2015 Annual Report - Softball NSW

CONTENTS
Softball NSW Positions
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President Report5
Blacktown City Council Message
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General Manager Report
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Director of Scoring11
Director of Umpiring11
Financial Statements13
Affiliate Reports
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State Championship Results
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NSW State Teams53
2014 Award Winners
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Softball NSW Sponsors & Partners 58
Photographs: Thank you to Donkin Gook Photography,
Jody Neilsen, Devan Price, Tom Ryan
SOFTBALL NSW POSITIONS
PATRON
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
LIFE MEMBERS
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Mrs Pat Young*
Mrs Joyce Merret*
Miss Ruth Preddey*
Mrs Dulcie Isted*
Mrs Doris Simmonds*
Miss Edna Nash*
Mrs Shirley Fogarty*
Miss Joan Fitton
Mrs Ilma Burke*
Mrs Yvonne Edwards*
Mrs Glenda Leedham
Miss Dawn Young
Miss Pat Rawlings OAM*
Miss Judy Phelps OAM
Mr Alan Burke*
Mrs Leonie Ruddy*
Ms Kay Thompson
Ms Carole Peel
Mr Harvey Milson
Mrs Neidra Hill OAM
Mr Darrell Shephard
(*Deceased)
Joan Fitton
BOARD MEMBERS
EXECUTIVE MEMBERS
President
Vice-President
Andrew Dodshon
Lesley Darby
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS
Frances Crampton
Bruce McCahon
BOARD MEMBERS
John Allan
Stephen Casey
Fiona Crawford (Until March 2015)
Lesley Darby
Christine Halpin
John Neilsen
Andrew Dodshon Cathy Kerr
John Black
Peter Doherty
Matthew Hayes
Fiona Ioannou
Tony Jackson
Allan Munro
Craig Richardson
(Chair)
(Convenor)
STAFF MEMBERS
General Manager
Cathy Kerr
Events Coordinator Sandy Oldham
Venue Operations and
Project Coordinator Jody Neilsen
Administration Officer Sushila Tikaram
Inclusion Officer
Donna McGrath
CONSULTANTS
Athlete Management John Crampton
Finance
Michael Hannelly
Softball
NSW
Positions
President
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PRESIDENT’S REPORT
As President of Softball NSW it gives me great pleasure to
present to you the Softball New South Wales Annual Report for
2014/15. This has been another year with great achievements
by our individual members and our affiliates.
I would like to give a big thank you to all our SNSW affiliates
for the effort they have put in conducting their competitions and
the opportunities they provide for their members to participate
in softball at all different age groups and levels.
At the 2014 SNSW AGM Weekend delegates from all our
Affiliates enjoyed two days of presentations, workshops and
discussions. It was a rewarding weekend with much robust
discussion, with many speakers showing their passion for the
present and the future of the game in NSW. On the Saturday
night affiliates attended the Rooty Hill RSL for the Annual
Softball NSW Awards Dinner to celebrate achievements
made by players, officials and administrators over the last
twelve months. The 2014 Affiliate of the Year Award with high
performance ratings in all areas of softball was a repeat of
last year with a win again by Softball Macarthur. Newcastle
Association was named Country Affiliate of the Year, showing
growth in many areas.
We would like to congratulate all the winners and finalists
for their outstanding performances in 2013/14 and thank
all affiliates for their continued support of the SNSW AGM
weekend. The winners in all the categories were:
Affiliate of the Year
Macarthur
Country Affiliate of the Year
Newcastle
Website AwardSouthern Districts
SNSW Membership Award
Cumberland-Nepean
SNSW Development Award
Campbelltown
Also Softball NSW Service Awards were awarded to Jean
Chapman and Craig Richardson from (Georges River), Loretta
Watts (Penrith City) and Merrilyn O’Bryan (Far North Coast).
This year has also seen the re-introduction of our regular
President’s meetings. These are held 3 times a year and so
far they have proven very successful with good information
flowing between the President’s, on behalf of their affiliates,
and SNSW.
At the last AGM a number of changes to the Constitution, that
were identified as part of the Line in the Sand report, were
discussed. At the July Presidents meeting these changes were
tabled, and these will be voted upon at a Special General
Meeting during the AGM weekend. These changes will help
bring our Constitution in line with the best practice as requested
of all sports by the Australian Sports Commission.
Every year, Softball NSW Championships draw together the
best our sport has to offer in each age group. They showcase
the skill, personal discipline and teamwork of many young
people representing their affiliates. Thank you to all team
officials, parents and supporters involved with the preparation
of every team. Congratulations to all our State Championship
winners.
U11 2015 Girls Cumberland-Nepean Boys Penrith City
U13 2014 Girls Penrith City
Boys Penrith City
U15 2014 Girls Manly-Warringah Boys Macarthur
U17 2015 Girls Penrith City U19 2015 Women Manly-Warringah O35 2015 Women Manly-Warringah Open 2014 Women Manly-Warringah Boys Penrith City
Men Macarthur
Men Macarthur
Men Macarthur
Softball NSW also extends sincere thanks and gratitude to
the hosts of our Championships since last year’s report –
Campbelltown (U11), Southern Districts (U13), Orange (U15),
Southern Districts (U17), Blacktown International Sports Park
U19 Men and Women, Open Men and Open Women and Over
35’s Men and Women. The co-operation, coordination and
hard work by affiliate members to run these Championships
is greatly appreciated, thank you very much.
The development of our athletes and officials is the direct result
of the quality and quantity of training, educating and mentoring
by the skilled leaders within our sport. To all technical officials
– that is coaches, umpires and scorers, thanks for the work
you do within your areas of expertise. Through your efforts, in
striving for excellence and improvement, many of you are able
to celebrate success and this is a valuable tool in attracting
others into your programs. Special thanks are extended to
the Director of Umpiring, Scott Rindfleish and the Director of
Scoring, Kaye Greggs for the great efforts they put in to improve
the standards of all the members of their teams.
The pathways to the elite levels of our sport continue to be
a priority for Softball NSW. To be selected a Softball NSW
Representative, thus becoming a “Blue Blood”, entitles you
to wear the two blues and the “Waratah”. This is a privilege
rewarded for diligence, dedication and personal discipline
by players, coaches, scorers, administrators and umpires.
Congratulations to each of you, who has been honoured
by being chosen to represent Softball NSW in an Australian
Championship in 2015.
Softball NSW celebrated its annual State Team Dinner at Rooty
Hill RSL on Wednesday December 3rd, 2014. Each of the
state’s 2014 Representative Teams, Officials and Umpires
attended, including the 2014 male and female PSSA sides.
During the evening, individuals were recognised for their
outstanding performances in 2014. Congratulations to the
winners in each category.
SNSW Male Athlete of the Year 2014 James Darby
SNSW Female Athlete of the Year 2014
Rachel Lack
SNSW Youth Male Athlete of the Year 2014
Hayden Mathews
SNSW Youth Female Athlete of the Year 2014 Gabrielle Plain
SNSW Official of the Year 2014
Alan Moore
The 2015 Australian Championships were very successful
for SNSW. Congratulations to all our teams for the following
results.
NSW Open Men
2nd Place
NSW Open Women
Champions
NSW U23 Men
2nd Place
NSW U23 Women
Champions
NSW U19 Men
Champions
NSW U19 Women
3rd Place
NSW U17 Men
Champions
NSW U17 Women
Champions
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Winning five out of the eight National Titles, and top three
results in all competitions is a great result, and reflects great
credit on all players and officials involved. At all these Titles
awards are made in each age group, and this year Softball
NSW representatives won the following awards.
Open Women
Batting - Stacey Porter
Newcrest Mining Best Indigenous Player - Stacey Porter
Player of the Final - Ellen Roberts
All Tournament Team: Outfield - Kara Murphy, DP - Stacey
Porter
Open Men
Batting - James Todhunter
Rookie of the Year - Kieran O’Leary
All Tournament Team: Catcher - Ryan Tranter, 3rd base Peter Wards, Shortstop - James Todhunter, Outfield - Mitchell
Brownlow
U23 Women
Batting - Jordy Christensen
Pitching – Chantelle Ladner
MVP - Jordy Christensen
Player of the Final - Jasmine Peters
U23 Men
No award winners from NSW
U19 Men
Pitching - Luke Ollerenshaw
Player of the Final - Callum Beashel
All Tournament Team: Pitcher – Luke Ollerenshaw,
2nd Base – Izack Rossi, DP – Isaac McDonald
U19 Women
Batting Award - Kalina Stepto
Pitching Award - Chantelle Ladner
MVP - Emily Read
All Tournament Team
Pitcher - Chantelle Ladner, First base - Kalina Stepto
Outfielders - Emily Read and Lauren Tapp
Under 17 Men
Batting - Logan Campbell
Pitcher - Chris Gillies
MVP - Shaun Lanaghan
Player of the Final - Chris Gillies
All Tournament Team
Pitcher - Chris Gillies, Catcher - Logan Campbell
First base - Shaun Lanaghan
Under 17 Women
Batting - Montana Kearnes
Pitching - Gabbie Plain
MVP - Gabbie Plain
Player of the Final - Gabbie Plain
All Tournament Team
Pitcher - Gabbi Plain, Third base - Briana Trim
Outfield - Maddy Beard, DP - Montana Kearnes
To be selected in an Australian Softball Team is an honour
bestowed only on the very best, and Softball NSW is extremely
proud that we are “home” to many of the best. Softball NSW
congratulates each of you and honours your achievements.
The Australian U19 Men’s Team is known as the “Aussie Colts”.
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In 2015 an Australian U19 Men’s Squad has been selected
and there are 13 NSW players included. Congratulations to
the following representatives from SNSW Blake Bell, Jacob
Donaldson, Bradley Dunn, Jacob Garland, Chris Gillies, Blake
Jackson, Aiden Kennedy, Shaun Lanaghan, Isaac McDonald,
Jack Noble, Luke Ollerenshaw, Mathew Roberts-Osborne and
Izack Rossi.
The Australian U19 Women’s Team is known as the “Aussie
Pride”, and in 2015 a team has been selected to compete
at the 11th Jr. Women’s Softball World Championship, in
Oklahoma City, USA, from the 7th to the 16th August 2015.
Congratulations to the following representatives from SNSW
Amelia Cudicio, Emma Iuliano, Chantelle Ladner, Gabrielle
Plain, Emily Read, Kalina Stepto, Lauren Tapp. Laura Passfield
and Natasha Young were named as reserves.
The Australian Open Men’s Team is known as the “Aussie
Steelers”, and in 2015 a team was selected to compete at
the 14th Men’s Softball World Championship in Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, Canada from June 26th to July 5th 2015.
Congratulations to the following representatives from SNSW
James Brownlow, Kieran O’Leary, Harrison Peters, James
Todhunter and Peter Wards. Also Cameron Bint was selected
as a Non-Travelling Reserve.
The Australian Open Women’s Softball Team is known as
the “Aussie Spirit” and is to compete at the 2015 Japan Cup
from the 4th to the 9th August 2015. Congratulations to the
following representatives from SNSW Kaia Parnaby, Stacey
Porter, Taylah Tsitsikronis, Rachel Lack and Stacey McManus.
Also Ellen Roberts was chosen as a non-travelling reserve.
Appointed to the Staff was Alan Moore - Assistant Coach.
Softball NSW proudly acknowledges our partners and sponsors
- Blacktown City Council, Blacktown International Sportspark,
NSW Government – Office of Sport, Easton, Powerade, Rooty
Hill RSL, Diamond Sports, Softball Australia and all our Affiliated
Members. Your support allows Softball NSW to maintain the
positive delivery of our sport to our community. We sincerely
thank you for your support and commitment to Softball in NSW
and we look forward to continuing our working relationship.
The Softball NSW Office and staff are based in the Blacktown
International Sportsparkr members of our operational team
are Cathy Kerr (General Manager), Sandy Oldham (Events
Coordinator), Sushila Tikaram (Administration Officer),
Michael Hannelly (Financial Consultant), Jody Neilsen (Venue
Operations and Projects Coordinator), Donna McGrath
(Inclusion Officer), and John Crampton (Sport Psychologist).
Thanks to all of you for your wonderful commitment to the
delivery of softball to our community. It is important that all of
you know your work is very much appreciated and the softball
community in NSW thanks you for your efforts.
On your behalf, I would like to thank the Softball NSW Board
of Directors for their diligence and commitment and for their
continued support of Softball NSW, our staff and me personally.
Andy Dodshon
President - Softball NSW
MAYOR’S
MESSAGE
Blacktown International Sportspark
Sydney is proud to be the home of
Softball NSW.
Since the development of the NSW
Softball Centre as a major playing and
training venue for the Sydney 2000
Olympic Games, Blacktown City Council has been committed
to maintaining Blacktown International Sportspark’s softball
facilities as the finest in Australia.
We were proud to play host to international teams from the
USA, New Zealand and Japan for exhibition matches and
training camps. National Championships, State League and
school programs have ensured another action packed season
of softball at the Sportspark.
Blacktown City Council and Blacktown Venue Management
will continue to work with Softball NSW to ensure the continued
growth and development of the sport in New South Wales.
Congratulations to all of the NSW softball players, coaches,
officials, volunteers and staff from Softball NSW as we look
forward to the relationship continuing to grow even stronger
in the future.
Councillor Stephen Bali
Mayor of Blacktown City
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GENERAL MANAGER
REPORT
It is my pleasure once again to report on the past 12 months
of programs and operations within the Softball Community of
NSW.
The past 12 months has seen a greater focus on Affiliates
and Clubs for without these we do not have a sport.
Softball Australia, Softball NSW and the Australian Sports
Commission have been pro active in developing and
promoting programs to assist Affiliates and Clubs.
was exceptional and highlighted the professionalism of this
country when it comes to sport. It was a pleasure to host the
team and we hope that this will happen again in the future.
