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The Australia women's national softball team, also known as the Aussie Spirit, [2] is the national softball team of Australia. It is governed by Softball Australia and takes part in international softball competitions. They are one of Australia's most successful women's sporting teams on the world stage, and they have achieved outstanding ...
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.
At the competition, Australia had two men's side with the top team being Australia Greenand the second team being Australia Gold. During the first round of round robin play, Australia Green beat Australia Gold 7–2, beat Japan 2–1, lost to New Zealand 5–2, beat Japan 7–0, beat New Zealand 5–3, and lost to Australia Gold 5–4.
A national men's association for softball was created in 1949 and was the first of its kind for men's softball in Australia. The organisation folded within the year because men's softball could not compete for participation with other popular Australian sports like Australian rules football, rugby league, cricket and baseball.
The Northern Territory Softball Association is the smallest state body in the Australian Softball Federation with only two affiliated Associations. In the Northern Territorys history they have never once won any of the ASF National Championships .
The New South Wales Softball Association attends all ASF National Championships. For the 2006 Championships the following was entered: Under 16 Girls; Under 16 Boys; Under 19 Women's
ASF National Championships; Aussie Peppers; Australia men's junior national softball team; Australia men's national softball team; Australia women's national softball team; Australia women's national under-18 softball team
Australia's softball history began in 1939 when Gordon Young, Director of Physical Education in NSW, began to promote the game in schools and colleges. [1] In 1942, during World War II , US army sergeant William Duvernet organised softball as a recreation for US nurses stationed in Victoria.