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Softball Queensland

2016 - 2017

Annual Report

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Contents

Annual Report 2016-2017

Office Bearers 2

Strategic Plan 3

Sponsors & Supporters 6

President’s Message 7

General Report 8

Recruitment 9

Murri Women’s Softball Tournament 12

Awards and Recognition 13

Honour Roll 15

Marketing 17

Committees and Selection Panels 18

SQI Affiliates 19

High Performance Committee 20

Scoring Technical Directorate 22

Umpiring Technical Directorate 25

2017 Nox Bailey Shield & U15 Regional Championships 30

State Championship Results 31

State Teams 35

SQI U15 Regional Academy Teams 43

Australian Representation 45

School Softball—Primary 47

School Softball—Secondary 48

Softball Qld Masters Tournament 49

Participation Analysis 53

Finance Report 54

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Office Bearers


The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk MP Patron

Premier of Queensland

Mark Jeppesen President

Jenny Vandenhurk Vice President

John Philip (resigned February 2017) Executive Member

Steve Armitage Director

Jodie Bowering Director

Heather Law OAM Director

Alicia Northcott Director

Stephen Wagner Director

Steve Nicol (elected November 2016) Director

State Technical Directors

Lexie Pearce Coaching

Matt Denkel Scoring

Darren Sibraa Umpiring

Administration Staff

Sue Nisbet General Manager

Joan Jackson (commenced part-time from March 2017) Finance Manager

Nicole Watts Operations Manager

Alexis Hartigan (to 8 April 2017) Events Coordinator

Erin Sandford (to 16 August 2016) Development Officer

Daniel Sarmiento (commenced 22 August 2016) Development Officer

Karen Robe Association Coordinator

Joy Leach Database Manager

Fabian Barlow (to 30 April 2017) Elite Program Head Coach

Joanne Ashcroft (commenced part-time 14 March 2017) Finance Officer

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Strategic Plan


VISION

To realise softball as a fun, living, thriving sport!

MISSION & PURPOSE

• To grow participation in softball by 5% by 2020

• To provide leadership for the development and delivery of softball in Queensland

CORE VALUES

In fulfilling our purpose, we will uphold our core values of:

• Leadership

• Integrity

• Stability

• Innovation

• Reliability

• Commitment (Diversity & Inclusion)

OUR STRENGHTS

The key competitive strengths of Softball in Queensland are: • Value for money • Strong presence in schools across the state • Popular with female indigenous community • Family friendly – games can be played at the one venue • Less space intensive compared to other bat and ball sports • Mobile sport can be played anywhere.

STRATEGIC DIRECTION SUMMARY

This plan’s core focus is to optimise participation levels derived from innovative thinking and practice.

GOALS & STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

Three priority areas and their goals have been identified as critical to the success of Softball Queensland over the

next four years.

Strategic priorities Goal

Growing Participation To provide a contemporary and relevant sport that appeals to a broad base

Developing Clubs & Associations To build capacity in our clubs to administer professionally

Foundations for the Future To ensure the sport lays solid foundations beyond 2020

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Strategic Plan Projects

GROWING PARTICIPATION PROJECT INITIATIVES / ACTIONS

Operation Sport Ball Deliver softball into school programmes for children aged 6-

12 introducing them to the game and linking to the path-way to play club ball utilising SBU and the junior games pathway.

school pathway programs

sporting schools program

statewide school tee ball competition

Softball Batter Up recruitment program

sport expos

holiday clinics

Swing into Softball Identify an association implementing Swing into Softball

“well” to highlight successes and promote these to other associations.

case studies prepared

research outcomes & evaluation

promotion

Social Softball Support Softball Australia to establish the Social Softball

Product & Delivery Model targeting new players to moti-vate them to try the game at a level suitable to their skills and motivations and provide alternate competitions to re-tain members in our game (with the proviso that bench-marks are set and progress is monitored quarterly to measure effects).

Social 7s

Pro 7s (modified fastpitch) Mid-week social competitions

Hub Participation Model

Research the ‘HUB’ Participation Model concept to explore all opportunities to make the game accessible to ‘anyone’ who wants to play.

Research project Trial model options

Develop roll-out plan

Deadly Softball

Initiate the untapped resources of the indigenous communi-ties to grow participation in the sport.

Murri Women’s Tournament Regional competitions

Towards the Green and Gold

Ensure SQI produces a high performance program that maximises the number of male and female Queens-landers into the national team as this offers the aspira-tional pathway to international representation.

Regional Academies

State TID & development programs

State teams

Elite Athlete Program

Understand Your Member

Develop a survey tool to allow DA’s and clubs to collect da-ta from their members to understand each person’s moti-vations and commitment to a long term association with our game.

Develop standardised survey

Research survey results

Develop retention action plan

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Strategic Plan Projects

DEVELOPING CLUBS & ASSOCIATIONS PROJECT INITIATIVES / ACTIONS

DA Development Initiative

Duplicate the role of the club development officers to assist DA’s to educate volunteers to establish effective out-comes.

Develop training program

Identify club development officers

Implement training program

Club Health Check

Audit the number of clubs and DA’s that have completed the CHC and find out which ones have developed an action plan (as well as finding out where each is at) to determine the level of support offered by SQI (with the proviso that SQI get clubs that haven’t started up and get them run-ning).

Complete Club Health Check audit Provide support to associations & clubs to imple-

ment action plans

member associations sign national affiliation standards agreement

Facilities Plan Review

Review the SQI Facilities Direction Plan so that SQI can of-fer direction to associations where their facilities can be improved (which should support future grant applications).

Review and update current plan

Utilise the GIS Sport Planning Tool

You’re Welcome

Identify the key elements of a ‘welcoming club’ so that there is a consistent approach to customer service.

Develop a ‘welcoming club’ tookit Roll-out the toolkit to all clubs

Good to Great Develop ways to instil a ‘continuous improvement agenda’

with all of our coaches, scorers and umpires, so that each technical official develops their skills to benefit themselves and the game and to ensure that the latest techniques are used to bring the best out of all of our players and moti-vate the retention of players and officials in the game.

Coach education and development Scoring education and development Umpiring education and development

FOUNDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE PROJECT INITIATIVES / ACTIONS

Integrated Marketing

Ensure that SQI marketing is informed by the sport’s goals and the marketing tactics are linked to project imperatives and key performance indicators.

Marketing and promotion plan

communications plan

Digital Integration

Explore the use of engaging ‘digital’ experts equipped to ad-vise and construct a SQI digital integration strategy to en-sure we optimise the use of digital technologies effectively and efficiently.

Research softball business needs

Research digital tools needed to meet the busi-ness needs

Develop staged roll-out plan

Deliver plan

Partners in Softball

Develop a Partners in Softball Framework to assist with a strategic approach to developing win / win relationships with our game.

Identify prospective partners

build relationships

engage partners in softball

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Sponsors & Supporters

Softball Queensland wishes to acknowledge the valuable support of the following sponsors

PRINCIPAL SPONSOR

MAJOR SPONSOR

MAJOR SPONSOR & OFFICIAL APPAREL SUPPLIER

MAJOR SPONSOR & OFFICIAL EQUIPMENT SUPPLIER

SQI AWARDS DINNER SPONSOR & PREFERRED SUPPLIER

SUPPORTERS & PREFERRED SUPPLIERS

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President’s Message


A Message from our President It gives me great pleasure to present the 2016/17 Softball Queensland Inc (SQI) Annual Report. This year has proven to be another successful one for softball in Queensland both on and off the diamond. On the diamond, our representative teams performed very well. In July 2016 the Under 23 Women’s team won the Joyce Lester Shield. In 2017 our men’s teams were outstanding with the Patriots being runners up and our un-der 19, 17 and 15 teams being national champions. Again, the under 15 Boys’ grand final was an all Queensland affair. The Heat also performed well and were runners up in the Gilley’s Shield. Well done to all involved. Special congratulations to Danielle Stewart who was inducted into the Softball Australia Hall of Fame in 2016. Several SQI members were also recognised by Softball Australia Limited (SAL) with SAL Service Awards. They were Bill Buckley, Susan Flynn, Meredith Muspratt and Michael Rigby. Congratulations! Following on from the workshops at the annual conference, the SQI Board and Office have been working together to implement Softball Queensland’s new Strategic Plan to support the growth of softball in Queensland. The new plan details a range of strategies and actions to support the following: • growth in participation; • development of clubs and associations; and • the building of foundations for the future. A number of strategic initiatives are now being progressed as a result of this new plan. SQI continues to provide significant support to SAL and our members and staff fill a range of committee positions with a view to ensuring the growth and development of Softball from a national perspective. I thank everyone involved for their continued commitment to our great sport. I recognise the committed work of our Board, Technical Directorates and Committee members and their willing-ness to work together to achieve the best outcomes possible for softball in Queensland. These volunteers make a significant contribution to our sport; a contribution that should not be underestimated. This year we welcomed Steve Nicol to the Board. I would also like to thank the SQI Office which has provided great support to both the Board and the sport as a whole. We said goodbye to Alexis Hartigan and Erin Sandford and welcomed Kate Bellchambers and Dan Sarmiento. Our Elite Athlete program head coach, Fabian Barlow, has taken a leave of absence to take on the challenging role as head coach of the Aussie Spirit. We welcome Kim Cooper who has taken over the program in Fabian’s absence. I was pleased to work closely with the Board and Staff of SAL on the National Insurance Scheme review this year. The outcome of this project has allowed us to avoid any overall increase in our registration fees. I acknowledge the Queensland Government for their continued significant financial support to softball in Queens-land. I would also like to thank all our sponsors including the Queensland Academy of Sport, Canterbury Clothing, Addlon Trading, Leading Edge Sport and Yellow Cabs. Finally, I would like to thank everyone involved for their ongoing support and commitment to softball in Queensland over the past year. It is greatly appreciated by us all. SQI is in a strong position and I look forward to a successful 2017/18. Mark Jeppesen President Softball Queensland Inc

