The final selection camp will be on Sunday February 28th at Blacktown International Sportspark. This will be the final selection process for the NSW Over 35 Women’s team.
There are currently 2 camp dates scheduled for the 7th and 14th of March 2021 to be held at Blacktown International Sportspark.
These will be the final selection events for the NSW Over 35 Men’s team. Following the camps, a final selection will be made.
At Softball NSW, we have created a flexible internship program that allows you to work with a tight-knit community, coming up with new ideas and ways to shape our sport for the future.
Following the cancellation of the 2020 Under 18 State Championships, all athletes that were age eligible and submitted an Expression of Interest for Selection have therefore been invited to the camp.
Randal was involved at many levels within our sport over the years, dedicating extensive time and effort to the Softball community which included tenure on the Softball NSW Board as Treasurer in the late 1980’s. He was also heavily involved with the Auburn Softball Association and most recently as an umpire with the Softball NSW all abilities program.
As per advice provided on January 5, Softball NSW will continue to monitor the current COVID Pandemic and its impact on our community and if any changes or rescheduling needs to occur across all levels within our sport.
As of January 8, SNSW now endorses the recommencement of Softball related activity in Greater Sydney and Regional NSW (Unless quarantined by government advice). We also encourage all relative Affiliates and their members to continue to follow the current government advice.
The growth of the COVID pandemic across Greater Sydney and more recently regional New South Wales has created significant concern for the entire community as well as the schedules of Softball in Community Competitions, State Championships and Pathway activities.
As we continue to be challenged during these unprecedented times, I want to congratulate everyone for working together to get our sport back on the diamond around the State. I am especially proud of what an extraordinary community Softball in NSW is!
Following the cancellation of the 2021 Gilley’s Shield-Open Women’s National Championships, Softball NSW recognised that a change in program was required to ensure that the highly successful Open Women’s Program continued to develop our athletes.
Following the surge of COVID cases across Sydney in the past 24 hours and government advice to limit non-essential movement and remain on high alert, Softball NSW has had to regrettably cancel the 2020 Under 18 State Championships which was scheduled to commence this evening at Blacktown International Sportspark.
Congratulations to the following athletes who have been invited to the 2021 State Camp to be held January 12-14 2021 at Blacktown International Sportspark.
Following the advice provided this afternoon by Softball Australia (SA) in relation to the cancellation of 2021 National Championships for Under 14, Under 16 and Under 18, Softball NSW (SNSW) would like to provide the following advice to our community.