Women’s national tackle football championship all-stars announced

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Players named earn invitations to Team Canada ID camps

Photo credit: Terry Ritz

Football Canada announces a 26-player all-star team, chosen from standouts that competed at the inaugural 2016 Women’s National Championship, July 28-31 at Regina’s Mosaic Stadium.

With their selection, this group of all-stars earn invitations to Football Canada’s Women’s National Team’s regional identification camps. The camps will be used to help select Canada’s entry at the 2017 IFAF Women’s World Championship. The remaining players identified for the selection camps will be announced in the coming months.

The host nation and location for the 2017 Women’s World Championship has yet to be named.

“This first group of athletes, which stood out during tournament competition, is a great mix of youth and experience,” said returning Women’s National Team head coach, Jeff Yausie. “Amongst this first group are eight players who helped Canada capture silver at the 2013 women’s worlds in Finland. The experience of these returning players will help the national team program during the next stage of the selection process as we work towards 2017.”

“As a coaching staff, we look forward to inviting additional players to the regional camps in the coming months. Whether named today or not, it’s important that prospective national team athletes continue to work hard both on and off the field in pursuit of the goal of representing Canada on the world stage.”

The four team Women’s National Championship consisted of two game days on Thursday July 28 and Sunday July 31. On championship Sunday, host Saskatchewan captured gold with a 34-22 win over Quebec while Alberta claimed bronze with a 30-12 victory against New Brunswick.

The national event builds off the 2012 Women’s Challenge Cup held in Montreal. The Challenge Cup hosted provincial teams from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec and Atlantic Canada in a weekend celebration of women’s football which included integrated practices, mini-games as well as development opportunities for mentor coaches.

2016 Women’s National Championship All-Stars

Offence

Pos. First name Last name Prov. team # Current Team City or Town
QB Maude Lacasse QC 13 Blitz de Montréal Montréal, QC
RB Olivia DeMerchant NB 13 Capital Area Gladiators Woodstock, NB
RB Samantha Matteson SK 33 Saskatoon Valkyries Saskatoon, SK
REC Alex Black * NB 10 Capital Area Gladiators Lake George, NB
REC Annabelle Chevrier QC 86 Blitz de Montréal Montréal, QC
REC Carly Dyck SK 5 Saskatoon Valkyries Saskatoon, SK
REC Marci Halseth * SK 19 Saskatoon Valkyries Saskatoon, SK
REC Laurence Pontbriand * QC 84 Blitz de Montréal Montréal, QC
OL Sonia Brodeur QC 60 Blitz de Montréal Montréal, QC
OL Ashley Viklund SK 56 Regina Riot Regina, SK
OL Robyn Richardson NB 42 Saint John Storm St. John, NB
OL Virginie Roberge * QC 51 Blitz de Montréal Montréal, QC
OL Alyssa Funk SK 64 Saskatoon Valkyries Saskatoon, SK

Defence

Pos. First name Last name Prov. team # Current Team City or Town
DL Jennifer Archer * QC 77 Blitz de Montréal Montréal, QC
DL Katie Hungle SK 34 Regina Riot Regina, SK
DL Jaime Lammerding * SK 67 Saskatoon Valkyries Saskatoon, SK
DL Jessie NoName SK 71 Regina Riot Regina, SK
LB Émilie Bélanger * QC 41 Blitz de Montréal Montréal, QC
LB Tanya Henderson AB 32 Edmonton Storm Forestberg, AB
LB Artemis Kouropoulou SK 73 Regina Riot Regina, SK
LB Virginie Roussel QC 31 Blitz de Montréal Montréal, QC
DB Shaylyn Dejong SK 91 Saskatoon Valkyries Saskatoon, SK
DB Amélie Janson QC 21 Blitz de Montréal Montréal, QC
DB Beth Thomson * SK 20 Saskatoon Valkyries Saskatoon, SK
DB Mira Trebilcock SK 17 Regina Riot Regina, SK

Special Teams

Pos. First name Last name Prov. team # Current Team City or Town
K Carly Dyck SK 5 Saskatoon Valkyries Saskatoon, SK
RET Emma Goldsney AB 1 Edmonton Storm Edmonton, AB
Tournament MVP’s
  First name Last name Prov. team # Current Team City or Town
Offence Samantha Matteson SK 33 Saskatoon Valkyries Saskatoon, SK
Defence Virginie Roussel QC 31 Blitz de Montréal Montréal, QC

* = indicates 2013 Women’s National Team alumnus

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