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2012 Men's Development Team Roster - AAU International Tournament

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
December 19, 2011 

Softball Canada Announces 2012 Men's Development Team 

(Ottawa, ON) Softball Canada is pleased to announce the list
of players who have been invited to compete at the Amateur Athletic
Union (AAU) International Men's Fast Pitch tournament with the
Canadian Men's Development Team. The event will take place from
January 26-29, 2012 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. 

At last year's AAU tournament, the Canadian Development Team
swept its round-robin games and kept rolling by winning four
playoff games before losing 9-5 in the gold medal game against
Chicago/New York. 

The athletes selected to the 2012 Developmental Team are: 

1. Tyson Barkman (Abbotsford, BC) 
2. Ryan Boland (St. John's, NL) 
3. Jeff Ellsworth (St. Lawrence, PEI) 
4. Blair Ezekiel (Harbour Main, NL) 
5. Jason Hill (St. John's, NL) 
6. Adam Hiller (Elmira, ON) 
7. Brandon Horn (Waterloo, ON) 
8. Mark Johnson (Glencoe, ON) 
9. Derek Mayson (North Vancouver, BC) 
10. Brennan Pokoyoway (Saskatoon, SK) 
11. Mathieu Roy (Saint-Gervais, QC) 
12. Jason Sanford (Durham, NS) 
13. Don Scott (Stratford, ON) 
14. Jeremy Tracy (Waterville, NB) 
15. Ben Wideman (Elmira, ON) 
16. Brady Woods (Stonewall, MB) 

Coaching Staff 
Head Coach: Don Bates (Saskatoon, SK) 
Assistant Coach: Les Howey (Saskatoon, SK) 
Assistant Coach: John Stuart (Vancouver, BC) 
Assistant Coach: Glenn Boles (St. Catharines, ON) 
Athletic Therapist: Adam Davies (Ottawa, ON) 

Jeff Ellsworth and Derek Mayson are veterans of the Men's National
Team program, and helped Canada win a Bronze medal at the 2009
ISF Men's World Championship in Saskatoon, SK. In addition, Tyson
Barkman and Mathieu Roy are former Junior Men's National Team
members, earning a Bronze medal at the 2005 ISF Junior Men's
World Championship in Summerside, PEI. 

'This Developmental Team roster features many new faces as we
begin our preparations for the 2012 Pan American Qualifier and
the ISF World Championship to be held in March, 2013' said Harvey
Stevenson, Operations Manager for Softball Canada's National
Teams. 'The AAU Tournament will allow our younger players to
experience international softball and how it feels to represent
Canada in a highly competitive event.' 

AAU Tournament - Canadian Development Team Schedule 
January 26: Canada vs. Caguas (Puerto Rico) - 3:00pm EST 
January 26: Canada vs. Cutro (USA) - 7:00pm EST 
January 27: Canada vs. Los Venezolanos (Venezuela) - 3:00pm EST

January 28: Playoff Round 
January 29: Playoff Round 

-SC- 

For more information, please contact: 

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

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