{"id":18228,"date":"2012-09-13T18:10:31","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T01:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=18228"},"modified":"2012-09-13T18:10:47","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T01:10:47","slug":"canadian-mens-national-team-ready-to-compete-at-viii-pan-american-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=18228","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Men’s National Team ready to compete at VIII Pan American Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>From Softball Canada and Al’s Fastball<\/a><\/p>\n

VIII Men’s Pan American Championship
\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
\nSeptember 13, 2012 <\/p>\n

Canadian Men’s National Team ready to compete at VIII Pan American Championship <\/p>\n

(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. <\/p>\n

The athletes who will represent Canada at the VIII Pan American Championship in Medellin, Colombia from September 16-22 are: <\/p>\n

Athletes
\n#42 Bryan Abrey (Richmond, BC)
\n#44 Tyson Barkman (Abbotsford, BC)
\n#51 Ryan Boland (St. John’s, NL)
\n#19 Jeff Ellsworth (St. Lawrence, PEI)
\n#22 Blair Ezekiel (Harbour Main, NL)
\n#10 Jason Hill (St. John’s, NL)
\n#6 Brandon Horn (Waterloo, ON)
\n#7 Mark Johnson (Glencoe, ON)
\n#14 Rowan Lam (Glencoe, ON)
\n#33 Stephen Mullaley (Freshwater, NL)
\n#12 Brennan Pokoyoway (Saskatoon, SK)
\n#15 Mathieu Roy (St-Gervais, QC)
\n#8 Jason Sanford (Durham, NS)
\n#20 Don Scott (Stratford, ON)
\n#9 Andy Skelton (Newmarket, ON)
\n#24 Brady Woods (Stonewall, MB) <\/p>\n

Coaching Staff
\nHead Coach: Don Bates (Saskatoon, SK)
\nAssistant Coach: Les Howey (Conception Bay, NL)
\nAssistant Coach: John Stuart (Langley, BC)
\nAthletic Therapist: Adam Davies (Ottawa, ON)
\nTeam Leader: Larry Gould (Burtts Corner, NB)
\nOperations Manager: Mike Branchaud (Ottawa, ON) <\/p>\n

Umpire
\nAndre Gallant (NB) <\/p>\n

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. <\/p>\n

Team Canada Schedule <\/strong>
\nSeptember 16: Canada vs. Ecuador (2:00pm CDT)
\nSeptember 16: Canada vs. Puerto Rico (4:00pm CDT)
\nSeptember 17: Canada vs. Bahamas (9:00am CDT)
\nSeptember 17: Canada vs. Colombia (5:00pm CDT)
\nSeptember 18: Canada vs. Guatemala (11:00am CDT)
\nSeptember 18: Canada vs. Argentina (1:00pm CDT)
\nSeptember 19: Canada vs. Mexico (9:00am CDT)
\nSeptember 19: Canada vs. Venezuela (1:00pm CDT)
\nSeptember 20: Canada vs. Dominican Republic (3:00pm CDT)
\nSeptember 21: Playoff Round
\nSeptember 22: Medal Round <\/p>\n

For more information, please contact: <\/p>\n

Gilles LeBlanc
\nManager – Marketing and Communications
\nSoftball Canada
\n(613) 523-3386 ext. 3105
\ngleblanc@softball.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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