71st Women’s National Softball Championship
| Event: | 71st Women’s National Softball Championship Playing for the Gilley’s Shield |
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| Date: | 6-12 January 2018 | |||||||||||||
| Venue/location: | Mirrabooka International Softball Stadium, WA | |||||||||||||
| Draw/Results: | Click here | |||||||||||||
| Teams: | ACT Diamonds New South Wales Firestars Queensland Heat South Australia Starz Victoria Titans Western Australia Flames |
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| Team Lists: | Click here | |||||||||||||
| Defending Champions: | NSW Firestars | |||||||||||||
| Officials: | Technical Delegate – Kylie Bloodworth Tournament Convenor – Luci Powell Tournament Chief Umpire – Darren Sibraa Tournament Chief Statistician – Jim Giles |
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| 2018 Champions: | NSW Firestars | |||||||||||||
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| Award winners: | Midge Nelson Medal – Most Valuable Player | Georgia Casey (NSW Firestars) | ||||||||||||
| Lorraine Woolley Medal – Best Pitcher | Justine Smethurst (Qld Heat) | |||||||||||||
| Sybil Turner Medal – Best Batter | Leigh Godfrey (WA Flames) | |||||||||||||
| Rosemary Adey Medal – Rookie of the Year | Shannon Keevers (NSW Firestars) | |||||||||||||
| Player of the Grand Final | Stacey McManus (NSW Firestars) | |||||||||||||
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| All Tournament Team: | Pitcher | Justine Smethurst (Qld Heat) | ||||||||||||
| Catcher | Carmelle Sorensen (Qld Heat) | |||||||||||||
| 1st Base | Jessica Torpey (Qld Heat) | |||||||||||||
| 2nd Base | Georgia Casey (NSW Firestars) | |||||||||||||
| 3rd Base | Stacey Porter (NSW Firestars) | |||||||||||||
| Shortstop | Jackie Di Siervi (Vic Titans) | |||||||||||||
| Outfielders | Leigh Godfrey (WA Flames) | |||||||||||||
| Jade Wall (Qld Heat) | ||||||||||||||
| Maddie Cameron (SA Starz) | ||||||||||||||
| Designated Player | Samantha Poole (NSW Firestars) | |||||||||||||
| Sponsors: | Australian Sports Commission, Easton, Greatrex | |||||||||||||
