Canada Basketball Hosts Open Tryouts For Junior Men’s National Team

(Toronto, ON) - Canada Basketball will conduct a Junior Men’s National Team (JMNT) ‘open tryout’ session on May 26, 2009 at McMaster University for male athletes born on January 1, 1990 or later. This is open to Canadian athletes who are age eligible and have a valid Canadian passport who wish to be assessed for potential selection to the 2009 Junior Men’s National Team Program.

 

 

“With an exciting opportunity to compete on
the world stage in the 2009 FIBA U19 World Championship, we have been working
hard to identify the Canadian athletes who can lead us to the podium,” stated
Andrew Cook, Manager of Men’s Elite Performance for Canada Basketball.  “The open tryout provides us with a great
venue to identify additional emerging talented athletes who have national team
potential.”

 

The JMNT ‘open tryout’ session will take
place on May 26^th from 7:00-10:00pm at McMaster University’s
Burridge Gym.

 

Athletes
interested in participating in the 2009 JMNT open tryout session must
pre-register by faxing a signed copy of a completed player profile registration
and a completed and signed insurance form to Canada Basketball at 416-614-9570.
The deadline to register is Friday, May 22^nd, 2009 (forms
are available at http://basketball.ca/en/hm/inside.php?sid=1&id=3046) 

 

2009 JMNT TRYOUT SESSION – MAY 26
Date:	Location:	Time:
Tuesday May 26th, 2009	Burridge Gym, McMaster University	7:00pm-10pm

 

All
athletes are responsible for their own expenses to attend and participate in
the open tryouts and tryouts by invitation session.  Those athletes from out of town wishing to
receive information about university residence accommodations at McMaster University, please contact Jen Elliott
at jelliott@basketball.ca

 

Athletes
selected to the Junior National Team will represent Canada at the FIBA U19
World Championships for Men from July 2-12 in Auckland, New Zealand. 

 

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Canada Basketball (www.basketball.ca) is a private,
not-for-profit corporation that is committed to the growth of the sport in Canada.
Canada Basketball is focused on the development and preparation of Canada’s
national teams for the Olympic, Pan American and FISU Games as well as the FIBA
World Championships. The aspiration of Canada Basketball is to instill the
pride, commitment, passion and respect that Canadians personify into the
development of basketball across the country and internationally. 

 

 

For more
information please contact:

 

Tanya Phillipps                                                                          Jen
Elliott

Manager, Marketing & Communications                                       Administrator, NEDA

Canada Basketball                                                                     Canada
Basketball

Tel: 416.614.8037 x219                                                              Tel:
905-525-9140 x20334

Fax:  416.614.9570                                                                    Fax: 416.614.9570

e-mail: tphillipps@basketball.ca                                                  e-mail: jelliott@basketball.ca

Website:  www.basketball.ca                                                      Website:  www.basketball.ca