Senior Women’s National Team camp set for Toronto
(TORONTO, ONT.) Wheelchair Basketball Canada announced that 15 athletes will participate in Team Canada’s Senior Women’s National Team camp at WBC’s National Training Centre from Sept. 20-25, 2022.
The five-day camp will feature a roster of Senior and Next Gen athletes and Red Aces participating in a mix of off-court activities and on-court practices and games.
The camp will serve as preparation for a series of friendlies against the Dutch in the Netherlands in November.
“This camp will provide our athletes and coaches an opportunity to work together on player development,” said Jeff Dunbrack, Wheelchair Basketball Canada High Performance Director. “The five days will also help us evaluate talent for future competitions.”
The 15 athletes participating are:
Senior Athletes
Arinn Young (Legal, Alta.)
Cindy Ouellet (Quebec City, Que.)
Élodie Tessier (Saint-Germain de Grantham, Que.)
Kady Dandeneau (Pender Island, B.C.)
Melanie Hawtin (Oakville, Ont.)
Puisand Lai (Toronto, Ont.)
Sandrine Bérubé (Beauharnois, Que.)
Tara Llanes (North Vancouver, B.C.)
Tamara Steeves (Mississauga, Ont.)
Next Gen Athletes
Anikka Cassidy (Calgary, Alta.)
Aurélie Jacob-Verreault (Lévis, Que.)
Megan Smith (Vancouver, B.C.)
Sofia Fassi Fehri (Montreal, Que)
Red Aces
Jayna Doll (Edmonton, Alta.)
Katie Miyazaki (Richmond, B.C.)
Coaches
Marc Antoine Ducharme (Chambly, Que.) – Senior Women’s Head Coach
Marni Abbott-Peter (Vancouver, B.C.) – Assistant Coach
Karla Tritten (Edmonton, Alta.) – Assistant Coach
Additional Support Staff
Paul Murata (Toronto, Ont.) – Senior Women’s Athletic Therapist
Joe Leszner (Thornhill, Ont.) – Mental Performance Consultant
Dylan Carter (Toronto, Ont.) – Performance Analyst
Luke Vanderheyden (Hamilton, Ont.) – Physical Preparation Specialist
Colby Hathaway (Four Falls, N.B.) – Strength and Conditioning Coach
Jeff Dunback (Halifax, N.S.) – High Performance Director
Hailey Roll (Mississauga, Ont.) – High Performance Coordinator
About Wheelchair Basketball Canada
Wheelchair Basketball Canada is the national sports governing body responsible for the organization of the sport in Canada. It is a non-profit, charitable organization committed to excellence in developing, supporting, and promoting wheelchair basketball programs and services from grassroots to high performance for all Canadians. Wheelchair basketball is a fast-paced, hard-hitting, competitive sport in which Canada is held in high esteem worldwide for winning a combined six gold, one silver, and one bronze medal in the last seven Paralympic Games. For more information, please visit wheelchairbasketball.ca.
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For more information, please contact:
Dhiren Mahiban
Communications & Digital Media Manager
Wheelchair Basketball Canada
416-574-6682
dmahiban@wheelchairbasketball.ca