An exciting weekend of Softball saw Penrith City take out a double in winning the Boys and Girls U15 State Championship at Manly.

The Penrith City Boys dominated the U15 Boys competition going through undefeated and scoring an amazing 91 runs for and only against all weekend. In the final it was the Penrith City hitters who shone piling on 10 runs against a strong Macarthur Pitching line up, this was backed up by an outstanding pitching performance. This was Penrith City’s 4th title in 4 years in this age division with a total of 6 titles after winning in 1999 and 2010 as well.

The girls final was an exciting game with teams locked up at one all until Penrith City scored 3 runs to go ahead but defending champions Manly Warringah were not going down without a fight pegging back one run before Penrith City scored another to win 5 – 2. It is only the 2nd title in the age division for Penrith City.

MVPs were awarded by each team and the recipients were

Boys

Campbelltown – Liam Kelly

Central Coast – Ryan Baker

Georges River – Elliott Kirgan

Macarthur – Connor Rochester

Newcastle – Brent Iredale

Orange – Caden Keed

Penrith City – Xander Ruggeri

Southern Districts – Andy Dinapoli

Sutherland – Cullen Whetu

Girls

Campbelltown – Jessica Whelan

Central Coast – Sarah Penfold

Cumberland Nepean – Numi Chambers

Hornsby – Libby Fitzhenry

Macarthur – Madison Baker

Manly Warringah – Mackenzie Walker

Newcastle – Emily Gordon

North Shore – Sarah Turner

Orange – Ali Henry

Penrith City – Bridie Murphy

Southern Districts – Amber Gunn

Sutherland – Keeley Lennon

Thank you to the Manly Warringah Softball Association for hosting a great U15 State Championship. The Chill Out Zone was a great initiative and appreciated by the kids.