Softball Canada – (Kitchener, ON) The Canadian Junior Men’s National Team is entering its final preparations before the beginning of the WBSC Junior Men’s World Softball Championship, which will take place July 24-30 in Midland, Michigan. Team Canada will leave for Midland on Wednesday and will play a few exhibition games before opening the tournament against New Zealand at 4:00pm EDT on Sunday, July 24.
 
The tournament will feature thirteen teams divided in two pools. Pool A will feature Argentina, Australia, Botswana, Czech Republic, Denmark, the United States and Venezuela, while Pool B will include Canada, Israel, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand and South Africa. The top four teams from each pool will advance to the playoff round, with the other teams competing in the placement round. All games will be webstreamed through the tournament website.
 
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.
 
Team Canada Head Coach Tom Doucette (Middle Musquodoboit, NS) has returned home due to personal reasons and will not be available during the WBSC Junior Men’s World Softball Championship. Jeff Ellsworth (St. Lawrence, PEI) has been appointed the Head Coach for the event.
 
The athletes who will represent Canada at the 2016 WBSC Junior Men’s World Softball Championship are:

 

Athletes

#	First Name	Last Name	Hometown
9	Avery	Arsenault	Tignish, PE
27	Nick	Basaraba	Prince Albert, SK
4	Sheldon	Beierle	Saskatoon, SK
15	Robbie	Black	Glencoe, ON
26	Jake	Bricknell	Port Perry, ON
43	Ben	Broek	Tweed, ON
89	Daniel	Godbout	St-Gervais, QC
14	Jordan	Hudson	Saskatoon, SK
22	Derek	Hyde	Tavistock, ON
6	Justin	Laswkowski	Warman, SK
29	Isaac	Lefebvre	St-Leonard-d’Aston, QC
73	Alexandre	Lemieux	St-Gervais, QC
99	Cole	Pavey	Glencoe, ON
72	Tyler	Randerson	New Hamburg, ON
33	James	Shirley	Delisle, SK
34	Mitch	Stack	Petty Harbour, NL
91	Jake	Wiffen	Tavistock, ON

Coaching Staff

Position	Name	Hometown
Head Coach	Jeff Ellsworth	St. Lawrence, PE
Assistant Coach	Jean-Yves Doucet	St-Leonard-d’Aston, QC
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 – Men’s NT	Mike Branchaud	Ottawa, ON

Umpires

First Name	Last Name	Hometown
Darren	Gerrior	Truro, NS
Mike	Morrissey	Peterborough, ON

Coaching Staff

Date	Game	Time
July 24	Canada vs. New Zealand	4:00pm EDT
July 25	Canada vs. Mexico	6:00pm EDT
July 26	Canada vs. Japan	4:00pm EDT
July 27	Canada vs. Israel	2:00pm EDT
	Canada vs. South Africa	8:00pm EDT
July 28-30	Placement/Championship Round	TBD

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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