Dragons Medal at Asia-Pacific

 

Softball SA's two representative teams traveled to Singapore in late June to compete in the Little League International - Asia-Pacific tournament, with both teams returning home with medals.
 

The Senior League division team achieved a bronze medal after being eliminated by China in the preliminary final. Izzy Lilburn was named as Best Player and Becky Havis named MVP for their team.

The Junior League division team made it through to the Grand Final, but were defeated by the Phillipines. In spite of the loss, the team returned home with the silver medal. Indigo Beck de Silva was named as the team's Best Player and Millie Fidge was named as the MVP. 

A silver and bronze medal result was a fantastic introduction for SA in to the Little League International competition in the first year of its involvement in the tournament.

 

SA's Belinda White (front, second from left) pictured with the Aussie Spirit Team.
 

 

South Australia's Aussie Spirit representative Belinda White recently competed in the XVI Women's World Softball Championship in Chiba, Japan. 

The local Sturt catcher and the Spirit were major contenders for a medal, finishing fourth after being defeated by Canada, securing Australia's pre-tournament world rankings (fourth). 

Another local SA softballer, Chelsea Robinson, also traveled with the team as a non-player member, gaining some valuable experience as the team's bull-pen catcher.

With games live-streamed online and daily stories featured on the Softball Australia website, our local fans were able to log on and watch the Aussies do us proud.

The team will now immediate turn their focus to qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, which will involve winning an Asia/Oceania qualifying tournament at a venue yet to be decided by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).

For all the latest news and updates on the Aussie Spirit click here

TEAM NOMINATIONS OPEN NOW

Clubs and associations are invited to submit their nominations for the 23rd Labour Day Tournament for this October.

Please submit your nominations to participate no later than 17th September for the following proposed divisions: 

Girls/Women:    U11, U13, U15,                                                 U18, OPEN
Boys/Men:         U13 (mixed), U16, U19

The State U23 Women's team traveled to Redlands, QLD, for the U23 Women's National Championship where they competed for the Joyce Lester Shield.

After making it to the Preliminary Final, SA placed fourth after being defeated by QLD. 

A new inclusion to the championship was a US College team, bringing a whole new level to the competition and was welcomed by all.

Click Here for all official tournament results. 

 

 

Softball SA is pleased to announce the state team officials to accompany the head coaches for 2019.
Congratulations to all for your successful appointments and good luck with your preparations for your respective 2019 national/regional championships.

     
    Open Men
Aaron Cockman      Head Coach
        Don Peters      Asst. Coach
     James Harris      Asst. Coach
 Paegan Hall      Manager

      U19 Women
 Janell Behrendt       Head Coach
   Bridget Corver      Asst. Coach
    Belinda White      Asst. Coach
Meegan Roberts     Manager     
Marcie Trzcinski     Statistician  

       U19 Men
           Geoff May     Head Coach
  Mandy Hopkins     Asst. Coach
      Alex Mackay     Asst. Coach
 Joanne Liddell     Manager   
   Courtney May    Statistician

      U17 Girls
          Butch Sims     Head Coach
  Bill Benedictson     Asst. Coach
        Annie Fidge      Asst. Coach
Kelsey Knuckey     Manager   
 Carla Munroe     Manager
          Gel Collins     Statisticians

       U17 Boys
   Kelvin Williams     Head Coach
       Meg Chaplin     Asst. Coach
Kylie Barrington      Manager    

        U15 Girls
       Annie Fidge      Head Coach
        Jodie Smith      Asst. Coach
   Justina Adams      Asst. Coach
       Jenny Dunn      Asst. Coach

      U15 Boys
   Mandy Hopkins      Head Coach
    Mandy Bottroff       Asst. Coach
  Rose Mattingly      Statistician
 

The SA Softball Umpires Committee are conducting Green Shirt training programs during the month of September. 

Over three consecutive Mondays, an easy to follow beginners umpiring course will be held at the Softball SA head quarters, West Beach, open to any interested person wishing to commence an umpiring accreditation process. 

The course will include both theory and practical aspects of umpiring and, upon completion, will be presented with their official umpiring Green Shirt.

If you are interested in attending one or all of the three sessions, please register your interest to:
 

Ian Gray
ian.gray@gmail.com
0409 900 760

Click Here for more information on the program.

Want to gain you Level 1 scoring accreditation, gain your next Levels or undertake the latest iScore training?

Basic training courses for Level 1 and accreditation courses for Levels 2, 3, 4 and iScore are being held at Softball SA headquarters from October-December 2018.

Should your club or association wish to host their own training night with appropriate number requirements.

Please note: iScore requires you to supply your own device for participation.

Register your interest with State Scoring Coordinator:

Lindy Rattigan
scoring@softballsa.com.au
0412 255 189

Click Here for more information and dates.

 

 

Softball SA hosted it's annual Club Development Day in July at Sport SA. 

Some fantastic feedback and input was received from the 49 people who attended over the duration of the program, which will assist in Softball SA's new strategic plan for 2018-2021.

Thank you to all clubs, associations and presenters for their efforts in making the weekend a success and beneficial to all.