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From: "Softball Canada" <newsletter at softball.ca>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:15:16 
To: Al's Fastball News<Fastball at pmihrm.com>
subject:Softball Canada Media Release / Communiqué de presse
2013 and 2015 ISF Junior Women's World Championships 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
February 13, 2012 

 Brampton Selected to Host 2013 ISF X Junior Women's World Championship 

 (Ottawa, ON) Softball Canada is very pleased to announce that the International Softball Federation (ISF) has selected Brampton, Ontario to host the 2013 ISF X Junior Women's World Softball Championship, which will be held July 1-7, 2013. The ISF also announced that Oklahoma City, Oklahoma will host the same event in 2015, which will take place from August 7-16, 2015. 

 Following approval by the world governing body's Board of Directors, ISF President Don Porter made the announcement today, just over eight weeks after the 15-nation IX Junior Women's World Championship concluded in Cape Town, South Africa. 

 The event next year will mark the first time that Ontario has ever hosted an ISF world championship. Meanwhile, the 2015 tournament will be the first time since 1996 that the USA has hosted an ISF world championship (IX Men's World Championship in Michigan). 

 'As we recently saw in South Africa, the junior women's world championship is the premier event for our young female athletes,' the ISF president said. 'The organizers in Cape Town did a first-class job and we are confident that Canada and the U.S. will do the same next year and in 2015. We need them to because this is an important competition opportunity for that age category to be able to continue to test their skills against their counterparts from around the world.' 

 Softball Canada submitted the 2013 bid on behalf of the Brampton Girls Softball Association, while the Amateur Softball Association put forth the 2015 plan, which calls for the junior women's world championship to be played at their headquarters complex. 

 'Softball Canada is extremely pleased to be awarded the 2013Junior Women's World Championships' stated Softball Canada President Kevin Quinn. 'We are very confident that Brampton will do an outstanding job as the host. Brampton has a long history of hosting successful national events and that expertise will now be put to work hosting the world in 2013.' 

 The year of 2012 marks the first year that the ISF World Championships will be played every two years in all categories, after being previously held on a four year cycle. The 2012 XIII Women's World Championship will be played this July in Whitehorse, Yukon and the 2012 IX Junior Men's World Championship is set for November in Paraná, Argentina. In addition to next year's event in Ontario, the XIII Men's World Championship will take place in Auckland, New Zealand (March 2013). 

 About Softball Canada 
The Canadian Amateur Softball Association, commonly known as Softball Canada, is a not-for-profit National Sport Organization (NSO) based in Ottawa, Ontario founded in 1951. It is recognized and financially supported by the Government of Canada as the National Governing Body for the sport of softball. Softball Canada is administered by an eight-member Board of Directors elected by the country`s 13 Provincial and Territorial Associations, and is supported by eight staff members. 

 About the International Softball Federation 
The ISF is the world governing body of the sport as recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and SportAccord (formerly the General Association of International Sports Federations). Softball (women's fast pitch) made its Olympic debut at the 1996 Games in Atlanta. There are 127 affiliated countries in the ISF and millions of participants in the sport worldwide. The sport is contested in more than a dozen multi-sport Games. Learn additional details about the Federation at www.ISFsoftball.org. 

 MEDIA: For more information, please contact ISF Director of Communications Bruce Wawrzyniak at brucew at ISFsoftball.org, +1-813-864-0100, or +1-813-453-8762. 

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 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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