Ottawa, ON – Wheelchair Basketball Canada is pleased to announce the names of the 12 female athletes who will represent Canada at the 2011 Parapan American Games slotted for November 12-20, 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico. Lead by Winnipeg head coach Bill Johnson, the Parapan American Games double as Canada’s opportunity to qualify for the 2012 London Paralympics, where the team is looking for their fifth podium finish in thelast six competitions.
The 2011 Canadian lineup includes seven returning Paralympians and 10
players that were part of last year’s team that won a bronze at the 2010
World Championships.
The Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball Team consists of:
Cindy Ouellet (Quebec, QC) – (Paralympian in ‘08)
Chantal Benoit (Mont-Saint Hilaire, QC) – (Paralympian in ‘88, ‘92, ‘96, ‘00, ‘04, & ‘08)
Elaine Allard (St. Eustache, QC)
Elisha Williams – (Burnaby, BC)
Katie Harnock – (Elmira, ON) – (Paralympian in ’08)
Jamey Jewells (Donkin, NS)
Janet McLachlan (Vancouver, BC) – (Paralympian in ‘08)
Jessica Vliegenthart –(Victoria, BC)
Kendra Ohama (Calgary, AB) – (Paralympian in ‘92, ‘96, ‘00, ‘04, & ‘08)
Maude Jacques (Sainte-Catherine, QC)
Tara Feser – (St. Albert, AB) – (Paralympian in ’08)
Tracey Ferguson – Holland Landing, ON – (Paralympian in ’92, ’96, ’00, ’04, & ’08)
Head Coach: Bill Johnson (Winnipeg, MB)
“We are very pleased to welcome Jamey and Maude onto the team. We feel
that their skill and youthful energy, combined with the experience we
have gained at past events including the 2010 World Championships and
our talented group of veterans, will be the precise mix to put us back
on top of the world as we look forward to the 2012 London Paralympics.
We are confident that we are precisely where we want to be as a program
and as a team at this point,” said Team Canada Women’s Head Coach Bill
Johnson.
Three members of the 2011 Senior Women’s National Team (Cindy Ouellet,
Maude Jacques, and Jamey Jewells) will also represent Canada when they
host the first-ever Women’s Under 25 World Championships July 15-23,
2011 at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario.
At the last Paralympic Games in 2008, theSenior Women’s National
Wheelchair Basketball Team finished fifth following four consecutive
podium finishes that included three straight Paralympic gold medals in
1992, 1996 and 2000 and a bronze medal in 2004.
They also recently won a bronze medal at the 2010 World Championships.
It was their sixth consecutive podium finish at the World Championships
dating back to 1990 – a run that includes four straight gold medals in
1994, 1998, 2002, and 2006.
Source: http://basketball.ca/en/hm/inside.php?id=4883
The 2011 Canadian lineup includes seven returning Paralympians and 10
players that were part of last year’s team that won a bronze at the 2010
World Championships.
The Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball Team consists of:
Cindy Ouellet (Quebec, QC) – (Paralympian in ‘08)
Chantal Benoit (Mont-Saint Hilaire, QC) – (Paralympian in ‘88, ‘92, ‘96, ‘00, ‘04, & ‘08)
Elaine Allard (St. Eustache, QC)
Elisha Williams – (Burnaby, BC)
Katie Harnock – (Elmira, ON) – (Paralympian in ’08)
Jamey Jewells (Donkin, NS)
Janet McLachlan (Vancouver, BC) – (Paralympian in ‘08)
Jessica Vliegenthart –(Victoria, BC)
Kendra Ohama (Calgary, AB) – (Paralympian in ‘92, ‘96, ‘00, ‘04, & ‘08)
Maude Jacques (Sainte-Catherine, QC)
Tara Feser – (St. Albert, AB) – (Paralympian in ’08)
Tracey Ferguson – Holland Landing, ON – (Paralympian in ’92, ’96, ’00, ’04, & ’08)
Head Coach: Bill Johnson (Winnipeg, MB)
“We are very pleased to welcome Jamey and Maude onto the team. We feel
that their skill and youthful energy, combined with the experience we
have gained at past events including the 2010 World Championships and
our talented group of veterans, will be the precise mix to put us back
on top of the world as we look forward to the 2012 London Paralympics.
We are confident that we are precisely where we want to be as a program
and as a team at this point,” said Team Canada Women’s Head Coach Bill
Johnson.
Three members of the 2011 Senior Women’s National Team (Cindy Ouellet,
Maude Jacques, and Jamey Jewells) will also represent Canada when they
host the first-ever Women’s Under 25 World Championships July 15-23,
2011 at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario.
At the last Paralympic Games in 2008, theSenior Women’s National
Wheelchair Basketball Team finished fifth following four consecutive
podium finishes that included three straight Paralympic gold medals in
1992, 1996 and 2000 and a bronze medal in 2004.
They also recently won a bronze medal at the 2010 World Championships.
It was their sixth consecutive podium finish at the World Championships
dating back to 1990 – a run that includes four straight gold medals in
1994, 1998, 2002, and 2006.
Source: http://basketball.ca/en/hm/inside.php?id=4883