All 66 games from the International Softball Federation's XIII Women’s World Championships, 
to be played from July 13-22 in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, will be streamed and available to fans around the world – including all games that the GB Women's Fastpitch Team will play in the competition.
“We are extremely pleased that fans around the world will be able to see the action from Whitehorse,” said ISF President Don Porter. “We know that the worldwide softball community will be looking to interact with the tournament regardless of their location, so having all of the games online is a perfect meeting place to accomplish that.”
Live and free
All games from the tournament will be streamed live, with no fee involved for viewers, and games will also be recorded and archived for on-demand viewing as well.
Starting on July 13, games can be viewed on www.sportscanada.tv and viewers will be able to interact through a Twitter feed embedded next to the video player.
Sixteen teams will contest the ten-day tournament:
Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, the Czech Republic, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, South Africa, the USA and Venezuela. The Americans are defending champions, having won the 12th edition of the event that took place in 2010 in Caracas, Venezuela. Great Britain finished in 11th place in Venezuela.
2012 is the first year that the ISF World Championships are starting an every-two-years rotation, after having been held every four years while softball was also on the programme of the Olympic Games.
The official event website for the World Championships in Whitehorse is: www.worldfastpitch2012.com/.
GB games
The schedule for GB games during the round-robin phase of the tournament is as follows (all timings are North American Pacific Time and are eight hours behind British summer time).
July 13 v Italy
3.30 pm
July 14 v Chinese Taipei
2.00 pm
July 15 v New Zealand
1.30 pm
July 16 v Canada
7.00 pm
July 17 v Mexico
1.30pm
July 18 v Japan
2.00 pm
July 19 v Australia
1.30 pm
Playoffs begin on July 20, and playoff games are at 12.00, 2.30, 5.00 and 7.30 on both July 20 and July 21.
The semi-final is on July 22 at 1.00 pm Whitehorse time and the Grand Final at 4.00 pm.
The full schedule for the tournament is available on: http://worldfastpitch2012.com/schedule.
GB journey
The Great Britain Women's Fastpitch Team will convene in Vancouver, Canada on June 27 and, like many other World Championship teams, will first play in the prestigious Canadian Open Fastpitch Championship from June 30-July 8 before heading for the World Championships in Whitehorse.
The GB Team will be appearing in its third straight World Championship, having been given a wild card by the ISF to compete in 2006 in Beijing, and then having qualified by right for the 2010 and 2012 competitions by virtue of top-three finishes in the 2009 and 2011 European Championships.
Great Britain will be taking 16 players to the Canadian Open and the World Championships under Head Coach Hayley Scott. The squad and staff will be:
PLAYERS
Leah English
Carling Hare
Karlene Headley-Cooper
Naomi Jones
Sarah Jones
Jessica Legendre
Amy Moore
Ellie Pamenter
Ali Parkerson
Morgan Parkerson
Steph Pearce
Sara Robb
Laura Thompson
Stacie Townsend
Amy Wells
Kristi Yoshizawa
STAFF
Head Coach
Hayley Scott
Assistant Coach
Celine Lassaigne
Pitching Coach
Megan Brown
Team Manager
Bob Fromer
Assistant Manager
Joss Thompson
Physiotherapist
Cian O'Doherty