TORONTO, ON (May 18, 2016) - Canada Basketball's Women's High Performance will conduct open tryouts for the 2016 Development program Monday, June 6th at University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga ON.
The Open ID is open to Canadian female athletes born January 1, 1997 or earlier who have a valid Canadian passport. Players will be assessed by national team coaches and those selected will be officially invited to try out for the Development team from June 7-9.
The Women's Development team will travel to Europe to participate in exhibition competition from June 18-26.The Development team will once again be coached by Fabian McKenzie, along with assistants Michele Belanger, and Jeff Speedy.
Eligible athletes interested in participating in the 2016 WNTP Open ID must pre-register here and send the completed registration and insurance forms to Canada Basketball Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at 6:00pm ET by fax (416).614.9570 or e-mail womenhp@basketball.ca.
Please note: All costs to attend and participate in the Open ID sessions are the athletes responsibility. Athletes are also responsible for their insurance to participate.
<table border="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><u>PHASE 1 </u></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><u>DATES </u></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><u>LOCATION </u></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Open ID</p></td><td><p>June 6</p></td><td><p>University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tryouts by Invitation</p></td><td><p>June 7-9</p></td><td><p>University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Training Camp</p></td><td><p>June 10-16</p></td><td><p>University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Travel Day </p><p> </p></td><td><p>June 17 </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Exhibition</p></td><td><p> June 18-26</p></td><td><p>Prague, Czech Republic</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Travel Day back to Toronto</p></td><td><p>June 27 </p><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table>
For More Information:
Bailey Williams, 647.460.7976, bwilliams@basketball.ca