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Welcome to the Johnsonville Softball Club. 

At this site you can find information about Johnsonville senior men's and women's teams, and also the junior side of the club.

If you would like to play softball, feel free to contact anyone of the committee members, noted on the ‘Contact Details’ link to the left.

This site is regularly updated, so check back for updates.

If you would like to add information to this website or have any comments/suggestions/feedback, click here.

Latest news and events:

24/06/08:  Could this be real? http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1408238/awesome_catch_by_ball_girl/      Return to the top of this page.

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.     Return to the top of this page.

22/04/08:  Softball is set to feature on Maori TV from this Sunday, running for 16 weeks. For more information click here.     Return to the top of this page.

30/03/08:  Auckland Ramblers have won the Radio Sport National Men's Open Club Championship for 2008.  Read more by clicking here.     Return to the top of this page.

19/03/08:  The prizewinners from Saturday night's awards evening can be found by clicking here.  Congrats to all winners!    Return to the top of this page.

03/03/08:  Auckland and Hutt Valley retained their national men's and women's titles in Wellington yesterday, read more here.     Return to the top of this page.

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.     Return to the top of this page.

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.     Return to the top of this page.

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.     Return to the top of this page.

 

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.     Return to the top of this page.

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.     Return to the top of this page.

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.     Return to the top of this page.

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.     Return to the top of this page.

07/12/07: Check out the full range of photos taken at Alex Moore Park on Saturday 17/11/07 here.     Return to the top of this page.

04/12/07: The Premier One men played PK on Tuesday, winning 2-1.     Return to the top of this page.

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.     Return to the top of this page.

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.     Return to the top of this page.

12/11/07:   Essential Skills Unit – For Beginner Coaches & Intermediate Coaches

  • Where: WSA CLUBROOMS, HATAITAI PARK

  • Date: 13 and 14TH of NOVEMBER 7PM-10PM

  • Contact: KIM MUDGWAY: PH 386 1891, to register your attendance or email wsasec@fastpitchwn.org.nz

For further details click here.     Return to the top of this page.

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.     Return to the top of this page.

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!     Return to the top of this page.

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.      Return to the top of this page.

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.     Return to the top of this page.

25/10/07:  Our Under 13 girls team are set to play Newlands this Saturday at Newlands # 3 at 9am.  Good luck!     Return to the top of this page.

25/10/07: Welcome back to the weekly newsletter, last weeks one can be viewed by clicking on the Newsletter link to the left.     Return to the top of this page.     

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.     Return to the top of this page.     

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.     Return to the top of this page.     

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.    Return to the top of this page.     

13/10/07:  Due to the rain over the past week or so, the first round of Premier softball has been cancelled.     Return to the top of this page.     

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.     Return to the top of this page.     

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.     Return to the top of this page.     

19/09/07:  White Sox players in for tough lesson, what kind of lesson you may ask?  Read the Dominion Post story here.Return to the top of this page.     

28/08/07:  Registration for Juniors will be held at the clubrooms on Phillip St, Johnsonville on the following dates:

  • Saturday 8th September 2007, 10am - 12noon

  • Wednesday 12th September 2007, 6 - 7.30pm

  • Saturday 15th September 2007, 10am - 12noon

Enquiries to Di Alexander, phone (04) 478 2228     Return to the top of this page.     

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.     Return to the top of this page.

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.     Return to the top of this page.

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.     Return to the top of this page.

01/08/07:  Also, further details of the Club's forthcoming reunion will be posted here shortly.     Return to the top of this page.

01/08/07:  70th Jubilee year Annual General Meeting, we encourage all past and present members to attend, details are:

  • Monday 27th August

  • 7pm

  • Phillip Street Clubrooms, click here for a local map of directions.     Return to the top of this page.

10/07/07:  News from the recent Junior Women’s Softball World Championships, can be found here.     Return to the top of this page.

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. Return to the top of this page.

21/06/07: NZCT Black Sox show class to take Canadian International Series, read more here.     Return to the top of this page.

29/03/07: Details of Geoff's leaving party are here. Return to the top of this page.

29/03/07: Photos from the 2007 mens club nationals can be viewed and ordered here. Return to the top of this page.

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.     Return to the top of this page.

Click here for the news and events archive.     Return to the top of this page.