{"id":14093,"date":"2011-08-26T13:12:50","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T20:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=14093"},"modified":"2011-08-26T13:12:50","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T20:12:50","slug":"fredericton-maritime-poker-twins-off-to-sr-canadians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=14093","title":{"rendered":"Fredericton Maritime Poker Twins Off to Sr. Canadians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_10513\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10513\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"httphttp:\/\/dailygleaner.canadaeast.com\/sports\/article\/1434806\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DailyGleaner.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"DailyGleaner\" width=\"130\" height=\"48\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10513\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click logo for complete news story and photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure><em>By JAMIE ROSS, DAILY GLEANER<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ace pItcher Bryan Newton tops the list of five Fredericton Maritime Poker Twins imports being taken to the 2011 Senior men&#8217;s Canadian Fastpitch Championships in Owen Sound beginning this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DESPRES<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Twins are bringing along two non-Atlantic Canadian imports &#8211; Newton, from Alberta, and catcher Pat Humphries of Ontario &#8211; in addition to three imports from Atlantic Canada.<\/p>\n<p>They include pitcher Donnelly Archibald of Antigonish, center fielder Joel Isenor from Lance, and hurler Justin Schofield out of Wolfville, NS., who recently won a national championship with the Nova Scotia junior fast pitch squad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Newton is an absolute horse,&#8221; said Twins player\/coach Bobby Despres of his team&#8217;s top pickup. &#8220;He&#8217;s born with a rubber arm I believe. He doesn&#8217;t get tired.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Newton, who was recently a part of the New York\/Chicago team that finished runners up at the International Softball Congress World Tournament, joined the Twins for their nationals appearance last year, and pitched more than 40 innings.<\/p>\n<p>Humphries is hailed for his bat, having gone 10-for-22 for a .455 batting average at last year&#8217;s nationals.  <a href=\"http:\/\/dailygleaner.canadaeast.com\/sports\/article\/1434806\">To continue reading, click here<\/a>. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By JAMIE ROSS, DAILY GLEANER Ace pItcher Bryan Newton tops the list of five Fredericton Maritime Poker Twins imports being taken to the 2011 Senior men&#8217;s Canadian Fastpitch Championships in Owen Sound beginning this weekend. 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