{"id":3789,"date":"2009-12-04T22:16:41","date_gmt":"2009-12-05T05:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3789"},"modified":"2009-12-04T22:35:36","modified_gmt":"2009-12-05T05:35:36","slug":"andy-blackshaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3789","title":{"rendered":"Andy Blackshaw"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n(No, not that <\/em>Chronicle – the “Toowoomba Chronicle”, down under.)<\/p>\n

Dodgers plan to douse Firebirds<\/strong>
\nDodger Andy Blackshaw in action.<\/em>
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\nphoto by Dave Noonan<\/em><\/p>\n

DODGERS men will need to win without star pitcher Andy Blackshaw when they face USQ Firebirds in Toowoomba A Grade men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s softball fixtures tonight.<\/p>\n

Blackshaw will be in Canberra participating in the ActewAGL Canberra Skins Tournament where Australia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s elite male softballers compete for $20,000 in team prize money.<\/p>\n

Blackshaw has a remarkable softball portfolio that has international and national honours.<\/p>\n

He has played in the local Toowoomba competition for the past four years and also plays in Redlands.<\/p>\n

For three months of this year he travelled to the United States to participate in a tournament league that resulted in participation in the International Softball Congress World Titles.<\/p>\n

He was acknowledged as the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Rookie of the Year\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and intends to return in 2010.<\/p>\n

This year he also made the Australian Open Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s squad and participates in the New South Wales state league every second or third week in the latter half of each year.<\/p>\n

Last weekend, Blackshaw led Redlands (Green) to victory in the Open Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s state titles.<\/p>\n

It was not surprising then that Blackshaw was a finalist for the Junior Male Athlete of the Year for Softball Australia recently and that he was selected in the Queensland Open Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s softball team.<\/p>\n

This is Blackshaw\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s second selection into the Queensland side.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It is an honour to represent the State and the second time means just as much,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Blackshaw said.<\/p>\n

When asked why he adds Toowoomba to his long list of softball commitments he said he enjoyed the atmosphere.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I love coming to Toowoomba every year, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a good competition to play and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s competitive. There are great people playing here,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers v Aces game is at 7pm.<\/p>\n

In other A grade softball matches today, Warriors (Green) women will face Aces at 3.15pm and USQ Firebirds men will play the first of their double-header at 5pm against Warriors.<\/p>\n

All Stars women will face Dodgers at 5pm, today with both going into the game undefeated it is anticipated to be an exciting match.
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\nEditor’s note: <\/strong> Readers will remember Andy’s debut on the world stage at this year’s Monkton tournament<\/strong>,<\/a> as the #2 for The Farm, alongside ace Frank Cox, filling in admirably for the then-injured Darryl Tilley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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