Canada Women's Team Announces Schedule for the Summer

WINNIPEG, Canada February 11, 2012  - Entering the new 2013-2016 quadrennial, the Canada Senior Women's National Team staff has been busy planning for their upcoming 2013 season, building on last year and the squad that was chosen for the 2012 Pan Am Cup.

To kick off the season there will be once again an Open Selection Camp taking place in Winnipeg at the University of Manitoba from April 29-May 2. This camp will be used to select an extended roster of 18-22 athletes for the women's Senior A Team, as there will not be a separate Senior B Team this summer.

For the Universiade Games in Kazan, Russia in July, eligible athletes from the Senior A Team roster will comprise the team that will represent Canada in this event.

A major highlight of the summer will be the reimplementation of the Canada Cup. Team Canada is planning to host three other national teams in a four-team exhibition competition in later August in Winnipeg to help prepare for the NORCECA Continental Championship the following month in the USA.

The full schedule for this season is as follows:

April 29-May 2: Open Selection Camp -University of Manitoba

June 5-16: Pan Am Cup -Peru

July 6-7: FISU Games - Russia

August: Canada Cup - Manitoba

September 14-22: NORCECA Continental Championship – USA