Latest news
and events:
24/06/08:
Could this be real? http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1408238/awesome_catch_by_ball_girl/
29/04/08:
Conceding four runs in the first inning cost the White Sox
Development team hopes of winning the Southern Cross softball
tournament in Brisbane. The Queensland Heat, who are the Australian
National League champions, won the game 5-2. Click here
for more information from Softball NZ's
website.
22/04/08:
Softball is set to feature on Maori TV from this Sunday, running for 16 weeks. For more information click
here.
30/03/08:
Auckland Ramblers have won the Radio Sport National Men's Open Club
Championship for 2008. Read more by clicking here.
19/03/08:
The prizewinners from Saturday night's awards evening can be found
by clicking here.
Congrats to all winners!
03/03/08: Auckland
and Hutt Valley retained their national men's and women's titles in
Wellington yesterday, read more here.
26/02/08:
Johnsonville's Josh Pettett has been named in the New
Zealand Junior Development team to compete in the Softball Australia
Friendship Series in Sydney. For further details click here.
07/02/08: A
reminder that our reunion celebrations are being held over Friday,
Sat and Sunday. We start the weekend with a
Meet and Greet on Friday the 8th February in the good old
club rooms in
Phillip Street. For further information click here.
27/01/08:
The Premier 1 & 2 men had wins over the weekend. The P2's
beat PK, whilst the P1's had wins against Dodgers and Royals.
22/01/08: Brooke
Cutting, a draft player for the Pride from Wellington, caused the
game to go into overtime with an inside the park homerun in the
seventh inning to equal the run scored in the third by
Auckland...read more here.
22/01/08:
Auckland and Canterbury battled opponents and weather at Mangere’s
Norana Park in the first weekend of the men’s NZCT National
Softball League, read more here.
10/12/07: There
was more trans-Tasman sporting misery for New Zealand on Saturday as
the Black Sox lost 3-2 to Australia Green in the Pacific Series
softball final in Canberra. Read more here.
09/12/07: It was
a successful day for both the premier teams on Saturday. The
women beat PK 12-0, while the men beat Newlands 8-4.
07/12/07: Check
out the full range of photos taken at Alex Moore Park on Saturday
17/11/07 here.
04/12/07: The
Premier One men played PK on Tuesday, winning 2-1.
03/12/07: Check
out the mighty Viking, J'ville's latest recruit. This was
taken in the Prem 2 game last Saturday against PCU. More
photos to come.
18/11/07: The
Premier One men's team beat Royals on Saturday. After surges
throughout the game, they ended the game in the 8th innings winning
8 runs to 9. Their next game is against Cardinals at Fraser
Park, Saturday 24th Nov 1pm. The Premier One women lost their
game on Saturday 5-0 to Saints.
12/11/07:
Essential Skills Unit – For Beginner Coaches & Intermediate Coaches
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Where: WSA CLUBROOMS, HATAITAI PARK
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Date: 13 and 14TH of NOVEMBER 7PM-10PM
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Contact: KIM MUDGWAY: PH 386 1891, to register your attendance or email
wsasec@fastpitchwn.org.nz
For further details
click here.
12/11/07:
Our Prem 1 Women’s team is having a QUIZ NIGHT on the 24th November to raise funds toward expenses for the Club Championships in March. Get a team together (maximum of 6 players) for a night of fun and brain testing. There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd, spot prizes and of course supper will be provided. Tickets are $15 per person and are available from team members.
09/11/07:
The 2007 ISF Congress was held
October 24 – 28 in Manila. The major focus throughout the Congress was the attempt
being made to have softball reinstated to the list of sports for the 2016 Olympics. To drive this at international
level a campaign has been formalized and implemented under the banner of
"Back Softball". Read more in the eSoftball
newletter by clicking here,
or visit the Back Softball campaign website, by clicking on the
logo:
08/11/07:
The mighty Johnsonville Knights take on the Steelers at Martin
Luckie #3 this Saturday at 3pm. Also, the Cripples take on St
George Dragons at the Velodrome at 3pm .........good luck to both
teams!
