Softball Canada – (Ottawa, ON) The Canadian Junior Men’s National Team will hold a Selection Camp this weekend (June 2-5) in Kitchener, ON with twenty-five (25) players from the Junior Men’s National Team Athlete Pool competing for a spot on the 2016 roster.
 
The Selection Camp will include physical and positional testing at Conestoga College in Kitchener, and a pair of intersquad doubleheaders on Friday (5:00pm and 7:00pm) and Saturday (2:00pm and 4:00pm) in Innerkip, ON. Intersquad games are open to the public at no charge.
 
Following the Selection Camp, the coaching staff will select a group of seventeen (17) athletes to compete for Team Canada in the upcoming season. The team will regroup in Kitchener on July 13 and will compete in the Cephas Roth Memorial Tournament in Tavistock, ON from July 14-17 before heading to Midland, Michigan to play in the WBSC Junior Men’s World Softball Championship from July 24-30.
 
Team Canada finished seventh at the previous Junior Men’s World Championship held in Whitehorse in 2014. Argentina won the Gold medal, with New Zealand taking Silver and Japan earning Bronze.

The athletes who will be attending the Junior Men’s National Team Selection Camp from June 2-5 in Kitchener, ON are:

 

First Name	Last Name	Hometown
Avery	Arsenault	Tignish, PE
Nick	Basaraba	Prince Albert, SK
Sheldon	Beierle	Saskatoon, SK
Robbie	Black	Glencoe, ON
Jacob	Bricknell	Port Perry, ON
Ben	Broek	Tweed, ON
Brendon	Donegan	Agassiz, BC
Anthony	Dumont-Bouchard	Levis, QC
Guillaume	Fournier	Ste-Perpetue, QC
Daniel	Godbout	St-Gervais, QC
Jordan	Hudson	Saskatoon, SK
Derek	Hyde	Tavistock, ON
Dallas	Kipfer	Kitchener, ON
Matthew	Kutnikoff	Prince Albert, SK
Justin	Laskowski	Warman, SK
Isaac	Lefebvre	St-Leonard-d’Aston, QC
Alexandre	Lemieux	St-Gervais, QC
Troy	Moffitt	Waterloo, ON
Joshua	Montana	Regina, SK
Evan	Morris	Delisle, SK
Cole	Pavey	Glencoe, ON
Tyler	Randerson	New Hamburg, ON
James	Shirley	Delisle, SK
Mitchell	Stack	Petty Harbour, NL
Jakob	Wiffen	Tavistock, ON

Coaching Staff

Position	Name	Hometown
Head Coach	Tom Doucette	Middle Musquodoboit, NS
Assistant Coach	Jean-Yves Doucet	St-Leonard-d’Aston, QC
Assistant Coach	Jeff Ellsworth	St. Lawrence, PE
Assistant Coach	Todd McCulloch	Martensville, SK
Assistant Coach	Mark Quinn	Cardigan, PE
Athletic Therapist	Mark Kiervin	St. John, NB
Team Leader	Duke Cormier	Summerside, PE
Manager – MNT	Mike Branchaud	Ottawa, ON

 

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For more information, please contact:

Gilles LeBlanc
Manager – Marketing and Communications
Softball Canada
(613) 523-3386 ext. 3105
gleblanc@softball.ca