Softball Canada – (Surrey, BC) The Canadian Women’s National Softball Team is set to compete at the WBSC Women’s World Softball Championship from July 15-24 in Surrey, BC. Team Canada will play its first game against Great Britain at 8:15pm PDT on Friday, July 15.
 
The event will feature a record thirty-one teams, who have been divided into eight pools of four to compete in a preliminary round-robin for the opening round. Teams will then be allocated to one of eight sections of four in a fresh second round-robin based on their finish in the opening round. The top two teams from each opening round pool will advance to the championship round-robin in the second round, while the other teams will be placed in a placement pool round-robin. 
 
Following the second round, the top two teams from each of the four championship round-robin sections will advance to the double Page playoff system to determine the top eight finishers, with the bottom two teams of each section competing in a single Page playoff system to determine positions 9-16. The same playoff structure will apply for the four placement round-robin sections to determine positions 17-31.
 
Webstreaming is available at WorldSoftball.tv at a cost of $19.99 USD for the entire 124 game tournament. Live scoring will also be available through the Surrey 2016 website.
 
The athletes who will represent Team Canada at the 2016 WBSC Women’s World Softball Championship are:

 

Athletes

#	First Name	Last Name	Hometown
3	Lauren	Bay Regula	Trail, BC
30	Kyla	Benz	Surrey, BC
26	Larissa	Franklin	Maple Ridge, BC
17	Sara	Groenewegen	Surrey, BC
20	Megan	Gurski	Dalmeny, SK
8	Victoria	Hayward	Toronto, ON
10	Karissa	Hovinga	Edmonton, AB
5	Joey	Lye	Toronto, ON
27	Sara	Plourde	Fredericton, NB
4	Erika	Polidori	Brantford, ON
55	Kaleigh	Rafter	Guelph, ON
77	Sara	Riske	Richmond, BC
7	Jenn	Salling	Port Coquitlam, BC
13	Carey-Leigh	Thomas	Ohsweken, ON
33	Logan	White	Brantford, ON
2	Natalie	Wideman	Mississauga, ON
22	Jen	Yee	North Delta, BC

Coaching Staff

Position	Name	Hometown
Head Coach	Mark Smith	Falmouth, NS
Assistant Coach	Melissa Basilio	Pickering, ON
Assistant Coach	Glenn Boles	St. Catharines, ON
Assistant Coach	Rob Guenter	Victoria, BC
Assistant Coach	Dave Paetkau	Abbotsford, BC
Physiotherapist	Laurie Freebairn	Maple Ridge, BC
Mental Performance Coach	Lauren Tashman	Pennington, NJ
Team Leader	Alison Bradley	Pinkerton, ON
Coordinator – WNT	Kerri Bodin	Ottawa, ON

Umpires

First Name	Last Name	Hometown
Frankie	Billingsley	Edmonton, AB
Lou	Davis	Truro, NS
Geneviève	Gaudreau	La Prairie, QC
Bonnie	Gostola	High River, AB
Aaron	Poulin	Hope, BC
Tonya	Ribalkin-Zanon	Calgary, AB

Team Canada Schedule

Date	Game	Time
July 15	Canada vs. Great Britain	8:15pm PDT
July 16	Canada vs. Ireland	7:30pm PDT
July 17	Canada vs. Uganda	7:30pm PDT
July 18-21	Championship/Placement Round Robin	TBD
July 22-24	Championship/Placement Round	TBD

 

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For more information, please contact:

Gilles LeBlanc
Manager – Marketing and Communications
Softball Canada
Cell: (613) 797-7171
gleblanc@softball.ca