Received: 7/9/08 9:57:57 AM From: "Andrea Carisse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Senior Women prepare for 15th Annual Canada Cup -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR IMMEDIATE RELASE July 9th, 2008 Senior Women prepare for15th Annual Canada Cup (Surrey, BC) - With only one monthleft before Team Canada is set to compete at the Olympic Summer Games inBeijing, the squad looks to strengthen its reputation at the Canada Cup,extending from July 12-20 in Surrey, BC. Following a disappointing 5-1semi-final loss to Australia (ranked third in the world) at the Tri Nations Cupin Kitchener, ON, the upcoming Canada Cup will allow the Senior Women to gainvaluable experience against their Olympic opponents. Olympic teams competinginclude Japan (second), Australia (third), China (fourth), Venezuela andChinese Taipei. Canada will play its firstgame of the tournament on July 12th (6:30 p.m. PDT) against CzechRepublic and will face rival, Australia in round-robin play on July 17th(6:30 p.m. PDT). The championship will be decided on July 20th withthe semi-final set to take place at 1:30p.m. CDT and the final at 6:30p.m. CDT. All Canada Cup games will beplayed at Softball City, a premier sports and entertainment complex consistingof four diamonds. Events, such as a Parmalat Learn to Play Clinic (July 11thand Special Olympics Day (July 16th) will take place throughout thetournament and will add to the overall excitement. Following is the list of players who were selected to the Olympic Roster andwill be competing at the Canada Cup: Team Roster #3 Lauren Bay Regula (Trail, BC) #17 Alison Bradley (Pinkerton, ON) #18 Erin Cumpstone (Saskatoon, SK) #23 * Tamra Howren (White Rock, BC) #4Sheena Lawrick (Calgary, AB) #13 Danielle Lawrie (Langley, BC) #11 Caitlin Lever (Buffalo, New York) #15 Robin Mackin (Newmarket, ON) #21 Noemie Marin (Acton-Vale, QC) #12 Melanie Matthews (Surrey, BC) #20 Erin McLean (Whitby, ON) #77 Dione Meier (Saskatoon, SK) #10 *Kristy Odamura (Richmond, BC) #55 Kaleigh Rafter (Guelph, ON) #8 *Katie Rosentreter (Winnipeg, MB) #7 Jennifer Salling (Port Coquitlam, BC) #14 Megan Timpf (Port Dover, ON) #10 Jennifer Yee (North Delta, BC) * Olympic Team Alternates Coaching Staff Head Coach: Lori Sippel (Stratford, ON) Assistant Coach: Lonni Alameda (Las Vegas, Nevada) Assistant Coach: Wendy Dobbin (Oshawa, ON) Assistant Coach: Jim Peterson (DesMoines, Washington) Assistant Coach: Don Bates (Saskatoon, SK) Athletic Therapist: Laurie Freebairn (Maple Ridge, BC) Team Leader: Harvey Stevenson (Victoria, BC) Make sure to visit the Softball Canada website (www.softball.ca),where you can follow the teams progress at the event with post-game newsstories and box scores. Further Canada Cup information can also be found at www.canadacup.com -SC- For more information, please contact; Andrea Carisse Softball Canada (613) 523-3386 x. 3102 scintern(at)softball.ca Al's Fastball News *Email: fastball(at)pmihrm.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEWS-1: http://www.AlsFastball.com/ NEWS-2: http://fastpitchwest.com/alsfastball VIA http://www.webbox.com
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