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NBers in Ottawa for ringette camp

OTTAWA -- Four players from Dieppe and one from Moncton will be among a group of eight New Brunswickers travelling here this weekend for the Ringette Canada under-19 east identification camp.

The four-day weekend camp here and another in Regina is the start of the process to identify and select athletes to train and prepare for competition at the Junior World Ringette Championship, which will take place in Europe in the summer of 2009.

Vanessa Hannah, Pascale d'Astour, Joelle Proulx and Jasmine LeBlanc are the four Dieppe players making the trip. Jessica Snowden is the Moncton player headed to camp at Carleton University.

Other New Brunswickers are Martine Caissie of Bouctouche, Julie-Eve Finn of Bathurst, and Nicole Forest of Shediac.

The camps will run in a tournament format, with games starting on Saturday afternoon.

Following the camp, Team East will be cut down to 45 athletes who will come together in July for a final selection camp, while Team West will be cut down to 35 athletes. Rosters for both teams will be finalized in early January 2009.

The Junior World Ringette Championship is an International Ringette Federation event that provides an opportunity for developing countries to attend an international event without having to face powerhouses such as Finland's and Canada's national teams. Both Finland and Canada will send junior national teams (U19) and other participating countries will send their regular national teams.

Provincial baseball teams hold tryouts

Moncton's provincial AAA baseball teams will hold tryouts this week at the CN Sportplex.

The bantam AAA team tryout will be held tomorrow from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Field No. 9.

Saturday's schedule will include a mosquito AAA tryout from 10 a.m. to noon at Field No. 4 and a peewee AAA tryout from noon to 3 p.m. at Field No. 7.

For more information, call 855-3633.

Dieppe Junior Vees seek new head coach

The Dieppe/Memramcook Voyageurs of the N.B. Junior Hockey league are now accepting applications for the position of head coach.

The organization will accept applications until May 31.

The Voyageurs play out of the facilities in Dieppe and Memramcook. Inquiries for the position can be made by contacting Ron LeBlanc at 852-4643.

A resume with qualifications should be e-mailed to rleblanc.focus@lighting.net or mailed to the attention of Ron LeBlanc, 29 Chiasson St., Dieppe, N.B., E1A 6J4.

Judo club offers introductory session

The Musa Betsu-Kyu Judo Club is offering an introductory session in judo to children aged 6 to 15.

This will be held on Saturday from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the New Brunswick Community College in Dieppe. There is no cost and this is open to anyone wishing to try the sport.

For more information please contact monctonjudo@aol.com or call 388-1836.

Rays ace Kazmir inks $28.5M extension

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Tampa Bay left-hander Scott Kazmir has agreed to a $28.5-million, three-year extension through 2011, a deal with a club option that could raise the contract's value to $39.5 million over four seasons.

The 2007 AL strikeout champion is 36-30 with a 3.63 ERA in 100 major-league appearances, including 99 starts. He began this season on the 15-day disabled list after straining his left elbow, but returned to the rotation on May 4.

The 24-year-old, 13-9 with a 3.48 ERA last season, was an all-star in 2006.