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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>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:46:05 -0400</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>VIII Men's Pan American Championship</B></FONT></P>
<P>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
<BR>September 13, 2012
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<B>Canadian Men's National Team ready to compete at VIII Pan American Championship</B>
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(Medellin, Colombia) The Canadian Senior Men's National Team is ready to compete at the VIII Men's Pan American Softball Championship from September 16-22 in Medellin, Colombia. This event will serve as a qualifier for the ISF XIII Men's World Championship to be held March 1-10, 2013 in Auckland, New Zealand. The top five teams at the Pan American Championship will earn a berth to the World Championship.
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The athletes who will represent Canada at the VIII Pan American Championship in Medellin, Colombia from September 16-22 are:
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<B>Athletes</B>
<BR>#42 Bryan Abrey (Richmond, BC)
<BR>#44 Tyson Barkman (Abbotsford, BC)
<BR>#51 Ryan Boland (St. John's, NL)
<BR>#19 Jeff Ellsworth (St. Lawrence, PEI)
<BR>#22 Blair Ezekiel (Harbour Main, NL)
<BR>#10 Jason Hill (St. John's, NL)
<BR>#6 Brandon Horn (Waterloo, ON)
<BR>#7 Mark Johnson (Glencoe, ON)
<BR>#14 Rowan Lam (Glencoe, ON)
<BR>#33 Stephen Mullaley (Freshwater, NL)
<BR>#12 Brennan Pokoyoway (Saskatoon, SK)
<BR>#15 Mathieu Roy (St-Gervais, QC)
<BR>#8 Jason Sanford (Durham, NS)
<BR>#20 Don Scott (Stratford, ON)
<BR>#9 Andy Skelton (Newmarket, ON)
<BR>#24 Brady Woods (Stonewall, MB)
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<B>Coaching Staff</B>
<BR>Head Coach: Don Bates (Saskatoon, SK)
<BR>Assistant Coach: Les Howey (Conception Bay, NL)
<BR>Assistant Coach: John Stuart (Langley, BC)
<BR>Athletic Therapist: Adam Davies (Ottawa, ON)
<BR>Team Leader: Larry Gould (Burtts Corner, NB)
<BR>Operations Manager: Mike Branchaud (Ottawa, ON)
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<B>Umpire</B>
<BR>Andre Gallant (NB)
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Ten (10) teams will participate at the event, which will be a single round-robin with the top four teams advancing to the page playoff round.
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<B>Team Canada Schedule</B>
<BR>September 16: Canada vs. Ecuador (2:00pm CDT)
<BR>September 16: Canada vs. Puerto Rico (4:00pm CDT)
<BR>September 17: Canada vs. Bahamas (9:00am CDT)
<BR>September 17: Canada vs. Colombia (5:00pm CDT)
<BR>September 18: Canada vs. Guatemala (11:00am CDT)
<BR>September 18: Canada vs. Argentina (1:00pm CDT)
<BR>September 19: Canada vs. Mexico (9:00am CDT)
<BR>September 19: Canada vs. Venezuela (1:00pm CDT)
<BR>September 20: Canada vs. Dominican Republic (3:00pm CDT)
<BR>September 21: Playoff Round
<BR>September 22: Medal Round
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For more information, please contact:
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Gilles LeBlanc
<BR>Manager - Marketing and Communications
<BR>Softball Canada
<BR>(613) 523-3386 ext. 3105
<BR>gleblanc@softball.ca </P>
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