{"id":15778,"date":"2012-01-25T10:32:53","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T18:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=15778"},"modified":"2012-01-25T14:14:26","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T22:14:26","slug":"jeff-ellsworth-named-as-canadas-team-captain-going-into-tourney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=15778","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Ellsworth named as Canada’s team captain going into AAU tourney"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ALBERTON \u2014 Jeff Ellsworth has a new role with Softball Canada\u2019s national men\u2019s development team this week in Florida.<\/p>\n

Ellsworth is captain as the team prepares for the Amateur Athletic Union national softball championship, which begins Thursday in Orlando.
\nThe Brooklyn, P.E.I., resident will be making his sixth appearance in the championship in as many years.<\/p>\n

In last year\u2019s tournament, Ellsworth played with the Chicago-New York Gremlins club team that defeated Softball Canada\u2019s rookie team in the championship game.<\/p>\n

Team Canada arrived in Orlando on Sunday.
\nThe tournament runs until Jan. 29.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should probably make Sunday (Jan. 29),\u201d Ellsworth said. \u201cAll the best of the best will definitely be there, so we\u2019ll have to play well to make it to Sunday, but I like our chances.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Orlando tournament will be Ellsworth\u2019s first game action since the Canadian championship in September, as a tournament in Mexico in November got cancelled due to security concerns.<\/p>\n

Among the club teams attending the Florida tournament is Hill United, the team from Ontario that Ellsworth has signed to play with in 2012.
\nCharlottetown catcher Mark Arsenault has accepted an invitation to play with them in Florida.<\/p>\n

It will be his first Amateur Athletic Union event.<\/p>\n

Several national teams, including Venezuela, Puerto Rico and Argentina, will be attending. Ellsworth has been a member of Team Canada since 2007. He was one of the younger players when he joined but, at 34, he is now one of the senior players. \u201cIt\u2019s getting harder, physical-wise,\u201d Ellsworth admitted. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to train a lot harder to stay in shape to keep up with the younger athletes. As far as the passion and the desire, that\u2019s all still there, and the competitiveness.\u201d Ellsworth has been training hard at West End Elite so that he will arrive ready to compete.<\/p>\n

Drawing on his past experience, Ellsworth said that, in his role as captain, \u201cI can offer my advice and my opinion in a lot of different situations.\u201d<\/p>\n

The veteran outfielder and wily base-stealer said he hopes to stick with the national team for at least three more years.<\/p>\n

He wants to play for Canada in the world championships in New Zealand a year from now and is looking ahead to 2015 when Toronto hosts the Pam Am Games.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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