SPEI News
September 2011 - Tryouts for 2013 Women's Canada Games Softball Team
Any Girls wishing to tryout for the Canada Games Team (born 1992 or later) Please contact Jody Kinney at jodyann.kinney@maine.edu or 218-9079, or Glen Kinney at glenkinney@hotmail.com or 676-2681 (after 6 pm). We need your name, position, e-mail address, age, and the last team you played for. Check Softball PEI website or The Guardian for future tryout information.
For anyone interested in trying out for the 2013 Canada Games Women's softball team there will be two identification camps this weekend. For those that are up west there will be one on Saturday October 1st at 1:00 at Ellis field in O'Leary. For those in the East it will be held Sunday October 2nd in Cardigan at 3:00. Please arrive a half hour early to fill out paper work and ensure you are ready to start on time. Any Questions please contact Jody Kinney at 218-9079 (jodyann.kinney@maine.edu) or Glen Kinney at 676-2681.
September 2011 - Softball P.E.I. Announces 2013 Canada Games Head Coach
Softball P.E.I. is pleased to announce the appointment of Jody Kinney of Tarantum, P.E.I; as Head Coach of the Prince Edward Island Canada Summer Games Softball Team that will compete at the Canada Games taking place in Sherbrooke, Quebec in August 2013.
Jody started her softball career as a Pee Wee with the Fort Augustus Association. She has competed in Eastern Canadian Softball Championships in the Pee Wee and Intermediate Ladies level. She has competed in 1 Junior and 5 Senior Women’s Canadian Fast Pitch Championships representing P.E.I. She also competed at the 2001 Canada Summer Games hosted in London, Ontario.
Ms. Kinney attended University of Maine at Presque Isle where she was Assistant Coach for the softball team the Owls and played on the team for 3 years. In 2008 she graduated with her Physical Education Degree. Kinney will be teaching at L.M. Montgomery Elementary School this fall.
Ms. Kinney has coached numerous minor softball teams and most recently the Pee Wee Selects who just returned from Eastern Canadians in Quebec. She also was Assistant Coach for the 2009 P.E.I. Canada Summer Games Softball Team. Assisting Jody in coaching the 2013 team will be her father Glen who has coached female softball at both the minor and adult levels at Eastern Canadians and Canadian Championships.
Information regarding Try-outs will be posted to Softball P.E.I.’s website, Facebook and in the local media.
January 2010 - Softball Canada AGM Highlights
Effective 2010 Midget Girls pitching distance changes from 40 to 43 feet.
Effective 2012 Midget Age Male & Female will change to under 18 years from under 19.
Effective 2012 Junior Age Male & Female will change to under 21 years from under 23.
April 2009 - Softball Canada and Mayor Lee launch ticket sales campaign for 2009 international softball event:
Charlottetown, PE – Kevin Quinn, President, Softball Canada and Mayor Clifford Lee were on hand today to kick off the ticket sales campaign for the inaugural International Men’s Softball Championship.
On February 26, 2007, Charlottetown was given the chance to add a their mark to softball’s history in Canada when Softball Canada announced that the City of Charlottetown had been award the right to host the 2009 U19 International Men’s Softball Championship.
Softball Canada intended for this new event to replace the experience of the Canada Games for Provincial/Territorial teams as boys’ softball has been removed as a competition sport in the 2009 Summer Games.
April 2009 - Early Bird Ticket Price Deadline Extended Until April 30th!!
The early bird rate for the U19 International Championship Ticket Value Pack has been extended until April 30th. Ticket packages for the 2009 U19 International Men’s Softball Championship are now available for purchase online at the early bird rate of $40.
January 2009 - Rose Hodgson Volunteer of the Year Award, Linda Petrie:
The Rose Hodgson Volunteer of the Year Award was created by Softball Canada in 2008, recognizing the life and contributions of Rose Hodgson, who passed away in 2007.
April 2008 - 2010 Senior Men's Canadian Fastpitch Championship:
Mayor Clifford Lee,Tourism Charlottetown President, David MacKenzie and Softball Canada President, Kevin Quinn, announced that the 2010 Senior Men's Canadian Fastpitch Championship will be hosted in Charlottetown.
Competition will be held at Central Field Complex from August 29th - September 5th, 2010. Softball PEI congratulates the City of Charlottetown on their successful bid.
April 2007 - Jeff Ellsworth Named Top Senior Athlete:
Ellsworth, an outfielder who anchored Canada’s silver medal performance at the 2006 Pan-Am softball championships, was named the senior male athlete of the year.
In 2006, he played for Team Canada at the Pan Ams in Hermasillo, Mexico, where he hit .333, with one home run, and helped the squad to silver.
He credits teammates and a little Island mud for a successful international season.
“Having a strong team all around me and great coaching. And support from home here plays a big role, too.”
Ellsworth also played for the Fargo Kegel Black Knights of North Dakota in the International Softball Congress championships in Kitchener, Ont., and suited up for the Charlottetown Fawcetts at the Canadian senior championships in Prince George, B.C., where he earned all-Canadian outfielder and top batter, hitting .545, including five home runs.
He also helped the Alberton Athletics intermediate team win the eastern Canadian championship.
The Guardian