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General Report


Planning for the future has been a major focus for the past year with the development of a new Softball Queensland ‘Towards 2020’ Strategic Plan and the implementation of a number of new strategic initiatives. There has been much to celebrate with volunteers and athletes being recognised for their service and achievements as well as the announcement that Tokyo 2020 will mark the long-anticipated return of women’s softball to the Olympic program. The IOC announced in August 2016 that five sports, softball and baseball (considered one sport), along with karate, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing will be included on the 2020 Olympic program. The original decision to remove softball and baseball was made in 2005 and 2008 was the last time that softball was played at the Olympics. The greatest challenge facing Softball Australia will be to qualify as the number of teams has been reduced to six from the eight in previous games. Queensland is well positioned to take a leading role in supporting the daily performance environment through the generous support of the Queensland Academy of Sport and a range of dedi-cated staff and volunteer coaches ably led by recently appointed national head coach, Fabian Barlow. Fabian is taking a leave of absence from his position with SQI to lead the national program. Softball throughout Queensland continues to be financially supported by the Queensland Government. At the state level, the SSRDP program for 2014-2016 has concluded and the new State Development Program for 2017-2019 commenced. SQ was successful in gaining an increase of $7,800 per annum in the core funding component. In addition, the special initiative application for Strategic Projects – Digital Integration, was also successful. This project requires SQI to contribute 20% of the project costs which will be a total of $14,000 over the three years. Softball associations and clubs were successful in receiving over $200,000 funding through the various programs including the Queensland Government Get In The Game program, Volunteer Grants and the Gambling Community Benefit Fund. An opportunity arose to apply for project funding and Softball Queensland was successful in gaining financial support to undertake the research for the Hub Participation Model which is a key strategic project in the SQI Towards 2020 Strategic Plan. The SQ Hub Participation Model Guidelines / Club Toolkit was finalised in February 2017 and the project plan to deliver four pilot programs will commence in May 2017. At the Board level, we said farewell to John Philp and welcomed Steve Nicol. Our staffing is also undergoing changes with Erin Sandford resigning during the year and Dan Sarmiento joining us in the Development Officer position. In April, Events Co-Ordinator, Alexis Hartigan resigned and her position will be filled in the new year. Joan Jackson, Finance Manager, has transitioned to part-time and Joanne Ashcroft commenced in the part-time Finance Officer position. Special mention is made to the many members of the Softball Queensland community for their contribution to the sport. Thank you to Ipswich, Rockhampton, Redlands, Brisbane, Mackay, Redcliffe and Toowoomba for hosting the 2016 state championships. These championships are not able to be held without the volunteers from our host associations giving their time to make them successful. Redland SA hosted the 2017 Under 19 Men’s National Championship and the Australian Under 15 Boy’s Regional Championship. Their commitment to preparing their facility to the highest possible standard every day and their volunteers for creating such a warm and welcoming environment are the reasons so many visitors rate championships held in Queensland as the best in Australia. Thank you to the dedicated volunteers who give their time at the state level. The SQI Board, Committees, Technical Directorates, Awards Panel, State Team Officials, Commissioners and Member Protection Officers are the backbone of SQI. Our sincere appreciation is also extended to our consultants, Major League Marketing, and lawyer, John Mullins, for their continued support and the staff who work diligently and with good humour to support the District Associations, state teams and the many volunteers at club level to deliver softball throughout Queensland. The District Associations have now completed the first twelve months of the MySoftball Community (Sports TG (formerly FSP) database. While there have been some hiccups along the way, the rollout has been relatively smooth and the uptake of the database by associations, clubs and members has been positive. SQI’s goal is to have each association take responsibility for the training of their clubs and the first point of contact for enquiries from their clubs. To ensure our associations are providing the right information to their clubs there is a need to equip them with the right information and the only way to do this is to provide ongoing training and resources. With changes to be made to the database in the near future, the SQI Board has made provisions for training sessions to be held with each association and their clubs to coincide with the beginning of their season.

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General Report

At the 2016 SQI AGM, the members agreed to amend the registration fee categories to align with SAL and to include the SQI, SAL and insurance in a single fee. The net result was that there was no overall fee increase in any category. This was achieved due to all state associations participating in the national insurance program and SAL was able to negotiate the same level of cover but with significant savings in premiums on previous years. The Association remains financially strong and stable returning a small surplus for the year. In addition to the fund-ing received from the Queensland Government, SQI is also supported by the Queensland Academy of Sport, Canterbury International (CCC), Easton, Softball Australia Ltd, our preferred suppliers Yellow Cabs and awards program sponsor Leading Edge. We thank each of them for their continued support of Softball Queensland.

The Queensland Academy of Sport continues to strongly support Softball Queensland through the provision of funding and support services for the elite program. The level of support increased from the beginning of 2017 as a direct result of the re-instatement of softball into the Olympic Games. We sincerely thank Bennett King and Troy Ayers from the QAS for their support of softball. We are looking forward to working with the QAS sport scientists and health professionals to raise the performance level of our athletes and to take the learnings from this program into the other SQI high performance programs and the wider softball community. Softball Australia continues to provide funding to support the Association Co-Ordinator position. During this past year, five (5) district associations, Redlands, Gladstone, Mount Isa, Softball Far North Queensland and Gold Coast participated in the program which assists the associations and their clubs to build capacity and improve governance. Redlands, Gold Coast, and Softball FNQ will continue to be involved in the program during the remainder of 2017. After the session presented by the Skills Alliance at the SQI conference, nine (9) associations and clubs participated in the free training provided by Skills Alliance. Information on these training programs will continue to be distributed and associations and their clubs encouraged to participate. In April 2017 Softball Australia announced that Softball Far North Queensland and Suncoast Hinterland Softball Association, had achieved Homeplate status. This is the ultimate recognition through Softball Australia’s Homeplate Ladder Program, recognising associations that have demonstrated best practice governance, planning, implementation of successful membership growth strategies and delivery of national participation programs such as Softball Batter Up and Social 7s. SAL launched The Homeplate Ladder Program in July 2016. To be successfully awarded Homeplate status, affiliates must meet specific requirements for each criterion and obtain 81 points or more. Softball FNQ and Suncoast Hinterland achieved this ultimate recognition on the back of strong membership growth, meeting all national affiliation standards and delivering national participation programs accumulating a total of 90 points each. Other Queensland associations have reached Going for Home status (51-80 points) and On Base status (30-50 points). Retirements Ted Gross from Redland Softball Association officially retired from umpiring at all levels on 17 July 2016 at 82 years of age. Ted has been involved with softball for over 35 years and will remain involved as the team scorer for the Bayside Bears in various masters competitions. Geraldine Allen (nee Bool) retired from all involvement in softball in March 2017. Gerry has been involved in softball since 1978 and was a founding member in the formation of Wynnum Softball Association. Gerry went on to be a volunteer at club, association and state level taking on a variety of roles. Gerry has been the SQI Member Protection Information Officer and Chief Commissioner as well as a coach and manager of many Queensland teams. Zenon Winters announced his retirement from national representation in April 2017. Originally from Rockhampton, Zenon represented both Queensland and the ACT at the John Reid Shield. He first represented Australia at the Under 19 World Championship in 2001 where the team won the gold medal. He went on to play 113 games for Aussie Steelers including the Open Men’s World Championship in Canada in 2009 where Australia won the championship for the first time. In closing, the new year is now upon us and opportunities to progress the strategic plan and grow our sport continue to be at the forefront of our priorities. Stakeholders will participate in a workshop at the 2017 annual conference to develop a Softball in Queensland Participation Strategy. The strategy will be shared with all associations and clubs so that we can work together on the shared path to building our community and grow participation in our sport.

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Recruitment Have a Go Day

Four Have-A-Go days were held around Queensland in conjunction with sign-on activities to help promote softball and recruit new participants. These Have-a-go days were held in Cairns, Rockhampton, Gold Coast and Redlands with over 90 participants. Softball Queensland held a Kids Zone (Have-A-Go day) during the 2017 Nox Bailey Shield and U15 Regional

Championship at Redlands with 20 participants.

Softball Batter Up The national recruitment program Softball Batter Up had another successful year introducing softball to new kids. A total of 4 programs with 26 participants were held at Brisbane (Bears Club), Cairns, Mackay and Granite Belt, as well as one school based program.

School Programs 51 sporting school programs were conducted throughout Queensland with over 3,000 participants School Pathway Programs were run throughout 11 schools with 851 participants.

Swing Into Softball This alternative structure to delivering junior softball creates fun, effective and engaging sessions on a consistent basis. This is achieved by using the game sense approach which uses games rather than drills to introduce the skills of softball to participants. Gladstone and Gold Coast Softball Associations both had a successful Swing Into Softball season this year. These 2 competitions saw a total of 46 children participate in fun games and activities resulting in a positive softball

experience.

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Ozpitch/Social 7s The five associations below jumped on board to hold alternate style competitions. These alternate competitions are a great way for District Associations to utilise facilities, increase revenue and bring new participants to the game. Thank you to everyone involved for the fantastic work.

Social Softball

Association Game Number of Participants

South Brisbane Spring Social 7s 56

Granite Belt OzPitch 67

Mackay Ozpitch 67

Hervey Bay OzPitch 21

Brisbane Social 7s 55

Total 266

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Murri Women’s Softball Tournament

The 2016 Murri Women's Softball Tournament took place on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th of October at Redcliffe Softball Association. This was the third year of the tournament and teams were invited from all over Queensland to participate.

“The Murri Women’s Softball Tournament gives you a great sense of pride as an individual, pride in where you come from and pride in your culture.” These are the words of Kelly McKellar Nathan (former Australian and Queensland representative player) at the end of the promotional video that was shot at the 2016 Murri Women’s Softball Tournament. Her comments capture the philosophy behind the Murri Women's Softball Tournament:

• encouraging participation by a group of women who otherwise do not fit into the traditional softball structure (they want to play in family groups, not in ability levels or club teams)

• encouraging participation for fun • recognising cultural diversity • allowing women to dip in and out of softball without having to be registered and playing and training every

week thereby removing barriers to participation such as financial capacity, time restrictions and skill level. This provides a stepping stone for women to tap into the traditional structure if that suits them.

BENEFITS OF MURRI WOMEN’S SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT

The Murri Women's Softball Tournament provides numerous benefits to the indigenous communities in the south of Queensland. These benefits are not restricted to the players. Examples include: Physical, mental and social health Women are able to participate whilst involving family which is important to most indigenous women Opportunity for supporters to assist with team managerial tasks, looking after children, providing food and

general support. This further reinforces the notion of community. Opportunity for children involved over the two days to see their female family members and friends modelling

positive sport and health behaviours Provision for children to participate in supervised activities including softball skills sessions Recognition given to the importance of culture by including indigenous ceremonies and practices

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Awards and Recognition

Service Awards - Bronze • Tracy Wright • Bernard (Louie) Cox • Krystal Fullelove • Garry Wright • Kris Duncalfe • Nikkie Molander • Wayne Molander • Adele Watson

Service Awards - Silver • Paul Stonier • Raelene Crook • Sandra Wilson • David Berridge • Sheryl Preston • Helen-Maree Butler

Service Awards - Gold • Tony Cailotto • Robyn Jemmott • Bob Girling • Lisa Anderson • Steven Anderson

Service Awards - Platinum • Karen Griffith • David Casey • Paul Casey • Leigh Wickenden • Maria Caterson • Deborah Clarke • Selena Knott • Luke Waters • Karen Moeser

Service Awards - Diamond • Ivano Cailotto • Vicki Hicks • Juana (Penny) Lacey •

SQI Awards Ngaire Huston Award - QLD Statistician of the Year Debbie Carey Rookie Scorer of the Year Dean Van Den Kieboom DA Contribution to Scoring Award Logan City Tricia Sibraa Award—QLD Umpire of the Year Darren Sibraa Junior Umpire of the Year Lailani Shepherd DA Contribution to Umpiring Award Ipswich Softball Coach of the Year Steven Anderson Volunteer of the Year Janelle Kronk Administrator of the Year Vicki Warren Leading Edge - District Softball Association of the Year Redlands Leading Edge - Club of the Year Hawks (Mackay)

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State Team Awards State Team of the Year Queensland Heat Most Valuable Players Qld Heat Brenda De Blaes QLD Patriots Ryan Merriman U19 Women Georgia Blair U19 Men Luke Thomas U17 Girls Erin Blackmore U17 Boys Michael Ludkin Players Player QLD Heat Justine Smethurst Qld Patriots Ryan Merriman U19 Women Georgia Blair U19 Men Alex Cleary U17 Girls Erin Blackmore U17 Boys Michael Ludkin

Queensland Sport Awards 2016 Finalists QLD Sport Administrator Vicki Warren QLD Sport Officiator Yvonne Kahler QLD Sport Team QLD Heat

