Written by: Ontario PWSA
Tuesday, April 03, 2012 3:41 PM 

(Valencia, Venezuela) Softball Canada President Kevin Quinn and special advisor Roberto Perez-Leon (Level V Umpire - BC) attended the Pan American Softball Confederation’s (CONPASA) Congress in Valencia, Venezuela this past weekend (March 29-31). Following three days of meetings, an election was held for positions on the Board of Directors of the regional softball organization, with Quinn being elected as Vice-President - North America.

'I am extremely proud to have the honour of being elected to the Board of CONPASA' stated Quinn. 'I hope to represent my country well as I work hard to improve softball at many levels throughout the Americas. I want to thank the Softball Canada Board for putting my name forward for this position as North American Vice-President of CONPASA and CEO Hugh Mitchener for his continued support. And last, but certainly not least, I want to thank Mr. Roberto Perez-Leon and his wife Annie for their hard work in translating all my correspondences. To Roberto Perez-Leon, who assisted me at the Congress, I simply could not have done it without you!'

In addition to the election, CONPASA also announced that the VIII Men’s Pan American Softball Championship will take place from September 15 to 23, 2012 in Medellin, Colombia. The event will serve as a qualifier for the 2013 ISF XIII Men’s World Championship, which will be held March 1 to 10, 2013 in Christchurch, New Zealand. The top five teams from the Pan American Championship will qualify for the World Championship.

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For more information, please contact:

Gilles LeBlanc
Manager – Marketing and Communications
Softball Canada
(613) 523-3386 ext. 3105
gleblanc@softball.ca