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Baseball Championship Officially Opened

Thursday, August 23, 2012 @ 10:21 PM

Baseball Canada Rep Allan Fitzsimmons, Lheidli T’enneh representative Frank Frederick Sr. ( and great grandson) along with acting Mayor Dave Wilbur at the opening ceremony this evening

Prince George, B.C.- The Baseball Canada Senior Men’s Baseball Championship is officially underway as the opening ceremonies were held this evening.

It has been ten years since Prince George last hosted the Championship.

This year’s edition of the tournament features eight provincial teams, including two from Ontario. Just like the other Baseball Canada tournaments, this tournament will feature the eight teams divided into two pools, A and B. Alberta, Nova Scotia, Ontario (1) and Prince George will round out Pool A while BC Manitoba, Nova Scotia and Ontario (2) compose Pool B.

Prince George blanked Ontario (1) this evening ,2-to zip.

In other games today, B.C. downed Ontario (2) 5-3 and Alberta slammed Nova Scotia 10-3

The President of Baseball Canada, Ray Carter, has issued a very warm welcome to all participants "The tournament committee has put a great deal of time and effort into preparation for this event to ensure that your stay will be a very enjoyable one.

I feel confident that all players, coaches and officials will return to their provinces with many good memories of Prince George and a successful championship. I thank the tournament committee and the city of Prince George for hosting this prestigious event and wish you every success in this endeavour."

Most of the games are to be played at Citizen Field, with tomorrow’s schedule of action listed below:

12:00 PM	Citizen Field	Nova Scotia	vs	Ontario (1)
12:00 PM	Rotary Field	Ontario 2	vs	New Brunswick
3:00 PM	Prince George Citizen Field	Manitoba	vs	British Columbia
7:00 PM	Prince George Citizen Field	Prince George	vs	Alberta

The action continues through Sunday with the Gold Medal Game set for Sunday evening at 7:00

Baseball Championship Officially Opened

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