Events at the NSW Softball Centre cannot happen with out
the assistance from the Blacktown Venue Management
Team who ensure that the grounds are always presented in
excellent condition and any events are promoted throughout
the media and local communities. Thank you to Kevin Jones
and his team who continue to support Softball.
The State Government Legacy Funding for the Blacktown
International Sportspark was cut 2 years ago but Blacktown
City Council and the sports are continually fighting to have it
reinstated to ensure that the financial burden does not impact
on either the council or the sports.
The ASC Club Health Check has been a great assessment
tool for the grassroots to understand where they are at and
what areas need some attention. It is great to see that over
70 Affiliates and Clubs in NSW have taken the time to do this
and then commit to the Action Plans.
Pathways for players, coaches and officials remain an
important part of the sport and Softball NSW provide these
for each of these areas and are looking for ways to further
enhance these through various opportunities that arise.
Softball Australia has designed a Club Online Portal that
provides clubs with tools to assist with the everyday running
of a club. Over 80 organisations in NSW have taken
advantage of this resource.
The success of our state teams can be attributed directly to
all the hard work that is done by volunteer coaches from the
grass roots to the elite level, players should be forever grateful
for the time that is spent helping them reach their goals.
The new ASC Sporting Schools Program started in Term
3 of this year and with the focus on local schools linking
with local associations and clubs it is important Softball
takes advantage of this program at the local level with the
assistance of Softball NSW.
The U15 Program is now entrenched into the pathways and
SNSW are pleased to support this program sending 3 male
and 3 female teams as well as umpires to the Australian
Regional Championships. In addition to this in 2015 saw an
U15 Country Camp held in Newcastle which will now be an
annual event in July.
Softball Community Coach continues to be a program with
a good uptake from the majority of affiliates in NSW. This
program can now be combined with the Level 1 Coaching
Accreditation Course which arms the participants with
not only the technical aspects of coaching but also the
Game Sense Approach to coaching making it more fun for
everybody. NSW has over 430 people who have completed
this course over the past 3 years.
Disability Programs continue to be an important part of
increasing participation in our sport. Softball NSW has had
over 1000 People with a Disability particpate in programs
across the state over the past 12 months. Softball NSW
received funding from the Office for Sport to deliver 2
programs in the metropolitan area in schools.
Softball NSW remains committed to helping the clubs and
affiliates to deliver Softball. The staff have had the pleasure
of meeting with the committees and hope to be of greater
assistance and continue the open communication.
Softball NSW work hard to promote the sport in the schools
and are involved in many programs throughout schools
in NSW. Some of the programs we are involved in focus
on the sustainability of Softball Programs and increasing
the workforce in schools by upskilling senior students and
teachers. In the past year 200 senior students upskilled and
over 80 teachers accredited.
The Blacktown International Sportspark is home to the best
Softball facility in Australia and with that attracts many events
each year and 2014/2015 was no differrent.
In addition to the annual State Championships, State
League and Winter League, NSW played hosts to the U19
Men’s Australian Champinship which was combined with the
Australian U15 Boy’s Regional Championship in January,
the Blacktown Junior International Challenge in March,
the Academy Challenge in June and the SAL International
Friendship series in July.
But the highlight of the year for the venue was playing host to
the Toyota Red Terriers, a Japanese Professional Women’s
Team, for 10 days. This was the first time a Japanese Club
Team had held their training camp in Australia and the
feedback from the Japanese was very encouraging. During
the camp the Australian Open and U19 Women’s Team played
the Red Terriers in a Series together with a NSW Invitational
Team. The standard of play that the Japanese Team showed
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I would like to thank the Softball NSW Board for their support
and the staff for their hard work and dedication.
The most rewarding part of the job is seeing the volunteers
have success in whatever they set out to achieve and to be
able to work along side one of the most dedicated group of
volunteers to deliver Softball.
Thank you to all that have had involvement in our sport and
continue to meet the challenges head on.
Cathy Kerr
General Manager
Eleven Level 1 courses were held at affiliate level with 83
attendees gaining their scoring accreditation or reaccreditation.
Most affiliates are now organising a Level 1 course during
their season of softball or combining with other affiliates to do
so and I am hopeful of an increase in the number of Level 1
scorers this year.
DIRECTOR OF SCORING
2015 SNSW State Team Statisticians
Diana Oakes
Open Men
Carolyn Buttsworth
Open Women
Sandra Palmer
U23 Men
Lis Hannelly
U23 Women
Maria Wakefield
U19 Men
Damaras Clarkson
U19 Women
Rhonda Schultz
U17 Boys
Michelle Cate U17 Girls
Official Scorers
Official scorers were supplied for the following championships
and tournaments hosted by Softball NSW at Blacktown
International Sportspark:
Softball NSW Events:
• 2014 Female and Male State League Games (Aug - Nov)
• 2014 Open Women’s State Championships (August)
• 2014 Open Men’s State Championships (August)
Softball Australia Events:
• 2015 Nox Bailey Shield (U19 Men) in January
• 2015 SAL Down Under Series in February
• 2015 International Friendship Series (June-July)
These events have provided the opportunity to introduce
many recently accredited Level 2 and Level 3 scorers to
the highest level of competition and to the world of ‘official
scoring’. From feedback, the experience has been worthwhile
and our number of official scorers has increased considerably
because of the camaraderie and support given to all scorers
by our more experienced scorers, who provide valuable
mentoring and monitoring.
It is also pleasing to see a number of Level 1 scorers coming
along to the events to practice their scoring in preparation for
their Level 2 practical assessment.
Scoring Courses and Accreditation (August 2014 - July 2015)
NOAS Level 2 scoring accreditation was achieved by the
following scorers:
Jenny Currie, Sharon Ferguson, Karlie Hubbard (WWSA),
Lyndsey Richardson, Sylvia Kohut, Karina Jensen (SSSA),
Alicia George, Aiden Kelly, Maddie Lisle (ODSA), Melanie
Clarke, Samantha Rainer (PCSA), Elizabeth Clarkson, Hazel
Postill (HDSA), Karren Plain (Macarthur), Daniella Palma
(SDSA) and Sharon Mannweiler (NDSA).
Tracie Dunn (PCSA), Alex Hitchen (ODSA) and Peta Wakefield
(SDSA) achieved NOAS Level 4 scoring accreditation.
I would like to thank the SNSW Board and Office Staff, Michael
Hannelly and the many volunteer scorers for their assistance
given to me this year.
Kaye Greggs
Director of Scoring
DIRECTOR OF UMPIRING
It is my pleasure to present the Softball NSW Umpires
Association Annual Report to SNSW and its members.
The SNSWUA and our members are passionate about our
role to support the delivery of softball in NSW by providing
quality service to our sport, at all levels, from the grassroots
to the international elite. Throughout 2015 NSW umpires
have supported SNSW and have had great opportunities to
participate and achieve great success at all levels.
This report captures some of the highlights throughout this
year, and it is outstanding that we can recognise individual
and collective successes at this time.
In November last year our Level 4 accreditation course at BIS
attracted two attendees.
A Level 3 course was held at Wagga Wagga in September
with three scorers in attendance.
Six Level 2 courses were conducted: Wagga Wagga, Orange,
and four at SNSW (for Metropolitan affiliates) with a total of
20 attendees.
2015 marks the 50th Anniversary of the Softball NSW Umpires
Association. Since 1965 umpires have provided committed
service to softball at all levels, and while there are many things
that have changed, our passion and commitment to serve
Softball NSW remains as strong as ever. We are delighted
to celebrate 50 years with a special event in November 2015.
Scorers attending Level 2, 3 and 4 courses have two years,
after their course, in which to sit their practical assessment.
There are currently 13 scorers who have yet to sit their Level
2 practical assessment, many of whom will do so during State
League games this year.
I wish to extend my thanks and appreciation to all umpires
who have supported Softball NSW and all the associations
across our state. To the Association UICs, Coordinators
and umpires who help manage events, you play a big role
in supporting umpires each week and I greatly thank you for
your ongoing dedication.
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I also extend appreciation on behalf of all umpires to the
SNSW Board and staff for their support and partnership to
help promote umpiring across NSW.
Our 2014 annual awards night recognised fantastic
performance across many areas. Full citations can be found
on our website www.nswumpires.softball.org.au.
Umpires are seen in action almost every weekend across
NSW. It is awesome to see umpires progress through the
development programs and the umpire pathway, advancing
from local association games to junior state championship,
then to senior state championships, nationals and international
events. We are very lucky in NSW to have additional
competitions such as gala days, Winter League, State League
and a myriad of visiting domestic and international teams that
help provide our umpires with great experiences.
Kyira Cox
Andrew Rindfleish Umpire of the Year: Director`s Award for Services to Umpiring: Jesse Smith
Encouragement Award: Mac Reith-Snare
Individual Award for Umpire Development: Philip Wardley
Affiliate Award: Orange District Softball Association
The SNSW Umpires Association has important responsibilities
and operates with a clear strategic focus as defined in ‘Our
House’, the SNSWUA Strategic Plan. We are collectively
implementing many, many initiatives for the benefit of our
members, umpires at large and, in-turn, Softball NSW. It
is fantastic to report that our umpires have accepted these
initiatives and participated in them with great success.
Looking ahead we will be focusing a great deal of effort,
energy, time and resources on UMPIRE DEVELOPMENT.
By strategically focusing on the development of umpires we
hope to achieve many outcomes, including improvement of
on-diamond skill and resultant service to softball, increased
satisfaction and subsequent retention rates, improved umpire
recruitment based on strong programs and more enjoyment
and engagement across the board.
For many years umpire development programs have been
very strong for the levels managed within the state (Level
1-4). This will continue with great enthusiasm and, in addition,
we are making strong commitments to the development of
our senior umpires by implementing new programs for our
national and international umpires, UICs, trainers, examiners
and our Executive Members.
My sincere thanks to the senior umpires who generously give
their time to pay it forward and help the new and advancing
umpires.
Our Umpire Clinics and Academy programs have been
as popular as ever for umpires focused on developing
and advancing their accreditation. Congratulations to the
candidates from all over NSW who have successfully achieved
higher accreditation. We are passionately committed to
assisting umpires of all levels to hone their skills and achieve
their dreams.
Special congratulations to Amanda Houison on her
achievement of SAL Level 7 Accreditation. Amanda is only
the 4th NSW umpire to achieve this honour in NSW.
In November 2014 the SNSWUA launched a new merchandise
range with six branded leisurewear clothing items. With the
view to look professional both on and off the field, coupled
with our umpires’ desire to feel part of the umpiring family,
umpires have been purchasing our merchandise and they
look amazing at events!
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I am humbled to report that I, Scott Rindfleish, was awarded
Life Membership of the SNSWUA at the 2014 SNSWUA AGM.
National Championships
Congratulations to the following umpires who represented
NSW at 2015 National Championships:
Andrew Rindfleish, Amanda Houison, David Crowe, Kyira
Cox, Leanne Gearside, Jay Gibson, Ron Houison, Jesse
Smith, James English, George Norrish, Andrew Compton,
Robert McIntosh, Kristina Travers, Dylan Murdoch.
To the member elected Board Directors of the SNSWUA for
2015, thank you for your relentless commitment to umpiring
in NSW. I personally appreciate all your hard work and thank
you on behalf of the NSW umpiring community.
Director of Umpiring
Scott Rindfleish
Deputy Director of Umpiring Andrew Rindfleish
SecretaryVicki Lansley
TreasurerJay Gibson
Leanne Gearside
Executive Member Executive Member Jesse Smith
Executive Member
Kristina Travers
Robert McIntosh (Jan-June)
Executive Member
Executive Member
Kyira Cox (July-Dec)
To our partners: Adam Dean and Whatley Trophies – I greatly
appreciate your ongoing support. The contribution of your
sponsorship provides us the opportunity to make a difference
for all umpires in NSW.
Scott Rindfleish
Director of Umpiring
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SOFTBALL NSW INCORPORATED
ABN 76489769723
Incorporation Number Y0505007
Income Statement
For the Year Ended June 30, 2015
2015
$
1,100,339
14,688
(768,428)
(289,052)
(37,367)
(1,094,847)
20,180
Revenue from Ordinary Activities
Other Revenue
Expenses from Ordinary Activities
Employee Benefits
Depreciation and Amortisation
Total Expenses
Surplus for the Year
2014
$
1,144,981
38,778
(872,424)
(259,175)
(39,642)
(1,171,241)
12,518
SOFTBALL NSW INCORPORATED
Balance Sheet
As at June 30, 2015
Assets
Current Assets
Cash On Hand
Trade Debtors
Prepayments
Inventory
Total Current Assets
Non Current Assets
Total Assets
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Trade Creditors
Provisions
Total Current Liabilities
Total Long-Term Liabilities
Total Liabilities
Net Assets
Members Equity
Reserves
Retained earnings
Total Equity
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Note
2
3
4
5
2015
$
2014
$
507,244
14,067
8,226
65,408
594,945
145,702
740,647
503,534
17,609
11,707
49,933
582,783
162,427
745,210
7
8
47,288
192,768
240,056
240,056
500,591
71,004
521,020
592,024
592,024
153,186
9
327,223
173,368
500,591
153,188
153,188
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SOFTBALL NSW INCORPORATED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2015
1 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The financial statements are special purpose financial statements prepared in order to satisfy
the financial reporting requirements of the Associations Incorporation Act (NSW) 2009.
The committee has determined that the association is not a reporting entity.
The financial statements have been prepared on an accruals basis and are based on historic
costs and do not take into account changing money values or, except where stated specifically,
current valuations of non current assets.
The following specific policies, which are consistent with prior periods unless
stated otherwise, have been applied in the preparation of these statements.
a
Depreciation
Non-current assets are depreciated or amortised at rates assessed to
match the cost of each of the assets over their effective life.
b
Inventories
Inventories are measured at the lower of cost and net realisable value.
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Income Tax
The Association is exempt from Income tax in accordance with Section 50-45
of the Income Tax Assessment Act of 1987 and Taxation Ruling TR 97-22.
