OTTAWA-Baseball Canada’s Women’s National Team will hold an Identification/Tryout Camp on November 5th 2010 at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Richmond, British Columbia.
The Women’s National Team has been in existence since 2004 and has captured medals at 3 out of 4 World Cup’s including a silver medal at the 2008 World Cup in Matsuyama, Japan.
“We are very excited about this tryout camp in Richmond and we are very fortunate to have access to this fantastic facility that hosted the world’s best at the 2010 Olympics,” says manager André Lachance (Ottawa, ON). “We truly appreciate the efforts of Baseball BC and Richmond City Baseball to make it happen.
Lachance along with some national team players, including 2010 MVP Kate Psota (Burlington, ON) will be in Richmond to conduct the camp.
“The province of British Columbia is very important to our program and we wish to take a look at as many athletes as possible,” explained Lachance. “We currently have two wonderful athletes in Amanda Asay (Prince George, BC) and Becky Hartley (Vancouver, BC) on our team and we hope others will emerge from this camp.”
The tryout is open to any female athlete, regardless of age and is also open to athletes that are currently involved in softball.
“With the 2012 World Cup scheduled for Edmonton, AB we want to work at having our top athletes in place so we can win a world championship in front of our fans.”
Notes: The camp will start at 7pm PT and will conclude at 9 or 10pm PT depending on the number of participants… Athletes are invited to confirm their participation directly with Manager André Lachance by e-mail at alachance@baseball.ca... Only turf shoes are allowed inside the oval… For participants interested, The Dugout Club & Richmond City Baseball will be hosting an Open House on Sunday October 17th from 6-9pm PT at the Richmond Olympic Oval.