Awards and Recognition

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Honour Roll

International Softball Hall of Fame 1999 Audrey McLaughlin A.M. - Administrator 2001 Joyce Lester O.A.M. - Player 2005 Ken Culpitt - Umpire Shane King - Player 2013 Haylea Petrie – Player Brooke Wilkins – Player Bob Crudgington – Coach 2015 Marissa Carpadios - Player

Softball Australia Hall of Fame

1985 Sandra Somerville (nee Emerson) Margaret Dodds (nee Roberts) Lorraine Woolley Audrey McLaughlin AM 2000 Joyce Lester OAM 2004 Kim Cooper Shane King Francine McRae 2005 Haylea Petrie 2006 Bob Crudgington Matt Gowty 2008 Josh Davison Sally McCreedy OAM Kathy Mitchell Brooke Wilkins 2009 Ken Culpitt 2010 Marissa Carpadios 2012 Tanya Harding Sandra Lewis (nee Allen) 2013 Kelly Hardie Terry Downes Ngaire Huston Simmone Morrow 2014 Kylie Cronk Tracey Mosley 2016 Danielle Stewart

Softball Queensland Life Members 1952 Mack Gilley* 1957 Audrey McLaughlin AM 1959 Berneice Jamieson* (nee Siggs) Bradie Noble* Dot Tanis* 1960 Eunice Coleman * (nee Loff) 1961 Peg Seery * 1962 Olive Green* 1964 Pat O’Dwyer Belle Cutts 1965 Ralph Cutts* June Spice* 1966 Margaret Dodds (ne Roberts) 1970 Margaret Luchterhand 1972 Elaine Robinson (nee Dempster) 1973 Sandra Ford (nee Wooding/Gaddes) 1975 Dale Woodforth* 1979 Kate Thomas* 1982 Brendan Holden* 1983 Heather Law OAM 1984 Pat Bumstead 1986 Betty Crocker* 1988 Margaret Reynolds 1989 Mary Verrenkamp OAM 1992 Adrienne Andrews OAM 1998 Patricia Sibraa (nee Bichel) 2001 Ngaire Huston 2002 Jenny Vanderhurk 2003 Christine Denkel 2008 Dennis Cullen John Bright 2009 Barbara Bleakley 2010 Stephen Wagner 2012 Matt Denkel 2013 Darren Sibraa

Softball Queensland Legends 2012 Mack Gilley* Audrey McLaughlin AM 2013 Joyce Lester OAM

Order of Australia Queensland Recipients 1993 Daphne Hass OAM

1997 Edna Hertrick OAM*

1999 Audrey McLaughlin AM

2000 Betty Paxton OAM

2001 Adrienne Andrews OAM

Joyce Lester OAM

Jill Hooper OAM

2004 Heather Law OAM

Mary Verrenkamp OAM

2011 Alice Cullen OAM

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Honour Roll

Softball Queensland Hall of Fame

2000 Berneice Jamieson* (nee Siggs)

Vera Campbell (nee Burke) Sandra Somerville (nee Emerson)

Margaret Dodds (nee Roberts) Lorraine Woolley Fay Smallwood

Sandra Ford (nee Woodings/Gaddes) Heather Byrnes Robyn Trewick

Leigh Muller (nee Lester) Jenny Andrews

Judy Young (nee Barden) Scott Cagney

Julie Hass (nee Reoch) Joyce Lester OAM

2001

Yvonne Johnston (nee Barber) Edna Corbett (nee Siipola)

June Horne (nee Browning) Sybil Siggs*

Lola Mavor* (nee Green) Elaine Robinson (nee Dempster)

Carolyn Crudgington (nee Gunderson)

2002 Julie Dunn

Leanne Binnie (Bichel) Kerrilyn Bichel-Hogar

Patrice Camm Neville Otto Eddie Tyson Brett Walker

2003

Kim Cooper Stephen Harding Francine McRae

2007

Shane King

2008 Kathy Mitchell Haylea Petrie

2010

Natalie Hodgskin

2011

Marissa Carpadios

2012 Tanya Harding

Sandra Lewis (nee Allen) Brooke Wilkins

2013

Terry Downes Kelly Hardie Scott Sunley

2014

Kylie Cronk Kym Tollenaere Jason Nathan

2016

Danielle Stewart

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Marketing

SQI marketing consultants, Major League Marketing (MLM), had another very busy year assisting SQI and District

Associations with promotion and marketing of the sport throughout the State.

MLM continued to focus on raising the profile of the sport through the media and social media platforms.

Queensland Heat and Patriots players were profiled in a series of ‘Softball Basics’ videos which were distributed via

SQI’s Facebook page and You Tube channel. The videos were viewed more than 1,500 times and plans are

underway for another series of clips to be filmed.

A regeneration of content and a revamped ‘look and feel’ was undertaken on the SQI website. It is important that our

website is continually monitored and updated to ensure that we remain at the cutting-edge of sport here in

Queensland. Digital content continues to grow in importance and MLM will continue to push SQI down the path of

high impact visual communication.

Six editions of the Softball Queensland e-newsletter Grand Slam were produced and distributed by MLM throughout

the year, as well as over 1,100 media releases. These media releases highlighted state teams, state championships

and national team representatives along with a range of other newsworthy announcements.

MLM have also worked with several District Associations in assisting them with their sign-on campaigns and other

associated events and marketing. This is something that we will continue to develop over the coming year, creating a

‘blueprint’ for the best way to promote the sport around the state.

MLM, on behalf of SQI, have sat on the SAL Marketing and Fundraising Committee for the past couple of years.

MLM provide feedback to SAL in relation to the progression of marketing and the promotion of the sport in

Queensland.

MLM are also assisting in the SQI Digital Integration project which is partially funded by the Queensland

Government Department of Sport and Recreation. This project will provide Softball with a ‘whole-of-sport’

perspective of how technology can positively impact every aspect of the sport.

SQI sincerely thanks Jason Greenhalgh, Rose Dobbs and Danielle Sturgess from Major League Marketing for their

patience, support and guidance during the past year and look forward to working with them to grow our sport.

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Committees & Selection Panels

AWAR D S P AN E L

Mark Jeppesen - Chair

Sub Panels Matt Gowty Val Cross

Heather Byrnes

CO M M I S S I O N E R S John Ferguson: Chief Commissioner

Yvonne Kahler: Deputy Commissioner Jodie Watson - Queensland Greg Caulley – Maryborough

Ben O’Sullivan - Mackay Fay Ison - Ipswich

Barry Broom- Ipswich Stephen Muller– Ipswich Peter Wynnam-Ipswich

Heather Daniels - Ipswich

AP P E AL S P AN E L Nil

M E M B E R P R O T E C T I O N O F F I C E R

Geraldine Allan

E V E N T M AN AG E M E N T Heather Law (Chairperson)

Jenny Vandenhurk David Casey

Alexis Hartigan Sue Nisbet

F I N AN C E & C O M M E R C E John Philp (Chairperson) (resigned February 2017)

Joan Jackson Sue Nisbet

Mark Jeppesen (Chairperson) (from February 2017)

H I G H P E R F O R M AN C E Steve Armitage (Chairperson)

(resigned February 2017) Heather Law (Chairperson) (from February

2017) Jodie Bowering

Steve Nicol Fabian Barlow Nicole Watts Sue Nisbet

S E L E C T I O N P AN E L S

Q L D HE AT & U23 W O M E N Jenny Vandenhurk (Chairperson)

Kelly Hardie Kevin Jenkins

U19 W O M E N

Jenny Vandenhurk (Chairperson) Fabian Barlow Tanya Harding

U17 G I R L S

Jenny Vandenhurk (Chairperson) Kym Tollenaere

Liz Fresser Vaughn Whitworth

Q L D P AT R I O T S & U23 M E N

Heather Law (Chairperson) Wayne Saunders

Chris Edards

U19 ME N Heather Law (Chairperson)

Steve Anderson Steve Nicol

U17 B O Y S

Fabian Barlow (Chairperson) David Metekingi

Steve Nicol

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SQI Affiliates

• Brisbane • Bundaberg • Caboolture • Far North Queensland • Gladstone • Gold Coast • Hervey Bay • Ipswich • Logan City • Mackay • Maryborough • Mount Isa • Noosa • Redcliffe • Redlands • Rockhampton • South Brisbane • Suncoast Hinterland • Toowoomba • Townsville • Wynnum

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS • Granite Belt Softball Association • Charleville Softball Association • School Sport Softball

BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE

Position Name Board Meeting

President Mark Jeppesen 6/6

Vice-President Jenny Vandenhurk 4/6

Executive Member John Philp 2/4

Board Steve Armitage 4/6

Board Jodie Bowering 4/6

Board Heather Law OAM 5/6

Board Steve Nicol 3/3

Board Alicia Northcott 6/6

Board Stephen Wagner 6/6

General Manager Sue Nisbet 6/6

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High Performance Committee

State Teams Queensland had successful national championship campaigns with the 2016 Queensland Under 23 Women, 2017 Under 19 Men and Under 17 Boy’s teams winning their respective national championship. The 2016 Under 23 Men’s team and the 2017 Queensland Heat and Patriots teams were runner’s up in closely fought grand finals. The Under 17 Girls and Under 19 Women’s teams placed 4

th and 3

rd respectively.

Fourteen (14) individual awards were won by members of the Queensland teams and twenty-nine (29) athletes were named in the Tournament All Star Teams which were announced at the completion of each championship. The results for all national championship are included further in this report. The 2017 Australian squads were selected at the completion of the 2017 national championships. Queensland achieved the goal of 30% representation in Australian Squads in the open women’s squad (7/23). In the Aussie Steelers squad 20% (6/30) are Queenslanders, Junior Spirit (U19 Women): 25% (7/28) and Junior Steelers squad (U19 Men): 23% (7/30). The achievements of the Queensland teams and individual members don’t come without a very strong commit-ment by a number of people including the coaches, managers, statisticians and in particular the player’s family and team supporters. Softball Queensland sincerely thanks all those involved for their contribution to the suc-cess of our teams. National Staff Appointments Fabian Barlow (head coach), Lisa Anderson (manager), Kelly Hardie and Kym Tollenaere (assistant coaches) were appointed to the Aussie Spirit team for the 2016 world championship, Japan Cup, World Cup of Softball and the 2017 International Down Under Series. Kevin Jenkins was appointed as assistant coach to the Australian All Star team in the2017 International Down Under Series. Maxine Cleary was the team manager for the Junior Steelers team which participated in the 2016 world champion-ship. Fabian Barlow and Joyce Lester were appointed to the Aussie Spirit selection panel and Maurice Paraha to the Junior Steelers selection panel. Australian Teams at 2016 World Championships and 2016-2017 Events Aussie Spirit finished the 2016 world championship in 10

th place but were more successful in other tournaments

placing 3rd

in 2016 World Cup of Softball and Japan Cup and were runner’s up in the 2017 International Down Under Series. Chelsea Forkin won the Batting Award at the 2017 Down Under Series and with Janice Blackman and six other members of the Aussie Spirit squad, has been invited to join the Chicago Bandits in the 2017 National Pro Fastpitch League in the USA. In 2016 Chelsea played for Dallas Charge in the pro-league. Aussie Steelers placed 4

th in the 2017 NZ Challenge Cup and the Junior Steelers finished in 6

th place at the conclu-

sion of the 2016 world championship. Softball Australia International Friendship Series – July 2016 Softball Queensland entered two development teams, Queensland Blaze (female) and Queensland Lightning (male), in the 2016 Softball Australia International Friendship Series. The series was marred by inclement weather with the final day unable to be played.

