Team Canada 2006

-Team Canada & Team Singapore 2006

Americas Cup: World Netball Qualifying Championships
(August 10-20, 2006)

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Game 1 (August 11): Canada vs USA
Canada 42 : USA 25
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Game 2 (August 13): Canada vs Barbados
Canada 23 : Barbados 49
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Game 3 (August 14): Canada vs St.Vincent & the Grenadines
Canada 37 : St.Vincent & the Grenadines 41
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Game 4 (August 16): Canada vs St.Kitts & Nevis
Canada 36 : St.Kitts & Nevis 35
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Game 5 (August 17): Canada vs Trinidad & Tobago
Canada 29 : Trinidad & Tobago 51
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Game 6 (August 18): Canada vs Guyana
Canada 52 : Guyana 17
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Game 7 (August 19): Canada vs Antigua & Barbuda
Canada 41 : Antigua & Barbuda 28
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Canada will be sending 12 players to the Americas Cup. Members of the Canadian Netball team include:

Sharon Butler (Ont)

Shawnette Cockburn (BC)

Melissa Crowe (BC)

Anja Fouche (BC)

Rebekah Eatmon (BC)

Christy Hagen (BC)

Maralyn Hope (BC)

Shirley Anne MacKenzie (Ont)

Tamara Rowe (Ont)

Sabrina Versteeg (BC)

Keisha Wilson (QC)

Emma Wilton (Alb)

This is a strong team that should do very well at the Americas Cup in Barbados this August 2006. Canada must come in first or second out of 8 countries in order to qualify for the World Tournament in Fiji 2007. There are 7 players returning to represent Canada and they are Sharon Butler, Melissa Crowe, Rebekah Eatmon, Christy Hagen, Maralyn Hope, Shirley Anne MacKenzie & Keisha Wilson.

Teams participating in the Americas Cup are:

Antigua & Barbuda

Barbados

Canada

Guyana

St. Kitts & Nevis

St. Vincent & Grenadines

Trinidad & Tobago

U.S.A

Canada's coach will be Ann Willcocks, a veteran of Netball and longstanding Canadian Coach. Mary Webb is the Manager for the team and Darren Knox is the team's Physiotherapist.