The feeling Sean Cleary gets every time he slips on a Team Canada jersey isn’t something he will ever get used to. As one of the country’s top fastpitch ...
When the 2022 WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup starts this weekend in New Zealand, it will be the fifth time Harbour Main’s Sean Cleary has competed in a world championship with the Canadian men’s fastpitch softball national team. Cleary is one of six players and two coaches from Newfoundland and Labrador who are a part of the team. WSBC photoThe feeling Sean Cleary gets every time he slips on a Team Canada jersey isn’t something he will ever get used to.
The World Cup will run from Nov. 26 to Dec. 4 and feature 12 of the best softball teams in the world, including the number-one ranked Argentinians and the number-two ranked Japanese. Ryan Boland of Goulds is one of six Newfounlanders on Canada's national men's fastpitch softball team for this year's WBSC World Cup. He is shown here during the 2017 WBSC world men’s fastpitch championship in Whitehorse, Yukon. - WBSC fastpitch championship photo/Maddy Flanagan
He is joined by Ryan Boland , Shane Boland , Brad Ezekiel , Jason Hill and Colin Walsh . In addition to that, John Hill And Les Howey are on the bench as assistant coaches.
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