(Medellin, Colombia) The Canadian Senior Men`s National Team is ready to compete at the VIII Men’s Pan American Softball Championship from September 16-22 in Medellin, Colombia. This event will serve as a qualifier for the ISF XIII Men’s World Championship to be held March 1-10, 2013 in Auckland, New Zealand. The top five teams at the Pan American Championship will earn a berth to the World Championship.

The athletes who will represent Canada at the VIII Pan American Championship in Medellin, Colombia from September 16-22 are:

Athletes
#42 Bryan Abrey (Richmond, BC)
#44 Tyson Barkman (Abbotsford, BC)
#51 Ryan Boland (St. John’s, NL)
#19 Jeff Ellsworth (St. Lawrence, PEI)
#22 Blair Ezekiel (Harbour Main, NL)
#10 Jason Hill (St. John’s, NL)
#6 Brandon Horn (Waterloo, ON)
#7 Mark Johnson (Glencoe, ON)
#14 Rowan Lam (Glencoe, ON)
#33 Stephen Mullaley (Freshwater, NL)
#12 Brennan Pokoyoway (Saskatoon, SK)
#15 Mathieu Roy (St-Gervais, QC)
#8 Jason Sanford (Durham, NS)
#20 Don Scott (Stratford, ON)
#9 Andy Skelton (Newmarket, ON)
#24 Brady Woods (Stonewall, MB)

Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Don Bates (Saskatoon, SK)
Assistant Coach: Les Howey (Conception Bay, NL)
Assistant Coach: John Stuart (Langley, BC)
Athletic Therapist: Adam Davies (Ottawa, ON)
Team Leader: Larry Gould (Burtts Corner, NB)
Operations Manager: Mike Branchaud (Ottawa, ON)

Umpire
Andre Gallant (NB)

Ten (10) teams will participate at the event, which will be a single round-robin with the top four teams advancing to the page playoff round.

Team Canada Schedule
September 16: Canada vs. Ecuador (2:00pm CDT)
September 16: Canada vs. Puerto Rico (4:00pm CDT)
September 17: Canada vs. Bahamas (9:00am CDT)
September 17: Canada vs. Colombia (5:00pm CDT)
September 18: Canada vs. Guatemala (11:00am CDT)
September 18: Canada vs. Argentina (1:00pm CDT)
September 19: Canada vs. Mexico (9:00am CDT)
September 19: Canada vs. Venezuela (1:00pm CDT)
September 20: Canada vs. Dominican Republic (3:00pm CDT)
September 21: Playoff Round
September 22: Medal Round

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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