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Auditors Remuneration
For Auditing services $4,440 (2015 $6146)
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Property, Plant and Equipment (PPE)
Leasehold imperovements and office equipment are carried at cost less,
applicable any accumulated depreciation.
The depreciable amount of PPE is depreciated over the useful lives of the assets
commencing from the time the asset is held ready for use.
Leasehold improvements are amortised over the shorter of either the unexpired
period of the lease or the estimated useful lives of the improvements.
f
Impairment of Assets
At the end of each reporting period, the committee reviews the carrying amounts
of tangible and intangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that
those assets have been impaIred. If such an indication exists, an impairment
test is carried out on the asset by comparing the recoverable amount of the
asset, being the higher of the asset's fair value less costs to sell and value in use,
to the assets carrying amount. Any excess of the asset's carrying amount
over its recoverable amount is recognised in the income and expenditure
statement.
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ARMIDALE
The 2014 – 2015 Summer Softball Season has been a great
one for our Tee ball and Mob ballers. We were able to split the
Tee ballers into two groups (4-7 and 8-11) and field 2 teams
from each group, on most weeks. Our Seniors comp started
out with 2 teams, but due to injuries and numbers dropping we
had to turn it in to a mixed comp. Soon numbers dropped in
that too and we had to cancel the Seniors Comp all together
unfortunately.
We engaged in a Sponsorship drive pre-season, and were
lucky enough to have Baker’s Delight come on as, we like to
call them, our major sponsor, and also Donut King and Armidale
Bowling Club, with Baker’s and DK supplying goods at every
game free of charge, for us to sell in the canteen. We look
forward to their continued support in the 2015/2016 Summer
Season. I would just like to make special mention of Amie &
Ryan from Baker’s Delight and say thank you to them for their
help and guidance to me with suggestions and ideas.
We had many new Tee ballers who enjoyed the new skills and
friendships they developed over the season. I am confident
that this will encourage these players to return for the next
season. It is hoped that if we can increase the numbers again
next season that we can split the Tee Ballers again in to the two
groups. Our Modballers have improved their skills immensely
over the season, whilst having lots of fun at the same time. It
can be harder some times for the more experienced players
to be patient with our first timers, but all of the payers have
done so well this season.
We have great plans for our next season. We are in the process
of signing a new lease with Council to take over one of the fields
at Moran Oval. In doing this we hope that through engaging
more sponsors, we will be able to develop the ground in to
a proper playing diamond and make it the official ground for
Softball Armidale. However, this will need all the assistance
we can get from our families to help us get that off the ground,
so please, join the Committee and help us build Softball in
Armidale again. It is a great team sport and the kids get so
much enjoyment out of it.
At this point, I would like to thank my fellow committee members
for their time assistance and knowledge which has helped
make softball available to our community each week. But, we
got through the season, just, so thank you to each of you for
your valuable time and efforts throughout the season as the
kids wouldn’t be able to play without your assistance.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of those
who didn’t hold an official committee position, but helped
out wherever possible. To the scorers and canteen helpers
especially, thank you for your help also.
A very exciting time lies ahead with much growth and
development for Softball Armidale Inc and we hope that you
all come back next season!
Amy Kleindienst
President
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CAMDEN HAVEN/PORT
MACQUARIE
We have maintained 7 teams again which is great ,including
many new faces across the teams.
Fantastic weather overall with only losing one round to rain. (I
didn’t feel so bad calling ours off when even the State Touch
carnival had to be abandoned on the Sunday )
Our players continue to travel from far and wide, which
is a credit to the calibre of players in our small but social
competition. Thankyou to the Forster, Tamworth and Kempsey
for your continued support.
Our umpiring ranks have improved with the recent upgrading
of our Umpires to level 1.
Thankyou to Shei and Ash for assisting and joining Trevor,
Ron and myself on more regular basis.
Thankyou must also go to our teams for fulfilling allocations
as required,It makes our job a lot smoother.
Injuries on the field this year have been kept to a minimum
which is fantastic .
A lowlight this year was the abandonment of the “Batter Up”
program, we were short on time,volunteers and participants .
Mainly due to the recent reforming of Hastings Baseball.
This is not a bad thing there are still kids on the park being
exposed to the skills and the games that we all love.
Financially we are in a good position with no major expense
outlays this yr . The nets are something that we need to look
at focusing on in the future at this stage.
Thankyou to all committee members Rowena,Trevor,Mandy
and Christine and general members for your attendance and
contributions over the last season.
Lea Smith
President
CAMPBELLTOWN
RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY and RESILIENCE has been the
corner stones of us successfully conquering the challenges
over the past twelve months.
Needless to say our passion to succeed and to make
SOFTBALL an enjoyable sport for families is second to none.
In 2014 – 2015 season we experienced a 10% growth in
the number of teams to take the diamonds. We welcomed
into our family REDSOX and DOLPHINS. There has been
a significant increase in the number of volunteers to support
Softball Campbelltown.
It was a privilege to not only see, but hear delegates, club
representatives and parents demonstrating that our mission
was the future and not the issues of the past. The enthusiasm
by members to present ideas and strategies to enhance
our playing programs, canteen functionality, maintenance
programs, financial management, development and overall
governance has been very motivating and refreshing. Thank
You members.
I would like to thank the Softball Campbelltown board for their
exceptional governance and support. Whilst there were times
of varied opinions the focus remained “what is best for Softball”.
I would like to extend a personal thank you to Braydan Schouten
( First GEN Y board member). This project has proven, to be, not
only successful for the association, but created opportunities
for other GEN Y’s to join the future governance structure of
Softball Campbelltown.
Strategic Achievements. We Have:
*Secured an infrastructure grant for $28,000
*Built an awning adjacent to Hilda Cottage
*Successfully achieved our biggest goal “Custodianship of the
Lee Ruddy Softball Complex ( Milton Park) Congratulations
Softball Campbelltown !
Vision for the future
*Enhance our coaching education
*Implement an umpire development program
*Build a relationship with other sport/associations to improve
the sport of SOFTBALL across the community.
Selwyn Williams
President
CENTRAL COAST
The year could not have started on a higher note with the
Over 35’s attending the State Championship in June. After
remaining undefeated for the weekend, we meet North Shore
in the final. We certainly had our batting game on by then and
lead 6 – Nil at the top of the third. Unfortunately the heavens
opened and the game was abandoned. Although we share
the title of State Champions, I have no hesitation in saying
that with a 6 nil lead we would have been hard to beat….!
Getting back to work, the Committee set themselves some
major goals for the season being:
Consolidate our financial stability
Recruitment and retention of junior players
Reinvigoration of the junior representative program
Financial Stability
The financial stability of CCSA has further been consolidated
this season. The inclusion of fiscal measures in our regulations
will assist with financial risk management. This final stages
to ensure our financial stages are now being explored and
implemented. A proposed budget for the upcoming season
will now be presented at the AGM and we are in the process
of developing a five year plan to ensure we remain financially
viable while meeting equipment and facility maintenance and
improvements. The final element we are exploring is the use
of a book-keeping service to undertake monthly accounting
and annual auditing. This will improve financial transparency
and reporting to the membership.
The canteen has been an excellent source of revenue for
the last two seasons and is the leading factor in our current
financial stability. As we cannot guarantee similar returns
in the future, our financial planning process has excluded
canteen profits from our budget development. This ensures
CCSA maintains a stable financial footing while being able
to reinvest any additional canteen income into official’s
development and representative programs or improving the
timeframes of the five year plan.
Recruitment and Retention
Softball is a sport in decline. Nationally over the last 10 years,
we have lost 56% of our membership. Central Coast numbers
have also been in steady decline. We have come from
over 1000 members to just over 400 members this season.
Although we had a small decline again this season, what is
encouraging is the growth of our junior teams. They are the
future of the sport and where we need to focus our attention.
TeeBall grew to 8 teams, Modball 5 teams and Youth 4 teams
which was a sensational effort by all clubs. Our focus will be
to maintain and grow these numbers next season. We are
hoping to further develop the TeeBall grade by splitting into
Under 8’s which will undertake a batter program all season and
the Under 10’s which will be a standard TeeBall competition.
This is as a direct result of valuable feedback from clubs and
parents.
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Feedback on the introduction of the Youth Pool has been
positive in nature although there maybe opportunities to be
more lenient with the grading of players to ensure that more
grades benefit from the pool. We realise that more work needs
to be done to develop opportunities for our Youth players,
particularly the boys, including the reinvigoration of a Men’s
competition. All feedback and suggestions are welcome and
will be given extensive consideration.
We are exploring the introduction of a ‘Bring-A-Friend’
Program where a small refund is given to every player who
brings a new player to a junior team. There is still work to be
done on this proposal and we continue to work with clubs to
finalise a viable program.
Representative Programs
Our focus this season was one of recognition and
reinvigoration.
We launched the season with our player cap program where
every Representative Player and Team Official will now be
allocated a player number and presented with their cap in
recognition of their contribution to Central Coast Softball.
In recognition of all those that have given to the Coast in
previous years the first 100 numbers were retired. We also
acknowledges our life members who were allocated the first
of the new caps.
This year also saw the introduction of a new playing uniform
for Representative teams. Thank you on all the feedback
which was invaluable in determining the final design. Our
Under 11’s were the first to roll out the new uniform which I
feel is most appropriate given that they are our future! While
the uniform does not make the team, I am sure that we will
have much success in the coming years.
Without stealing the Rep coordinators thunder, it was great to
see so many junior’s trialling and training during the regular
season and look forward to seeing a lot more red caps on
Saturdays!
Alison Curtis – As Vice President Ali has kept the wheels
ticking, ensuring that we all stay on task. She has been a
driving force behind the new Representative uniforms and
was one of the dynamic duo that set the canteen on the road
to success with a fresh approach!
Steve Hanna – Our Canteen Stalwart! The success of the
canteen can be attributed directly to his hard work. Arriving
early and leaving late every week, mid-week shopping and
slushy machines has been his weekly routine. Throw in
coaching duties and the driving duties of a dad of a State
player and Steve has been one very busy lad!
Vanessa Lees – Over the years Vanessa has contributed
to many aspects of the committee with the Treasurers role
being the most recent. Her continued commitment to the
representative program is to be commended as should her
contributions to both her club and in her role as the pseudo
grounds person!
Janne Trigg – Triggy has been the stalwart of this committee
and the CCSA registrar since… well forever! Janne has
promised to always be available to provide assistance
whenever and wherever it is needed.
It has been a pleasure to work with each and every one of
you.
Where to Next?
Before we know it, come and play days and club registrations
will be well underway and the season proper will be here.
While we will be setting ourselves some new goals our focus
will also remain on recruitment and retention, particularly in
our junior grades. As always our role will be to draw together
all your ideas and coordinate the opportunity for a fantastic
season of softball.
Thank you for your support and I look forward to seeing on
the diamond.
Melinda Dagg
President
Special Mention
There are many people who make the season a success. The
CCSA Committee is the smallest of elements. Without the
club coaches, scorers, umpires, administrators and players
then there is no association.
This season two teams made an outstanding contribution to
softball by sacrificing their own expectations and competed
in a grade higher than originally committed to. This sacrifice
ensured that both the Division 1 and 2 competition were able
to proceed as a regular competition.
To each and every person involved in the Division 1 Wingers
Team and the Division 2 Mingara Blue Team, you have my
personal thanks on making those grades a success this year
and congratulate you on displaying the spirit that epitomises
the highest level of sportsmanship. Although there was
trepidation from both sides on what the season would hold,
you showed enormous determination to give it your best each
week and your courage is to be congratulated.
I would also like to thank the outgoing Committee Members
for their contributions over the various years of service.
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CUMBERLAND NEPEAN
The 2014/2015 season was a very successful one for both our
club summer competition and for our representative teams with
our U11 Girls team winning the State championship title over
Manly, in a closely contested final.
Of the 990 players/officials in 2013/2014 season, we had a
total of 637 players return in the 2014/2015 season. A total of
353 players did not return for one reason or another. However,
clubs we were able to recruit 241 new players to the game of
softball, and 103 players returned after an absence, for a total
of 981 players/officials in 2014/2015 season including . a new
club, the Titans Softball Club. To work towards our target for
a 5% increase in 2015/2016 season (or 50 new players), two
Come and Try Days are already planned for July 2015.
As indicated in last year’s annual report, CNSA was successful
in receiving a grant through the NSW Department of Sport and
Recreation for $27,500. CNSA has contributed an additional
$25,000 towards improved irrigation, drainage and resurfacing
of diamond 1, and fixing of wiring on all diamonds at Stanhope.
Work has already been completed on the irrigation of the
ground and the installation of a new water tank. All going well,
all of this work will be completed in time for our new softball
season. Previous Blacktown Council work already completed
at International Peace Park (IPP) on diamonds 8, 9 and 10,
proved a big success for our teams. With the news that netball
will be moving from IPP over the next couple of seasons, further
negotiations will need to take place with Blacktown Council
for additional ground improvements, which meets the needs
of softball.
It was with great sadness that we lost our immediate past
President of CNSA in Bill Morris. Bill’s enthusiasm to see
the game of softball being played at all grades was obvious
to everyone. He would spend much of his time on Saturday
mornings watching the many children play, especially the junior
boys. It was a passion of his to get the junior boys competition
up and going. We will all miss seeing him around the diamonds.
Rest in peace Bill Morris.
CNSA once again held the David Swan President’s Cup for
women, an inaugural President’s Cup for Men on a Friday
night, the Cumberland Cup for representative teams competing
in the U17 State Girls championships and a Gala Day for our
tee ballers at IPP.
One of our big successes continues to be our umpiring
program. This year CNSA umpires have continued excelling
on the diamond. This year was another year of firsts for our
umpires:
4 umpires gained their first accreditation
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Some of our newer umpires attended their first
tournament or Gala day
4 umpires attended their first State Championship
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2 umpires went to their first National Championships
This season we have had over 50 umpires umpire at CNSA.
