OTTAWA – Baseball Canada has added to its staff, welcoming Kelsey McIntosh in the newly created position of Program Coordinator at the Federation’s Ottawa office.
OTTAWA – Ryan Dempster and his family have established the Dempster Family Foundation to raise awareness of DiGeorge Syndrome.
TORONTO – It’s down to the final quarter, Carey Ashton from Montreal, Québec, is close to winning Canada’s Most Valuable Coach if he can drum up enough public support to take the title. Chosen from 878 coaches nominated from across Canada, Carey is one of six finalist coaches from the ranks of amateur, competitive and community sport to be nominated for Chunky MVC: Most Valuable Coach.
OTTAWA – Justin Morneau will be carrying the Olympic torch into Vancouver Thursday, February 11th. You can follow the relay live at CTVOlympics.ca.
OTTAWA - Major League Baseball, the Toronto Blue Jays, Baseball Canada and Mizuno Canada will host some of the top 16-and-under baseball players in the country for the 2010 Mizuno Junior Elite Development Camp at the Rogers Center in Toronto from September 24th to 27th.
OTTAWA - Baseball Canada announced the Junior National Team roster which will be making its way to Orlando, Florida at Disney’s Wide World of Sports complex for the Spring Training Camp from April 15th to 25th.
OTTAWA – Baseball Canada has now expanded its reach on the internet by joining the social networking sites Facebook and Twitter.
TORONTO – Baseball Ontario held its 23rd annual Best Ever Coaches Clinic last weekend at the Sheraton Toronto Airport Hotel. Over 300 coaches attended the event which is sponsored by Baseball Canada and the Toronto Blue Jays.
OTTAWA – Baseball Canada, along with Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) are on the lookout for players to fill the roster for Team Canada to compete at the 2010 World University Games in Tokyo, Japan from July 29th to August 8th.
Have you ever found yourself in the dilemma between training for your sport and focusing on your school work? What if these two options were complimentary to each other? The cégep Champlain-St. Lawrence is trying to prove just that with their new pilot project called Gator, which will allow student-athletes specializing in baseball and golf to go down to Florida for over two months all while virtually remaining in school.