TeamCanada ready to roll at Tri Nations Cup

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Received: 7/5/08 3:01:46 PM 
From:  "Gilles LeBlanc" <gleblanc at softball.ca> 

Subject:  Team_Canada_ready_to_roll_at_Tri_Nations_Cup_/_Le_Canada_p
 


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FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

July5th, 2008

 

TeamCanada ready to roll at Tri Nations Cup

 

(Kitchener,ON) – The Senior Women’s National Softball Team will
continue its journeytowards the Beijing Olympic Games tonight
as they will compete on home soil atthe Kitchener Pioneers Lions
“Road to Beijing” Tri Nations Cup in Kitchener, ONfrom July 6-8.
The event will feature Team Australia (ranked third in theworld),
Team Japan (second) and the Canadian National Team (fifth). Canada
iscoming off a 1-0  exhibition game win over Venezuela on July
1stin Brampton, and recently completed their Pro Tour with a
9-3 record.

 

Canadawill open the event against Australia tomorrow night, July
6th(7:00pm EDT), before taking on Japan on Monday, July 7th (8:30pmCDT).
The second and third place teams will compete at 4:00pm on July
8thand the winner of that game will move on to face the first
place team at 6:00pmin the Championships game.

 

Sundaynight’s game against Australia will be of particular interest,
as children whogo to the ballpark wearing their baseball/softball
jersey will be admitted for$2. Also, the Rowbust Dragon Boat
team from London, ON will be on hand to raisemoney for breast
cancer research. This charitable organization previouslypartnered
with Team Canada at the OKC Olympic Preview last month.

 

Followingis the list of players who were selected to the Olympic
Roster and will becompeting at the Tri Nations Cup:

 

TeamRoster

 

#3Lauren Bay Regula (Trail, BC)

#17Alison Bradley (Pinkerton, ON)

#18Erin Cumpstone (Saskatoon, SK)

#4Sheena Lawrick (Calgary, AB)

#13Danielle Lawrie (Langley, BC)

#11Caitlin Lever (Buffalo, New York)

#15Robin Mackin (Newmarket, ON)

#21Noemie Marin (Acton-Vale, QC)

#12Melanie Matthews (Surrey, BC)

#20Erin McLean (Whitby, ON)

#77Dione Meier (Saskatoon, SK)

#10*Kristy Odamura (Richmond, BC)

#55Kaleigh Rafter (Guelph, ON)

#8*Katie Rosentreter (Winnipeg, MB)

#7Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, BC)

#14Megan Timpf (Port Dover, ON)

#10Jennifer Yee (North Delta, BC)

 

Olympic Team Alternates

 

CoachingStaff 

 

HeadCoach: Lori Sippel (Stratford, ON)

AssistantCoach: Lonni Alameda (Las Vegas, Nevada)

AssistantCoach: Wendy Dobbin (Oshawa, ON)

AssistantCoach: Jim Peterson (DesMoines, Washington)

AssistantCoach: Don Bates (Saskatoon, SK)

AthleticTherapist: Laurie Freebairn (Maple Ridge, BC)

TeamLeader: Harvey Stevenson (Victoria, BC)

 

Makesure to visit the new softball Canada website (www.softball.ca),where
you can follow the team’s progress at the event with post-game
newsstories and box scores.

 

-SC-

 

Formore information, please contact 

 

GillesLeBlanc

Manager:Marketing and Communications Services

SoftballCanada

(613)523-3386 ext 3105

gleblanc at softball.ca

 

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