{"id":1150,"date":"2006-08-23T11:51:43","date_gmt":"2006-08-23T19:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1150"},"modified":"2006-08-23T11:53:53","modified_gmt":"2006-08-23T19:53:53","slug":"softball-canada-announces-2006-senior-mens-national-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1150","title":{"rendered":"Softball Canada announces 2006 Senior Men’s National Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Al’s Fastball:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

(Ottawa, ON) – Softball Canada is pleased to announce the 2006 Senior Men’s National Team roster. Seventeen (17) of Canada’s
\nbest male softball players have been selected to represent Canada and compete at the VII Pan American Championships in Hermosillo, Mexico from September 29thto October 9th.<\/p>\n

The VII Pan Am Championships are a qualifier for the XII ISF World Championships in 2009 in Saskatoon. <\/p>\n

The athletes who have been chosen to represent Canada at the VII Pan American Championships are:<\/p>\n

Frank Cox, Owen Sound, ON <\/strong>
\nJeff Ellsworth, Alberton, PEI
\nIan Fehrman, Haggersville, ON
\nRob Giesbrecht, Landmark, MB
\nRob Gray, Toronto, ON
\nKeith MacKintosh, Saskatoon, SK
\nPat MacKintosh, Saskatoon, SK
\nTim Macumber, Newport, NS <\/strong>
\nDerek Mayson, North Vancouver, BC
\nScott Newitt, Vancouver, BC
\nSean O\u00c2\u2019Brien, Kitchener, ON
\nRob O\u00c2\u2019Brien, Elora, ON
\nKevin Schellenberg, Squamish, BC
\nChris Shewfelt, Stoney Creek, ON
\nRick Smith, Duncan, BC<\/strong>
\nNick Underhill, Campbell River, BC <\/strong>
\nRyan Wolfe, London, ON<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Team Staff <\/p>\n

Team Leader – Harvey Stevenson, Victoria, BC
\nHead Coach – Mark Smith, Falmouth, NS
\nAssistant Coach – Ray Tilley, Woodstock, ON
\nAssistant Coach – Marty Kernaghan, Grafton, ON
\nAssistant Coach – Don Bates, Saskatoon, SK
\nAthletic Therapist – Bruce Marshall, Ottawa, ON
\nStatistician – Barry Smith, Dartmouth, NS <\/p>\n

“Our coaching staff is very excited about our team” stated Mark Smith, Head Coach of the Senior Men’s National Team. “Arriving at a final roster was a difficult task due to how well the athletes performed throughout the season. On behalf of our staff I want to thank all pool athletes for their hard work and commitment to our program the past year and we look forward to working with them in future. We have selected an excellent group of athletes, but of equal importance an exceptional group of people. Now the hard work begins. We can\u00c2\u2019t wait to come together next month
\nto prepare for the event.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Al’s Fastball: (Ottawa, ON) – Softball Canada is pleased to announce the 2006 Senior Men’s National Team roster. Seventeen (17) of Canada’s best male softball players have been selected to represent Canada and compete at the VII Pan American Championships in Hermosillo, Mexico from September 29thto October 9th. The VII Pan Am Championships are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}