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High Performance Committee

David Metekingi and Maurice Paraha were appointed to the Australian Green and Gold teams respectively as assistant / development coaches. TID & Battery Camp The State talent identification and development camp was held on 28/29 May 2017 at Redcliffe. One hundred and twenty-two invitations were sent with seventy-four accepted. It is pleasing to note that the number of District Association coaches taking up the invitation to attend has increased.

Acknowledgments Softball Queensland acknowledges the continued support of the Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS). The QAS increased their investment in 2017 as a result of the re-instatement of softball in the 2020 Olympic Games. The SQ women’s elite athlete program receives a range of health services as well as specialised strength and conditioning training as they prepare for national and international competitions. Queensland Heat were supported by a range of sponsors in their national championship campaign. SQI sincerely thanks the following supporters.

Blaze Players: Mikayla Facer Shinai Gibbins Kayla Hancox Brianna McLeod Tayla Reid Carly Schulz Monique Smith Isabelle Starkey Brooke Stewart Jessica Sullivan Dorinda Stone Tori Taylor Gracen Walk Tiffany Zuch Officials Manager/Scorer: Deb Clarke Head Coach: Joyce Lester Assistant Coach: Liz Fresser

Lightning Players: Tate Clark Zachery Erlandson Connor Evers Brock Finlay Parnell Hamilton Cayden Love Devontah Raumati Tyler Roberts Thomas Rutherford Lewis Schefe Joshua Sheehan Owen Thompson Lincoln Walk Mitchell Ward Officials Manager/Scorer: Deb Opie Head Coach: Matthew Chapman Assistant Coach: Mitchell Crawford

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Scoring Technical Directorate

COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Matt Denkel (State Director - Ipswich); Val Cross (Mackay); Christine Denkel (Ipswich); Kirsty Andrews (Hervey Bay); Chris Bailey (Brisbane); Leanne Harvey (Bundaberg) and Christine Jacka (Brisbane) - seconded. This remains a good balance between the South-East corner and regional DA’s. MONTHLY MEETINGS: Meetings were held on the second Thursday of the month by teleconference. The Committee endeavours to have face to face meetings whenever the opportunity arises e.g. all in one place at State or National Championships, Forums etc. Sometimes it is necessary to work around commitments of committee members and this is accomplished through the cooperation of all. ANNUAL COMBINED FORUM: From the feedback received we believe that the scoring component of last year’s Forum was successful. As with last year our first session included a feedback session as to what delegates would like to see discussed along with our current agenda. The information that came from this session provided additional topics that overflowed our agenda. A mini “Train the Trainer” session was conducted on the Saturday afternoon using two of our attendees as ‘students’. Congratulations to our lecturers whose efforts resulted in two new level one scorers. The rules session with Darren Sibraa was beneficial to all; not as many questions for him this year so possibly more scorers are becoming aware of the benefits of knowing the rules. With the spread of levels and experience of delegates we strive to find a common ground where they feel that they are contributing, to as well as benefiting from, the event. While we stress throughout the weekend that the information the attendees receive is for their district association and not just their own personal use, it is disappointing that we still find that not all the information is passed on. STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS: Once again SQI sent a scoring representative to each State Championship. The role of the scoring representative now encompasses having results uploaded to the Queensland website, along with the usual duties of results, examinations if necessary and being available for those scorers who may require assistance. The role provides an opportunity for scorers to readily access experiences personnel.

Scorers Providing Statistics and Play-by-Plays at State Championships: It has been discussed that statistics at State Championships could be graded into the different levels of competition and what is required by the selectors. U15’s requirements differ to information required for the other age groups. A review of this will be undertaken and discussed with the coaching/selecting fraternity. Many thanks must go to the volunteers who officially score the finals at these events so that play-by-plays can go to air.

CHAMPIONSHIP REPRESENTATIVE

U15 Girls Matt Denkel

U15 Boys Fiona Goffer

SQ Masters Chris Bailey

Open Women Joy Leach with Leanne Harvey (trainee)

U17 Girls Chris Bailey

U17 Boys Debbie Carey

U19 Women Chris Bailey

U19 Men

Open Men Val Cross

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CLINICS: Not as many clinics were conducted this year. We will work towards improving this situation over the next 12 months. A Level 4 clinic was conducted in Brisbane but to-date there have been no successful candidates. EXAMINATIONS: Successful candidates who have completed their assessments: Reaccreditation: NEWSLETTERS: Val Cross has once again edited our newsletter which is still widely distributed. Ill health this year has seen a decrease in the number of publications. We thank her for persisting with this onerous task. Papua New Guinea still maintains regular contact with Val on matters relating to scoring as well as other topics of interest. As usual Val is always on the lookout for topics of interest and the Committee urges District Associations to forward any items and/or photographs that may be of interest to the wider scoring community. WEBSITE and FACEBOOK PAGE: Christine Jacka always manages to have photos posted to the page and the ‘oldie’ photos always bring comments. Our Website and Facebook page still require a large amount of work to bring them up to where we would like to see them. NATIONAL EVENTS & QUALITY ASSESSMENT: Sean Francis and Fiona Goffer were also appointed as official statisticians in NSW and ACT. State and Development Team appointments were:

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

Angie McDonald Robyn Branwell Kylie Bruce Wendy Harries

Annette Cuzens Bronwyn Rohde Mark Sullivan Deb Moloney

Carrie Tewain Ricki Bochow Tracey Skegg

Lynda Melville Lydia Ann-Oldham Rodney Murphy

Sharon Light Kirra James Peter Collie

Tracey Rhys Dylan Martin

Leanne Martin Jonathon Herekioha

Peter Collie

Jess Martin

Angela Love

Sarah Martin

Denise Veitch

Cassie Rutland-Adlam

Lydia-Ann Oldham

Shelley Mackenzie

Bronwyn Pitt

Cheryl Finlay

Level 3 Level 4

Susan Clark - Redcliffe Bruce Challenor - Caboolture

Jean Cameron - Toowoomba Sean Francis - Redlands

Age Group Female Teams Male Teams

Under 15 Rachael Needham – Level 3 Deb Moloney - Level 4

Kim North – Level 3 Wendy Harries – Level 3

U17 Krystle Fullelove – Level 4 Georgia Fergusson – Level 3 Debbie Opie – Level 4 - Withdrew

U19 Kirsty Andrews – Level 4 Christine Denkel – Level 4

U23 Leanne Harvey Debbie Carey - Level 4

Open Chris Bailey – Level 4 Sean Francis – Level 4

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Official Statisticians at the U19 Men & U15 Boys National Tournaments: Ngaire Huston continues in her role as National Director and as head of Quality Assessment once again has been checking all games scored at national events.

DATABASE and ACCREDITTION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Thank you to Nicole Watts who has worked tirelessly on establishing a workable database. Just when we through we were nearly there, NOAS is changing and this will impact the database once again. GENERAL: The Scoring Committee is very open to having individual scorers or even district associations contact us with any issues they may have or seeking clarification of a scoring scenario. This is hopefully going to be encouraged by setting up our technology areas with a question and answer section. Each delegate at the Forum is given a list of committee members with their contact details and we urge people to make use of these. I would like to take this opportunity to encourage all district associations to nominate their statisticians / scorers for the awards that are offered by Softball Queensland. There are many volunteers within your associations who give of their time freely and it would be nice to acknowledge their efforts. Once again thank you to Softball Queensland for allowing me to lead our evolving and enthusiastic group of dedicated statisticians. Matt Denkel

Chief Statistician

Official Statisticians

Chris Bailey Matt Denkel Narelle Donald Kellie Pengelly

Web Reporting Ngaire Huston Valerie Horne Deb Moloney

Leanne Harvey Bruce Challenor Sean Francis Karren Plain (NSW)

Fiona Goffer Raymond Warwick

Anne-Maree Reichler

Roslyn Caldwell

Kellie Pengelly Georgia Fergusson

Debbie Carey Fiona Goffer

Tricia Sibraa Chris Roberts

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Umpiring Technical Directorate

UMPIRING COMMITTEE 2016 – 2017 State Director: Darren Sibraa Administration: Patricia Sibraa Development: Graeme Love State Championships: Ron Yardley Events: David Casey Communication: Dale Kaimoana UMPIRE OFFICIALS – STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS / TOURNAMENTS 2016 Queensland Cup & Open men TCU Patricia Sibraa Assessors Darren Sibraa David Casey 2016 Softball Queensland Masters TCU Patricia Sibraa DTCUs Darren Sibraa

Jamie Harries Ron Yardley

2016 Under 17 boys TCU Graeme Love Assessors Stephen Gutteridge Dale Kaimoana Jamie Harries 2017 Under 15 boys (postponed) TCU Darren Sibraa Assessors Jamie Harries Janelle Hicks Trainee Assessor Neville Baggow 2017 Queensland Secondary Schoolboys Championships TCU Alan Walsh Assessors Jamie Harries Mark Toft 2016 Qld Primary Schoolboys Finals TCU Mark Toft

2016 Queensland Cup & Open women TCU Patricia Sibraa Assessors Yvonne Kahler Janelle Hicks

2016 Combined Under 19 men and women TCU Patricia Sibraa Assessors Helen Strauss Dale Kaimoana Alan Walsh 2017 Under 17 girls TCU Yvonne Kahler Assessors Darren Sibraa Ron Yardley

2017 Under 15 girls (postponed) TCU Dale Kaimoana Assessors David Casey Ron Yardley 2017 Queensland Secondary Schoolgirls Championships TCU Darren Sibraa Assessors David Casey 2016 Qld Primary Schoolgirls TCU Ron Yardley 2016 Golden Gloves Challenge TCU Ron Yardley

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FINALS ALLOCATIONS 2016 Qld Cup & Open men Queensland Cup (P) Dale Kaimoana (1) David Casey (2) Alan Walsh (3) Darren Sibraa Open Men (P) Norelle Thomas (1) Kylie Knight (3) Michael Leach President Cup (P) Brian Macpherson (1) Jo Voltz (3) Kiri Scott 2016 Qld Cup & Open women Queensland Cup (P) Janelle Hicks (1) Dale Kaimoana (3) Jamie Harries Qld Championship (P) Kylie Knight (1) Claire Lack (3) Coady Ramsden President Cup (P) Alan Walsh (1) Brian Macpherson (3) Aaron Robertson 2016 U/19 men Qld Championship (P) David Casey (1) Dale Kaimoana (2) Alan Walsh (3) Graeme Love President’s Cup (P) Sam Bent (1) Coady Ramsden (3) Brian Macpherson 2016 U/19 women Qld Championship (P) Janelle Hicks (1) Stephen Gutteridge (2) Jamie Harries (3) Norelle Thomas President’s Cup (P) Adrian Ralph (1) Claire Lack (3) Kylie Knight 2016 U/17 boys Qld Championship (P) Neville Baggow (1) Dale Kaimoana (3) Tamara Muller President’s Cup (P) Mick Gorman (1) Jeffrey Biffin (3) Sue Lamb

