
Softball Canada Facebook
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For more information, please contact:
Gilles LeBlanc
Manager - Marketing and Communications
Softball Canada
Cell: (613) 797-7171
gleblanc@softball.ca