Six players from Newfoundland have been named to Canada’s 17-player roster for the 2017 WBSC world men’s softball championship to be held in the Yukon. From the Telegram Sean Cleary (Harbour Main), Brad Ezekiel (Harbour Main), Stephen Mullaley (Freshwater), Colin Walsh (Petty Harbour) and brothers Ryan Boland and Shane Boland (Goulds) were named to the final roster … [Read more...]
Softball Canada Announces 2017 Men’s National Team Roster
Information Published by Gilles LeBlanc (Ottawa, ON) Softball Canada is pleased to announce the list of athletes who have been selected to represent Canada this summer at the Bob Law Memorial Challenge in Vancouver, B.C. and the 2017 WBSC Men’s World Softball Championship from July 7 to 16 in Whitehorse, Yuk. The final roster has been determined following a selection camp held … [Read more...]
Innerkip Park will host two intra-squad games for Team Canada’s national men’s fastball team tonight and Saturday
From the Woodstock Sentinel: Innerkip will host a pair of intra-squad games for the top male fastball players in Canada this weekend. Softball Canada will hold the Canadian men’s national team selection camp Thursday to Sunday between Kitchener and Innerkip. The main selection camp will take place in Kitchener at Conestoga College to go through the physical and positional … [Read more...]
Pools and Schedule for 2017 WBSC Men’s World Championship – Whitehorse, Yukon – July 7-16
Hot off the press. Information courtesy of Echo Ross, Softball Yukon. Please see the attached release regarding announcement of the pools and schedule for the 2017 WBSC Men's World Softball Championship. The full schedule is available on the website. 2017 Worlds Schedule 2017 World Softball - Schedule Press Release Full schedule at official website here. … [Read more...]
2017 ISC Canada East Qualifier Schedule
Road to #ISCWT2017 - The 2017 ISC Canada East qualifier tournament will be held June 16-18 in Innerkip, Ontario on the three-diamond complex at the Innerkip Sports Park - see https://goo.gl/maps/zJPo6Ca1p5p. The winning team will receive a paid berth and travel money for the 2017 ISC World Tournament in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Opening round games are as follows: Gm 1 D1 Fri 7 … [Read more...]
Scoreboard and Stats from 2017 Kelowna May Days Tournament
Information courtesy of Craig Donaldson Editor's note: Big thanks to Craig Donaldson for his reporting here. Time consuming work, but much appreciated by the fans (including the Editor). Tournaments looking for more coverage of their events can't go wrong by providing this kind of information. Click here to view the scoreboard and stats. This link should provide access to … [Read more...]
Jeff Ellsworth is new hitting coach for Spanish women’s national team
From CBC News First meeting with team intimidating but fulfilling By Jordan Gill, CBC News Retirement hasn't meant a lot of downtime for Jeff Ellsworth. Although he recently retired from Canada's senior men's softball team, he hasn't left the game. He actually has a new job. Ellsworth is the new hitting coach for Spain's national women's softball team. Ellsworth was … [Read more...]