2016 U/17 girls Qld Championship (P) Aaron Robertson (1) Ron Trow (3) Steve Bickerton President’s Cup (P) Ian Goodman (1) Breanna O’Connor (3) Callum Thiess 2017 U/15 boys (This tournament was postponed until 26-28 May) 2017 U/15 girls (This tournament was postponed until 2-4 June) 2016 South Brisbane Club Classic Final (P) David Casey (1) Yvonne Kahler (2) Janelle Hicks (3) Jamie Harries 2016 “The Switch” Moneyball tournament Final (P) Darren Sibraa (1) David Casey (2) Alan Walsh (3) Dale Kaimoana 2016 Softball Queensland Masters Men’s Division 1 (P) Dale Kaimoana (1) David Casey Men’s Division 2 (P) Alan Walsh (1) Norelle Thomas Men’s Division 3 (P) Robin Griffiths (1) Coady Ramsden Men’s Division 4 (P) Ron Trow (1) Jodie Boustead Men’s Division 5 (P) Danny Griffiths (1) Yoshi Nishikawa Men’s Division 6 (P) Les Crump (1) Cayden Love Women’s Division 1 (P) Ian Goodman (1) Jessica Rooke (3) Kiri Scott Women’s Division 2 (P) Claire Lack (1) Lailani Shepherd (3) Breanna O’Connor Women’s Division 3 (P) Maria Caterson (1) Katelyn Bell Women’s Division 4 (P) Callum Turner (1) Tony Turner Women’s Division 5 (P) Tamara Muller (1) Will Brennan Women’s Division 6 (P) Nikita Ireland (1) Callum Thiess Women’s Division 7 (P) Chloe Matthews (1) Brooke Stewart Women’s Division 8 (P) Erin Blackmore (1) Marita Abell Women’s Division 9 (P) Sarah Caterson (1) Kira Abell Women’s Division 10 (P) Sarah Rodgers (1) Tameika Whitefield Women’s Division 11 (P) Steve Durrington (1) Kayla Hancox Women’s Division 12 (P) Dakota Watson (1) Byron Humble Women’s Division 13 (P) Sam Allen (1) Luke Bertwhistle Women’s Division 14 (P) Trevor Caunt (1) Ethel Walpole


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UMPIRES AT STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS / TOURNAMENTS Level 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Total 2016 Qld Cup/Open men 1 1 4 3 10 4 1 - 24 2016 Qld Cup/Open women 1 1 4 2 2 6 2 - 18 2016 Masters 1 1 3 3 4 8 24 61 105 2016 Combined U19 men & women 1 1 7 4 10 3 1 - 27 2016 U17 boys - - 2 2 1 2 5 2 14 2016 U17 girls 1 - 2 1 3 1 4 3 15 PRACTICAL EXAMINATIONS SINCE THE LAST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING State examinations were carried out at: Level 4 - Queensland Cup and State Under 19 Championships Level 3 - State Under 17 Championships Level 2 - State Under 17 and Under 15 Championships and Qld School Championships Level Candidates Pass 6 1 1 5 1 - 4 5 5 3 5 5 2 9 9


Successful Candidates

Level 6: Dale Kaimoana (Hervey Bay) Level 4: Steve Bickerton (Brisbane) Maria Caterson (Redlands) Claire Lack (Brisbane) Coady Ramsden (Ipswich) Aaron Robertson (Toowoomba)

Level 3: Tamara Muller (Ipswich) Breanna O’Connor (Caboolture) Lailani Shepherd (Redlands) Callum Thiess (Caboolture) Tony Turner (Redlands) Sandra Wilson (Redcliffe)

Level 2: Joel Bochow (Redlands) Will Brennan (Redcliffe) Kylie Bruce (Brisbane) Rohan Doherty (Toowoomba) Steven Durrington (Ipswich) Vanessa Fantin (FNQ) Bayden Grieve (FNQ) Katrina Nicholson (Redcliffe) Sandra Wilson (Redcliffe)

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UMPIRE OFFICIALS – NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS / TOURNAMENTS 2017 Open men – Hawker, ACT Patricia Sibraa - TCU Darren Sibraa – Assessor David Casey 2017 Open Women & U17 girls combined – Blacktown, NSW Stephen Gutteridge U17 Championship game - Plate Janelle Hicks U17 Championship game – 2

nd base

Dale Kaimoana Kylie Knight Norelle Thomas U17 Championship game – 1

st base

Breanna O’Connor Callum Thiess 2017 U19 men & U15 boys– Redlands, Qld Darren Sibraa TCU U19 David Casey Stephen Gutteridge Jamie Harries Alan Walsh Yvonne Kahler Assessor U15 Mark Toft Umpire Team Manager U15 Neville Baggow U15 Championship game – 2

nd base

Lochie Martin Breanna O’Connor U15 Championship game – 1

st base

Aaron Robertson Lailani Shepherd 2017 U19 women & U15 girls – Mirrabooka, WA Norelle Thomas U19 Championship game – 2

nd base

Ron Trow U19 Championship game – 1st base

Dale Kaimoana Assessor U15 Dell Bellchambers 2017 Under 17 boys – Hawker, ACT Neville Baggow Jamie Harries Aaron Robertson Alan Walsh UMPIRE OFFICIALS – INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS / TOURNAMENTS 2016 European Men’s Championship – Italy David Casey Championship game – 2

nd base

NEWSLETTER The Committee submits articles relating to umpiring in Queensland to “Blues News On-Line (BNOL)”. This publication has a wide audience base and is available by email, although they can also be sourced through resource gallery on the umpiring website. DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS/CLINICS/APPOINTMENTS Basic Clinics A number of District Associations conducted internal clinics. Once again, few requests were received to conduct Basic clinics. This area received continued attention during the 2016 forum, and has become a greater focus with the Committee.


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Relationship with Education Queensland The positive relationship between SQI and School Sports continues to be reinforced through the structured umpiring pathway that has been developed. SQI’s Umpiring Directorate has provided management crews to state finals of school competition and has again conducted assessment of candidates at these events. Maddison Needham and Katelyn Bell were appointed to the National Schools Exchange in Geelong during November, 2016. International appointments Queensland has been well represented in the last year with a number of umpires being selected for international ap-pointments: David Casey was appointed to the 2016 Men’s European Championship in Italy, in June, and appointed 2

nd base on

the Championship final. Patricia Sibraa is a member of the ISF Rules Standing Committee. Darren Sibraa is a member of the ISF Rules Commission.

National commitments Queensland umpires are involved in the development of the sport through their respective roles with SAL Patricia Sibraa

National Umpire in Chief and NUIC – Communications Member of SAL Events and Technical Working Committee

Darren Sibraa

Presenter at the 2017 WBSC Development Squad Clinic

2016 COMBINED TECHNICAL DIRECTORATE FORUM The annual umpire’s forum was held on July 9-10, 2016 as part of the Combined Technical Directorate Forum. During the forum all softball Directorates, Umpiring, Coaching and Scoring, were able to attend a combined session that covered several generic topics. The forum also provided the first opportunity to announce the 2016 Umpiring Award winners to their peers. The re-cipients were: Patricia Bichel Senior Umpire of the Year – Darren Sibraa; SQI Junior Umpire of the Year – Lailani Shepherd; and SQI District Association Development Award – Ipswich Softball Association. A range of topics were covered throughout the forum, including District Association Coordinator responsibilities, com-munication, umpire accreditation and development, exam analysis, state championship responsibilities, and presen-tation of district association reports. Coordinators were also reminded to notify the SDU when there were changes to their roles at the district associa-tions. All delegates were reminded of the requirement to share the forum material with their respective District Asso-ciations. IN CONCLUSION I would like to congratulate all those District Associations that have implemented training programs and conducted clinics within their own association. The Queensland Umpiring Committee continues to work extremely hard, and I thank them for their continued support. Darren Sibraa Queensland Director of Umpiring

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2017 Nox Bailey Shield & U15 Regional

Championships

Softball Australia awarded Softball Queensland the honour of hosting the 2017 Nox Bailey Shield(Under 19 Men) combined with the Australian Under 15 Boys Regional Championship. Five states participated in the Nox Bailey Shield competition and eight in the Under 15 Regional Championship which was held at Redlands Softball Association. Softball Queensland acknowledges the commitment Redlands Softball gave to delivering an event of the highest standard. Softball Australia, the participating teams and their supporters praised Redlands Softball on the quality of their facility, the way their volunteers made everyone feel welcome and for creating a warm, friendly environment for all to enjoy the Championship. The perfect Queensland sunshine put a glow over the venue that is hard to match an-ywhere in Australia. Redlands, together with the fantastic SQI volunteers and staff made this Championship one of the most successful national events held. Whilst the competition was fierce, the camaraderie and willingness to help each other made for a very happy and fulfilling experience. Thank you to everyone involved in this event.

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State Championships Results

Open Women’s State Championships Host: Redlands Date: 2nd-4th September 2016 SQI Representative: Geraldine Allen Queensland Cup Winner: Redlands Green Runners Up: Brisbane Red Best Defensive Team: Brisbane Red Open State Championship Winner: Redcliffe Runners Up: Redlands Red Country Champions: Far North QLD President’s Cup Winner: Brisbane White

Open Men’s Host: Toowoomba Date: 14th-16th October 2016 SQI Representative: Matt Gowty Queensland Cup Winner: Redlands Green Runners Up: Wynnum Best Defensive Team: Redlands Green Open State Championship Winner: Caboolture Runners Up: Brisbane President’s Cup Winner: Logan 2

Final Positions

Redlands Red Brisbane Red Far North QLD

Gold Coast Redcliffe

Redlands Red Wynnum A

Toowoomba Brisbane White

Ipswich Rockhampton

Bundaberg/Logan

Final Positions

Redlands Green Wynnum

Toowoomba Rockhampton

Redcliffe Redlands Red

Caboolture Brisbane Mackay Ipswich

Gladstone Bundaberg

Logan 2 Logan 1

Toowoomba 2 Rockhampton 2

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U19 Women’s State Championships Host: Redcliffe Date: 30th-2nd October 2016 SQI Representative: Leon Leach State Championship Winner: Redlands Runners Up: FNQ/Noosa/Mackay Best Defensive Team: Redlands Country Champions: FNQ/Noosa/Mackay President’s Cup Winner: Redcliffe

U19 Men’s State Championships Host: Redcliffe Date: 30th-2nd October 2016 SQI Representative: Leon Leach State Championship Winner: Redlands Runners Up: Redcliffe Best Defensive Team: Redlands President’s Cup Winner: Ipswich

Final Positions

Redlands FNQ/Noosa/Mackay

Caboolture Redcliffe Brisbane Wynnum

Toowoomba Rockhampton

Ipswich

Final Positions

Redlands Redcliffe

Gladstone Toowoomba

Ipswich Bundaberg/Maryborough

Caboolture

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U17 Girls’ State Championships Host: Brisbane Date: 17th-19th September 2016 SQI Representative: Heather Law State Championship Winner: Caboolture Runners Up: Redcliffe Best Defensive Team: Caboolture Country Champions: Mackay/FNQ/Noosa President’s Cup Winner: Mackay/FNQ/Noosa

U17 Boys’ State Championships Host: Mackay Date: 17th-19th September 2016 SQI Representative: Val Cross State Championship Winner: Logan City Runners Up: Caboolture President’s Cup Winner: Gladstone

Final Positions

Caboolture Redcliffe Brisbane

Mackay/FNQ/Noosa Redlands Wynnum

Logan Toowoomba

Ipswich

Final Positions

Logan City New Zealand (invitational team)

