23 May Makea names Junior Black Sox squad
New Junior Black Sox coach Thomas Makea has wasted little time identifying the talent he’ll need for his world championship campaign next year.
13 May Search for Black Sox Coach
Coach Softball New Zealand has begun the search for its next world champion Black Sox coach.
9 May Junior White Sox Squad and Friendship Teams
Softball NZ would like to congratulate the following girls on being named to the NZ Girls Development Team that will attend the Friendship International Series in Sydney in July.
17 April Makea Appointed Junior Black Sox Coach
Retired Black Sox legend Thomas Makea has been appointed Junior Black Sox coach for next year’s ISF World Junior Championship at Whitehorse, Canada.
Follow the New Zealand Black Sox as they prepare for their 6th world title at the Tradestaff ISF Softball World Championships at Rosedale Park this March. Broadcast Arts Film & Video Unit come to the fore once again capturing the insights into the Black Sox as they build to their opening game against Mexico, 1 March. Check out the series of video at Vimeo
The "Sport of Champions"
The Sport of Champions video highlights the strengths of previous World Series winning teams and the difficulties they overcame to be victorious. The video covers off 8 world titles in total featuring World Champion coaches and captains; Dave Sorenson -- 1976, Lower Hutt, New Zealand; Naomi Shaw -- 1982, Taiwan; Mike Walsh -- 1984, USA, Dale Eager -- 1985, Canada / 1989, USA; Mike Walsh -- 1996, USA; Don Tricker -- 2000, South Africa / 2004, Christchurch, New Zealand - Click here.
20 May White family feud averted
NZ softball was deprived a mouth-watering US college showdown, when Stanford University fell 5-10 to University of Nebraska in the Lincoln Regional final.
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