Received: 6/3/07 8:10:46 PM From: "DiAnne Lilburn" <dianne.lilburn(at)softball.org.au>
Subject: Aussies to show Pride at Junior World Championship Media Release Issued: 04 June 2007 Aussies to show Pride atJunior World Championship The Australian Under 19Womens team, Aussie Pride, will compete in the VIII InternationalSoftball Federations Junior Womens World Championship in June2007. In a little over a week, 17 players who have been selected, from an initialsquad of 30, will represent Australia in Enschede, Netherlands from 20-30 June2007. Australia is one of 16 countries competing in the ISF Junior WomensWorld Championship and with four years of preparation, Head Coach Leanne Evansis confident the young team will perform to high expectations. The world championship will see a very well balanced Australia team taketo the diamond with a good mix of speed and power. I feel, compared to that ofthe 2003 team, it is a much stronger team offensively and defensively,said Evans. Australia is in Pool B and will be up against some tough competitors in the USAand Canada who will pose the biggest threat and strongest competition. Also inPool B are Russia, Argentina, Italy, Botswana and Puerto Rico. China played host to the seventh ISF Junior Womens World Championship in2003 where Australia finished third, picking up their second bronze medal at aJunior Womens World Championship, after being defeated by USA 7-0 in thepreliminary final. China, Japan and the USA have dominated the medal tally at the JuniorWomens World Championships with Japan having won the last two and Evansis confident the Australian team will perform well saying that given theteams preparations in the lead-up to this championship have been againstmainly senior teams (Chinese National team, Australian Open Womens teamand National Womens League teams), the young squad has demonstratedtheir abilities to rise to any challenge to take on the best, addedEvans. Evans who played in the first ever ISF Junior Womens World Championshipin 1981 said that her coaching style and experience as a player will provideextra benefit to the team. As a player and coach I have participated in many international eventsand will manage our game strategies to ensure we are positioned well andproducing our best softball at the business end of the tournamentconcluded Evans. The junior womens world championship team includes Alison Bourne (NSW),Sarah Bradley (NSW), Carly Cheesman (Vic), Clare Currie (ACT), NicoleDeegenaars (NSW), Ashleigh Deen (NSW), Chelsea Forkin (WA), Renee Gloss (NSW),Leigh Godfrey (WA), Monica Gray (Vic), Nikki Hollett (Vic), VerityLong-Droppert (WA), Nikki Pallister (ACT), Kaia Parnaby (NSW), Sheree Schenk(SA), Brooke Spence (Captain) (Qld), Erin Thras (Qld) and officials LeanneEvans (Head Coach), Shane Hughes (Assistant Coach), Marissa Carpadios(Specialist Coach), Chris Clough (Team Manager), Cheryl Dawes (Statistician),Sue Itzstein (Umpire) and Debbie Grove (Umpire). AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW Leanne Evans, Head Coach,Australian Under 19 Womens team FOR FURTHER INFORMATION DiAnne Lilburn National CommunicationsCoordinator Softball Australia Suite 4, Ground Floor 38-40 Prospect Street Box Hill, Victoria 3128 T: +61 3 9890 8200 F: +61 3 9890 8295 M: +61 (0) 405 509 674 For moreinformation visit www.softball.org.au _____________________________________________________________________________ Did you know thatAustralia is the world's number one softball nation? World number three - Open Women's team (Aussie Spirit), Silver Medallist(Athens, 2004), Bronze Medallists (Sydney 2000 and Atlanta 1996). World number one - Under 19 Men's team (Aussie Colts), three consecutiveWorld Championship titles. World number three - Open Men's team (Aussie Steelers) and Under 19Women's team (Aussie Pride). 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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