Troy Birtwistle, a native of Shawnigan Lake, BC is entering his sixth year with the HarbourCats and is an alumnus of the National Baseball Institute. Birtwistle was the starting pitcher for NBI in an exhibition game against the reigning World Series Champion Toronto Blue Jays, in a game played at Regina’s Taylor Field in the summer of 1993. Birtwistle pitched semi-pro in Australia and pitched at the national level including the 2001 and 2002 Baseball Canada Men’s Nationals. Troy is a fixture as our first base coach and through his company, TRB Construction, is responsible for much of the capital improvements and construction around the stadium.