Our blues in training program continued to grow this year with
over 14 new blues in training and many of our Blues in Training
returning for a second year. What has been great to see is the
number of families joining the program and learning together.
This year we levelled 4 new level one umpires. It was also
great to see a number of umpires from other associations at
CNSA this year. A number of our umpires participate at State
Championships and are appointed to tournaments throughout
the year. Below are the achievements of those umpires who
have attended State Championships, been awarded finals
appointments or appointed to a championship.
State League
Andrew Compton - 1st Base Womens Final & Krissi Travers –
3rd Base Womens Final
National Championships
Under 19 Men – Krissi Travers; Andrew Compton & Under 17
Womens – Krissi Travers; Andrew Compton
State Championships
Over 35s SNSWUA Appointed: Deputy UIC Vicki Lansley
CNSA Umpires – Andy Birks, Georgia Hill, Jen Womsley.
Georgia Hill – Final – 1st Base
Open Men: Deputy UIC – Vicki Lansley
SNSWUA Appointed: Krissi Travers, Andrew Compton, Andy
Birks
Open Women: Deputy UIC – Vicki Lansley,
SNSWUA Appointed: Krissi Travers, Andrew Compton,
Andy Birks
U19 Women Deputy UIC – Vicki Lansley, SNSWUA Appointed:
Andrew Compton
U19 Men Deputy UIC – Vicki Lansley, SNSWUA Appointed:
Andrew Compton
U17 Deputy UIC – Vicki Lansley, CNSA Umpires - Andrew
Compton, Wayne Wickens, Rebecca Edwards, Rhett Eldred.
Final - Andrew Compton - Boys Grand Final Plate
U15 Deputy UIC – Vicki Lansley
CNSA Umpires – Wayne Wickens, Jen Womsley, Rhett Eldred.
Final - Rhett Eldred - Girls 1st Base
U13 CNSA Umpires – Georgia Hill, Kims Green, David Young,
Lachlan Iredale, Rhett Eldred, Jen Womsley, Rochelle Rees.
Final – Georgia Hill – Boys 1st Base
U11 Deputy UIC – Andrew Compton, Krissi Travers
CNSA Umpires – Kim Green, Beth Green, Thomas Green,
Richard Tame, Jen Womsley, Lachlan Iredale, Bek Edwards
Final - Richard Tame – Card
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State Representative Players/ Officials
CNSA was well represented by players and officials in NSW
teams during the 2014/15 season including the following:
Natasha Young (also Australian Schoolgirls), Breanne
Honeybrook, Kelsey Griffin, Alice Donohoe, Bianca Worth,
Daniella Costaganna, Michaela McLennon, Jarrod Mellowship,
Sue Pobjie- Administrator, Brett Kirk – Coach, Michelle Cate
– Statistician, Krissi Travers – Umpire, Andrew Compton –
Umpire, Tracey Mellowship - Administrator
CNSA is planning for a strong future and the issues we will be
focusing on over the coming season include:
• Encouraging recruitment activities by all clubs.
• Continuing the development of our umpires.
• Continuing to build the junior and senior competitions with
an aim to have single sex competitions for juniors in the next
few years.
• Encouraging the principles of Play by the Rules among all
players, officials and parents.
• Providing advice and support for club executive teams to
build an awareness of governance and succession planning.
• Conducting a review of our by-laws as part of the review of
our constitution in line with new guidelines for associations.
• Continuing to increase the number and levels of accreditation
of our supporting officials at club and representative level.
• Conducting an ongoing review of our grounds to facilitate
training and competition.
Andrew Bradshaw
President
DUBBO CITY
The 2014/2015 Softball season saw a successful year for our
game being played in Dubbo.
The expansion of the competition into 2 levels of mixed, plus
the ladies competition, was a good sign for an expanding
club. Our registered playing numbers rose by 10% from the
last year and it was the highest number of men, women and
youngsters playing our game here in Dubbo.
But, with the swelling of player numbers, our structures as
an organisation were tested. An extra field was marked each
week and the close proximity of the diamonds meant that on
some weeks, play would overlap onto nearby games.
Also our umpire stocks were low and this proved a challenge.
This issue will be addressed as a priority for the 2015/2016
season.
We have developed a better relationship with the Dubbo City
Council. The Sports Council Meetings have been attended
by Softball members and the communication between the 2
bodies has been good.
My congratulations to the winners of all 3 Grand Finals:
SWAT Blue - Open Mixed
SWAT Green - Mixed Social
Bank of Queensland White - Ladies
All teams played with great enthusiasm and spirit, which pays
well for the future of our game.
My thanks to the committee. Amanda Burton - Vice President,
Helen Beer - Secretary, Kirstene Medcalfe - Registrar, Angela
Blackett - Finance, Andrew Gardiner - Media and Ben Hocking
and our grounds staff who prepare the fields every week.
Joe Wallace
President
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players in an attempt to increase their skills level and at the
same time trying to develop a higher level for the other players
to aspire to. Training was held once a month and the players
enjoyed the opportunity to be pushed to their limits.
FAR NORTH COAST
Our junior membership continues to decline with only 18
players ranging from 12 to 16 years old, 17 players for
Batter-Up and 6 in Lil Sluggers. We provided competitions for
Open Mixed (5 teams), and Senior Women’s (13 teams).
Highlights:
• Congratulations to the Grand Final winners:
Division 3 Women – Lismore Workers Wild Turkeys defeating
Goonellabah Gunnas 13-12, Division 2 Women – Rous
Warriors accounted for Woodburn Whippets 12-8 , Division 1
Women – Lismore Workers Condors defeated Dodgers Devils
in an epic 8 runs to 7, Open Mixed – Lismore Workers Buzzards
finished at the top of the competition table.
• President’s Trophy – This year Clubs were invited to nominate
the person/s they believed to be the driving force behind their
Club. It was pleasing to see a number of nominations come
in and seeing the same two names keep coming up and as
both were worthy recipient Cheryl Nilon (Rous Hotel Softball
Club) and Christine Costello (Blue Sistas Softball Club) where
each presented with this award for their enormous efforts in
running their clubs.
• Shantarna and Talarra Berry were both award with the
Junior Players Award for their dedication to softball and their
achievements within the game.
• Umpire-in-Chief’s Award – Geordi McDougal received this
award for his continuous effort in turning up most weekends,
umpiring a number of games each Saturday and improving his
skills and knowledge throughout the season.
• Local player Nick Shailes once again made the Australian
Men’s team. Nick loves his softball and it’s really pleasing that
he continues to excel in his chosen sport. Nick was named
MVP of the World Championships 2015, in Canada, for the
4th consecutive year
Umpiring - A big thank you must go out to our umpires that
gave up their time again and again, so we could play softball.
Nathan Pickup, Pat Leadbeatter, David Dunlop, Geordi
McDougal and Shelia Keane all need to be recognised for
their ongoing support to our sport. Thanks guys. Also, a big
thank you to all the clubs that covered their duties during the
season. I know it’s difficult when your team is put down to fill
the gaps, but your efforts are greatly appreciated by the teams
and the Executive.
The start of the season saw Howard Watt, Jessie Smith and
Jay Gibson run an umpiring clinic which was well received by
all who attended. 30 members were in attendance and they
all gained valuable information and enjoyed the presentation.
Coaching - With the small number of juniors in our competition
our Coaching Director, Kayleen Shailes and Junior Development
Officer, Renee Blaikie found ways to engage our players with
various forms of softball to play from 9 to 5-a-side softball and
other formats which kept the juniors interested.
It was decided to form a Development Squad for the stronger
Selina Atkinson and Renee have been running coaching clinics
outside of the Association in local schools, being involved with
the Premier Sporting Challenge, running school gala days and
helping Softball NSW out with their commitments at Banora
Point and Lennox Head. Renee has been going to Larnook
Primary School during after school care teaching softball &
fitness through a community grant.
Kayleen, Renee and Selina have all done an outstanding job
to improve our players’ skills and promote softball in the area.
Congratulations on a job well done.
Scoring - Julie Carrall continues to offer her assistance to
anyone interested in learning to score and is often seen sitting
with club scorers helping them with the finer points of scoring.
Every year Julie makes herself available to be the official scorer
for all Grand Finals which is a great help to the umpire.
Final Wrap Up - After a big media push on radio and local
newspaper, which was well received by the general public,
it was disappointing to see that it did not convert to players
coming to our sport. However, the game must go on and we
managed to arrange games for the juniors who were interested.
With players wishing to have more game time, a carnival
weekend was used to complete rounds in all senior divisions.
It was just a shame we picked one of the hottest weekends in
February. But we got through it and teams were sorted for the
start of the final rounds.
I cannot write this report without mentioning the grand final
games. What a brilliant display of softball set by all teams
competing. Two games were decided by 1 point while the
Division 2 game went down to the last innings. It always at this
time of the year I wish I had a movie camera. The Division 1
Grand Final between Lismore Workers Club and Met Dodgers
was an action packed game. The game went into two tie
breakers after seven innings and it really is a shame one team
had to lose. If only we could get people down to watch these
types of games, we would have players coming out of the
woodworks.
At this point I would like to thank everyone who has contributed
to the running of the Association especially our Executive
members. The time and effort these people put in behind the
scenes combined with their work and family commitments is
huge. Sometimes we do not give them enough credit for what
they do, so I would like to give a big thank you to the outgoing
Executive, your hard work has been greatly appreciated.
Looking forward to 2015 – 16 we are already preparing for the
Lismore Masters Games, we intend to run an Australia Day
carnival for open women and at the same time offer an Under
17 Girls and Under 17 Boys carnival. We will continue to use
radio and newspaper advertising as we believe we must keep
putting our sport in front of the public.
Here’s hoping to a bigger and better 2015-16 season
Dianne McGowen
President
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GEORGES RIVER
GRSA has continued to offer a range of competitions ranging
from Babes (U8s) through to open competitions. Modifications
to the timing of junior games in the Summer 2014 competition
better facilitated those who wished to play in two age groups,
which bolstered the strength of our U13 and U16 competitions.
We enjoyed the third year of our Men’s A grade and A Reserve
competition, drawing players and teams from across Western
Sydney and abroad. GRSA has also continued to host the
Independent Girls School Sports Association (IGSSA) on
Saturday mornings during school term 1.
In February-March 2015, GRSA offered a new slowpitch
competition, which was free for those who had played in the
Summer competition and had a reduced fee for new players.
Four teams participated, enjoying the social atmosphere and
the opportunity to try a new form of softball. I anticipate that
this and similar competitions will be offered in the future.
We were joined by two new teams in Winter 2015, the Bonnett
Bay Frosty Beavers in Ladies and the Monkeys in Mixed.
2014-15 was also a year of growth for some established clubs,
especially St Christopher’s Softball Club. In the Summer 2014
season, St Christopher’s took part in a Softball NSW initiative
where they were granted three new kits due to a growth in
T-Ball registrations.
Development and recruitment
GRSA has participated in a number of initiatives for
development, recruitment and retention of members. We
participated in the Get Active Bankstown Expo, attended
by volunteers from GRSA and Cathy Kerr and Jody Nielsen
from Softball NSW. I thank Ahmed Attia and Betty Nguyen
for translating material into Arabic and Vietnamese for use at
these events.
GRSA has hosted a number of training events for players
and officials. Charlie Whetu and the U15 Aussie Sparks
hosted a training session with GRSA U13 players. A joint
initiative between teams in the GRSA Men’s Competition
and Softball Campbelltown provided a training opportunity
for junior members at Campbelltown, and I anticipate future
opportunities for GRSA members.
I look forward to the ongoing development of GRSA and
thank in advance all those who contribute to the Association
in 2015-16. We continue to face challenges, particularly in
retaining players and maintaining the strength of our junior
competitions. We also continue to require volunteers for a
variety of roles, and I encourage anyone who is willing to
contribute, whether regularly, at tournaments or as a oneoff project to contact the Executive Committee. We have a
strong core of volunteers at Association and Club levels, and
the more help we receive from new volunteers, the more
that GRSA will be able to grow and improve the standard of
softball and services we provide to our members.
James English
Chairperson
Representatives
Four members of GRSA have represented Australia in 201415: Callum Beashel, Jayden Lach and Stuart Perry in the
Aussie Colts (U19 Men’s), and James Brownlow in the Aussie
Steelers (Open Men’s). Jayden was also a member of the
Australian Open Men’s Squad.
The following members represented NSW at the 2015
National Championships:
U17 Men’s: Zachary Young, Chris Brownlow (A/coach), Amy
Wadwell (A/coach)
U19 Men’s: Callum Beashel (Vice Captain), Julie Rippon
(Administrator)
U19 Women’s: Rachael Zucchetti (A/coach)
U23 Men’s: Billy Ismay, Stuart Perry, Chris Brownlow (Coach)
U23 Women’s: Lis Hannelly (Statistician)
Open Men’s: James Brownlow, Mitchell Brownlow, Nathan
Dickinson, Lachlan Hay, Jayden Lach
Mike Hannelly and Lis Hannelly also participated as official
statisticians at National Championships.
GRSA congratulates all of our representatives and look
forward to their continued success.
HAWKESBURY
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At the 2014 AGM, HDSA inducted two valued members as
Life Members of the Association. Graeme Stewart deservingly
received his Life Membership for his commitment and
contribution to his club Epping Eastwood and Hornsby Softball
over his tenure. Graeme was involved as a Club Delegate,
Coach and Umpire at both a Club and Representative Level
as well as a long-time member of the Rules Committee, a
founding member of the USC, a Representative Coach and
served time as a Vice President on the HDSA Board.
HORNSBY DISTRICT
Another season has flown by and it is with great pleasure I am
able to again present the President’s report for the 2014/15
season. I would like to congratulate our Board and subcommittees for their tireless dedication to the Association
to ensure we are the best that we can be. This season saw
many highlights in both our local competition and our results
at a Representative level across all age groups.
