{"id":224,"date":"2005-06-01T12:39:11","date_gmt":"2005-06-01T20:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=224"},"modified":"2005-06-01T12:40:10","modified_gmt":"2005-06-01T20:40:10","slug":"world-championship-a-true-%e2%80%9cfamily-affair%e2%80%9d-for-new-zealand%e2%80%99s-telfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=224","title":{"rendered":"World championship a true \u00e2\u20ac\u0153family affair\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for New Zealand\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Telfer"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Pat Healey Marketing and Media Consultant ISF 2005 JR. MEN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S WORLD SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP http:\/\/www.2005worldsoftball.com<\/a> <\/em> <\/p>\n

[INVERCARGILL, NEW ZEALAND] The ISF 2005 Jr. Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s World Softball Championship will be a true family affair for New Zealand\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Mathew Telfer. Mathew will be following in the footsteps of brothers Michael (1997) and Chris (2001) when he suits up for New Zealand at the championship June 24 to July 3 in Summerside. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are both really looking forward to it, especially since we have not been to PEI before,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Karen Telfer, Mathew\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mom. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re also hoping to get time to have a look around if we can in between games.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d This year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s World Championship will be Karen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s third and her husband Colin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fourth. The Telfer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s have grown up in the sport of softball, continuing the family sport hood as Karen and Colin both played the sport. Now all six kids are involved in sports in one way or another. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We all love the game as Mum and Dad played and kept it going as a family sport,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mathew said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re also quite involved in coaching, grounds and other softball committees. A lot of hard work and training goes into it.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mathew is thrilled to continue the past traditions set by his older brothers, which included Michael\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s trip to Newfoundland and Labrador. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It has always been a goal since I was 10yrs old when Michael made the team for 1997 World Championship,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mathew added. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We worked it out then that Chris and I would both be the right ages then to make the New Zealand Under-19 teams, so that has always been my goal. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m thrilled that I have made it.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n

Mathew does have one advantage over his brothers though. He made the Under 16 boys team that traveled to Australia in 2002, where he took home MVP honors for New Zealand. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It has always been my goal to make a World Series and it has all fallen into place,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mathew said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a bonus to keep up the tradition, and my brothers kept a bit of pressure on me.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The Verdon College student said that it would be a privilege to wear the New Zealand colours during the championship. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s awesome that the three of us have all made the WS for that age group,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Mathew, 18. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a real privilege to carry on the tradition. Mathew is keeping his work in family too as he is doing his drain-laying apprenticeship with the family-owned Telfer Drain-laying in his hometown, which has a population of about 50,000. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The history of our achieved sportsman is pretty blimin good actually, softball has done well in the past,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Karen added. <\/p>\n

Karen and Colin both support their children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s endeavors in the sport, although to continue their sport they have to travel north many a times from their city of Invercargill, in the South Land region. They have three girls coming up through the sport of softball. Alice is 16 while twins Joanna and Katie are 12-years-old. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re extremely proud of the children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s achievements and have also been so lucky to be able to follow them around the world,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Karen. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153With having a large family I guess it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pretty awesome to see that they have all done so well,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Karen. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It makes it hard for the other three girls coming up behind though doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it. Karen and Colin are both from sporting families, so that may have helped get the five kids into the sport. But with being so involved in sports, they have not much time for anything else. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You are right about the spare time and spare money!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Karen explained. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Other things just go on the back boiler and you do what you can for them. They are all involved in many other sports and they just love having a go at most things. But there is a limit!! ” <\/p>\n

Pat Healey
\nMARKETING AND MEDIA CONSULTANT
\nISF 2005 JR MEN’S WORLD SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
\nmailto:phealey@2005worldsoftball.com<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Pat Healey Marketing and Media Consultant ISF 2005 JR. MEN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S WORLD SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP http:\/\/www.2005worldsoftball.com [INVERCARGILL, NEW ZEALAND] The ISF 2005 Jr. Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s World Softball Championship will be a true family affair for New Zealand\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Mathew Telfer. Mathew will be following in the footsteps of brothers Michael (1997) and Chris (2001) when he suits up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,15,11,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}