Caboolture Redlands

Rockhampton Redcliffe

Gladstone Mackay

Toowoomba Bundaberg/Hervey Bay/Maryborough

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U15 Girls’ State Championships Host: Ipswich Date: 8th-10th April 2016 SQI Representative: Daphne Bickle State Championship Winner: Brisbane Red Runners Up: Redlands Best Defensive Team: Brisbane Red Country Champions: Townsville President’s Cup Winner: Caboolture

U15 Boys’ State Championships Host: Rockhampton Date: 8th-10th April 2016 SQI Representative: Leon leach State Championship Winner: Gladstone Runners Up: Redlands Best Defensive Team: Redlands Most improved Team: Mt Isa/Logan President’s Cup Winner: Toowoomba

Final Positions

Brisbane Red Redlands Townsville

Ipswich Caboolture

Rockhampton Redcliffe

Maryborough Bundaberg

Suncoast/Logan Gladstone

Brisbane White Toowoomba

Final Positions

Gladstone Redlands

Mt Isa/Logan Noosa/Suncoast

Toowoomba Bundaberg

Ipswich Redcliffe

Rockhampton Hervey Bay Caboolture

Maryborough Brisbane

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State Teams

QUEENSLAND HEAT

Gilley’s Shield 2nd-8th January 2017

Host State: New South Wales

Players Officials

Janice Blackman Brooke McNamara Deb Clarke - Manager

Georgia Blair Jessica Torpey Fabian Barlow—Head Coach

Eva Carless Justine Smethurst Joyce Lester—Assistant Coach

Rebecca Chapman Carmelle Sorensen Kelly Hardie—Assistant Coach

Chelsea Forkin Tara Speakman Chris Bailey—Statistician

Alexandra Forsyth Dorinda Stone

Sandra Holden Erin Thras

Rebecca McEachern Tamieka Whitefield

Results

1. NSW Firestars 2. Queensland 3. WA Flames 4. ACT Diamonds 5. SA Starz 6. VIC Titans

Individual Winners All Tournament Team

Best Batter Stacey Porter (NSW) Pitcher Justine Smethurst (QLD)

Best Pitcher Justine Smethurst (QLD) Catcher Carmelle Sorensen (QLD)

Most Valuable Player

Chelsea Forkin (QLD) 1st base Simone Freeman (NSW)

Player of the Grand Final

Kaia Parnaby (NSW) 2nd Base Jordan Lambert (SA)

Rookie of the year Tahli Moore (NSW) 3rd Base Stacey Porter (NSW)

Shortstop Stacey McManus (NSW)

Outfielders Chelsea Forkin (QLD) Sam Poole (NSW)

Janice Blackman (QLD)

Designated Player

Bree Wanke (VIC)

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State Teams

QUEENSLAND Patriots

John Reid Shield 9th-14th January 2017

Host State: ACT

Players Officials

Joshua Del Simone Jarred Pickup Matt Denkel - Team Manager

Jourdyn Hollands Tyrell Priestley Wayne Saunders—Head Coach

Julian Jemmott James Purcell Chris Edards—Assistant Coach

Ethan Johnston Jacob Rooke Sean Francis—Statistician

Danny Kronk Luke VandeGriendt

Marshall Kronk Josh Wagner

Jason Nathan Jonathan Wall

Adam Pearce

Results

1. ACT 89ers 2. Queensland Patriots 3. New South Wales 4. Victoria 5. WA Western Blaze 6. South Australia


Best Batter Hayden Mathews (NSW) Pitcher Harri Peters (NSW)

Best Pitcher Harri Peters (NSW) Catcher David Edwards (NSW)


Hayden Mathews (NSW)

1st base Aaron Cockman (WA)


Andrew Kirkpatrick (ACT) 2nd Base Brendon O’Byrne (WA)

Rookie of the year Dayle Child (SA) 3rd Base George Psimaris (VIC)

Shortstop Julian Jemmott (QLD)

Outfielders Hayden Mathews (NSW) Zenon Winters (ACT) Jamie Sheehan (ACT)

Designated Player

Josh McGovern (ACT)

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State Teams

QUEENSLAND U23 Women’s

Joyce Lester Shield 20-23rd July 2016

Host State: New South Wales

Players Officials

Eva Carless Charisma Kerr Tracey Pollock-Team Manager

Rebecca Chapman Jasmin Lucas Kevin Jenkins - Head Coach

Laura Coulter Rebecca McDonnell Vaughan Whitworth - Assistant Coach

Stephanie Curtis Rebecca McEachern Raelene Crook - Statistician

Paige Delacour Danielle Opperman

Jessica Donnelly Alisha Prybyszczuk

Alexandra Forsyth Samantha Robin

Samantha Hodgman Dorinda Stone


Best Batter Rebecca McDonnell (QLD)

Pitcher Tania Puketapu (VIC)

Best Pitcher Tania Puketapu (VIC) Catcher Sarah Beales (VIC)


Paige Delacour (QLD) 1st base Jordyn Christensen (NSW)


Rebecca McEachern (QLD)

2nd Base Michaela McLennan (NSW)

3rd Base Bianca Worth (NSW)

Shortstop Alisha Prybyszczuk (QLD)

Outfielders Alexandra Forsyth (QLD) Linley Somerville (NSW) Paige Delacour (QLD)

Designated Player

Rebecca McDonnell (QLD)

Results

1. Queensland 2. NSW 3. USA Combined Colleges 4. VIC 5. West Java Softball

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QUEENSLAND U23 Men’s

Laing Harrow Shield

20-23rd July 2016 Host State: New South Wales

State Teams

Players Officials

Issac Caloiero Smith Jourdyn Hollands Sandra Edmondson –Team Manager

Conor Cronin Jeremy Jemmott Steven Anderson - Head Coach

Nicholas Davis Jayson Morgan Chris Edards - Assistant Coach

Joshua Del Simone Julian Scott-Davies Debbie Opie - Statistician

Brandon Goffer Rhys Shelley

Shannon Goffer Karlos Waller-Allen


Best Batter Hayden Matthews (NSW) Pitcher Nathan Dickinson (NSW)

Best Pitcher Nathan Dickinson (NSW) Catcher Rhys Shelley (QLD)


Rhys Shelley (QLD) 1st base Jeremy Jemmott (QLD)


Leigh Halpine (NSW) 2nd Base Angus Johnson (NSW)

3rd Base Julian Scott-Davies (QLD)

Shortstop Matthew Beckett (WA)

Outfielders Conor Cronin (QLD) Shannon Goffer (QLD)

Leigh Halpine (NSW)

Designated Player

Hayden Matthews (NSW)

Results

1. NSW 2. Queensland 3. Western Australia 4. East Kalimantan SA

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State Teams

QUEENSLAND U19 Women’s

Elinor McKenzie Shield

15-21 January 2017 Host State: WA

Players Officials

Erin Blackmore Isabelle Starkey Rhegan Rohweder –Team Manager

Phoebe Collins Jessica Sullivan Tanya Harding - Head Coach

Madison Falcon-Green Tori Taylor Liz Fresser - Assistant Coach

Shinai Gibbons Tegan Trindle Tara Speakman - Assistant Coach

Rhiannon Kemp Tia Waters Kirsty Andrews - Statistician

Rachel Kraak Dakota Watson

Moe Kurihara Tamieka Whitefield

Carly Schulz Tiffany Zuch


Best Batter Maddison Smith (NSW) Pitcher Gabrielle Plain (NSW)

Best Pitcher Gabrielle Plain (NSW) Catcher Maddison Smith (NSW)


Tiffany Zuch (QLD) 1st base Tiffany Zuch (QLD)


Gabrielle Plain (NSW) 2nd Base Chloe Holman (NSW)

3rd Base Brianna Trim (NSW)

Shortstop Tamieka Whitefield (QLD)

Outfielders Sara Riou (WA) Rhiannon Kemp (QLD) Shannon Keevers (NSW)

Designated Player

Gemma Hamilton (VIC)

Results 1. NSW 2. SA 3. Queensland 4. VIC 5. ACT 6. WA

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State Teams

QUEENSLAND U19 Men’s

Nox Bailey Shield

15-21 January 2017 Host State: Queensland

Players Officials

Issac Caloiero Smith Julian Scott-Davies Deb Prouten –Team Manager

Brock Finlay Keenan Smith Steven Anderson - Head Coach

Shannon Goffer Rsychan Thompson Steve Wagner - Assistant Coach

Joshua Harding Owen Thompson Damien Nairn - Assistant Coach

Michael Ludkin Mitchell Ward Christine Denkel - Statistician

Grant McPherson Jeremy Waters

Layton Reid Mitchell Woodworth


Best Batter Jeremy Waters (QLD) Pitcher Layton Reid (QLD)

Best Pitcher Layton Reid (QLD) Catcher Jack Burt (WA)


Josh Bond (NSW) 1st base Shaun Lanaghan (NSW)


Layton Reid (QLD) 2nd Base Blake Jackson (NSW)

3rd Base Julian Scott-Davies (QLD)

Shortstop Jeremy Waters (QLD)

Outfielders Rsychan Thompson (QLD)

Josh Bond (NSW) Samuel Reale (VIC)

Designated Player

Brock Finlay (QLD)

Results

1. Queensland 2. NSW 3. ACT 4. VIC 5. WA

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State Teams

QUEENSLAND U17 Girls’

Esther Deason Shield

2-8 January 2017 Host State: NSW

Players Officials

Tahlia Anderson Jacquelyn O’Connor Rosemary Harm –Team Manager

Riordan Bradley Jemma Punch Kym Tollenaere - Head Coach

Bree-Anna Butler Monique Smith Tracey Freeman - Assistant Coach

Mikayla Facer Brooke Stewart Matt Torpey - Assistant Coach

Shinai Gibbons Jessica Sullivan Krystal Fullelove - Statistician

Madisun Graham Madison Tough

Kayla Hancox Kayla Waller

Nikita Ireland Shania Watson


Best Batter Shaylan Whatman (NSW) Pitcher Jorja Barrett (NSW)

Best Pitcher Jorja Barrett (NSW) Catcher Faith Pickard (VIC)


Monique Smith (QLD) 1st base Madisun Graham (QLD)


Jenna Trim (NSW) 2nd Base Shania Watson (QLD)

3rd Base Shaylan Whatman (NSW)

Shortstop Olivia Kuzminski (WA)

Outfielders Monique Smith (QLD) Georgia Reynolds (VIC) Lahynee Kearnes (ACT)

Designated Player

Georgia Hood (SA)

Results

1. NSW 2. SA 3. VIC 4. Queensland 5. WA 6. ACT

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State Teams

QUEENSLAND U17 Boys’

Arthur Allsopp Shield

2-7 January 2017 Host State: ACT

Players Officials

Liam Anderson Thomas Rutherford Geraldine Allan - Team Manager

Bryce Burn Rhys Shelley David Metekingi - Head Coach

Zachery Erlandson Keenan Smith Matthew Chapman - Assistant Coach

Riley James William Todd Maurice Paraha - Assistant Coach

Cayden Love Ryschan Thompson Georgia Fergusson - Statistician

Riley Murrihy Sheldon Waller

Devontah Raumati Jeremy Waters

Layton Reid Cameron White


Best Batter Jarred Garland (NSW) Pitcher Layton Reid (QLD

Best Pitcher Layton Reid (QLD Catcher Rhys Shelley (QLD)


