{"id":3000,"date":"2009-01-06T22:19:29","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T05:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3000"},"modified":"2009-01-06T22:23:47","modified_gmt":"2009-01-07T05:23:47","slug":"australia-19u-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3000","title":{"rendered":"Australia 19U Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Canberra Times, Australia<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Heading bat to basics helps ACT turn tables<\/strong>
\nBY PAUL NEWMAN<\/em><\/p>\n

The ACT finally found form to score its first win of the Australian under-19 men’s fastpitch softball championships at Hawker yesterday.<\/p>\n

The defending champion made a horror start to the tournament losing its first five matches on the tournament’s opening two days.<\/p>\n

But a 45-minute batting drill before yesterday’s match against Queensland sparked the team into some much-needed form.<\/p>\n

Queensland had thumped ACT 11-1 on day two, but yesterday the home side turned the tables to score a 7-3 victory.<\/p>\n

”Finally we clicked,” coach Wayne Duroux said.<\/p>\n

”Poor execution with the bat had let us down but after a 45-minute batting session we turned that around.”<\/p>\n

Pitcher Matt Kraeh was just as effective with the bat. He hit a triple and a single, as well as keeping the Queensland runs to a minimum.<\/p>\n

But in its second match yesterday the ACT found it tough going against Western Australia. It was behind 8-2, before scoring four runs in the sixth inning and eventually going down 8-6.<\/p>\n

Relief pitcher Brendan Robinson helped slow the WA run flow as well as hitting two singles with the bat.<\/p>\n

Despite sitting at the bottom of the table the ACT still hopes to contest the final on Saturday, but must beat Victoria and WA today to stay in contention.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in the under-19 women’s tournament in Victoria, the ACT scored a 13-3 win over Tasmania yesterday before losing to NSW 5-0.<\/p>\n

AT A GLANCEUnder-19 men: ACT 11 bt QUEENSLAND 1; WA 4 bt VICTORIA 3; WA 8 bt ACT 6; NSW 10 bt VICTORIA 0; NSW 11 bt QUEENSLAND 1.<\/p>\n

Editor’s note: Any wonder why these guys are 4x gold<\/strong><\/a>? <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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