News & Press Releases

2023 Registrations in Full Swing

By PwsaAdmin on Monday, March 27th, 2023
With the month of March almost complete, associations and teams are well underway to getting their players, coaches, managers registered on the PWSA registration portal. We strongly encourage administrators to make every effort to complete Read More

Mike Branchaud Named Softball Canada’s New Chief Executive Officer

By PwsaAdmin on Thursday, March 3rd, 2022
Ottawa, Ont. – The Board of Directors of Softball Canada is extremely pleased to announce that Mike Branchaud (Ottawa, Ont.) will become the organization’s new Chief Executive Officer following an extensive search and interview process led by Sport Read More

2021 Softball Canada Annual General Meeting Summary

By PwsaAdmin on Friday, November 19th, 2021
Ottawa, Ont. – The 2021 Softball Canada Annual General Meeting was held virtually on Saturday, November 13th with 60 delegates in attendance representing Softball Canada’s Board of Directors, staff and each of the 12 Provincial/Territorial Associations. The Read More

Softball Canada Announces 2022 Women’s National Team Coaching Staff

By PwsaAdmin on Tuesday, November 9th, 2021
Ottawa, Ont. – Softball Canada is pleased to announce the 2022 Women’s National Team program coaching staff. As previously announced last month, Kaleigh Rafter (Guelph, Ont.) has been named head coach of the program and she participated in Read More

Kaleigh Rafter Named Head Coach of Women’s National Team Program

By PwsaAdmin on Saturday, October 16th, 2021
Ottawa, Ont. – Softball Canada is pleased to announce that Kaleigh Rafter (Guelph, Ont.) has been named Head Coach of the Women’s National Team program. Rafter recently retired from her playing career after winning the bronze medal at Read More

Canadian Softball Team Wins Historic Bronze Medal at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

By PwsaAdmin on Tuesday, July 27th, 2021
The Canadian Olympic Softball Team made history on Tuesday, defeating Mexico 3-2 to earn its first-ever Olympic medal with a bronze at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Canada has participated in all five Olympic softball Read More

Women’s softball team nominated to represent Team Canada at Tokyo 2020

By PwsaAdmin on Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
Softball Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee have nominated Canada’s women’s softball team to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The 15 athletes were selected by Softball Canada’s coaching staff in accordance with the Read More

Support the Return of Softball to Ontario Communities

By PwsaAdmin on Friday, April 30th, 2021
To all members of our Softball Community Sadly we are all aware of the current state of the Provincial lockdown, but continue to be optimistic that we can have a meaningful season in 2021.  At present Read More

Canadian Junior Women’s National Team 2021 Identification Camps

By PwsaAdmin on Friday, April 16th, 2021
PRESENTED BY: CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FLYER SELECTION PROCESS & ELIGIBILITY Softball Canada will be hosting 6 identification camps as the next step in the selection process for the 2021 WBSC U-19 Women’s World Cup team.  The camps Read More

Age Category, Ball Size and Pitching Distance Changes for 2022 Season

By PwsaAdmin on Tuesday, April 13th, 2021
At the request of its membership, Softball Canada’s Board of Directors held a Special General Meeting with representation from each of its Provincial/Territorial Softball Associations on April 12th to vote on one motion submitted by Softball Read More