Sheldon Waller (QLD) 1st base Cameron Henderson (NSW)


Layton Reid (QLD 2nd Base Jarred Garland (NSW)

3rd Base Kyle Doherty (ACT)

Shortstop Jeremy Waters (QLD)

Outfielders Dylan Hopgood (SA) Cody Rodwell (VIC)

Kingsley Dawson (WA)

Designated Player

Sheldon Waller (QLD)

Results

1. Queensland 2. NSW 3. ACT 4. SA 5. WA 6. VIC

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SQI U15 Regional Academy Teams

Anne Vogler - Team Coordinator Fabian Barlow –Mentor Coach

Flame

Fire

Results 1. NSW Metro Green 2. NSW Metro Orange 3. SA Red 4. WA Gold 5. Qld Flames 6. SA Blue 7. Qld Fire 8. Victoria 9. NSW Country Gold 10. WA White 11. ACT Development

Players Officials

Tanaya Calver-Malaschevsky Jemma Payne Tonya Graham - Team Manager

Sophie Chittenden Hirari Kurihara Maria Caterson - Head Coach

Natalie Davies Leah Moores Olivia MacGinley - Assistant Coach

Bronita Dunn Savannah Ritter Deb Moloney - Statistician

Claire Durrington Cassie Rutland-Adlam

Danielle Fulton Samantha Sullivan

Tanika Harris Kiarra Watson

Players Officials

Tiahna Aiga Stephanie Lowe Rebecca Ireland –Team Manager

Lydiah Ballinger Paige Marek Michelle Waller - Head Coach

Isabelle de Looze Annamonet Massey Tayla Jackson - Assistant Coach

Tayla Dunn Tyeena Pang Rachael Needham - Statistician

Tahlee Durelli Jessica Rohde

Amaya Foxover Ella Smith

Leita Green Josephine Watson

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U15 Regional Academy Teams

Lexie Pearce -Team Coordinator

Storm

Thunder

Results 1. Qld Storm 2. Qld Thunder 3. NSW Metro Orange 4. NSW Metro Green 5. Victoria 6. NSW Country Gold 7. WA Development 8. ACT Development

Players Officials

Aiden Blackmore Todd McClure Jill Codd - Team Manager

Reilly Cole Travis Mills Jayke Reynolds - Head Coach

James Fanning Pierce Moss Selena Knott - Assistant Coach

Jake Gehrmann Nicholas Murphy Kim North - Statistician

Ethan Horne Max Spencer

Riley James Callum Turner Daniel Ludkin Caleb Vandegriendt

Players Officials

Joshua Ferguson Riley O’Byrne Kerri O’Brien –Team Manager

Nicholas Gehrmann Patrick O’Neall Mitchell Crawford - Head Coach

Hayden Gillett TeUrewera Potini Sheryl Preston - Assistant Coach

Byron Humble Joshua Routledge Wendy Harries - Statistician

Sam Levi Charles Schefe

Kynan Molander Harrison Smythe Slade North Lincoln Walk

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Australian Representation

2016 World Championship 15 – 24 July 2016 Surrey, British Columbia, Canada Janice Blackman Georgia Blair Brenda De Blaes Chelsea Forkin Jocelyn McCallum Justine Smethurst Carmelle Sorensen Erin Thras Jade Wall Reserve - Sandra Holden 2016 World Cup of Softball 5 – 10 July 2016 Oklahoma City, USA Janice Blackman Georgia Blair Brenda De Blaes Chelsea Forkin Sandra Holden Jocelyn McCallum Justine Smethurst Carmelle Sorensen Erin Thras Jade Wall 2016 Japan Cup 2 – 4 September, 2016 Takasaki, Japan Janice Blackman Georgia Blair (withdrew) Sandra Holden Carmelle Sorensen Tara Speakman Erin Thras Reserve- Jocelyn McCallum

2017 Aussie Spirit Squad Janice Blackman Chelsea Forkin Sandra Holden Justine Smethurst Carmelle Sorensen Erin Thras Jessica Torpey TID Squad Georgia Blair Tara Speakman Dorinda Stone International Down Under Series 9 – 12 February, 2017 Sydney Aussie Spirit Team Janice Blackman Chelsea Forkin Carmelle Sorensen Erin Thras Tamieka Whitefield Australian All Star Team Alexandra Forsyth Rhiannon Kemp Brooke McNamara Tara Speakman Dorinda Stone Jessica Torpey Tia Waters 2017 Toyota Cup 6 – 9 April, 2017 Japan Janice Blackman Chelsea Forkin Carmelle Sorensen Erin Thras

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Australian Representation

NZ Challenge Cup 8-12 February 2017 Auckland, New Zealand Shaun Goffer Julian Jemmott Marshall Kronk Ryan Merriman Tyrell Priestly 2017 Aussie Steelers Squad Shaun Goffer Julian Jemmott Marshall Kronk Ryan Merriman Tyrell Priestly Layton Reid

2017 Junior Spirit Squad Shinai Gibbins Rhiannon Kemp Rachel Kraak Tegan Trindle Tia Waters Tamieka Whitefield Tiffany Zuch

2016 World Championship 24 – 30 July 2016 Midland, Michigan, USA Alex Cleary (Vice-Captain) Brennan Dempsey Michael Ludkin Nicholas Moore James Purcell Dylan Sheehan Luke Thomas Mitchell Woodworth 2017 Junior Steelers Squad Joshua Harding Michael Ludkin Layton Reid Rhys Shelley Keenan Smith Jeremy Waters Cameron White

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School Softball—Primary

EXECUTIVE Chair: Matthew Harrison (Capricornia) Secretary: Janelle Hicks (Metropolitan West) Treasurer: Di Phillips (Wide Bay)

D/Chair: Norelle Thomas (Metropolitan East)

STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 12 years Boys Host Venue: Noosa Dates: 09-11 September, 2016 Convenor: Michael Chamberlain SOM: Di Phillips (Wide Bay) Results: 1

st – Sunshine Coast

2nd

- President’s Team 3

rd – Wide Bay

4th – Capricornia

5th – Darling Downs

6th

- Metropolitan West 7

th - Metropolitan East

STATE TEAM: Boys Coach: Matthew Harrison - Capricornia Ass. Coach: Tracey Stanieg - Capricornia Manager: Gary Ogg Student Umpire: Katelyn Bell - Sunshine Coast Team: Jack Murray - Sunshine Coast Ethan Munro - Sunshine Coast William Brown - Sunshine Coast Matthew Ready - Sunshine Coast Mason Cooper - Sunshine Coast Billy Richters - Sunshine Coast Luke Smith - Sunshine Coast Nicholas Noonan - Capricornia Nicholas Gehrmann - Capricornia Kylan Pearce - Metropolitan East Harry Stewart - Presidents Ashton Tauariki - Presidents Brandon Bristowe - Presidents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Queensland Softball

Leading Edge

STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 12 years Girls Host Venue: Meakin Park Dates: 25-28 August, 2016 Convenor: Vicki Hailstone SOM: Matthew Harrison (Capricornia)

Results: 1

st – Metropolitan East

2nd

– Capricornia 3

rd - Metropolitan North

4th - Metropolitan West

5th – Sunshine Coast

6th - Wide Bay

7th – South Coast

8Th

– Peninsula 9

th - Northern

10th – Darling Downs

11th - South West

STATE TEAM: Girls Coach: Di Phillips - Wide Bay Ass. Coach: Natalie Fleischfresser - Northern Manager: Allison Miller - Northern Student Umpire: Maddie Needham - Metropolitan West

Team: Mia Bender - Peninsula Jaylani Pryor-Murray - Northern Hannah Leggett - Wide Bay Indy Monro - Sunshine Coast Keeana Henare - Metropolitan North Chelsea Zunker - Wide Bay Emilee Solomon - Metropolitan West Molly Flatley - Metropolitan East Kirsty Lester - Capricornia Coby Vandegriendt - Metropolitan East Zoe Lavis-House - Metropolitan North Tallulah Civoniceva - Sunshine Coast Zoe Valencic - Sunshine Coast

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP / EXCHANGE – 12 years Boys and Girls Host Venue: Melbourne, Dates: 13 - 18 November, 2016 Results: Boys: Girls: 1

st – NSW & QLD 1

st – QLD

2nd

– 2nd

- NSW 3

rd – VIC 3rd - SA

4th – ACT 4

th – ACT

5th – SA 5

th – VIC

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR • Primary Softball again utilised Student Official Manager (SOM) for both boys and girls. • Continued with the successful practise of using student umpires, student scorers and student coaches. • President Team catered for non -playing regions in boys. • Life Members were Norelle Thomas, Nicola Carr, Anthony Hawes and Wendy Mathieson.

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School Softball—Secondary

EXECUTIVE Chair: Russell Miller Secretary: Helen Beasley Treasurer: Lindy Masters

STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 19 years Men’s Host Venue: Redlands Dates: 11 –13 March Results: 1

st – Presidents

2nd

-- Met West 3

rd – Darling Downs

4th – Wide Bay

5th – Met East

6th

-- Capricornia

STATE TEAM: Men’s Coach: Lee-anne O’Leary - Wide Bay Ass. Coach: Norelle Thomas - Met East Manager: Katrina Giekre - Darling Downs Student Umpire: Lailani Shepherd - Met East Student Scorer: Dean Van Den Kieboom - Wide Bay Team: Mitchell Beacham - Wide Bay Tate Clarke - Wide Bay Shannon Goffer - Presidents-Met North Joshua Harding - Met West Layton Reid - Met West Tom Rutherford - Capricornia Rhys Shelley - Presidents-North West Keenan Smith - Met East Ryschan Thompson - Met West Lochie Tolputt - Presidents-Sunshine Coast

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Queensland Softball

Leading Edge

STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 19 years Women’s Host Venue: Ipswich Dates: 17-20 March

Results: 1

st – Met East

2nd

– Met North 3

rd -- Sunshine Coast

4th -- Darling Downs

5th – Capricornia

6th -- Met West

7th – Wide Bay

8th – South Coast

9th —

Northern 10

th – Peninsula

STATE TEAM: Women’s Coach: Nicole Brodie - Northern Ass. Coach: Gregg Stibbe - Sunshine Coast Manager: Lindy Masters - Darling Downs Student Umpire: Callum Turner - Met East

Team: Tianah List - Met East Shinai Gibbons - Sunshine Coast Rhiannon Kemp - Sunshine Coast Carly Shulz - Met North Jo-Elle Natividad - Darling Downs Erin Blackmore - Met East Jacque O’Connor - Sunshine Coast Gracen Walk - Darling Downs Tori Taylor - Sunshine Coast Alicia Hayman - Met North Jemma Punch - Met North

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP / EXCHANGE – 17 years and under Boys and Girls Host Venue: Melbourne Dates: 1-6 May 2016 Results: Boys: Girls: 1

st – NSW 1

st — NSW

2nd

– QLD 2nd

— QLD 3

rd – VIC 3

rd — ACT

4th – ACT 4

th — VIC

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Softball Queensland Masters 2016 saw over 109 teams compete in the Softball Queensland Masters Tournament. More than 1500 players participated in over 350 games scheduled for the three days of competition. Teams hailed from all over Queensland to participate; Roma, Quilpie, Charleville, Mackay, Rockhampton, Gladstone, Hervey Bay, Noosa, Sunshine Coast, Redlands, Logan, Toowoomba, Ipswich and the Gold Coast just to name a few. They all descended on Meakin Park to take part in this annu-al tournament. SQ Masters Representatives: Jenny Vandenhurk, Daphne Bickle, Gerry Allen and Leon Leach.

