{"id":3773,"date":"2009-11-24T07:31:45","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T14:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3773"},"modified":"2009-11-24T07:33:20","modified_gmt":"2009-11-24T14:33:20","slug":"young-softballers-keep-the-game-alive-in-the-macarthur-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3773","title":{"rendered":"Young softballers keep the game alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/macarthur-chronicle-campbelltown.whereilive.com.au\/sport\/story\/young-softballers-keep-the-game-alive-in-the-macarthur-region\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/images.whereilive.com.au\/images\/style\/masthead\/macarthur-chronicle-campbelltown.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><em>(click banner for original news story)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[Australia] &#8211;  <em>BY VERA BERTOLA<\/em><br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/images.whereilive.com.au\/images\/uploads\/2009\/11\/23\/4089f61565a9ef83e43a984a4aa5bd35_resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>WHILE the older age groups have dropped off, softball among younger children in the Macarthur area is enjoying a resurgence.<\/p>\n<p>Both Campbelltown and Macarthur softball associations hit off their 2009\/10 seasons in late October\/early November and officials have been pleased with the increase in registrations from the younger age groups.<\/p>\n<p>Both associations, like many across the state, have struggled in recent years with declining numbers, but this season have reported the tide seems to be turning.<\/p>\n<p>A Campbelltown association spokeswoman said numbers were low in the teenage age groups.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get an under-16 or under-19 competition up, but we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve accommodated those players in an under-23 competition,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Macarthur association is also enjoying a revival with both its under-19 men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s and under-12 boys\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 representative teams winning NSW championships this year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(click banner for original news story) [Australia] &#8211; BY VERA BERTOLA WHILE the older age groups have dropped off, softball among younger children in the Macarthur area is enjoying a resurgence. Both Campbelltown and Macarthur softball associations hit off their 2009\/10 seasons in late October\/early November and officials have been pleased with the increase in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3773"}],"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=3773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3773\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}