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Softball Australia Umpiring Magazine SOFTBALL AUSTRALIA UMPIRING MAGAZINE February 2017 EDITION Blues News Online The official Softball Australia National Umpiring Committee Publication. Published Since 2001 Softball Australia Level 1, Suite 2, 273 Wellington Street, Collingwood, Vic 3066 www.softball.org.au Like Us on Facebook National Umpiring Committee State Director’s of Umpiring NATIONAL UMPIRE IN CHIEF Australian Capital Territory Operations Mark Gallagher Tricia Sibraa (QLD) New South Wales UMPIRE IN CHIEF Scott Rindfleish Communications Scott Rindfleish (NSW) Queensland Darren Sibraa UMPIRE IN CHIEF Development South Australia Debbie Grove (VIC) Neville Lawrance UMPIRE IN CHIEF Tasmania Technical Wayne Clarke Leigh Evans (VIC) Victoria Trevor Murphy National Staff Members Western Australia COMMUNICATIONS Roy Cox Richard Barrow (VIC) Jesse Smith (NSW) DEVELOPMENT Kyira Cox (NSW) Ron Houison (NSW) OPERATIONS Krissi Travers (NSW) TECHNICAL Jason Carter (VIC) Darrell Shephard (NSW) In This Edition Calendar of Events 2017 National Championship Reports Visiting International Umpire Reports 2017 International Appointments Level 7s and Level 8s Awarded Calendar of Events 12 May 2017 - 14 May 2017 2017 Australia Cup, West Beach, SA 03 Jul 2017 - 07 Jul 2017 International Friendship Series, Redlands, Qld 05 Jul 2017 - 08 Jul 2017 U23 Men’s National Softball Championship, Redlands, Qld 05 Jul 2017 - 08 Jul 2017 U23 Women’s National Softball Championship, Redlands Qld 21 Oct 2017 - 28 Oct 2017 XVI Australian Masters Games, Ulverstone, Tas SAVE THE DATE - 2017 Playing Rules Assessment Softball Australia Playing Rules “Open” Assessment 12.00am EST Saturday 29th April – Sunday 7th May 2017. Softball Australia Playing Rules “Basic” Assessment Saturday 29th April 2017 until the end of March 2018 Click Here to Like the Softball Australia Umpires facebook.com/softballaustraliaumpires 2017 National Championships Open Women & U17 Girls Championship Report – David Addlem As the 70th year of the Australian Open Women’s Championships and combined with the Under 17 Girls National Championships it was a big tournament with a lot of extra celebration touches arranged for the opening and closing ceremonies. Umpires arrived on New Year’s Day by plane and car from various states, wearing the new white umpire walk out shirt. We also had visiting umpires Andrew Gallant from Canada and Jan Hora from Czech Republic. The local NSW umpires provided transport (to and from the grounds, accommodation and airport) which is always appreciated and invaluable to the success of the tournament. They also provided some local sightseeing for the international guests. Compared to last year, the weather gods were fairly kind to us and though we had a couple of days with rain delays, in general the tournament ran very smoothly with no games lost. Downtime during softball tournaments (if due to weather issues or just having games off) is always something to consider when going away to a tournament. Books, iPads (especially with the Wi-Fi availability at Blacktown), playing cards etc. are always useful to keep the mind active and were no exception this year. UNO was played hard with most having the friendly intention to beat the Canadian and sabotage the rest. The umpiring crew enjoyed a number of social meal outings together across the week, starting with first night tea at the Chinese restaurant, breakfasts, dinners and a barbecue upstairs at the accommodation. Ron Houison, despite some concussion from on the field, also did a great job off the diamond looking after much of the groups’ food supplies for the week. The onsite coffee van and the Blacktown canteen seemed to cover the rest of the essentials. Late in the week we changed accommodation from the Astina apartments and moved across to the high rise Meriton apartments in Parramatta. The move of luggage and people from one to the other was a well-co-ordinated and again thanks to those who provided the essential transport to facilitate the move. Similarly with the very early morning transfer to the airport on the last day it was great to have Leanne and Andrew getting us to the airport for our flights. Debbie Grove as TCU was ably assisted across the week by her quartet of assessors in Andrew Rindfleish, Leanne Gearside, Richard Barrow and Kyira Cox. These guys gave great support and feedback to our mix of umpires across both championship crews to enable successful tournaments. Success was also enjoyed by candidates Richard Dodds, Dale Kaimoana and Krissi Travers, who all capped off a lot of hard work over the year and during the tournament by earning their level 6’s. We congratulate them on their achievements. Congratulations to those umpires appointed to the grand final: The crew for the Open Women’s grand final between New South Wales and Queensland (L-R): Kyira Cox (U2), Andrew Gallant (U1), Richard Barrow (Plate) and Jan Hora (U3). 