News - Softball Australia

Australia clinch 2024 World Cup Finals Spot, defeating Great Britain 4-1

Australia has clinched the second spot from Group A, with the 2024 WBSC Women's Softball World Cup Finals in Italy now a reality, after beating Great Britain 4-1.

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Sun 16 Jul 2023

Australia One Step Closer to World Cup Finals with 4-3 win over Chinese Taipei

Australia has knocked Chinese Taipei out of the 2023 WBSC Women's Softball World Cup, scoring in three innings to advance to the next phase of the Group Stage Playoffs - an immediate follow-up game against Great Britain.

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Sat 15 Jul 2023

Australia Take the US to eight inning thriller

Australia narrowly falls 0-1 to the United States in one of the games of the World Cup so far. The Aussie Spirit went through their pitching ranks in an effort to unsettle the US hitters, needing an eighth inning to find a difference between the two nations.

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Fri 14 Jul 2023

Australia secure 10-0 victory over Botswana in four innings

Pippa Adkins guides Australia to a 10-0 win over Botswana as the Australians take four innings to secure the win, saving invaluable energy for their second game later today against the United States.

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Thu 13 Jul 2023

The Spirit fire four past Ireland on their way to opening victory

Kaia Parnaby steps up to pitch a complete game, taking 14 strikeouts through seven innings as Australia secure their opening win of the tournament. Clare Warwick's captain's knock in the fifth scored two complimented by Jade Wall's crowd pleasing homer in the sixth.

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Thu 13 Jul 2023

Australia suffer early defeat at the hands of Great Britain

Great Britain (GBR) are the 16th ranked women’s softball nation and had suffered defeat at the hands of Australia in every encounter prior to the opening game of the 2023 WBSC Women’s Softball World Cup.

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Wed 12 Jul 2023

A fighting spirit will be the key to Aussie success in Ireland

The Aussie Spirit will start their World Cup campaign on Tuesday in Dublin, Ireland. The never give up attitude that makes the Aussies one of the most respected programs in world softball will need to be in full force as the team aim to qualify for the final eight of the World Cup.

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Mon 10 Jul 2023

Aussie Spirit and Australia ‘A’ Team Announcements:

Softball Australia are delighted to announce the Aussie Spirit team ahead of the WBSC Women’s World Cup: Group Stage, and the Australia ‘A’ team that will join our U-19 and U-17 teams at the Canada Cup Invitational Softball Championship.

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Fri 05 May 2023

High-Performance and Pathways Program Update

A High-Performance and Pathways Program update from Clare Humberstone, National Pathways Manager.

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Tue 14 Feb 2023

Stacey Porter Honoured at Testimonial Dinner

The world’s most capped softball player Stacey Porter has been celebrated at a testimonial dinner in Brisbane.

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Wed 17 Aug 2022

Warwick and White the Next Aussie Spirit Leaders

Softball Australia is thrilled to announce that Clare Warwick and Belinda White have been appointed as the Captain and Vice Captain respectively of the Travelodge Aussie Spirit.

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Sat 09 Jul 2022

Steemers and Kemp join Travelodge Aussie Spirit for World Games

Two Aussie Spirit Development players will extend their stay overseas and join the Travelodge Aussie Spirit at the World Games, following strong performances at the Canada Cup.

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Sun 26 Jun 2022

“I almost feel sometimes like I have extra powers to play…” Indigenous design now an official uniform of the Aussie Spirit

The Travelodge Aussie Spirit can now boast an Indigenous playing top as part of their official playing kit.

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Tue 21 Jun 2022

Aussie Teams Depart for Canada Cup

More than 60 Softball Australia athletes, coaches, and support staff will today depart Sydney Airport, bound for Vancouver and the 2022 Canada Cup.

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Thu 16 Jun 2022

Kuzminski and Kurihara step up for Australia

Olivia Kuzminski and Moe Kurihara have answered the call to represent their country following a change to the teams that will tour the Canada Cup later this month.

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Tue 07 Jun 2022

Ladner becomes Australia’s newest Aussie Spirit athlete

Chantelle Ladner will become Australia’s newest Aussie Spirit player, after a player change to the Australian Open Women’s team last weekend.

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Tue 31 May 2022

Further Changes for Aussie Spirit and Spirit Development

Softball Australia will make further changes to the Australia representative teams for the Canada Cup and World Games.

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Mon 23 May 2022

Changes made to Aussie Spirit and Spirit Development Teams

Softball Australia has made a number of changes to the Aussie Spirit and Spirit Development Teams participating at the Canada Cup and World Games later this year.

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Thu 19 May 2022