Received: 5/9/08 10:29:18 AM From: "Gilles LeBlanc" <gleblanc(at)softball.ca>
Subject: FW:_Softball_Canada_Names_New_Head_Coach_For_Junior_Women' FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE May8th, 2008 SoftballCanada Names New Head Coach For Junior Womens National Team (Ottawa,ON) Softball Canada is pleased to announce Tony Foti as the new head coach ofthe Junior Womens National Team program. Foti will have the responsibility ofoverseeing the program for the next cycle, which will conclude after the 2011ISF Junior Womens World Championships, which will be held in Capetown, SouthAfrica from November 16-25, 2011. Canadafinished 5th at the 2007 ISF Junior Womens World Championships inEnschede, Netherlands. Fotibrings a lot of experience to the program, having coached at various levelsover the past 25 years. He most recently coached the Fiorini Forlì, an Italianprofessional softball team, to national and European titles in 2007. He alsospent 7 years as head coach at Mercer University, a Division 1 NCAA schoollocated in Macon, Georgia, while also coaching Canadas Elite Team in 2006.Foti began his coaching career in Manitoba where he led many Provincial andCanadian Championship teams to medal winning performances. In Manitoba, hecoached three teams to Canadian Championship gold (Midget, Junior and SeniorWomens) and also led 10 provincial championship teams (6 of them earningCanadian Championship medals), while also earning the Manitoba CoachesAssociations High Performance Coach of the Year award on two occasions. Iam so honoured to be trusted by Softball Canada to lead our women's juniornational team program stated Foti. The development of our young athletes isparamount to continuing the successes of our women's national team program forfuture years. Being named this early in the program cycle allows us to get outand begin identifying and evaluating athletes, and building the program with astrong base. I look forward to networking with summer coaches and provincialteam coaches, to ensure that the best Canadian athletes are identified torepresent our country. Inaddition to his numerous coaching positions, Foti has also dedicated much ofhis time as a clinician/instructor for numerous camps in Canada, the UnitedStates and Europe. He has also assisted in the production in many of SoftballCanadas coaching manuals and is a certified Level 3 coach. Fotiwill be attending major Bantam age tournaments across Canada in 2008 to beginidentifying possible athletes for the Junior Womens National Team pool. -SC- Formore information, please contact: GillesLeBlanc Manager Marketing and Communications Services SoftballCanada gleblanc(at)softball.ca (613)523-3386 ext. 3105 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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