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\nNATIONAL FASTPITCH WILL BE LIVE ON THE DRIVE<\/p>\n
2006 Senior Men’s Canadian National Championship to Have Select
\nGames
\nBroadcast Live Across Canada by 99.3 The Drive<\/p>\n
For Immediate Release
\nAugust 2, 2006<\/p>\n
Prince George – 99.3 The Drive and the 2006 Senior Men’s Canadian
\nFast
\nPitch Championship Host Committee are pleased to announce a deal
\nto
\nbroadcast three championship games live, on the radio. The announcement
\nalso marks the first time that Softball Canada will have the
\ngames
\nbroadcast live across Canada, via the internet on the Drive website.<\/p>\n
“We’re excited to be connected with the tournament and know the
\npeople of
\nPrince George and the Central Interior, will be thrilled to listen
\nto
\nthese games which feature the elite Fast Pitch players from across
\nCanada,” said Ron Pollilo, Program Director for 99.3 The Drive.<\/p>\n
“We know these games will be extremely competitive, and will
\nprovide great
\nlistening entertainment for the people of our community. An added
\nfeature
\nwe’re proud of is that these games will be accessible to the
\nfans and
\nfamily members of the competing teams from across Canada via
\nour website
\nat 993thedrive.com”.<\/p>\n
Veteran broadcaster Allan Bristowe will call the games. Allan
\nis well
\nknown to sports fans, as the anchor at PGTV for the past 5 years.
\nAllan
\nis also a former Fast Pitch player himself, and has been involved
\nin many
\nother fastball championships, starting as the bat boy for the
\nhost team at
\nthe 1985 National Midget Boys Fastball championship in Prince
\nAlbert,
\nSaskatchewan. Allan went on to be the public address announcer
\nand color
\ncommentator at the 1996 National Midget Boys Fastball championship,
\nagain
\nin Prince Albert. In the 2001 National Midget Boys fastball championship,
\nAllan graduated to be the play by play announcer, guess where,
\nagain in
\nPrince Albert.<\/p>\n
“Calling fastball at its highest level will be exciting. I can
\nremember in
\n1985 watching a young Dean Holein run the show for the Melfort
\n222’s, and
\nwatching the 1996 Prince Albert Selects win their second straight
\nCanadian
\ntitle. In 2001 the final again featured the host team against
\nWaterford,
\nOntario. Between both of these teams, there were 9 players on
\nthe Canadian
\njunior men\u00c2\u2019s team. Now I get to call the games with the best
\nplayers in
\nCanada!”<\/p>\n
99.3 The Drive will broadcast two Round Robin games which will
\nfeature the
\nhost Prince George Black Bears. These games include the Black
\nBears
\ncompeting against the Vancouver Grey Sox on Monday August 28th
\nat 8:00 pm,
\nand then again against the defending champions from St Thomas
\nOntario on
\nWednesday August 30th, again at 8:00 pm. Pre-game and post-game
\nshows
\nwill be a part of the broadcast. 99.3 The Drive will also be
\nbroadcasting
\nthe event Final Championship game at 1:30 pm on Sunday September
\n3rd.<\/p>\n
“This will help to make this Championship memorable,” said Host
\nCommittee
\nChairperson Allen Cummings. “It turns up the prestige of our
\nevent, and
\nenables those that may not be able to be at the park, to be able
\nto follow
\nthe games, which are going to pit Canada’s finest against one
\nanother for
\nthe honour of being the National Champions”.<\/p>\n
The 2006 Senior Men’s Canadian Fast Pitch Championship is scheduled
\nfor
\nAugust 27th to September 3rd, in Prince George at Spruce City
\nStadium. It
\nis featuring the finest 8 Fast Pitch teams from across Canada,
\nincluding
\nthe host Prince George Black Bears.<\/p>\n
For more information contact:<\/p>\n
Ron Poillilo
\nProgram Director, 99.3 the Drive
\nPh. (250) 960-1367
\nE-mail: rpolillo(at)ckpg.bc.ca<\/p>\n
Allan Bristowe
\nSports Director, 99.3 the Drive
\nPh. (250) 613-5914
\nE-mail: abristowe(at)ckpg.bc.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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