Cap tip Bob SimmsFrom the Durham Region Daily
By Brian McNair
Former Brooklin resident has spent plenty of years in Oshawa and District Fastball League
AJAX — Team Canada’s Paul Koert wound up a pitch during men’s softball action against Venezuela at the President’s Choice Pan Am Ball Park. July 16, 2015
Ajax News Advertiser
By Brian McNair
AJAX — If Saturday, July 18 marked the final game in the illustrious career of softball star Paul Koert, he sure left on a high note.
Koert, a 36-year-old former resident of Brooklin and longtime pitcher in the Oshawa and District Fastball League, was part of the Canadian men’s softball team that claimed gold at the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games.
He didn’t pitch in the championship game, a 2-1 edge-of-the-seat victory over Venezuela at the President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark, but he contributed plenty overall for Canada, which won all seven games it played.
The win came hard on the heels of Canada also winning a world championship on home soil, in Saskatoon.
“This was it for me, being in the later part of my 30s,” said Koert, who is the vice-president of sales for a veterinary medical company. “Work was very gracious in letting me follow my two dreams, winning a world championship and then a Pan American Games. Both have happened just now, so that’s a huge thing for me and a great way to finish off my career.”
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