We were thrilled to have the inclusion of Hornsby Wildcats
as an affiliated club this season. I would like to congratulate
Debbie Jehn and her committee for their hard work enabling
them to field 4 and half teams this season with the majority
of their players from non-softball backgrounds. I would also
like to congratulate Adrian Rampoldi, Kathy Rowlison and
Carolyn Hutchings for their efforts to restore Greenway’s Div
1 and A Grade teams.
This season, the Association suffered an overall decrease in
numbers. We had mixed results in our Teeball competitions
with 6 teams in our Batter Up competition and 4 teams in our
Teeball A competition. We hope to balance the inadequacies
through changes to our rules which will allow for a clear
distinction in our Teeball age groups. However, our strength
in Teeball numbers last season, allowed for a great spread in
our Modball divisions this season. We had 7 registered teams
in Modball B from 4 clubs and 4 teams in Modball A.
Again, we achieved mixed results from our school girl
divisions. Unfortunately, we could not field a separate Div 2
competition and thus our Div 3 and Div 2 competitions were
combined for this season. On the other hand, hard work from
our clubs allowed us to field 4 teams in our Div 1 competition.
Although we are still rebuilding, it is great to see we are on the
right path. We hope the natural progression of our players will
allow for 4 team competitions in each division next season.
Our B Grade and C Grade competitions were consistent
from last season with 4 teams in B Grade and 8 teams in
C Grade. Our C Grade competition continued as an 8-team
comp until the Final Series where teams were split into Grade
and Reserve. Similarly to Div 1, we were able to field 4 teams
in our A Grade competition with a hard fought and balanced
season. Thank you to our clubs and their committees for their
efforts in stringing together teams to restore our A Grade
competition.
We ended our 2014/15 season with another successful Grand
Final Day. Congratulations to all participating teams and our
award winners. In addition to the jumping castle and dunking
machine, we held a Grand Final Raffle with the proceeds
going towards our NSW Representative players, Ally Casey
and Chloe Holman. I would also like to thank John ‘JB’ Black
for commentating our A Grade final.
Lisa Casey was also recognised for her tireless dedication to
the Association. As a Board member, a Rep Team Manager
and a mother to two Australian representative players, Lisa
continues to support our Association and is a great example
of what we stand for as an Association. Her love for softball
and HDSA is something I admire and I am honoured to be
able to work alongside her.
This season I would like to thank all our volunteers – to Karen
Kemp and her family for their hard work in the canteen, to
Richard Gatt and his girls for their assistance each week in
setting up diamonds, to Kylie Kellett for her initiative with
our Rep uniforms, to Damaras Clarkson for organising the
Association’s scorers, and to all our volunteers who work
behind the scenes to make each season run as smoothly as
possible.
Each year, the Executive has a difficult decision on their hands
in selecting the recipients of the Volunteer Awards. This year’s
recipient of the Paul Wolf Trophy this season for Contribution
to Hornsby Softball was Lauren Postill who has continued
to represent Hornsby as a Club and Representative player,
levelled umpire and coach to our junior rising stars. The
recipients of the Peter & Heather James Volunteer Trophy for
Contribution to Hornsby Softball for this season was Don &
Judy Williams for their commitment to our Association through
their efforts with the BBQ every Saturday and overall support.
I would like to pass on my gratitude to Hornsby Shire Council
for their cooperation, flexibility and support this season. I’d
also like to thank Mr Geoff Wing, Principal at Pennant Hills
High School, for again allowing us the use of their facilities.
This allows our Rep teams to continue training regardless of
the weather conditions.
This season saw HDSA come very close to two NSW State
Championship titles with our 2014 U15 and 2015 U17
Rep teams finishing Runners Up at their respective State
Championships. I am proud of the strength our Association has
in our Rep program considering the size of our Association.
• 2014 U13 HDSA team – 6th at State Championships • 2014 U15 HDSA team – Runners Up at State Championships
• 2014 U19 HDSA team – 6th at State Championships • 2014 Over 35 Women’s HDSA team – equal 7th at State
Championships • 2014 Opens Women’s HDSA team – 7th at State
Championships • 2015 U11 HDSA team – 8th at State Championships • 2015 U17 HDSA team – Runners Up at State Championships
Congratulations to all involved in these teams. It is great to see
such strong results at a Representative level as we continue
to show NSW what we have to offer. At the conclusion of our
2014/15 season, we celebrated HDSA’s 20th Anniversary with
a dinner at The Galston Club. It was a great opportunity to
recognise our successes and for members, past and present,
to catch up and share their stories. Thank you to The Galston
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Club for their hospitality, Adam Dean for his entertainment
and everyone who attended for making our 20th Anniversary
a great night to remember.
At the end of this season, we were sadden to have three long
serving Executive members stand down from their positions.
Gary Dorey has been the Association’s treasurer for the
past four years. His excellent work ethic and tireless work
behind the scene has allowed for the smooth running of our
Association. He has been a valued member of the Executive
Committee and will be missed as part of the team. Anne Marie
Brownen has been a versatile member of our Association,
this season taking on the Registrar’s role and previously
as the Association’s Secretary for a number of years. Anne
Marie’s passion has ensured the Association has structure
and vision in all its operations. Adrian Rampoldi has been
a fixed member of HDSA’s Executive since 2009 and has
contributed to all facets of the Association, in particular to our
Umpiring Program. His leadership and decision making skills
have brought great success to the umpires of Hornsby and
his hard work has been recognised with Life Membership of
the Association. I look forward to continuing to seeing all three
at the grounds next season.
Thank you for your continued support this season and I look
forward to what is in store for our 2015/16 season.
Paige Hyslop
President
ILLAWARRA
We continue to hold our head above the water in terms of
player numbers for our mixed Fastpitch and Slowpitch
competitions. Our competitions for Fastpitch and Slowpitch
are played on Tuesday and Wednesday nights respectively
through the daylight savings period. Our friends in Slowpitch
have found their administrative feet forming a new subcommittee following the retirement of long term servants Kay
Thompson and Robyn Peters.
Our very small but dedicated committee and supporters
maintain the passion to rebuild our numbers but are moving
strategically to ensure we don’t bite off more than we can chew.
The past two years have been dedicated to organic growth
through player referrals and attracting players back from
yesteryear through our growing Facebook following. This has
also been supported through our return to full affiliation and
participation in State Championships in the over 35 division.
Our second initiative is the realisation of the construction of
a purpose built diamond. Construction has been completed
and we are awaiting handover from local Council subject
to some administrative delays at their end. Once this has
been established we hope to turn our attention back to reestablishing our junior participation as we realise that if you
don’t have juniors coming through our senior competition will
die off in time. In due course we will partner with Softball NSW
and other associations for guidance and inspiration.
Finally I wish to thank my fellow committee members, team
managers, groundsmen and umpires for their commitment to
providing an enjoyable competition for all.
Terry Ellem
President
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the coaching staff as we try to maintain the high standard
of softball that Macarthur produces. A challenge this season
will be to try to increase our coaching staff and mentor the
existing ones to keep progressing.
MACARTHUR
The Association grounds are located at Cowpasture Reserve
Camden alongside the Nepean River and are a short stroll
from Camden CBD. We provide 11 diamonds of which 3 are
fully fenced, of the remaining diamonds 6 have back nets and
2 have portable back nets. The club house facilities consists
of a canteen, first aid room, male, female and disabled toilets
which can be hired out for a small fee. In addition we have 2
batting tunnels and Diamond 1 with lighting which can also be
hired out day or night.
We have had a successful year with our registrations and the
feedback received indicates that the competition is of a high
standard. The number of players on permission, particularly
in our Men’s competition, supports this indication. The central
venue registration days continues to be a huge success for
our Association enabling the community to source out the
most suitable club. Registrations continued throughout the
year with our focus on retention of our players.
Macarthur has managed to fill all their Representative teams
successfully and we have given permission for players to
be placed on the pick-up list for Softball NSW across all
age groups. We have many players currently overseas
playing, in development Australian teams and going to world
championships. We have had many successful teams this
year.
Along with all of our successes we have players participating
in friendship, academy, NSW and PSSA School.
Softball Macarthur has a bright future always striving to
increase our numbers. We continue to investigate new options
for the game, development, member retention strategies
and new member gains. We would like to acknowledge
the continued assistance and support provided by Softball
NSW as we strive to provide a quality sporting, social and
community experience to the people of Macarthur.
Neidra Hill
President
We encourage players in all age groups by having mixed
teams, enabling players to play in multiple age groups at no
extra cost and girls allowed to play down in the same age
group has helped develop our young female players as well
as creating a well-balanced and positive social experience.
The competition is run and supported by a representative of
each club and an executive member as the chairperson.
Wednesday night Tee ball proves to be a huge success and
the quality of our diamonds ensure minimal interruptions with
wash out games and this is recognised state wide.
The Umpiring team at Macarthur continues to grow its Junior
ranks through the ‘Junior Blues’ Training initiative. We are
also skilling up some of our Senior Players and Officials
to becoming Umpires. Our regular season had Macarthur
Umpires officiating the games in U16s and Youth competitions.
These two age groups are core to many of the successes
Macarthur are now enjoying. The Representative season
witnessed more and more of Macarthur’s own Umpires
assisting and gaining excellent experience. With a dedicated
core of Umpires, senior players developing their umpire skills
and the Junior Blues program encouraging and developing a
wide cross section of people. We in Macarthur look forward to
new challenges and successes.
We are building a great team of Statisticians and continue to
increase our statistician ranks on a continuous basis. A level
one clinic is scheduled before 2014/2015 season begins. The
Director of Scoring has encouraged the existing scorers to
develop their skills whilst encouraging interested parties to
join these ongoing clinics.
Our coaching clinics have successfully been running with
Level One and Level Two coach clinics held over two
days. The Director of Coaching plays a pivotal role in our
Representative teams by overseeing the coaching plans
of all Head Coaches. This ensures a consistency amongst
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MACLEAY VALLEY
Our season started in October 2014 and ended in March
2015 We had a small junior comp on a Saturday morning with
training on a Wednesday afternoon.
Our disability comp on a tuesday afternoon was very
successful, this ran for most of our season, could of went
longer if it wasn’t so cold!
We had two ladies teams play in the Port Macquarie comp
Our younger players team won A grade and our older ladies
team made the semi finals in B grade.
In co ordination with Kempsey Baseball some much needed
work was done on the grounds and batting cages Financially
we were steady with the small numbers we had for the season.
We had a committee of only 3 to do all the work which made
running the association very difficult.
This season we will definately run the disability comp, probably
will need two afternoons as the numbers are rising, we again
will have two ladies teams go to port to play.
MVSA had Anneleise Nohotima represent us in the 15’s
regionals in Adelaide, state champs rep u15,u17,u19 and
winter league.
Emily Castles represented in u17, u19 and winter league.
Monique Clare represented in u17.
Cloe Green represented in u17.
Ashley Castles coach u17 northern country, 15s regionals
NSW Country, u19 state champs, winter league, 19’s Aussie
development team.
Kathleen Archer coach u17 Northern Country.
We had Ashley Castles and Shei Nohotima start their level 2
umpiring. Ashley umpired at NIB games.
Our goals for the next season are to increase our disability
comp also to include gala days with other regions, keep
improving our grounds, increase our volunteer numbers.
Michelle Nohotima
President
MANLY WARRINGAH
Facilities:
• 12 Grass Diamonds –
1 skin diamond & 2 with lights
• 2 Canteen/Toilet Blocks
• 2 Pitching nets
Highlights:
• 2015 U/11 2nd at State
• 2014 U/13 2nd at State
• 2014 U/15 Winners at State
• 2015 U/17 5th at State
• 2014 U/19 Winners at State
• 2014 Opens Winners at State
• 2015 Over 35 Winners at State
• 2015 Manly Eagles Winners at Winter League
• 2014 Manly Eagles 4th at State League
Players selected in Aust & NSW rep teams 2014-2015:
• Alli Edgtton – 2015 NSW U23
• Arabella Ward – 2014 NSW PSSA
• Bill Gates – 2015 NSW U23 Head Coach
• Brianna Trim – 2015 NSW U17 Captain, 2015 Aust U17
squad, 2015 NSW All Schools Captain & 2014 Aust
All Schools
• Chris Clough – 2015 Aust Opens Manager
• Danni Levido – 2015 NSW U23 & 2015 NSW Opens
• Emily Read – 2015 NSW U19, 2015 Aust U19,
2015 NSW All Schools & 2014 Aust All Schools
• Jordy Christensen – 2015 NSW U23
• Kalina Stepto – 2015 NSW U19, 2015 Aust U19 &
2015 NSW All Schools
• Kiiahla Duff – 2014 NSW PSSA
• Linley Sommerville – 2015 NSW U23
• Maddy Beard – 2015 NSW U17 & 2015 Aust U17 squad
• Montana Kearnes – 2015 Aust U17 squad
• Rhonda Williams – 2015 Sydney North Head Coach
• Stella Campbell – 2014 NSW PSSA
• Sue Brandenburg – 2014 NSW PSSA Head Coach
• Tarni Stepto – 2015 NSW U17 & 2015 Aust U17 squad
• Trish Fox – 2014 NSW PSSA Manager
Technical Areas:
• 10 new level 1 Blues accredited
• 8 new level 1 Scorers accredited
• 1 level 3 Scorer accredited
Future:
• Continue to increase participation in Friday night Oz Pitch
• Continue growth & development plan for association
coaches, umpires, scorers, grounds & players
• Work with clubs to attract more teeballers
• Establish an Association growth & development program for
pitchers & catchers
Doug Freeman
President
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MUDGEE
I want to start by saying what a wonderful group of volunteers
it has been my pleasure to work with in the local Softball
community. Without the tremendous efforts of many, many
people, Softball would possibly have ceased to exist at an
Association level in Mudgee. Many of those volunteers no
longer have children playing in our competitions but they
still thought it was important to provide opportunities for the
children of others. Other volunteers were busy parents who
were willing to “pitch in” to assist in any way possible. Still other
volunteers were just kids themselves, those who understand
that participation requires effort and that just turning up to play
is not enough. If you have contributed in any way – marking
fields, setting up diamonds, purchasing and preparing and
selling food in the canteen, scoring, umpiring, coaching,
repairing grounds, sorting and checking equipment, writing
stories for the local papers or honouring your commitments
by turning up to play each week- then you have played a role
in a sport with a continuous 38 year history in Mudgee going
back to 1977.
