Canada Basketball has announced an open identification camp for female athletes wishing to be evaluated by the women’s national team program and national coaches on May 26-27 in British Columbia and Ontario. The sessions are geared for athletes having international potential who are eligible for the 2011 Junior Women’s National Team (JWNT) and 2011 Development Women’s National Team (DWNT) programs. Full details include...Please note that this identification session is being added as an additional activity to the overall, currently
existing, women’s national team talent identification system and process that is in place which includes
assessment of athletes within national team program activities, national and/or provincial elite performance
program activities, and tracking of athletes in schools and/or clubs.
One National Open Identification session will be held in Ontario and the other in British Columbia. Athletes
are only required to attend one of the two sessions (see details below).Eligibility Details:
Please note that to be eligible to participate in international competition for any Canadian women’s national
teams, all athletes must be a Canadian citizen and that citizenship must be authorized by a valid Canadian
passport.
2011 JWNT:
- Athletes eligible for the 2011 JWNT must be born in 1992 or later;
- 2011 DWNT:
- Athletes eligible to for the 2011 DWNT must be no less than 17 and no more than 25 years of age
- on January 1
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- of the year of the Universiade (FISU Games) therefore for the 2011 FISU Games,
- athletes must be born between January 1, 1987 and December 31, 1993.
- Be a student who is registered for and pursuing a full programme of study leading towards a
- degree or diploma at a post-secondary institution.
a. status must be authorized by a document from the registrar of the institution.
b. Post-secondary institutions include community colleges, professional schools, technical
schools, C.E.G.E.P., and universities, in Canada or outside of Canada.
c. or Be a former student who has graduated from a post-secondary institution as a student in
good standing, in the year preceding the event.
*Graduation must be authorized by a document from the registrar of the institution.
Eligible athletes interested in participating in the 2011 WNTP ‘Open ID’ must pre-register.
Please contact epintern@basketball.ca for more on this opportunity including any releated paperwork.
Location #1:
East Coast
University of Toronto
55 Harbord St. Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2W6
Open ID Date: Friday, May 27, 2011
Times: 6:00-9:00pm
OR
Location #2:
West Coast
Terry Fox Secondary School
1260 Riverwood Gate, Port Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7Z5
Open ID Date: Thursday, May 26, 2011
Times: 6:00-9:00pm
Please note that all costs to attend and participate in the ‘Open ID session’ are the athletes’ responsibility.
Please check-in for registration outside the gym starting at 5pm and no later than 5:30pm
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