W O M E N ’ S D I V I S I O N 1

Final Placings All Star Team

Southside

Stingers

Bec Watson Brisbane Giants Gold -

Donna Burdon Noosa Buzzards

Silver - Giants Amber Solomon Southside Stingers

Bronze -

Noosa

Buzzards

Nikkie Mollander Brisbane Giants

Leanne Fallon Noosa Buzzards

Louise Patterson Southside Stingers

Michelle Blacklock Brisbane Giants

Stephanie Sinclair Noosa Buzzards

Kim Godson Southside Stingers

Lisa Rhind Brisbane Giants

Peter Chamberlain-

Clarke Southside Stingers

Tracie Kemp Southside Stingers



Gold - Playerz Deb Hughes Playerz

Silver - Aneta Sydney Camira Amigos I Camira Ami-

gos Milly Edwards Play 4 A Cure

Bronze - Play 4 A Cure

Tania King Playerz

Kylie Bruce Camira Amigos I

Tracey Bailey Play 4 A Cure

Adele Watson Playerz

Sally Shaw Camira Amigos I

Haylea Petrie Play 4 A Cure

Judith Eathorne Playerz

Kym Huddart Camira Amigos I

Michelle Nielson Playerz



Hervey Bay

Terrors

Belinda Nicol Bundy Drop Bears Gold -

Peta Beutel PMS

Silver - PMS Marjorie Simpson Redcliffe Rockets

Bronze - Warriors Maisaele Thompson Sistaz

Melanie Pattison Terrors Hervey Bay

Jori Brady Warriors

Sharon Richter Warriors

Melissa Duggan PMS

Carrie Taylor Hervey Bay Terrors

Mary Youngman PMS

Lisa Norrie Hervey Bay Terrors

Trish Rabwotham Hervey Bay Terrors



Gold -

Easy

Riders SNA-

FU

Katie Bryne Dodgers

Bronwyn Bosomworth Easy Riders SNAFU

Silver -

Janelle Newton Mulgowie Angels

Toowoomba Warriors

Brooke Walker Tigers

Tonia Gloudemans Toowoomba

Warriors

Bronze - Dodgers Michelle Nohotima Tweed Sharks

Alison Fenton Dodgers

Jeanetta Moss Easy Riders SNAFU

Lindy Master Toowoomba

Warriors

Sheryl Preston Easy Riders SNAFU

Tracey Edards Toowoomba

Warriors

Jenny Rosenberg Easy Riders SNAFU



Gold - Camira

Amigos 2

Tracey Lavis Caboolture Angels

Barb Harding Camira Amigos 2

Janinta’s Girls

Melanie Retchford Jannita’s Girls I Silver -

Joanne Mewis Leading Edge

Bronze - Marist 2 Christine Heisner Marist

Lucy-Ann Ramsay Tornadoes

Belinda Smith Marist

Boni Minniecon Jannita’s Girls

Natasha Kazich Camira Amigos 2

Suzanne Corp Jannitas Girls

Kayleen Shailes Jannitas Girls

Marcia Meyer Camira Amigos 2



Gold - Redbacks 1

Timma Kerr Bombers Ladies

Sheridan Barstable Diamond Vipers

Silver - Allison Love Firebirds

Diamond Vipers

Lauren Schodel Sharks

Bronze - Sharks Sue Allsopp Redbacks 1

Trish Curtis Thirsty Camels

Leisha White Sharks

Catherine Jones Redbacks 1

Tina Kidman Diamond Vipers

Tina Smith Redbacks 1

Jackie Appleton Diamond Vipers

Shannon Covill Redbacks 1

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Softball Queensland Masters



Gold - Mavericks Deb Stokes Bayside Bears

Silver - Toowoomba

Devils

Jan Nicholson Lightning Strikes 1

Rae Anderson Mac Cats

Bayside

Bears

Gaye Ford Mavericks Bronze-

Marlene Fainges Random AZ

Kristy Rose-Taylor Toowoomba Devils

Maree Goebel Bayside Bears

Sue Haim Toowoomba Devils

Carol Stone Mavericks

Karen Franke Toowoomba Devils

Suzanne Ross Mavericks

Genny Seeto Mavericks



Gold - Seajades Heather Chester Camira Amigos 3

Silver - Suncoast Flickers

Katherine Mills Champagne Ladies

Danielle Hayward Panthers

Panthers Angela Lacey Seajades

Bronze- Melinda Taylor Suncoast Flickers

Joanne Allen Vixens GC

Melissa Wotton Panthers

Nikki Lacey Seajades

Wanda Douglas Suncoast Flickerz

Ashleigh Djachenko Seajades

Sarah King Suncoast Flickers

Alan Mcfarlene Seajades



Gold -

Susan Cain Allsorts Gold Coast Dolphins

Helen Melross Diamond Angels

Silver - Allsorts Leigh Wickenden F Troop 1

Bronze- Tat 2 Dragon Sheri Robinson Gold Coast Dolphins

Leanne Ramsay Lockyer

Claire Hamlyn Tat 2 Dragon

Michelle Writz Tat 2 Dragon

Kelli Duncombe Gold Coast Dolphins

Bev Thatcher Allsorts

Seeta Bull Gold Coast Dolphins

Lorraine Thomas Allsorts

Nerida Bicknell Gold Coast Dolphins

W O M E N ’ S D I V I S I O N 1 0


Gold - Double Shots

Alice Butler Bomber Babes

Michelle Scott Charlie’s Angels

Silver - Noosa

Beeches

Leona Moore Double Shots

Sheryl Day Focus Fusion

Focus

Fusion

Kathy Rosenberg Noosa Beeches Bronze-

Katrina Waldron Voodoo Dolls

Natalie Gilmore Focus Fusion

Michelle Clifford Noosa Beeches

Deb Duroux Double Shots

Jenny Beattie Noosa Beeches

Sue Francis Double Shots

Tanya Hodgson Double Shots



Gold - Redsox Rollers

Noeleen Trotter Aunty Emma’s

Teresa Jones Dirt Divas

Silver - Aunty Em-

ma’s

Jodie Tallis Jannita’s Girls II

Liz Fresser Redsox Rollers

Roustabouts Kath Draper Roustabouts

Bronze- Hannah Close Easy Riders

Karen Sainty Roustabouts

Lynne Hammett Redsox Rollers

Esther Finlay Aunty Emma’s

Mary Murphy Redsox Rollers

Patricia Buethke Aunty Emma’s

Lisa Jones Redsox Rollers



Gold - Effwits Vicki Kingwell Brighton Roosters

Silver -

Linda Boughton Effwits Lightning

Strikes Tersa Bunn ERTS

Bronze- Goolas Melanie Green Goolas

Gail Davies Lightning Strikes 2

Cathie Campbell Redbacks 2

Bobby Jo Page Goolas

Tracey Marsden Effwits

Aeron McLeod Lightning Strikes 2

Susan Holmes Effwits

Deb Moloney Lightning Strikes 2

Jodie Luctherhand Effwits

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Gold - Charleville Carol Draper Arch Rivals

Jillian Bussell Charleville

Silver - Arch

Rivals

Natacia Anderson Mixed Murries

Debbie Vidler Pink Panthers

Bronze- Angela Bentley Wanderers Mt Isa Young

Devils Janelle Dunklea Young Devils

Jenny Thompson Young Devils

Lyn Capewell Charleville

Melanie Hartley Arch Rivals

Roslyn Nicholson Charleville

Kay Manns Arch Rivals

Melinda Martin Charleville



Gold - Bets Vets

Karen Woodforth Bets Vets

Silver - Melissa Jackson Channel Chris

Suncoast

Flames Susanne Langdale Dragons

Bronze- Dragons Gail Sutherland F Troop 2

Leigh Higgins Suncoast Flames

Sharlene Thompson Tat 2 Dragon Ignite

Tracie Boniface Dragons

Belinda Murray Suncoast Flames

Jenny Hamer Bets Vets

Laura Dyne Suncosat Flames

Carolynne Petersen Bets Vets

Robyn Pittman Bets Vets

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M E N ’ S D I V I S I O N 1


Gold - Corey Matakatea Brisbane Giants Brisbane

Giants Hamish Monkman Bruins

Silver - Bruins Errol Pokai Brothers

Bronze - Brothers Luke Vandegrient Brisbane Giants

David Foxover Bruins

Chad Denny Brothers

David Metekingi Brisbane Giants

Jason Bourke Bruins

Peter Ogden Brothers

Nathan Tiakato Brisbane Giants

Ray Lane Bruins

Rick Morgan Brisbane Giants



Gold - PK Pride Tim Puckey PK Pride

Silver - Scorpions Damian Watson Scorpions

Bronze - Tambrin Suhali Brunei Gunners Brunei

Gunners Brett Wellings PK Pride

Scott Sunley Scorpions

Ali Hamafiah

Abdhalim Brunei Gunners

Mike Nicols PK Pride

Troy Mckell Scorpions

Khairudden Ha-

mid Brunei Gunners

Davide Berridge PK Pride

Alli Othman Brunei Gunners

Kris Duncalfe PK Pride



Gold - Jame Tepania Blue Sox Warriors

Luke Curry DD’s Silver - Stags 1

Bronze - Blue Sox Chris Forzati Hooters

Mac Pera Scorpions

Bevan Hunt Strikers

Darren White Warriors

Bernard (Lou) Cox Stags 1

Steve Clarke Blue Sox

David McIntyre Warriors

Paul Delforce Stags 1

Richard Shepherd Warriors

Bernie Harrison Stags 1



Gold - Bombers 2 Lee Rudolph Bombers

Gordon Scutt F Troop Men

Silver - Cleftin Rankin Ipswich Warriors Ipswich

Warriors Scott Dean Marist Men

Bronze -

Royals Simon Eastley

Noosa

Schooners

Jeff Townsend Royals

John Tyler Royals

Don Pickwick Ipswich Warriors

Colin Williams Bombers

Nathan Denkel Ipswich Warriors

George Walford Bombers

Phil Murphy Bombers



Gold - Bluebirds

Barflies

Shane Crouch Bluebirds

Rick Kolodziej Brisbane Falcons

Silver - Brisbane

Falcons

Jason Blake Hooters

Brendan Hill Ipswich Warriors

Redbacks 3 Bruno Minetto Redbacks 3

Bronze - Paul Cook Stags 2

Daryl Lane Redbacks 3

Greg Bell Bluebirds

David Parata Brisbane Falcons

Glen Giles Bluebirds

Kane Munro Brisbane Falcons

Marcus Dittman Bluebirds



Gold - Easy

Riders Hogs

Ian Sippel Barstools

Brian Duke Easy Riders Hogs

Silver -

Adam Mulqueen Folklaws

Noosa Cobras Jamie Anderson Noosa Cobras

Bronze - Barstools Stephen Mar-

shall Tat 2 Dragon

Alan Brown Tigers

Paul Hinton Barstools

Murray Preston Easy Riders Hogs

Steve Dundon Noosa Cobras

Michael Green Easy Riders Hogs

Gary Sigel Noosa Cobras

Dean Pakeppa Easy Riders Hogs

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Participation Analysis 2016/2017

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