Canada Basketball Announces East/West Female Age Group Assessment Camp Invitations ift.tt/1knZSDl TORONTO, ON - Canada Basketball has announced details on its female age-group assessment camps to be held this March. The athletes invited to these camps must be born between 1998 and 2000 inclusive. Included in the list of invites are a number of young females from Manitoba including Taylor Kleysen, Skylar Nowrang, Aina Ramos, Raizel Guinto and Niyah Becker. Manitoba female coaches invited to work the camp include Michele Hynes and Amey Ogidan. The purpose of the camps will be to assess these athletes for the future U17 and U19 teams. The next U16-U17 cycle includes the FIBA America U16 Championship in 2015, while the next U18-U19 cycle includes the FIBA America U18 Championship in 2016. Athletes and coaches from each province have also been invited to attend. In addition to the athlete development pillar at this camp, there will be a women’s high performance coaching development pillar. This will focus on the professional development of coaches and technical leaders with the objective that they integrate what they learn at camp towards the development of world class athletes in their communities. We are excited to hold these camps as part of our overall strategy to provide national leadership and impact athlete development at younger ages in our womens podium pathway,” said Denise Dignard, Director-Women’s High Performance. “As well as to contribute to the professional development of womens basketball coaches and technical leaders across the country.” She continued, “Our provincial basketball associations and all those involved in womens basketball across the country play an important role in the podium pathway. We look forward to the continued support of our stakeholders and their commitment to building systems in their regions that focus on long-term development which will consistently produce world-class athletes for the international level and towards podium results for our womens national teams at Olympic games. The Eastern Canada Assessment Camp will be held from Friday March 7th to Monday March 10th at Académie les Estacades in Trois Rivières, QC. This camp will include athletes from Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador. The Western Canada Assessment Camp will be held from Friday March 28th to Monday March 31st at the Saville Centre in Edmonton, AB. This camp will include athletes from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.The athletes and coaches invited to the Western Canada Assessment Camp are: Name YOB Home Province Taylor Kleysen 1999 Winnipeg, MB Skylar Nowrang 1999 Winnipeg, MB Aina Ramos 1999 Winnipeg, MB Raizel Guinto 1999 Winnipeg, MB Niyah Becker 2000 Winnipeg, MB Chiso Ufondu 1998 Calgary, AB Summer Maskewich 2000 Calgary, AB Isabel Rattai 2000 Cypress County, AB Marcie Schlick 1998 Prince George, BC Jessica Wolpert 1999 Coquitlam, BC Monika Curtis 1999 West Kelowna, BC Kiara Gaspari 2000 Kelowna, BC Gabrielle Laguerta 1998 Burnaby, BC Taya Hanson 2000 Kelowna, BC Nicole Hart 1998 Kelowna, BC Courtney Donaldson 1999 Kelowna, BC Jacey Bailey 1998 Burnaby, BC Macaela Crone 1999 Moose Jaw, SK Emily Dewey 1999 Regina, SK Lauryn Prokop 1999 Saskatoon, SK Ella Johnson 1999 Saskatoon, SK Lead Coaches Michele Hynes (Winnipeg, MB) Dani Sinclair (Victoria, BC) Erin McAlennan (Lethbridge, AB) Guest Coaches Amey Ogiden (Winnipeg, MB) Dan Becker (Winnipeg, MB) Katherine Adams (Calgary, AB) Kevin Duffie (Halifax, NS) Jill Humbert (Saskatoon, SK) Paul Humbert (Saskatoon, SK) Claire Meadows (Lethbridge,AB) Megan Pinske (Edmonton, AB) Carrie Watts (Vancouver, BC) Emily Wright (Vancouver, BC) Donna Branch (Lethbridge, AB) Ross Tomlinson (Langley, BC) The athletes and coaches invited to the Eastern Canada Assessment Camp are:Name YOB Hometown Ariel Provo 1999 Lake Echo, NS Sarah Hiscock 1999 Mount Pearl, NL Reese Baxendale 1999 Apohaqui, NB Jenna Mae Ellsworth 1998 Charlottetown, PEI Myriam Leclerc 1998 St-Roch-de-Richelieu, QC Tatiana Toledo 1998 Blainville, QC Jael Kabunda 1998 Montreal, QC Shiannah George-McDonald 1999 Sainte-Genevieve, QC Taisha Exanor 1999 Montreal, QC Brenda Boakye 1999 Montreal, QC Shamira Plunkett 1999 Montreal, QC Roxane Makolo 2000 St-Hubert, QC Alexa Neal 2000 Mercier, QC Jenny Alexis 2000 Montreal, QC Alexandra Harris-Roberge 2000 Montreal, QC Paul-Beline Ibata 2000 Montreal, QC Coralie Dumont 1997 Boucherville, QC Julan McDonald 1998 Scarborough, ON Carmen Handy 1999 Sarnia, ON Alyssa Jerome 1999 Toronto, ON Sarah Donavan 1999 London, ON Michelle Istead 1999 Ottawa, ON Aiden Rainford 1999 Toronto, ON Shaina Pellington 1999 Pickering, ON Paulla Weekes 2000 Toronto, ON Anika Weekes 2000 Toronto, ON Emma Holloway 2000 Smithville, ON Aliyah Lawson 1998 Whitby, ON Nyamuoch Teny 1998 Kitchener, ON Veronika Lavergne 1998 Cumberland, ON Kendra VanLeuuwen 1998 Brantford, ON Mikaela Brewer 1998 Barrie, ON Guest Coaches Jeannette Byrne (St. John’s, NL) Tracey Ellsworth (Charlottetown, PEI) Harry Lamere (Montreal, QC) Dave Laroche (Quebec, QC) Darnell Mclellan (Halifax, NS) Miah Ahn Nyugen (Montreal, QC) Neil Smith (Moncton, NB) Ryan Thorne (Montreal, QC) Ruby Viray (Montreal, QC) Isabelle Chiasson (Longueuil, QC) Marianne Boisvert-Grondin (Sherbrooke, QC) Lead Coaches Agnes Borg (Toronto, ON) Nate McKibbon (Hamilton, ON) Christa Enjojukan (Ajax, ON) Source: ift.tt/1knZQvo Basketball Manitoba Together We Grow Basketball ift.tt/1aJGCLD Read more at ift.tt/1aJGCLD Basketball Manitoba - Together We Grow Basketball #mbhoops
Posted on: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:12:00 +0000
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