Thanks also to every volunteer who has helped sustain our
PSSA and CHS Boys and Girls KO competitions. The effort
put into Primary school Softball in particular has not always
led to a noticeable increase in particular on weekends but
maintaining the PSSA Boys and Girls KO remains our best
avenue for recruitment of new players.
I also want to particular thank the Executive members who
have taken on administrative, secretarial and financial roles
which have involved countless extra hours of work. To Robyn
Sharp, Robyn Burke, Owen Stait, Mel Date, Jill PlunketThank you. Without detailing the huge contribution of each of
them, I do need to pay tribute to Secretary Robyn Sharp for
continuing in the role for over 2 years when her children were
playing in the Penrith Association. It would have been very
easy to step aside and pass on the role of Secretary on to
someone else but Robyn did not choose to do that.
I also need to remind you all that the Executive has taken a
decision over the past two years to effectively cut Registration
fees in an effort to attract and retain players. This has inevitably
led to financial losses over those 2 years, losses which were
to some extent lessened by income from other sources such
as the Canteen. The incoming Executive will need to consider
the success or other wise of that approach and to frame a
new Table of Fees for 2015-2016.
range of sports, more so for larger families.
(4)
Softball requires skills which can require years of
coaching and training to master. Pitching and catching are 2
obvious examples. When other sports require just a whistle
and 1 ball, or playing roles that are easily interchangeable,
they are clearly attractive to players who might not want to
spend a lot of time developing pitching skills, for example.
(5)
Many young people now work in part time jobs and
weekend flexibility may not exist.
(6)
A governing body which can be resistant to change
and which is so financially stretched and short staffed that it
is not always able to provide the kind of support enjoyed by
sports such as Australian Football.
In spite of all these constraints and more, our role is to continue
to provide people of all ages in our community with the
opportunity to develop new skills, to develop new skills, to test
those skills in a competitive and collaborative environment, to
enjoy the friendships that team involvement helps to foster,
to enjoy a vigorous outdoor activity which can provide fitness
and other health benefits. Finding enough participants to
form enough teams to run an effective competition is the real
challenge that we must strive to overcome.
Mick Boller has stepped down as president of the Mudgee
Association and leaves the legacy of a very distinguished
career with his own personal Softball highlights including•
Winning the Under 15’s Girls Country Championships
in Taree in the mid 1980’s defeating Wagga Wagga by 9-6.
•
Finishing undefeated in the Central Region Under
15’s Champions in the same year, defeating CumberlandNepean, North Shore, Western Districts, Auburn and Manly.
•
Mudgee providing 7 State and 1 National
representative/s in National Championships- Tracy Gawthorne
(16’s, 19’s,Women’s), Nicole Golden (16’s), Jahymi Dowel
(19’s), Nathan Sharp (19’s and 23’s), Rachel Sharp (17’s and
Australia 17’s), Matt Sprig (17’s), Bria Toohey (19’s and 23’s)
•
MHS Open Girls team winning the WA PSSA Girls (4
years), WA CHS Girls (15 years) and NSWCHSSA Convenor
(10 years)
Many challenges face the incoming committee, in particular,
to arrest the decline in registration and engage the local
business community to stabilise our financial position.
Mick Boller
President
We face many challenges and some are outside our control.
Competition for participants in intense. High profile
(1)
sports with broad media coverage, such as Cricket, have a
massive advantage over us. Sports which run right throughout
the year, such as Touch, also have an advantage.
Most other sports have relative simple rules and many
(2)
require little or no equipment. Our rules are very complex and
detailed and roles such as Umpiring are not easily picked up.
(3)
Affiliation fees to local Councils and State bodies
have become a serious impediment to participation in a wide
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NEWCASTLE & DISTRICT
Another successful season has come and gone. We were
lucky enough to have not lost any games due to washout/hot
weather. Volunteers are the key to success with non-profit
sporting organisations. I would like to thank every person who
volunteered throughout the year, no matter how big or small
their contribution was, it was greatly appreciated by the NDSA
board. Club committees are to be congratulated on their hard
work throughout the season. It is good to see new faces
volunteering, with fresh ideas to help Clubs evolve and grow.
A Facility Grant Application with the Dept of Sport and Rec.
was successful and we were able to erect permanent back
nets on two of our diamonds. The next step is to have lights
erected on our top two diamonds. This is still a work in
progress and we are currently seeking sponsorship from local
businesses which will help offset some of the cost.
NORTH SHORE DISTRICT
11 Full sized diamonds – 3 Teeball diamonds – Canteen Block
– Permanent pitching nets – children’s playground – Club run
BBQ.
In April 2015 we invested in replacing all of the pitching mats
and most of the batting mats.
Highlights:
Rachel Lack was named Female Athlete of the Year and Alan
Moore was named Official of the Year at the SNSW State
Teams’ dinner.
Karen Marr was able to return to the North Shore family for a
while and offered her expertise training some of our pitchers.
Representives:
Registrations: Our registrations were on par with our previous
season. It was fantastic to see so many male players out on
the diamonds. I hope we can continue this positive trend in
our sport.
Technical Development:
Scoring/Coaching/Umpiring Levels attained:
• Level 1 Coaching New: Daniel Bush, Katherine Johnston,
Lonn Cooper, Eddie Cashen, Samantha Goodwin, Mary
Crump, Nicholas Wood, Arran Owen, Drew Telfer, Andrew
Boardman, Kerin Dixon, Lauren Kelly, Leeanne sharpe and
Ray Crosby
• Level 1 Reaccreditation: Christine Halpin
• Level 2 Coaching New: Jade Hemaridis, Jodette Clark,
Kim Crosby, Danielle Moore, Samantha Simmonds, Eddie
Cashen, John Waipouri, and Shareese Waipouri
• Level 3 Coaching Reaccreditation: Jordan Chesworth,
Suzie Henderson, Helen Greentree and Chris Mannweiler.
A level 3 coaching course was held in June.
• Level 1 Scoring Reaccreditation: Laura Schofield
• Level 2 Scoring Reaccreditation: Sharon Mannweiler
• Pending Level 1 umpires: Matthew Zambra, Mikayla
Halliday-Norrie, Paige Vernon-Smith
General: We continue to host CHS Championship Knockouts
and are once again busy organising our annual NIB
Games weekend in July. These tournaments help keep the
Association in good stead for the upcoming summer season.
Trish Hall
Executive Director
U11s 3rd at State
U13s 3rd at State
U15s 4th at State
U17s 3rd at State
U19s 3rd at State
Opens 3rd at State
State League Winners
O35s joint winners at State
NSDSA ran development teams for U13 and U15 age groups.
NSDSA had 2 player and 2 assistant coach on the NSW U17
team.
NSDSA had 4 players and 1 assistant coach on the NSW U19
team.
NSDSA had 7 players, 1 head coach and 2 assistant coaches
on the NSW Opens team.
NSDSA had 2 players on the Australian (Pride) team.
NSDSA had 5 players and 1 assistant coach on the Australian
(Spirit) Opens team.
Technical Areas:
Umpiring:
24 levelled umpires from NSDSA
8 levelled umpires from other associations
11 Blues in Training and 23 Junior Blues
2 umpires achieved Level 1 Accreditation
1 umpire achieved Level 2 Accreditation
Coaching:
16 participants are currently taking their Level 1 Coaching
course, and 5 people are taking their Level 2 qualification.
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Scoring:
10 members attended the Level 1 Scoring Lecture and exam
held by Lynne Townsend and successfully acquired their
Level 1 Scoring accreditation.
Rules:
NSDSA revised their rules to make them more player friendly.
The Modball rules were revised to create a faster more active
game. This has proved popular with the players. Rules were
also revised to allow players to play across between clubs,
thereby creating a more balanced competition. The shortie
rule was removed from the rules.
Future:
NSDSA will continue to focus on recruitment in the younger
age groups with the aim of increasing our Tball membership
by 10% or more.
Geoff Day
President
ORANGE & DISTRICT
ODSA had a fantastic season in 2014/2015. Player numbers
showed a great improvement largely due to the recruitment
efforts in hosting come and try days for all ages plus the
annual Tee ball Gala day for schools hosted every year by
David Ball, a life member of the Orange softball community.
We saw an increase in numbers mostly in tee ball, eventually
having 16 teams, which we then split into Tee ball B 5-7 yr
olds ( 5 teams) and Tee ball A 8 - 11 yr olds (11 teams). We
also saw a rise in our youth competition with the transfer to
Friday evening being very successful. We had theme nights
in youth this year with no uniform nights, dress up nights,
music playing etc to add to the atmosphere and we anticipate
further growth in this competition for 2015/2016. We had a
slight increase in seniors Mixed B comp but our opens was a
team down however efforts to make mixed B more social next
season may entice the more competitive players back to our
opens competition. We jumped from the low 300’s to over 420
in registrations this year.
We have shown a good increase in official’s numbers due to
hosting Level 1 and 2 coaching clinics, level 1 and 2 scoring
clinics and we have a couple more level 1 and almost level 1
umpires, due to the great efforts of Aiden Kelly and Mac Reith
Snare as our umpiring coordinators.
The hard work for our umpiring crew and scorers culminated
in the association receiving the SNSWUA Affiliate of the year
award, Mac Reith Snare received the umpires encouragement
award, Aiden and Mac both achieved their Level 2 umpires
accreditation and Lexi Hitchen gained her Level 4 scoring
accreditation was is a fantastic achievement.
Our Disabilities program again continued successfully for the
4th consecutive year, and will again be running again this
season, we have many volunteers assisting but again special
thanks goes to Steve and Lyn Rath and Cathy Gutterson for
all their efforts in coordinating the program and giving the
players a very enjoyable experience. ODSA would also like to
thank the Dept of Sport & Rec for their assistance in running
such a great program. The program has developed a great
reputation with families travelling from as far as Dubbo to
bring their children to join the fun (just under 2 hours drive
each way).
We had boys & girls Rep teams, plus strong contingent of
umpires compete at Teeball, Modball & U15’s this year with girls
and boys also playing at the U17 & U19 state championships
with some of the teams going as Orange, other teams as
Centrals, which are teams made up of Orange, Mudgee,
Wagga and pickups from Sydney, this is a relationship we
have enjoyed and look forward to further developing in our
‘Central Region’.
We again had strong numbers playing at rep levels this year
with a large number of boys and girls play for NSW Country
at the Junior International challenge and Australian U15
Regionals. Three boys and one girl were invited to attend
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U17 State trials this year, good luck to those for their future
rep career and we also have players compete in Sydney at
Winter league, development league and Georges River Men’s
A grade comps as well.
The PSSA, CHS and ODSA continue their long running
association as ODSA assisted in the running of the gala days
and knock out carnivals by supplying umpires and canteen
facilities on the days. And again a good number of players
have been selected into the Western region PSSA & CHS
teams which will compete at the State titles this year. Two
local high school sides competed at the CHS knockout finals
and Aiden Kelly, Mac Reith Snare, Georgia Kiel, Graydon Lisle
and Mitch King have and will all be attending either PSSA and
CHS state and/or National titles as umpires.
We hosted the U15 State Championship in November, and
a huge thank you goes to all the efforts of the organising
committee and the many volunteers who helped the
Championships run so smoothly with great feedback received.
The wine tasting proved a big success and also showcased
what the local area has to offer.
We are still working with council as the future new Facilities
at Jack Brabham Park are finally getting to the stage of
releasing documents to tender and are hopeful of construction
commencing asap. We are also currently undergoing
resurfacing to some of Jack Brabham Park to upgrade
drainage and irrigation at the moment and unfortunately the
winter weather is playing havoc with the completion of the
works prior to the season commencement, but works will be
completed early into our next season. We thank Orange City
Council and staff for all their efforts and assistance provided
every year and especially the past year with hosting the state
titles.
Finally, again a huge thank you goes to all the hardworking
executive & committee members, plus all the officials and
people who volunteered their time during the season to keep
this a great association to be involved with and I wish anyone
taking a position in the upcoming executive the best & thanks
for offering your services to help continue the success of
Orange softball.
Geoff Kelly
President
PENRITH CITY
Membership:
We had 43 junior teams from 7 clubs and 26 senior teams
from 9 clubs for a total of 69 teams. We provide competition
for 4 year olds in Benny Ball through to our social Div 4
Ladies. In all, we run 9 junior competitions including mixed
Benny Ball, Boys and Girls Teeball, Modball, Minors and
Majors. Additionally there were 4 divisions of Open Ladies
and 2 divisions of Open Men.
Facilities:
Surveyors Creek Softball Facility has 8 permanent diamonds
with enclosed dugouts and benches. The 2 main diamonds
are fully fenced with Lights.
The amenities block contains the canteen which services our
members during competition periods. The amenities block
has an alarmed equipment room, a storage room, 2 umpire
change rooms and toilets.
A new SMS lighting system has been installed at our ground
by Penrith City Council. This new system has saved the
Association thousands in electricity charges.
Sponsorship:
The association was heavily supported this year by Penrith
City Council, Panthers, Armour Automotive, Love to Bounce,
STEPH NSW Pty Ltd (Accounting) and Guardian Funerals.
The Association won a grant for lighting for one of the batting
tunnels valued at $34,000. Council have completed this work.
Another Grant application has been submitted for the other
tunnel – Community Building Partnerships Grant Program
2015.
