From Stuff NZ By Ben Stanley It's the bottom of the third, and Jon Deeble needs to make a comfort stop. Sitting in the main grandstand at the Oceania under-16 baseball championship clash between New Zealand and Guam at Pakuranga's Lloyd Ellsmore Park in Auckland, the tall, white-haired Australian turns his head, spotting four portable toilets just behind the … [Read more...]
XII Argentine Championships – Weekend 2/2
The second and final weekend of the XII Argentine will be held in Parana, Argentina with games today, March 4 through Wednesday, March8, 2011). Last weekend, competition in the "Ascenso" ("B") division was held, along with the "Promocion" ("C") Division. This weekend will see competition in the other two divisions, Campeonato (Division A) and Estimulo: (Division D). For … [Read more...]
New Zealand Teams Struggle in Aftermath of Quake
Canty teams unsure of attending tournament One of Canterbury's top softball clubs has confirmed it will still attend the national interclub tournament this month – but another says its participation is "still up in the air" in the earthquake aftermath. Parklands-Christchurch United (PCU) Devils will send a team to Lower Hutt for the tournament, which starts on March 15, … [Read more...]
XII Argentine Championships – Weekend 1 of 2
Update 1, courtesy of Cristian Lacout: FYI, the divisons are: Campeonato : (Division A) / Next weekend Ascenso: (Division B) / Last weekend Promocion: (Division C) / Last weekend Estimulo: (Division D) / Next weekend XII Argentine National Championships - Ascenso ("B") Division Batting Stats Google translation from Duilio Martín Scialacomo's CPEF5 Softball … [Read more...]
Earthquake Hits Christchurch, New Zealand (Update II)
Update II: A reader passes along a website with information for getting and giving help to those affected by the New Zealand earthquake: http://canterburyearthquake.org.nz/. As our reader noted, "Any size donation will help. It is hard to deny the influence the region has had on the fastpitch game over the years and it would be a great show of support from the Fastpitch … [Read more...]
Four New ISF Umpires from New Zealand
SNZs New ISF Umpires The Softball New Zealand Umpires wish to congratulate Mark Porteous (North Harbour), Rikki Tourangi (Auckland), Jeremy England (Wellington) and Dave Shedlock (Wellington) on attaining their International Softball Federation (ISF) Accreditation recently at the Australian Mens and Womens Open in Brisbane 22 - 26 February 2011. Supervised and examined by … [Read more...]
ACT takes Australian national softball crown
ACT takes national softball crown ACT reclaimed the John Reid Shield after beating the Queensland Patriots 3-0 in the grand final of the 2011 Australian Men's Softball Championship held at the Redland Softball Association grounds at Ormiston last weekend. In what was a trying week for teams, officials, and ground crew due to the inclement weather on the first three days, … [Read more...]