Received: 6/21/07 11:31:38 PM From: "DiAnne Lilburn" <dianne.lilburn(at)softball.org.au>
Subject: Aussies aiming for 3-Peat Media Release 22 June 2007 Aussies aiming for 3-Peat The Australian Open Womens team, Aussie Spirit, are off to Vancouver tocompete in the 2007 Canada Cup which takes place from 30 June to 8 July 2007. The Canada Cup, in its 14th year, will seeAustralia take a fresh team to try and secure their third consecutive win,after winning the event in 2005 and 2006. With USA, Japan, Canada and Chinese Taipei competing, alongwith local club teams, Australia will give pitchers Jocelyn McCallum, FelicityWitt, Zara Mee and Catherine Bishop a chance to throw against some of the bestin the world. With nine of the 17 players having played in the worldchampionship last year, where Australia finished with a Bronze Medal, headcoach Fabian Barlow will take the team in with a new focus. The last couple of years have been successful for theAustralian team at the Canada Cup and we hope that success continues this year.Its a new team going this time around so we will need to change some ofour game strategies to complement the players we have selected as well as seekout some opposition weaknesses. We are not going there to defend the title wewon last year, we are going there to put out strong, smart, consistentperformances and hopefully that will have us playing on the final day whereanything can happen. Australia ended their campaign last year undefeated, beatinghome town favourites, Canada, 6-4 in the final. The recorded gate attendancefor the tournament was 112,676, a massive rise since the Cup first began in1993. The competition this year will be a lot tougher for theAussie Spirit with the USA and Japanese national teams competing. Kerry Wyborn will be a player to watch, returning from abroken leg which sidelined her for a year of competition. Kerry performed well during the China AustraliaChallenge earlier this year and has been training very hard at her hometraining base in NSW in preparation for the Canada Cup. Im confident shewill reward herself with a strong showing at the event, concludedBarlow. Australia will hold training sessions at Blacktown OlympicPark on Monday and Tuesday before flying out from Sydney airport on Wednesday27 June 2007. The 2007 Canada Cup team consists of Sandra Allen (Qld), Catherine Bishop (SA),Jodie Bowering (Qld), Kylie Cronk (Qld), Chelsea Forkin (WA), Danica Howlett (NSW)Kate Judd (ACT), Jocelyn McCallum (Qld)Zara Mee (NSW), Tracey Mosley (Qld), Stacey Porter (NSW), Kate Quigley (Vic), Danielle Stewart (Qld), Natalie Ward (NSW), Felicity Witt (NSW), Belinda Wright (NSW) and Kerry Wyborn (NSW) AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW Fabian Barlow Head Coach All national players FOR FURTHER INFORMATION DiAnne Lilburn National Communications Coordinator 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 more information 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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