OTTAWA- CIS along with Baseball Canada has released the roster that will represent Canada at the World University Baseball Championship being held in Tokyo, Japan from July 30th – August 5th. The event includes 8 countries that will vie for a world championship.
OTTAWA- Baseball Manitoba has reason to celebrate as Executive Director Morgan de Pena has been inducted into the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame. The honour was presented June 5th at the 14th annual induction ceremony. Mr. de Pena was inducted as both a player and a builder as his impact on the sport in Manitoba has been felt in both areas.
OTTAWA- Canadians Brett Lawrie (Langley, BC), Trystan Magnuson (Vancouver, BC) and Philippe Valiquette (Montreal, QC) have all been chosen to represent Canada in the MLB Futures Game taking place July 11th in Anaheim, CA.
OTTAWA- Baseball Canada has announced the 25-man roster that will participate in the annual Summer Tour, which will serve as a tune-up to the World Junior Baseball Championships being held in Thunder Bay, ON from July 23rd -August 1st.
TORONTO- Baseball Canada elected its new executive and board of directors at its annual general meeting this weekend in Toronto.
OTTAWA- Junior National Team member Dalton Pompey (Mississauga, ON) has agreed to terms with the Toronto Blue Jays. The Jays selected the outfielder in the 16th round 486th overall.
OTTAWA- Baseball PEI has recently gone through a major change at the top of its provincial office. Fresh off a seven year stint with Sport PEI as its Multi-Sport Executive Director is Glenn Flood, who is anxious to get familiar in his new post as Executive Director of Baseball PEI.
OTTAWA- Baseball Nova Scotia is heading into very exciting times in all areas of their provincial organization. Adding new programs to their provincial structure and fine tuning the existing programs have Nova Scotia on the verge of achieving big things.
OTTAWA – Baseball PEI has named Glenn Flood as its new Executive Director, replacing Kelsey McIntosh who resigned the position to join the head office of Baseball Canada back in February.
OTTAWA- Quebec has always been one of the top provinces in Canada in all areas of the game. This was most evident in 2009 when Quebec was awarded the Province of the Year at the annual Baseball Canada Convention. The highlight of the award was surely Quebec’s success in the Championships category where the province captured 3 gold medals and 4 silver medals at the national level. Like in most cases the key to success at the high performance level is having strong programs in place at the grassroots level; such is the case in Quebec.
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