TWO PLAYERS JOIN WHITE SOX FOR SHANGHAI 2020 OLYMPIC QUALIFIER
3 August
WORK ON WORLD-CLASS SOFTBALL FACILITIES ABOUT TO BEGIN IN PALMERSTON NORTH
18 July
MARK SORENSON STILL GUTTED BUT WILL WAIT BEFORE DECIDING BSX COACHING FUTURE
3 July
The Junior White Sox have arrived in Irvine California for the WBSC U-19 Women’s World Cup. The world championship will host 16 teams over 7 days commencing 10 August.
Head Coach Kevin Gettins has named Auckland based player Zoe Tolhopf and Hutt Valley’s Ashley Johnston to complete the 15 player White Sox team to seek Olympic qualification in Shanghai in September.
Work on Colquhoun Park is about to start to to prepare for the junior men's softball world cup tournament in February, including upgrading the changing rooms, more bathrooms, a new deck and overhauling the diamond.
Mark Sorenson says a "brutally honest" review is needed of the Black Sox's unsuccessful world softball championships campaign before he ponders his coaching future.
BSX CAPTAIN NATHAN NUKUNUKU YET TO CONFIRM HIS FUTURE
2 July
BSX LOSE WORLD SOFTBALL TITLE AFTER SEMIFINAL DEFEAT TO JAPAN
23 June
The Black Sox - winners of a record seven world championships - surrendered their crown in Prague last week, finishing fourth after losing a bronze medal playoff to Canada.
The Rookie Sox 6x Week Offensive & Defensive Programme is designed to support the further development of 11-12 year old softballers. The programme has been developed to put your team (or identified players) ahead of the competition with six weeks of structured and innovative training.
THANK YOU PAULO PICS NZ & DEBBIE BARKER PHOTOGRAPHY
Softball New Zealand would like to say a big thanks to our photographers Paul Hodgson and Debbie Barker for their ongoing support of our National Tournaments. We love your work!
WBSC RULES CHANGES
Following the recent WBSC Congress a number of rules changes have been adopted for world championship events.
The National Scorer’s Pathway provides a development pathway from being able to score at a youth softball game to officiating at a WBSC World Championship.
Mid-winter is a great time to plan ahead for the upcoming softball 2018/19 season and ensuring your club will have enough members trained to score junior games is a vital aspect to our sport.
For the up and coming season covering all national and international tournaments only approved bats that appear on the WBSC Approved Bat List will be acceptable. Bats will conform to the bat checks that are currently in place but they must appear on the WBSC Approved Bat List.
Click here to view the latest WBSC Approved Bat List.
This is an important document if we are to ensure; a future workforce, a workforce with a skill base and meet the changing needs of participants. Success of this strategy will only come from a willingness of our community to work together to increase knowledge, improve capability and most importantly, improve how we engage with staff and volunteers.
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