The Association also received $9,000 for junior development
programs from Penrith ClubGRANTS Category 1 money from
Panthers
Highlights:
This past season saw many PCSA players and officials
involved at State and National Level. This is a testament to
the drive and determination of the PCSA softball community
in developing them from a young age. We are also very
pleased to see these players “giving back” by coaching junior
Representative teams and their involvement with skills clinics.
State Team Representatives Players and Officials
NSW U17 Women: Eliza Murphy, Chris Coleman (Assistant
Coach, Wayne Warren (Assistant Coach), Annette Tsitsikronis
(Manager).
NSW U17 Men: Nathan Corrigan, James Dare, Jacob
Donaldson, Jarred Garland, Shaun Lanaghan, Thomas
Zeylemaker, Rhonda Schultz (Statistician).
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NSW U19 Women: Caitlin Michels, Nicole Michels
NSW U19 Men: Bradley Dunn, Jacob Garland, Angus
Johnson, Aiden Kennedy, Jack Noble
NSW U23 Women: Rhianne Kerr, Jasmine Peters
NSW U23 Men: Cody Hunt, Nathan Sharp, Tim Hall (Assistant
Coach)
Open Women: Bianca Abrahams, Taylah Tsitsikronis
Open Men: Wayne Warren, Gary Johnston (Assistant Coach)
Australian Representatives
Under 17 Ladies Squad: Rachel Sharp
Under 19 Men Squad: Jacob Donaldson, Bradley Dunn,
Jacob Garland, Aiden Kennedy,
Jack Noble, Shaun Lanaghan
Open Ladies Team: Taylah Tsitsikronis
Taylah Tsitsikronis played in the Softball Down Under Series
at BISP against Japan and will be travelling to Japan in August
for the Japan Cup.
Umpires:- Congratulations to Amanda Houison on attaining
her Level 7 ISF umpiring accreditation.
Congratulations to
Representatives.
all
of
our
State
and
Australian
Other Achievements:
Teeball Boys State Champions.
Under 13 Boys and Girls State Champions
Under 17 Boys and Girls State Champions
Technical Areas:
In consultation with SNSWUA, PCSA introduced a Fast Track
Program for the many Club Umpires who umpire games most
weekends for their respective clubs and are generally players
as well. These people are experienced and knowledgeable
about softball, but do not have the time (through playing /
coaching each week) to commit to a full time Umpire Crew.
They just need a refresher on arm actions, and rotations over
approximately 6 weeks, then can be assessed for their Level
1 Accreditation. The program is in its infancy but showed it
is possible.
Our new coaches completed the Level 1 Coaching Courses in
a one day group session.
Many PCSA Umpires worked hard to achieve their next level;
Kaye Greggs continues to work in the background running
courses to further develop PCSA Scorers / Statisticians.
Future:
Increase the number of qualified umpires across the
association.
Increase coaching levels to accommodate demand of
development teams.
In future years we will need to lift the profile of softball in our
area to encourage more players to our sport.
Loretta Watts
President
SOUTHERN DISTRICTS
The Association continues to have the use of Jacquie Osmond
Reserve for both summer and winter. We continue to work
with Liverpool City Council to develop our facility and ensure
maintenance requirements are carried out when necessary.
QANTAS Credit UNION as our major sponsor. This is a
two year partnership after which is in the process of being
reviewed for a further 2 years.
We also were successful in obtaining another sponsor – All
Designed Projects This is a 12 month sponsorship and will be
reviewed in September 2015.
In 2014-2015 we were success full in receiving a grant of
$2.932.00 from Liverpool Council for the purchase of First Aid
Kits and new Line Marker.
Liverpool City Council provides us tremendous support in
repairs and maintenance of our diamonds and amenities as
well as giving us the opportunity to apply for grants.
Highlights:
Unfortunately we could not follow up last year’s achievement
of increased membership this year. However we still continue
to provide the following programmes to promote the sport in
our District.
• A Batter Up Program – achieved similar participants as last
year
• Continuation of Slow Pitch during winter
• Also our clubs continuing recruitment and retention
Programs.
The Association continues to provide opportunities and
support to our players and officials who strive to represent the
Association NSW & Australia.
In 2015 the Association had 14players; Cameron Bint,
Liam O’Leary, Hayden Mathews, Kieran O’Leary, Mason
Rossi, Izack Rossi, Logan Campbell, Daniel Harrison, Blake
Jackson, Matthew Sheehan, Bradley Harrison, Kayne Kajan,
Tim Nazar, and Tom Noble represent NSW at the National
Championships. Tony Jackson was an Assistant Coach and
Karen Dinapoli administrator with the Under 17 Mens Team,
Maria Wakefield statistician with the Under 19 Men’s State
team and Life Member Adam Sheehan head coach of NSW
Open Men with Diana Oakes the statistician.
Technical Areas:
The Association continues to develop a small but enthusiastic
team of umpires. Paul Bourke, Steve Smith and Joe
Kellermeier lead a team of umpires and are developing our
junior blues program with great results.
In the scoring area our Scoring Co-Ordinator, Maria Wakefield
continues to be successful in developing scorers in the
Association and a number of people are looking to continue
in this area of the sport.
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We are looking forward to maintain a great relationship with
Liverpool City Council who provides us with a facility that is
developing all the time. We will look at avenues of upgrading
this facility.
The Association will be continuing and hopefully expanding
The Batter Up Program and Slow Pitch during winter.
Also we look to maintain and develop a strong relationship
with QANTAS Credit Union.
Bruce McCahon
President
SUTHERLAND SHIRE
Softball as a National Sport continues to struggle with national
membership numbers continuing to fall. Unfortunately our
membership overall also continues to fall fielding 62 teams this
year, down from 64 and registering 731 individual members,
down from 775 last season.
However, even though we had fewer members I think the role
of the Association is to provide the best Softball experience
possible no matter how many members we have and to
that end I believe we continued to provide a great Softball
experience to all our members in the 2014/15 season.
I hope all players and officials walked away from the 2014/15
season with many great memories and I look forward to
everyone “bringing a friend” to next year’s competition,
particularly in the senior grades.
The fun did not stop at our fields with many of our
Representative Teams going on to do Sutherland proud over
the year well done to all the players and officials who worked
so very hard to make all our representative teams a success
again this season.
2014/15 saw continued support of SSSA Representative in
State Tournaments. Sutherland Association Teams entered
into State Tournaments included:
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U11’s
Girls & Boys
•
U13’s
Girls & Boys
•
U15’s
Girls & Boys
•
U17’s
Girls
•
U19’s
Women
Open’s
Women
•
•
Winter League Women
State League Women
•
The Sutherland U19s team were named joint State Champions
after going through the tournament undefeated.
The Opens team came close again this year with another
Final appearance.
Sutherland was very well represented at NSW and Australian
level. Our players helped win National Championships in the
Opens and U17s Well done to all those who were successful in making a New
South Wales, Australian or National or International Teams/
Squads, you continue to make Sutherland very proud. We
wish you all the best in your future endeavours.
Stacey McManus (NSW & Australian Women)
Danica Howlett (NSW Open Women Assistant Coach)
Emma Luliano (Australian U19)
Chantelle Ladner (NSW U19 & U23, Australian U19)
Shannon Keevers (NSW U17)
Laura Passfield (NSW U19)
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Ashleigh Wright (NSW U19)
Melissa Byrne (NSW U23)
Bria Toohey (NSW U23)
Madison Ashworth (NSW U19)
Jade Farrell (NSW U19)
Zaraha Parker (NSW U17)
Barry Rumsey (NSW U17 Head Coach)
Our representative portfolio cannot function without the
support of so many people who make everything happen.
I would like to thank all our Coaches, Managers, Scorers,
Umpires who attend all our tournaments, Parents and The
Management Committee.
Also a huge shout out to our group of dedicated umpires who
support the teams throughout the rep season.
I would like to wish all our future rep players and staff the very
best in the upcoming season – go get’em Sutherland…
Craig Oberg
President
TAMWORTH
This year TSA was able to hold an A grade women’s
competition , a Women’s social and for the first time since the
rebuild of softball in Tamworth a Men’s competition. With the
continued development of our 3 clubs, each were able to field
teams in all competition as well as a few extra teams entering
the social competition. A number of small local businesses
provided sponsorship for teams and the clubs this season.
TSA were able to send a full team to the Under 13’s State cup
and an Under 15’s team to the State Cup with the assistance
of some lovely MWSA players. One of our T-Ball players was
given an opportunity to attend the Under 11’s championships
thanks to Orange Softball Association.
Our Batter Up Program was very successful in term four with
69 enrolments, we received 3 new kits from Softball NSW.
The little ones seemed to have a great time although they
were very eager to play real games. The program was run
by Scott Mason with the assistance of the Representative
Players. Unfortunately the follow up 10 week program in
term one wasn’t as successful, the numbers stopped us from
running a T-ball Competition.
Unfortunately we are yet to run a successful T-ball and Modball
Competition, TSA have recently received an invitation to be
apart of the National Primary Games hosted by NIAS. We
are hoping that this opportunity will increase softballs profile
among this group.
Due to the assistance of our wonderful volunteers our annual
fund-raising event, The Country Music Festival was very
successful. Despite a decrease in visitors we had a slight
increase in takings to assist with our ground fees.
TSA was able to obtain a grant from West Leagues Club
this year. The club will be supplying a sign for our amenities
building and a sign located at the corner of Carter and Hurst
Streets. The club will also be reimbursing the association for
the cost of the 2 pitching strips added to our fields earlier in
the year by our volunteers.
Looking Forward, our goals.
Hosting a fantastic Under 15’s Championships in November
2015.
Participating in the National Primary Games.
Increased growth in all areas
Gaining levelled umpires, coaches and scorers within the
association.
Representation in the Under 11’s, U13’s, U15’s and U17’s
Mandy Brown
President
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WAGGA WAGGA
This brings to an end my second and what was my final
season as President of the Association, and I thank you the
players, the Clubs and the Executive for trusting me to put the
interests of Wagga Softball forward.
The past 2 years have certainly brought about what I believe
is the beginning of much needed changes for the Wagga
Softball Association to continue in a pathway for it to be highly
regarded and considered the best Country Affiliate in NSW.
Changes in any organisation can be difficult and they can
certainly be challenging. It is through trial and in some cases
error, that organisations can and will move forward. If the
Wagga Association holds back from change and is not dynamic
and move with the game of Softball, then unfortunately the
Association itself will not be successful.
There are players and administrators whom have up and
left our Association in my time as President due to the nonacceptance and the lack of understanding of the local rules
by Clubs, the flagrant breaches of the rules and the equity
and general fairness of the game being challenged at every
opportunity by Clubs. I can only caution those who take on
the Executive roles to continue to strive for, and continue to
push forward and make the necessary changes the Wagga
Softball Association needs. Clubs need to also work with the
Association more closely to ensure change is communicated
across the board.
I believe that, even though at times it was very demanding,
the Association Executive this year have performed extremely
well throughout the challenging season. We are all unpaid
volunteers, and at times the amount of stress imposed
upon some Executive members by certain individuals of the
Association is beyond belief. Thank you for standing by the
Association and importantly for standing by your beliefs in
what can and will be the best Regional Softball Association
in NSW.
There are many ways to increase player numbers in
the Wagga Softball Association, and Clubs play a truly
underestimated but significantly critical role in this regard.
Clubs need to be progressive and move forward and start
working together across the board in the areas of recruitment
and retention. Clubs need to open their doors to each other
and share resources, recommend players to other Clubs
when their teams are full, and at every opportunity recruit for
the upcoming season. Clubs need to also adopt and solidify
their roles as Selectors.
This year saw the first real review of the player and club fee
structure in many years. The costs of running the Association
were broken down into cost categories, and it was very easy
to see that the Association was not so financial in past years
and that the Association facilities and equipment were almost
non existent and extremely run down. The Association,
although still not extremely profitable, as it shouldn’t be, is
now able to fund the basic necessities and requirements
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of any sporting club. The Association has purchased new
representative player uniforms across the board, has a new
PA system, new kit bags, has a well equipped canteen, and
has ample Umpiring equipment amongst some of the big
ticket expenditure items this season. I encourage the new
Executive to implement annual price increases no matter how
small to keep up with NSW Softball increases and the general
costs of running the association price increases.
Umpiring continues to be problematic for the Association.
Despite the appointment of a Chief Umpire to the Association
Executive last season and a Development Officer the training
of Umpires needs significant review. I strongly recommend
that every Club needs to be active and provide a minimum
number of Umpires to the Association at the beginning of the
season and then these umpires are rostered by the Association
throughout the Season. Clubs need to take some ownership
of Umpiring and this is urgent. Training and Development of
Umpires is extremely important for the upcoming season as
we all know that without Umpires we don’t have a game.
Representative players, both boys and girls, that travelled
away across a number of age groups also performed
extremely well. We are certainly on the radar for the quality
of our representative players and the effort by not only these
players, but their clubs is commendable. To the players,
parents, coaching staff and umpires – thankyou for making
this happen.
A mention to the Associations State named player, Montanna
Kearns as not only is she a fantastic player, but she s also
espousing the Wagga Association at every opportunity. We
all need to support Montanna and ensure we keep her career
in mind.
French Fields has seen further improvement this season, and
this has been attributable to the hard work of both council
and the now Association paid groundsmen. It is important
that Clubs still play a role in each round assisting with the
organisation of the grounds and equipment.
Wagga City Council has made available an immediate grant
of $10,000 to be used by the Association to upgrade Diamond
2 fencing.
Fundamental changes are taking place and the administration
changes have continued this season. My parting statement
is simple - the Wagga Softball Association needs to be fair,
encourage and promote all players and importantly be open
and transparent. Some past history and now historical issues
need to be forgotten, and personal objectives need to be left
at home.
We need to all work as one for the betterment of our game –
softball.
