Softball Canada Media Release / Communiqué de presse

[Al's Fastball News]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
June 22, 2010 

Women's National Softball Team ready to challenge for ISF XII
Women's World Championship Title 

(Caracas, Venezuela) The Canadian Senior Women's National Team
will be looking to challenge for top spot at the ISF XII Women's
World Championship, which will take place in Caracas, Venezuela
from June 23rd to July 2nd. The United States have won the last
seven Women's World Championships, but the level of talent across
the world has increased to narrow the gap, and Japan comes into
the event as the 2008 Olympic Games Gold medalists. 

The athletes who will represent Canada at the ISF XII Women's
World Championship in Caracas, Venezuela are: 

Athletes 
#17 Tina Andreana (Oakville, ON) 
#29 Jenna Caira (Toronto, ON) 
#18 Erin Cumpstone (Saskatoon, SK) 
#20 Corrine Doornberg (Langley, BC) 
#6 Heather Ebert (Rosthern, SK) 
#8 Victoria Hayward (Mountain View, Calif.) 
#24 Ashley Lanz (Winnipeg, MB) 
#4 Sheena Lawrick (Calgary, AB) 
#13 Danielle Lawrie (Langley, BC) 
#9 Caitlin Lever (Buffalo, New York) 
#5 Joey Lye (Toronto, ON) 
#12 Melanie Matthews (Surrey, BC) 
#38 Evelyne Pare (Ile-Perrot, QC) 
#55 Kaleigh Rafter (Guelph, ON) 
#15 Jill Russell (London, ON) 
#7 Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, BC) 
#22 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: Rob Guenter (Victoria, BC) 
Athletic Therapist: Laurie Freebairn (Maple Ridge, BC) 
Team Leader: Harvey Stevenson (Saanichton, BC) 

Sixteen (16) teams will participate at the event, which will
be split into two pools for round-robin play. Each team will
play seven games against the other teams in their pool, and the
top four teams from each pool will advance to the playoff round.
The pool breakdown will be: 

Pool A 
Argentina - Canada - Chinese Taipei - Cuba - Great Britain -
Japan - Netherlands - South Africa 

Pool B 
Australia - Botswana - China - Czech Republic - Dominican Republic
- New Zealand - United States - Venezuela 

Team Canada Schedule 
June 24: Canada vs. Cuba (6:30pm EDT) 
June 25: Canada vs. Chinese Taipei (10:30am EDT) / Canada vs.
Argentina (6:30pm EDT) 
June 26: Canada vs. Great Britain (2:30pm EDT) 
June 27: Canada vs. Japan (2:30pm EDT) 
June 28: Canada vs. South Africa (4:30pm EDT) 
June 29: Canada vs. Netherlands (6:30pm EDT) 
June 30 and July 1: Playoff Round 
July 2: Bronze Medal Game / Gold Medal Game 

Quick Links 
ISF XII Women's World Championship Website: http://www.mundialsoftbol2010.org.ve/

Softball Canada Website (Team Canada Game Reports): http://www.softball.ca

Team Canada Media Guide: http://www.softball.ca/files/2010CanadaMediaGuide.pdf

Softball Canada Twitter Page: http://twitter.com/softballcanada

Softball Canada Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Softball-Canada/203017655217?ref=ts

International Softball Federation Website: http://www.isfsoftball.org/


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For more information, please contact: 

Gilles LeBlanc 
Manager - Marketing and Communications 
Softball Canada 
gleblanc at softball.ca 
(613) 523-3386 ext 3105

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