{"id":2365,"date":"2008-03-02T11:50:27","date_gmt":"2008-03-02T19:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=2365"},"modified":"2008-03-02T11:53:56","modified_gmt":"2008-03-02T19:53:56","slug":"adam-folkard-impressive-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=2365","title":{"rendered":"Adam Folkard Impressive in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From:<a href=\"http:\/\/canberra.yourguide.com.au\/news\/sport\/other\/act-get-off-to-a-flyer-in-fastpitch-title-defence\/1194002.html\"><img src=\"http:\/\/canberra.yourguide.com.au\/images\/masthead_alternate_logos\/133.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>(Click logo to view original story)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<strong><br \/>\nACT get off to a flyer in fastpitch title defence<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>By Julia Whyte, The Canberra Times<\/em><\/p>\n<p>THE ACT men&#8217;s softball team sent an early warning to its competitors after starting its national fastpitch title defence with a 4-2 victory against NSW at Alton in Victoria yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Despite missing a host of players, who are travelling with the world youth team, the ACT got off to a strong start as it chases its third consecutive championship.<\/p>\n<p>Laing Harrow hit a home run in his first game for the ACT since retiring five years ago. Adam Folkard impressed from the pitcher&#8217;s plate.<\/p>\n<p>ACT and Australian Steelers coach Bob Harrow said it was a great way to start the tournament, but he predicted some tough matches ahead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a big win for us, beating NSW at anytime is a big win. But we were struggling for players to come here and this will do a great deal for our confidence,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Michael Moore, who is one of the young guys we brought into the team, made some brilliant plays in the outfield and did well with the bat &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The ACT play both the Australian under-19 team and Victoria today.<\/p>\n<p>AT A GLANCEAustralian fastpitch championship: ACT 4 bt NSW 2, Qld 4 bt WA 3.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From: (Click logo to view original story) ACT get off to a flyer in fastpitch title defence By Julia Whyte, The Canberra Times THE ACT men&#8217;s softball team sent an early warning to its competitors after starting its national fastpitch title defence with a 4-2 victory against NSW at Alton in Victoria yesterday. Despite missing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365"}],"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=2365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}