Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:02:43 +1300
From: Vance <vance(at)vanf-graphics.co.nz>
Subject: Junior White Sox take step up in world champs preparations
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Junior White Sox take step up in world champs preparations
Thursday January 26th 2006
Preparations for the 2007 Junior Women World Championships have taken a step up today with a naming of two Junior White Sox squads.
A squad of 15 players and four non travelling reserves has been named today with the intention of travelling to Canada in July while an extended training squad of 29 has also been selected with the world champs next year in mind.
Junior White Sox coach Lynda OCain says the squad to travel to Vancouver in July has been selected to compete in the Futures event at the Canada Cup. The Futures event is an international tournament for under 19 players bringing together international teams and top class American College and Canadian club sides.
The trip in July will be the first time an under 19 New Zealand team has attended the event and OCain says it will be important in terms of the long term planning for the world champs while also giving the players some vital exposure to international softball of the highest level.
The Futures tournament will give us a chance to see where we stand at an international level, where the gaps might be in our game and give us time to work on those things before the World Championships in 2007, said OCain.
It will also give us an opportunity to look at some players more closely but by no means will exclude any member of the wider squad from being in the final team to travel to the World Championships in 2007.
Included in the two squads named today are a number of players who have already had a taste of international softball with pitcher Jessica Hau, Amber Irving and Lara Andrews all having been part of the senior New Zealand Community Trust White Sox squad in recent seasons.
In naming the extended squad OCain says the selectors has been looking for players who have a fairly complete game and while there are many players in the squad who offer versatility the key now will be working on combinations to get the best fit.
JUNIOR WHITE SOX TOURING SQUAD FOR CANADA CUP:
Pitchers: Ashleigh Harmer (Horowhenua), Courtney Maihi (Waikato), Jessica Hau (Hutt Valley).
Catchers: Melanie Gettins (Hawkes Bay), Okawa Priest (Hutt Valley).
Infield: Emma Frost (Canterbury), Courtenay ODonnell (Auckland), Katrina Stockford (Hutt Valley), Brooke Cutting (Wellington), Amber Irving (Auckland).
Outfield: Liani Samuel (Hawkes Bay), Christina Paul (Canterbury), Lara Andrews (Hutt Valley).
Utilities - Pauline Tahuri (Auckland), Carmelle Sorenson (Canterbury).
Non travelling reserves - Sanita To'o (Wellington), Elisha Smith (Canterbury), Michelle Venemore (Auckland), Alysha Metuatini (Canterbury).
NEW ZEALAND JUNIOR WHITE SOX TRAINING SQUAD 2006:
Pitchers: Ashleigh Harmer (Horowhenua), Courtney Maihi (Waikato), Vicky Shand (Wellington), Jessica Hau (Hutt Valley), Elisha Smith (Canterbury).
Catchers: Pauline Tahuri (Auckland), Carmelle Sorenson (Canterbury), Melanie Gettins (Hawkes Bay), Okawa Priest(Hutt Valley).
Infield: Emma Frost (Canterbury), Courtenay ODonnell (Auckland), Katrina Stockford (Hutt Valley), Brooke Cutting (Wellington), Amber Irving (Auckland), Sanita Too (Wellington), Nicola Tatana (Horowhenua), Alysha Metuatini (Canterbury), Lydia Isaacs (Auckland), Elle Henderson (Wellington), Hope Weber (Wellington).
Outfield: Liani Samuel (Hawkes Bay), Christina Paul (Canterbury), Lara Andrews (Hutt Valley), Jillian Tonihi (Canterbury), Kalo Tupou (Hutt Valley), Lauren Pollard (Wellington), Ngahuria Kapene (Hutt Valley), Michelle Venemore (Auckland), Rangi Tata (Auckland).
By SNZ Media Liaison: Kelly Mitchell
* mailto:kelly.mitchell(at)xtra.co.nz
http://www.softball.org.nz/
* mailto:snz(at)softball.org.nz
Cheers Vance
Softball New Zealand web master.
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Thursday January 26th 2006
Preparations for the 2007 Junior Women World Championships have taken a step up today with a naming of two Junior White Sox squads.
A squad of 15 players and four non travelling reserves has been named today with the intention of travelling to Canada in July while an extended training squad of 29 has also been selected with the world champs next year in mind.
Junior White Sox coach Lynda OCain says the squad to travel to Vancouver in July has been selected to compete in the Futures event at the Canada Cup. The Futures event is an international tournament for under 19 players bringing together international teams and top class American College and Canadian club sides.
The trip in July will be the first time an under 19 New Zealand team has attended the event and OCain says it will be important in terms of the long term planning for the world champs while also giving the players some vital exposure to international softball of the highest level.
The Futures tournament will give us a chance to see where we stand at an international level, where the gaps might be in our game and give us time to work on those things before the World Championships in 2007, said OCain.
It will also give us an opportunity to look at some players more closely but by no means will exclude any member of the wider squad from being in the final team to travel to the World Championships in 2007.
Included in the two squads named today are a number of players who have already had a taste of international softball with pitcher Jessica Hau, Amber Irving and Lara Andrews all having been part of the senior New Zealand Community Trust White Sox squad in recent seasons.
In naming the extended squad OCain says the selectors has been looking for players who have a fairly complete game and while there are many players in the squad who offer versatility the key now will be working on combinations to get the best fit.
JUNIOR WHITE SOX TOURING SQUAD FOR CANADA CUP:
Pitchers: Ashleigh Harmer (Horowhenua), Courtney Maihi (Waikato), Jessica Hau (Hutt Valley).
Catchers: Melanie Gettins (Hawkes Bay), Okawa Priest (Hutt Valley).
Infield: Emma Frost (Canterbury), Courtenay ODonnell (Auckland), Katrina Stockford (Hutt Valley), Brooke Cutting (Wellington), Amber Irving (Auckland).
Outfield: Liani Samuel (Hawkes Bay), Christina Paul (Canterbury), Lara Andrews (Hutt Valley).
Utilities - Pauline Tahuri (Auckland), Carmelle Sorenson (Canterbury).
Non travelling reserves - Sanita To'o (Wellington), Elisha Smith (Canterbury), Michelle Venemore (Auckland), Alysha Metuatini (Canterbury).
NEW ZEALAND JUNIOR WHITE SOX TRAINING SQUAD 2006:
Pitchers: Ashleigh Harmer (Horowhenua), Courtney Maihi (Waikato), Vicky Shand (Wellington), Jessica Hau (Hutt Valley), Elisha Smith (Canterbury).
Catchers: Pauline Tahuri (Auckland), Carmelle Sorenson (Canterbury), Melanie Gettins (Hawkes Bay), Okawa Priest(Hutt Valley).
Infield: Emma Frost (Canterbury), Courtenay ODonnell (Auckland), Katrina Stockford (Hutt Valley), Brooke Cutting (Wellington), Amber Irving (Auckland), Sanita Too (Wellington), Nicola Tatana (Horowhenua), Alysha Metuatini (Canterbury), Lydia Isaacs (Auckland), Elle Henderson (Wellington), Hope Weber (Wellington).
Outfield: Liani Samuel (Hawkes Bay), Christina Paul (Canterbury), Lara Andrews (Hutt Valley), Jillian Tonihi (Canterbury), Kalo Tupou (Hutt Valley), Lauren Pollard (Wellington), Ngahuria Kapene (Hutt Valley), Michelle Venemore (Auckland), Rangi Tata (Auckland).
* mailto:kelly.mitchell(at)xtra.co.nz
http://www.softball.org.nz/
* mailto:snz(at)softball.org.nz
Cheers Vance
Softball New Zealand web master.
* mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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