OTTAWA- Patrica Landry (St-Etienne-des-Gres, QC) is diving right into the coaching world. After retiring as a player following the 2010 World Cup in Venezuela, Landry began the next phase of her baseball career by accepting a coaching position with the Women’s National Team. Her first role with the team was accompanying a group of Bantam Girls to Cuba in February for a baseball and cultural experience. Landry’s next journey took place in late March where she was fortunate enough to attend the Women in Coaching National Coach Workshop put on by the Coaching Association of Canada.
OTTAWA- Major League Baseball will kick-off the 2011 season when the Detroit Tigers visit the New York Yankees today. Russell Martin (Chelsea, QC) will be behind the plate for the Yankees as he is one of 16 Canadians on Opening Day rosters. Martin will be making his Yankees debut after spending his entire career with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The TORONTO BLUE JAYS will conduct seven Honda Super Camps across seven cities from June through August, as they continue their commitment to amateur baseball across Canada.
OTTAWA- Phil Tomlinson (Trois Riviéres, QC) has joined an exclusive club in Canada by becoming only the second baseball coach in the country to achieve Level 5 certification. The 31 year-old joins Baseball Canada’s Manager of Baseball Operations, André Lachance (Québec City, QC) as the only Level 5 coaches in Canada.
OTTAWA- Baseball Canada is pleased to announce that 17,000 coaches are now registered through the National Coaches Certification Program (NCCP). The milestone number came in the month of March as coaches around Canada are busy registering for clinics in order to become certified for the upcoming baseball season.
OTTAWA- For twenty-six Bantam Girls a February trip to Cuba for some international baseball was a welcome change from the cold Canadian winter. In addition to the great weather and the opportunity to play in one of baseball’s true ‘hotbeds’, the girls had a life experience that will stay with them forever.
SOURCE: Canadian Heritage News Release
OTTAWA- Baseball New Brunswick has welcomed Dan Murphy (Rexton, NB) to the provincial organizations head office in the role of Executive Director.
Courtesy of Canadian Baseball Network
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