04/11/07:
In the two games held at JV HQ, the Premier 1 women won against
Porirua, whilst the men lost 6-0 to Porirua.
28/10/07:
The Premier 1 men started their inter-city season on Saturday with a
win over Hutt Valley Dodgers 13-6. The Premier 2 men showed
signs of improvement in their 8-2 loss to Kapiti. The Premier
1 women were playing in the Saints tournament over the weekend,
hopefully some results will be posted here soon. Someone in
the know could provide the results by clicking here.
25/10/07:
Our Under 13 girls team are set to play Newlands this Saturday at
Newlands # 3 at 9am. Good luck!
25/10/07: Welcome back to
the weekly newsletter, last weeks one can be viewed by clicking on
the Newsletter link to the left.
22/10/07:
The women's intercity club competition started on Saturday, with
Newlands causing the first upset of the season when they beat our
team 3-2 in the early game at Hataitai Park, for more details click here.
22/10/07:
The Premier 1 Men picked up a win against Cardinals in the final day
of the Doreen Dalton tournament in the Hutt Valley. Miramar
ended up winning the tournament, beating Porirua 5-4 in the
final, more can be read here.
20/10/07:
The season finally started today, with the Premier 1 men playing 2
games in the Doreen Dalton tournament at Fraser Park, unfortunately
losing to HCU and PK. Tomorrow's games are against Miramar,
Porirua and Cardinals. The Premier 2 men also played today,
losing to Royals.
13/10/07:
Due to the rain over the past week or so, the first round of Premier
softball has been cancelled.
08/10/07:
The softball season starts this Saturday. The Premier One
men's team play an undisclosed opponent, at a secret location and at
a super secret time. The details of which will hopefully be
published soon, perhaps even on the Wellington Softball
Association's website, but this is yet to be
confirmed.
30/09/07:
The New Zealand Institute of Sport is delighted to offer an athlete
from the Wellington Softball Association a full tuition fee
scholarship for the 2008 academic year...read more here.
19/09/07:
White Sox players in for tough lesson, what kind of lesson you may
ask? Read the Dominion Post story here.
28/08/07:
Registration for Juniors will be held at the clubrooms on Phillip
St, Johnsonville on the following dates:
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Saturday 8th September 2007, 10am - 12noon
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Wednesday 12th September 2007, 6 - 7.30pm
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Saturday 15th September 2007, 10am - 12noon
Enquiries to Di Alexander,
phone (04) 478 2228
19/08/07:
A correction to the note below, further pre-season trainings will be
held at Alex Moore at 10am on Sunday, until further notice.
15/08/07:
Indoor pre-season training will start this Sunday for the men.
It will be at Petone Indoor Bowling, at 10.30am. All new and
existing players are welcome to attend. It will be the same
time/place for the next few weeks.
04/08/07:
Johnsonville Softball Club will be celebrating 70 years of softball this coming season. We are planning a fun weekend and would love to have a good turn out of past and present club members.
Click here
for more details and to register.
01/08/07:
Also, further details of the Club's forthcoming reunion will be
posted here shortly.
01/08/07:
70th Jubilee year Annual General Meeting, we encourage all past and present
members to attend, details are:
10/07/07:
News from the recent Junior Women’s Softball World Championships,
can be found here.
21/06/07: Please
note that on Monday, 25th June from 9am to 2pm, this site will be
unavailable. This is due to the host server being rebuilt.
21/06/07: NZCT
Black Sox show class to take Canadian International Series, read
more here.
29/03/07: Details
of Geoff's leaving party are here.
29/03/07: Photos
from the 2007 mens club nationals can be viewed and ordered here.
27/03/07: The
premier 1 mens and womens teams have finished their perspective
seasons with club national tournaments. The mens team ended up
placing 13th, with a 4 win, 5 loss record. The women placed
6th, with a 4 win, 3 loss record. Further details can be found
here
for the men, and here
for the women.
