Pictured above: the 2018 Labour Day Tournament team MVP's.
 

 

The 2018 Labour Day Tournament was played over the October long weekend for the annual event's 23rd consecutive year. 

A total of 26 teams participated at the West Beach facility, with 11 teams visiting from the Northern Territory and Victoria. 

Softball SA thanks Tournament Convenor Peter Messner and Tournament Chief Umpire Mike Bendall for their efforts in organising another successful year of tournament play.
 

Final Results:
U18 Girls:     Sturt Navy
 U16 Boys:    Hills Green
      U15 Girls:    VIC Diamonds
U13 Girls:    Sturt Navy
     U13 Mixed:   VIC Lightning
 

 

 

Walkerville Softball Club's Karyn Dale will step on to the diamond for the 800th time in her softball career for the opening round of the 2018-19 season.

Over the course of her career played in seven A grade and seven B grade grand finals, is a former Walkerville Softball Club president, has won the B grade Best and Fairest Award three times and represented South Australia on multiple occasions as both a player and official.

Whilst she has announced her retirement from playing several times previous, Dale, who is also a Softball SA Board member, intends to continue playing, with the possibility of perhaps reaching 900!

Congratulations, Karyn!

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Softball SA have filled the role of the top job in the State, the Head Coach of the SA Starz, the South Australian Womens Softball team. The Starz will battle for the National Championship, the Gilley’s Shield, in January 2019.
 

The newly appointed coach is Morgan Young, a former junior national player and a previous assistant coach of the Starz team.

Young, a local A-Grade coach, was appointed due to already having a working relationship with the team and for his numerous accomplishments in sport. He will now turn his attention to putting together the strongest line-up possible of players eligible to represent the state.

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A new batch of softball-specific
score books are now available for purchase by all clubs and associations from Softball SA.

$12.00 each (incl. GST)

Pick up or postage available
(at club/association’s expense)

Please drop in or contact the Softball SA office to order for your club/association via email or phone:

 

08 8353 6766

admin@softballsa.com.au

PLEASE NOTE: Score books are available for purchase by all clubs/associations/teams every year.

Damien McCauley (pictured front, fourth from left).
 

Softball SA congratulates South Australian umpire Damien McCauley on his recent appointment in to officiate in both the the 2018 Men's Intercontinental Softball Cup and the 2018 Men's European Super Cup. 

The 2017-18 Softball SA Umpire of the Year traveled to Prague, Czech Republic, at the end of August to officiate both tournaments.

Congratulations Damien on your achievements.
 

 

Seven South Australian umpires have been appointed to officiate at National Championships for 2019. 

Softball Australia announced the appointments earlier this month on the Softball Australia Umpires social media page, along with the full list of umpires who have been appointed umpires from around the country.

See below for the list of appointed SA umpires:

Open Women
Mirrabooka, WA
Steve Wallace Yarrow

Open Men
Hawker, ACT
Damien McCauley

U19 Men & Women
Sydney, NSW
Steve Wallace-Yarrow

U17 Boys & Girls
Adelaide, SA
Neville Lawrance (Assessor)
Kevin Tannebring (Assessor)
Michael Bendall
Ian Gray

U15 Girls
Mirrabooka, WA
Greg Rusack

U15 Boys
Hawker, ACT
Kevin Tannebring (TCU)
Michael Bendall

Congratulations to all of our umpires - wish you all the best for your duties and will no doubt do SA proud.

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