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100 DAYS TO GAMES - LIVE SITES TO LIGHT OLYMPIC SPIRIT

Olympics Live presented by Westpac includes live sites in Sydney (The Rocks & Sydney Olympic Park), Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth which will operate during the Olympic Games, from 23 July to 8 August 2021, taking advantage of the one hour time zone difference.

VENUES AND DATES CONFIRMED FOR 2022 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Softball Australia is pleased to announce the dates and venues for the 2022 National Championships that will be held in the December 2021 / January 2022 period. The tournament format for each championship will be decided once the number of team entries is confirmed. All age-grade championships will be six days’ duration and states are permitted to enter more than one team into all age-grade championships.

SOFTBALL VICTORIA JOINS ONE SOFTBALL

Softball Victoria is the second Member State to become part of One Softball joining Softball ACT which agreed to the single management model late last year. Softball Victoria will now have direct access to commercial partners of Softball Australia (both current and potential), marketing, communications, governance, legal, finance and accounting resources, and membership development and participation resources.

AUSSIE SPIRIT GETTING GOLD MEDAL READY FOR TOKYO

Australia’s women’s softball team, the Travelodge Aussie Spirit, has had 11 gold medal champions in camp with them at the AIS as they prepare to pitch for an historic Olympic win in Tokyo.

BLACKMAN TO 'SHARE YARN' AND PROMOTE CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING IN SPORT

Softballer Janice Blackman, from Queensland’s Mount Isa, speaks emotionally about presenting her Australian Olympic teammates with an Indigenous-designed training jersey, a moment she says made her “feel at home”. Australian Matildas football representative Kyah Simon recalls playing at the 2015 FIFA World Cup and locating her family in the stands by looking for the Aboriginal flag.

SPORT INDEX PARTICIPATION TO CONTRIBUTE TO HOMEPLATE STATUS

After officially becoming the latest member of the Australian Pride in Sport program, Softball Australia will recognise the participation of the Pride In Sport Community Sport Club Index (PSI) as a contributor to Homeplate Status.

SOFTBALL AUSTRALIA TO BEGIN DIGITAL MAKEOVER WITH REVSPORT

After an extensive tender process Softball Australia, and all states & territories, Associations and Clubs, will migrate to revolutioniseSPORT by 30 June 2021 to manage all member registrations, communications as well as competition formats, along with an all-new website design.

2021 TRAVELODGE AUSSIE SPIRIT ANNOUNCED

Softball Australia are pleased to announce the 2021 Travelodge Aussie Spirit squad aiming for selection in the final team to compete in the rescheduled Tokyo Olympic Games later this year.