Chris Hall
President
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
2015
U11 State Championship
Boys
1st Penrith City
2nd Macarthur
3rd Georges River
4th Sutherland
5th Southern Districts
6th Orange
7th Cumberland Nepean
8th Central Coast
9th Newcastle
2015
U11 State Championship
Girls
Cumberland Nepean
1st 2nd Manly Warringah
North Shore
3rd 4th Macarthur
5th Penrith City
6th Georges River
7th Sutherland
8th Hornsby
2015
U11 State Cup
Girls
1st Southern Districts
2nd Orange
3rd Campbelltown
4th Central Coast
5th Newcastle
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2014
U13 State Championship
Boys
1st Penrith City
2nd Macarthur
= 3rd Georges River
Newcastle
5th Sutherland
6th Cumberland Nepean
7th Southern Districts
8th Orange
9th Campbelltown
2014
U13 State Championship
Girls
1st Penrith City
2nd Manly Warringah
= 3rd Cumberland Nepean
North Shore
5th Macarthur
6th Hornsby
7th Southern Districts
8th Sutherland
9th Newcastle
2014
U13 State Cup
1st Campbelltown
2nd Tamworth
3rd Wagga Wagga
4th Georges River
5th Orange
6th Central Coast
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
2014
U15 State Championship
Boys
1st Macarthur
2nd Georges River
3rd Penrith City
4th Newcastle
5th Southern Districts
6th Orange
7th Sutherland
8th Campbelltown
2014
U15 State Championship
Girls
1st Manly Warringah
2nd Hornsby
3rd Penirth City
4th North Shore
5th Cumberland Nepean
6th Georges River
7th Sutherland
8th Macarthur
2014
U15 State Cup
1st Campbelltown
2nd Southern Districts
3rd Tamworth
4th Mudgee
5th Orange
2015
U17 State Championship
Mens
Penrith City
1st 2nd Macarthur
3rd Newcastle
4th Georges River
5th Central
6th Southern Districts
7th Campbelltown
2015
U17 State Championship
Womens
1st Penrith City
2nd Hornsby
=3rd Sutherland
North Shore
5th Manly Warringah
6th Macarthur
=7th Cumberland Nepean
Southern Districts
=9th Orange
& Macleay Valley
11th Georges River
12th Campbelltown
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STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
2015
U19 State Championship
Men
1st Macarthur
2nd Penrith City
3rd Southern Districts
4th Central
5th Campbelltown
6th Newcastle
2015
U19 State Championship
Women
1st Manly Warringah
2nd Macarthur
3rd North Shore
4th Hornsby
5th Sutherland
6th Cumberland Nepean
7th Penrith City
8th Orange
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2014
Open State Championship
Men
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Macrthur
Georges River
Campbelltown
Southern Districts
Newcastle
Cumberland Nepean
Penrith City
Illawarra
2014
Open State Championship
Women
1st Manly Warringah
2nd Sutherland
=3rd North Shore
Cumberland Nepean
5th Penrith City
6th Georges River
7th Hornsby
8th Macarthur
9th Newcastle
10th Campbelltown
11th Southern Districts
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
2015
Over 35 State Championship
Men
1st Macarthur
2nd Cumberland Nepean
3rd Southern Districts
4th Illawarra
5th Penrith City
6th Sutherland
2015
Over 35 State Championship
Women
1st Manly Warringah
2nd North Shore
=3rd Hornsby
Sutherland
=5th Cumberland Nepean
Central Coast
7th Penrith City
8th Campbelltown
9th Newcastle
10th Macarthur
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LEAGUES RESULTS
2014
State League
Men
1st Dolphins
2nd Thurabredz
3rd Tropics
4th UWS United
5th Mounties
6th Titans
2014
State League
Women
1st Northern Storm
2nd Panthers
3rd Sharks
4th Manly Eagles
5th Phoenix
6th Hills
7th Norwest Wolves
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2015
Winter League
Women
1st Manly Eagles
2nd Hawks
3rd Sharks
4th Wanderers
5th Hills (Plate Winners)
6th Phoenix
7th Tigers
8th St Lukes
9th Scorpions
10th Manly All Stars
2015
Development League
Girls
1st Norwest
2nd Misfits
3rd Macarthur
4th Hills
5th Sweetheat
6th Southern Angels
7th Country
2015
Development League
Boys
1st Black
2nd Blue
3rd Red
4th Green
5th Gold
2015 NSW OPEN WOMEN’S TEAM
Venue: Perth
DATE: 4 - 10 January 2015
2015 NSW OPEN MEN’S TEAM
DATE: 4 - 8 March 2015
Venue: Brisbane
GRAND FINAL SCORE
NSW 5 defeated QLD 3
GRAND FINAL SCORE
ACT 9 defeated NSW 0
Head Coach:
Assistant Coaches:
Administrator:
Statistician:
Physiotherapist:
AWARDS
Batting Award
Stacey Porter
Player of the Final
Ellen Roberts
Kerrie Porter
Danica Howlett
Gaye Ledingham
Tony Mackie
Alan Moore
Chris Clough
Carolyn Buttsworth
Kandice Goodwin
Head Coach:
Assistant Coach:
Administrator:
Statistician:
Video Analyst:
Stacey Porter *(Captain)
Stacey McManus* (V/Captain)
Bianca Abrahams
Belinda Barnes
Bree Brooker
Alexandra Casey
Daniella Costaganna
Michelle Cox (withdrew)
Alice Donohoe (withdrew)
Simone Freeman*
Rachel Lack*
Danielle Levido
Kara Murphy
Kaia Parnaby*
Samantha Poole*
Ellen Roberts*
Jessica Tolmie
Taylah Tsitsikronis*
Joel Wards (Captain)
Cameron Bint
GILLEYS SHIELD FINAL STANDINGS
1. NSW Firestars
2.QLD Heat
3. WA Flames
4. SA Starz
5. VIC Titans
6. ACT Diamonds
7. NT Fury
Adam Sheehan
Gary Johnston
Lesley Darby
Diana Oakes
Barry Blanchard
James Brownlow*
Mitchell Brownlow
Mitchell Dabinett
AWARDS
James Darby
Batting Award
Nathan Dickinson
James Todhunter
Lachlan Hay
Rookie Jayden Lach
Kieran O’Leary
Kieran O’Leary*
Liam O’Leary
Harri Peters*
James Todhunter*
Ryan Tranter
Peter Wards*
Wayne Warren
JOHN REID SHIELD FINAL STANDINGS
1. ACT
2. NSW
3. QLD
4. WA
5. VIC
6. SA
MCLAUGHLIN CUP WINNERS - NSW Firestars
* Denotes players selected in Australian Teams or Squads
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2015 NSW U23 WOMEN’S TEAM
Venue: Brisbane
DATE: 24 - 27 April 2015
2015 NSW U23 MEN’S TEAM
Venue: Brisbane
DATE: 24 - 27 April 2015
GRAND FINAL SCORE
NSW 4 defeated QLD 2
SCORES - Best of 3 Series
Qld 5 dft NSW 2
Qld 6 dft NSW 5
Qld 8 dft NSW 1
Head Coach:
Assistant Coach:
Administrator:
Statistician:
Physiotherapist:
Video Analyst:
Bill Gates
Kerrie Sheehan
Allison Christensen
Lis Hannelly
Jarred Reyes
Ashleigh Bruce
Head Coach:
Assistant Coach:
Administrator:
Statistician:
AWARDS
MVP Award
Jordyn Christensen
Pitching Award
Chantelle Ladner
Batting Award
Jordyn Christensen
Player of the Final
Jasmine Peters
Nicola Maitland (Captain)
Jordyn Christensen (V/Captain)
Caitlin Byrne
Melissa Byrne
Lisa Carlton
Alexandra Casey
Allison Edgtton
Megan Horne
Rhianne Kerr
Chantelle Ladner
Danielle Levido
Michaela McLennan
Jasmine Peters
Linley Somerville
Bria Toohey
Bianca Worth
AWARDS
Nil
Chris Brownlow
Tim Hall
Tracey Mellowship
Sandra Palmer
Mason Rossi (Captain)
Leigh Halpin
Bradley Harrison
Anthony Henderson (withdrew)
Cody Hunt
Kayne Kajan
Jayden Lach
Jarrod Mellowship
Tim Nazar
Tom Noble
Michael Reihana
Nathan Sharp
JOYCE LESTER SHIELD FINAL STANDINGS
1. NSW
2.QLD
3. VIC
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LAING HARROW SHIELD FINAL STANDINGS
1. QLD
2. NSW
2015 NSW U19 WOMEN’S TEAM
Venue: Aelaide
DATE: 11 - 17 January 2015
GRAND FINAL SCORE
SA 2 def QLD 1
Head Coach:
Assistant Coaches:
Administrator:
Statistician:
Physiotherapist:
AWARDS
MVP Award
Emily Read
Pitching Award
Chantelle Ladner
Batting Award
Kalina Stepto
2015 NSW U19 MEN’S TEAM
Venue: Sydney
DATE: 16 - 22 January 2015
GRAND FINAL SCORE
NSW 8 def ACT 0
John Neilsen
John Black
Brett Kirk
Rachel Zucchetti
Sue Pobjie
Damaras Clarkson
Jarred Reyes
Head Coach:
Assistant Coaches:
Administrator:
Statistician:
Physiotherapist:
Adam Rindfleish
Geoff Lowe
Scott Rindfleish
James Todhunter
Amelia Cudicio* (Captain)
Kalina Stepto* (V/Captain)
Madison Ashworth
Jade Farrell
Brooke Hanna
Rachel Holland
Emma Iuliano*
Chantelle Ladner*
Molly Meenan
Caitlin Michels
Nicole Michels
Laura Passfield
Emily Read*
Lauren Tapp*
Ashleigh Wright
Natasha Young
Hayden Mathews (Captain)
Callum Beashel
(V/Captain)
Blake Bell*
Bradley Dunn*
Jacob Garland*
AWARDS
Angus Johnson
Pitching Award
Aiden Kennedy* (withdrew)
Luke Ollerenshaw
Maclaine Lowe
Player of the Final
Isaac McDonald*
Callum Beashel
Jack Noble*
Luke Ollerenshaw*
Kaide Risby
Mathew Roberts-Osborne*
Izack Rossi*
Tai Whaanga*
Julie Rippon
Maria Wakefield
Aminda Huynh
ELINOR MCKENZIE SHIELD FINAL STANDINGS
1. SA
2. QLD
3. NSW
4. WA
5. ACT
6. VIC
FINAL STANDINGS
1. NSW
3. QLD
5. WA
7. TAS
2. ACT
4. VIC
6. SA
* Denotes players selected in Australian Teams or Squads
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2015 NSW U17 WOMEN’S TEAM
Venue: Canberra
DATE: 17 - 23 January 2015
GRAND FINAL SCORE
NSW 8 defeated QLD 1 Head Coach:
Assistant Coaches:
Administrator:
Statistician:
Physiotherapist:
Barry Rumsey
Chris Coleman
Heather McCann-Price
Kristy Simmons
Wayne Warren
Annette Tsitsikronis
Michelle Cate
Anna Roberts
2015 NSW U17 MEN’S TEAM
Venue: Canberra
DATE: 17 - 23 January 2015
GRAND FINAL SCORE
NSW 8 defeated wa 5
Head Coach:
Adam Rindfleish
Assistant Coaches:
Geoff Lowe
Scott Rindfleish
James Todhunter
Administrator:
Julie Rippon
Statistician:
Rhonda Schultz
Physiotherapist:
Aminda Huynh
Brianna Trim* (Captain)
Kelsey Griffin* (V/Captain)
Gabrielle Plain* (V/Captain)
Kate Armstrong
Maddy Beard
AWARDS
Millicent Beeston
MVP Award
Jade Hemaridis
Gabrielle Plain
Chloe Holman*
Pitching Award
Breanne Honeybrook
Gabrielle Plain
Montana Kearnes*
Batting Award
Shannon Keevers*
Montana Kearnes Ellie Lees*
Player of the Final Eliza Murphy
Gabrielle Plain
Zahara Parker
Maddison Smith*
Tarni Stepto*
AWARDS
MVP Award
Shaun Lanaghan
Pitching Award
Christopher Gillies
Batting Award
Logan Campbell
Player of the Final
Christopher Gillies
ESTHER DEASON SHIELD FINAL STANDINGS
1. NSW
2. QLD
4. VIC
3. SA
5. ACT 6. WA
ARTHUR ALLSOPP SHIELD FINAL STANDINGS
1. NSW
2. QLD
4. ACT
3. VIC
5. SA
6. WA
Shaun Lanaghan* (Captain)
Jacob Donaldson* (V/Captain)
Logan Campbell*
Nathan Corrigan*
James Dare
Zaynth Estacio
Jarred Garland
Christopher Gillies*
Henry Groth*
Daniel Harrison
Blake Jackson*
Robbie Moore
Matthew Sheehan
Mathew Sprigg
Zachary Young
Thomas Zeylemaker
* Denotes players selected in Australian Teams or Squads
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2014 ANNUAL AWARD WINNERS
AFFILIATE OF THE YEAR
DEVELOPMENT AWARD
Winner: Macarthur
Winner: Campbelltown
Finalists: Macarthur, Manly Warringah, North Shore, Penrith
City, Southern Districts
Finalists: Campbelltown, Macarthur, Manly Warringah,
Newcastle
SOFTBALL NSW SERVICE AWARDS
COUNTRY AFFILIATE OF THE YEAR
Winner: Newcastle
Jean Chapman
Merrilyn O’Bryan
Craig Richardson
Loretta Watts
Finalists: Newcastle, Tamworth, Wagga Wagga
WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
Winner: Southern Districts
Finalists: North Shore, Penrith City, Southern Districts,
Sutherland
MEMBERSHIP AWARD
Winner: Cumberland Nepean
Finalists: Campbelltown, Cumberland Nepean,
Southern Districts, Tamworth
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