2017 National Championships Open Women & U17 Girls U17 Championship Report – Jessica Rooke and Breanna O'Connor During our time at the U/17 Women's 2017, Breanna and I were given the privilege to work with some of the most experienced umpires Australia has to offer. We were both filled with excitement and honour to be able to work alongside such great role models. We kicked off our week with a team bonding session/ dinner. This enabled all the umpiring crew to meet and greet each other. It allowed umpires to catch up with friends from other states who we may have not seen in a while. This is always one of the highlights getting to see friends again and watch new friendships form. After our bonding session it was time to get to business, this is where the nerves kicked in and excitement was among us to kick off the first games of the series. We started off strong, the weather was great, the sun was shining and everyone was having a great time. We generally had two games per day, enough to keep us busy and enough to allow us to watch some amazing softball. About mid-way through the week we hit a "little bit of a rain delay" but not to fear the sun came out and the games began again! By this stage, the competition was well on its way, teams were fighting for the top positions. Throughout the tournament the umpiring crew had some fun and played some games between each other. During the rain delays, the cards came out, and so did the competitiveness between umpires. It was a great way for umpires to get to know each other and form friendships. Over all it was one amazing experience. With some amazing softball, lots learnt along the way and friendships that will be kept for a very long time. Fingers crossed there will be lots more Nationals to come. Also congratulations to those umpires appointed to the grand final: The crew for the Under 17 Girls grand final between New South Wales and South Australia (L-R): Norelle Thomas (U1), Stephen Gutteridge (Plate), Janelle Hicks (U2) and David Crowe (U3). 2017 National Championships Open Men Championship Report Hosted by Softball ACT, the 34th John Reid Shield was played under sunny skies in Hawker from 9-14 January. Six teams and eleven umpires took to the diamond for the six-day competition, which saw large score lines due to quality batting. The Australian umpires were fortunate to have two visiting umpires join the crew: Andrew Gallant [New Brunswick, Canada] and Yan Hora [Prague, Czech Republic]. Our international visitors were made to feel most welcome and thoroughly enjoyed their time working the men’s games, plus taking time to see some of the sites of Canberra. After a double round robin, the final series saw defending champions NSW take on the ACT 89ers in the major semi, whilst Queensland and Victoria battled it out in the minor semi. The Patriots upset NSW in the prelim final and went on to fight hard in the Grand Final against the 89ers but ACT proved too strong, winning their 15th John Reid Shield. Congratulations to the umpires appointed to the Grand Final: Plate – Damien McCauley 1st Base – Jason Carter 2nd Base – Andrew Gallant 3rd Base – Debbie Grove You can watch the Open Men’s Grand Final by clicking here. 2017 National Championships U19 Men & U15 Boys Championship Report - Alan Walsh The 2017 U/19 Men’s Australian Championships and U/15 Boy’s Regional Championships were held at Redlands in Queensland. The week started with the usual formalities with airport pickups, introductions, diamond inspections and pre-tournament meetings. We also participated in an on- diamond clinic session. During the session we went through positioning with some emphasis on secondary plays and secondary positioning. That evening, we had a barbeque while getting to know each other. Day 1 of the tournament bat checks, crew photo, opening ceremony and then games were on the agenda, or so we thought. We managed to get all the bats checked, had our crew photo taken just before we went out for the opening ceremony, everything was looking on track but just before the first game was scheduled to start, the heavens opened and the first day was eventually abandoned. The games started the next day with high heat and high humidity which resulted in games being played with the Heat policy in place and this became the trend for most of the games throughout the week. Luckily for us we had Nicole Crowe (in the role of Sports Trainer) on board to help us with monitoring our hydration levels and with our health and wellbeing throughout the tournament. Nicole also assisted us with pool sessions at the accommodation to assist us with muscle recovery with most people taking up the opportunity.
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