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<BODY><div>Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network</div><hr/><div><b>From: </b> "Softball Canada" <newsletter@softball.ca>
</div><div><b>Date: </b>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:00:16 -0500</div><div><b>To: </b>Al's Fastball News<Fastball@pmihrm.com></div><div><b>Subject: </b>Softball Canada Media Release / Communiqué de presse</div><div><br/></div>
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<P align='center'><FONT color='red'><B>ISF IX Junior Women's World Championship</B></FONT></P>
<P>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
<BR>December 7th, 2011
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<B>Team Canada ready to compete at ISF IX Junior Women's World Softball Championship</B>
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(Cape Town, South Africa) The Canadian Junior Women's National Team will be looking for its best-ever performance at the ISF IX Junior Women's World Championship, which begins tonight in Cape Town, South Africa and will run until December 17th. Canada's previous best result was a fourth-place finish at the inaugural event in Edmonton in 1983.
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The United States and Japan have dominated the last five Junior Women's World Championships, meeting each other in the gold medal game at each of those events with Japan winning three gold medals and the United States winning two.
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Canada has improved steadily over the past three World Championships, finishing 7th at the 1999 event in China, 6th in 2003 in Taiwan and 5th in 2007 in the Netherlands. After three years of preparations, this year's team is expected to be in the thick of the podium hunt.
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The athletes who will represent Canada at the ISF IX Junior Women's World Championship in Cape Town, South Africa are:
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<B>Athletes</B>
<BR>#15 <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=342'>Jaycee Affeldt</a> (Maple Ridge, BC)
<BR>#12 <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=380'>Brigitte Aizprua</a> (Terrebonne, QC)
<BR>#9 <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=521'>Taylor Beck</a> (Vancouver, BC)
<BR>#14/22 <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=379'>Natalie Becker</a> (Waterloo, ON)
<BR>#11 <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=383'>Jocelyn Cater</a> (Delta, BC)
<BR>#21 <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=350'>Shannon Davidson</a> (Whitby, ON)
<BR>#26 <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=540'>Larissa Franklin</a> (Maple Ridge, BC)
<BR>#25 <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=351'>Jennifer Gilbert</a> (Saskatoon, SK)
<BR>#19/20 <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=529'>Kirsten Grant</a> (Oakville, ON)
<BR>#8 <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=354'>Victoria Hayward</a> (Toronto, ON)
<BR>#24 <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=359'>Karissa Hovinga</a> (Edmonton, AB)
<BR>#5 <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=345'>Tessa Loewen</a> (Abbotsford, BC)
<BR>#4 <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=344'>Kristy Noble</a> (Uxbridge, ON)
<BR>#7 <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=385'>Erika Polidori</a> (Brantford, ON)
<BR>#13 <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=504'>Madison Schreyer</a> (Winnipeg, MB)
<BR>#6 <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=472'>Carey-Leigh Thomas</a> (Ohsweken, ON)
<BR>#2 <a href='http://www.softball.ca/profile.asp?pID=387'>Natalie Wideman</a> (Mississauga, ON)
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<B>Coaching Staff</B>
<BR>Head Coach: Tony Foti (Winnipeg, MB)
<BR>Assistant Coach: Shan McDonald (Scarborough, ON)
<BR>Assistant Coach: Alison Bradley (Pinkerton, ON)
<BR>Assistant Coach: Glenn Boles (St. Catharines, ON)
<BR>Athletic Therapist: Darren Wharrie (Toronto, ON)
<BR>Team Leader: Lisa Down (Saskatoon, SK)
<BR>Operations Manager: Harvey Stevenson (Saanichton, BC)
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Two umpires will also be representing Softball Canada at the event:
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<B>Umpires</B>
<BR>Genevieve Gaudreau (QC)
<BR>Tonya Ribalkin-Zanon (AB)
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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, as the top four teams from each pool will advance to the playoff round. The pool breakdown (determined by the 2007 World Championship standings) will be:
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<u>Pool A</u>
<BR>United States
<BR>Canada
<BR>Puerto Rico
<BR>China
<BR>New Zealand
<BR>South Africa
<BR>Botswana
<BR>Czech Republic
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<u>Pool B</u>
<BR>Japan
<BR>Australia
<BR>Chinese Taipei
<BR>Argentina
<BR>Russia
<BR>Germany
<BR>Brazil
<BR>Zimbabwe
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<B>Team Canada Schedule</B>
<BR>December 8: Canada vs. United States (12:30pm EST)*
<BR>December 9: Canada vs. Botswana (5:00am EST)
<BR>December 10: Canada vs. Puerto Rico (10:30am EST)*
<BR>December 11: Canada vs. New Zealand (5:30am EST)*
<BR>December 12: Canada vs. South Africa (12:30pm EST)*
<BR>December 13: Canada vs. China (5:00am EST)
<BR>December 14: Canada vs. Czech Republic (5:30am EST)*
<BR>December 15: Playoff Round*
<BR>December 16: Playoff Round*
<BR>December 17: Medal Round*
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*All games played on Field 1 will be streamed live on the tournament website.
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The tournament will also offer "Live Score" text updates (on the website) every half inning for all games, and will publish player and team statistics at the end of each competition day. Visit the tournament website below to follow the action!
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<B>Websites</B>
<BR>ISF IX Junior Women's World Championship: http://jwwc2011.co.za/
<BR>International Softball Federation: http://www.isfsoftball.org/
<BR>Softball Canada: http://www.softball.ca
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<B>Facebook</B>
<BR>ISF IX Junior Women's World Championship: https://www.facebook.com/sonke2011
<BR>International Softball Federation: https://www.facebook.com/ISFsoftball
<BR>Softball Canada: https://www.facebook.com/SoftballCanadaNSO
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<B>Twitter</B>
<BR>ISF IX Junior Women's World Championship: http://twitter.com/Sonke2011
<BR>International Softball Federation: http://www.twitter.com/ISFSoftball
<BR>Softball Canada: http://twitter.com/SoftballCanada
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For more information, please contact:
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Gilles LeBlanc
<BR>Manager - Marketing and Communications
<BR>Softball Canada
<BR>gleblanc@softball.ca
<BR>(613) 523-3386 ext 3105</P>
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