VI Women prepare for World Games Qualifiers
The World Games Qualifier will be played at Rogers Stadium, the home of softball in Belize and will feature English speaking Caribbean countries such as Aruba, Bahamas, Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, the US Virgin Islands and the host country, Belize. The winner of the English -speaking Caribbean countries qualifying tournament will qualify for the World Games in women’s softball that is scheduled for Cali, Colombia, from July 25 to August 4, 2013.
The squad called to practice includes Jelissa Potter, Darier Malone, Kennisha Powell, Sheniqua “Bam Bam” Fahie, Ivy Fahie, Bria Smith, Annecha Graham, Khyra Powell, Shanika Forbes, Gertrude Thomas, Shereen Hodge, Perline Scatliffe, Thea Cooke, Shakera Skelton, Jheane Niles, Valissia Brathwaite, Michelle Georges and Ericka Fredericks.
Whilst Potter, Malone and Powell are away at College, it is also understood that other players will be added or subtracted as the practice sessions take place.
The World Games Qualifier has been sanctioned by the International Softball Federation and will be played under the Rules and Regulations of the ISF and the Confederation of English-speaking Caribbean countries’ Softball Federations. The English-speaking Caribbean countries qualifier is one of six qualifiers that will be held throughout the world. Countries that will participate in the World Games in Cali, Colombia, will qualify from the ISF World Champion, Africa, Americas (the Pan American Games champion), Europe, Oceania and the Caribbean (English-speaking). Host countries will directly qualify.
The World Games, first held in Santa Clara, California, USA in 1981, is an international multi-sport event, meant for sports, or disciplines or events within a sport, that are not contested in the Olympic Games. The World Games events organised and governed by the International World Games Association (IWGA), under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
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