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Majorie Nelson was a Victorian softball player. She was the first softball player to represent any country at four World Series of Softball. She was the Australian captain in 1974 and 1978 and the World Series. [24] Australia earned a bronze medal at the 2005 World Cup. [25] In 2009, they earned a silver at the World Cup of Softball. [26] [27]
A championship was held in Canada between several American and Canadian teams in 1952 and 1953. [2] Australia had also hosted an international tournament that predated the first Women's World Championship. [3] [4] In 1965, the first ISF Women's World Championship was held in Melbourne, with games being played at Albert Park.
Softball Australia logo. Each year Softball Australia holds eight National Championships. These are hosted by the various state bodies around Australia on a rotational roster. In 2006 over 800 people participated in these championship, with every state and territory entering at least one team.
Eight Australian Championships are now conducted each year – Women's, Men's, Under 23 Women and Men, Under 19 Women and Men, and Under 16 Girls and Boys. Softball has been a major sport in the schools program for some time now and it is estimated that more than 250,000 children play the game each year.
The first national organisation for women's softball was created in 1947 as a result of talks at the first interstate championships and named the Australian Women's Softball Council. [1] It was originally composed of representatives from New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland and Victoria. [1]
She is a member of the 2012 Australia women's national softball team and is trying to earn a spot on the team that will compete at the 2012 ISF XIII Women's World Championships. [2] McManus was selected for the Australian women's national softball team at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Tanya Victoria Harding (born 23 January 1972 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian softball player, who has competed for Australia at four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. Three times she claimed a bronze medal (1996, 2000, 2008), and once a silver medal (2004).
In her team's 12–2 defeat by the Australian Capital Territory, she hit a home run which was described by the Hobart Mercury as one of the best of the tournament. Her team also beat Victoria in the championships. [7] She was a member of the U23 Western Australian team that lost to the Victorian team in the national championships in 2007. [8]