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Southern Tasmania Softball Association, Corrie Jones Softball Park, Gepp Parade, Derwent Park, Hobart (2026)

13/04/2026

📣 Reminder STSA Members : Skill sessions begin tomorrow 14 April 2026 at 6pm!

Any questions contact Helen (details below)
See you there!

08/04/2026

🏅🏆💙💛🥎GRAND FINAL DAY WRAP – 2025/2026 SEASON 🥎🏆💙💛🏅

Dearest gentle readers,

Firstly big Thank You for your patience with this post, been a big end to the season for this writer. ♥️

NOW ONTO THE GOOD STUFF❗️-What a way to wrap up the 2025/2026 season for the Southern Tasmanian Softball Association! 🔥

A beautiful day on the diamond 💎 saw our Grand Finals played out, starting with our junior t-ballers – and what a fun game it was!

It’s always fantastic to see the littlies out there having a crack, learning the game and enjoying their time on the field. 🏃👟😍

A Reserve Grand Final – 12pm
Storm ⛈️(7) def Clouds ☁️( 5)

A great way to start Grand Final day with a tight contest between two evenly matched teams. Clouds opened the day strong, with Mandy and Paige leading off, while Ali got Storm’s bats rolling with a lovely hit out to left field – the only multiple bagger for Storm for the game.

Clouds kept things tight early, but Storm’s consistent batting saw them bring home four runs in their second dig 🪏 👏

Clouds made solid contact 💥 throughout the game, but clean fielding from Storm saw outs made at the bases, 🥊👊limiting the damage.

Clouds scored steadily, crossing the plate once in most innings except the fourth. 🥵🍽️

All in all, a consistent effort from both sides with Storm taking the win on the day. A great start to Grand Final day.

Runs to:
Storm ⛈️ – Ali (2), Quinn (2), Mandy (1), Kat (1), Lou (1)
Clouds ☁️ – Casey (2), Abs (1), Mikki (1), Charlie (1)

A Grade Grand Final – 2pm
Raiders Red ❤️ (4) def Central 🐻(0)

💥🔥WHAT. A. GRAND. FINAL.💥🔥

This one was like a game of ping pong 🏓– back and forth with both teams battling hard and neither side able to break through early.

The first three digs saw three up, three down with strong defence all around. The only multiple bagger of the day came from the one and only Mrs Sing for Raiders. 👍👍🔥☄️🧯

The deadlock finally broke in the fourth when Romany (🤸‍♂️) crossed the plate, giving Raiders the momentum 🎉From there they built steadily across the final innings.

Both Kaz and Shelvo pitched blinders, steady heads on those chicks!

The bears fought hard in the field and worked to get runners on base, but unfortunately couldn’t convert those opportunities into runs 😭😢
Right until the end, it felt like anyone’s game – exactly what you hope for in a Grand Final ❤️‍🔥❗️🥎

Runs to Raiders Red ❤️:
Mrs Sing (2), Romany (1), Kate (1)

Massive congatulations to the following award winners;

🏅Una Mckenzie Award to Kate Jones

🏅STSA Board of Management to Richard Moore (aka Level 3)

🏅Umpire of the year to Kat Macfadyen

A huge thank you to everyone who participated in the 2025/2026 season – players, coaches, umpires, scorers, supporters and volunteers. The association simply wouldn’t run without the time and effort you all contribute. 🙌

Keep an eye on the page during the off-season for:
🥎 Skill sessions
📚 Fun softball facts and rules
📅 Updates for the 2026/2027 season

Bye for now friends…
Yours truly,
Lady Whistle Down ✨

23/03/2026

✨ Dearest Gentle Readers… ✨

Let us get down to business — it was do-or-die Preliminary Finals this weekend, and the diamonds delivered the drama! 🥎🔥

Was a massive day that finished with our MVP count and a congratulations to our winners:

🥇🥎Karyn Moore for A Grade and OVEALL MVP for the 2025/2026 season with 43 votes
🥈Maria Shelverton (more commonly referred to as Shelvo) A Grade Runner up on 28 votes

🥇🥎Mandy (Min) McGuinness for A Reserve for the 2025/2026 season on 29 votes.
🥈Abby Percey A Reserve runner up on 23 votes .

Massive congrats ladies, been an absolute pleasure to watch and play with/against you all 🏅

Now onto the games!!!!! FIRSTLY congratulations to Raiders Red, who have secured their spot straight through to the A Grade Grand Final! 👏

🕛 12:00pm Game

Storm (10) def Raiders Black (4)
WHAT. A. GAME.
This one was tight and went right down to the wire — literally — three times! 😖😎😰

Ali pitched an absolute ripper, finishing with 10 strikeouts 💪

Raiders had safe hits across the lineup with most players getting on base at least once, but just couldn’t convert. Catcher Riley was the only Raider to notch up a double bagger.👏👏

Storm also had plenty of contact at the plate, including the highlight of Hayley Webb making it all the way home from a bunt if you will! 😮

Mel and Banksy added some handy hitting with multiple baggers of their own. After the 4th inning it was tied, after the 5th inning it was tied, and after 6 innings… STILL TIED!
Then Storm raged home in the 7th, putting 7 runs across the plate to seal the win. A monumental effort from both teams - going on 2 hourssss 🥵🔥

Runs to:
Storm ⛈️ — Hayley (2), Mel (2), Mandy (1), Paige (1), Emma (1), Kylie (1), Quinn (1), Banks (1)
Raiders 🖤— Fi (2), Sophia (1), Riley (1)

🕑 2:00pm Game
Central 🐻 (4) def Clouds☁️ (3)

Another tighttttt😝 game to close out the day!

The first two innings were close, with Tanya from Central putting the first run on the board in their second dig. Similar to the earlier game, both teams were making solid contact but struggled to convert early. 🥊😦

Central eventually found their groove in the 4th inning, adding some important runs to the board 👏😍

Clouds fought hard in the 5th, scoring their three 3️⃣runs in the second-last innings, but on the day Central proved too strong, taking the win.

Runs to:
Central 🐻— Tanya (2), Cindy (1), Sam (1)
Clouds ☁️— Abs (1), Mel (1), Hayley (1)

🔥 ONTO OUR GRAND FINALS! 🔥

📅 Saturday 28 March
📍 Corrie Jones Softball Park, Gepp Parade

Action kicking off from 10:00am, with Junior T-Ball!
Women’s game times will be posted below 👇

A huge thank you to all our volunteers, umpires, scorers and canteen helpers who make these days possible. Your time and effort never go unnoticed 🙌

Signing off as Lady Whistledown for the second last time of the 2025/2026 season…
See you on the diamond. 🥎✨

23/03/2026

As we head into the Grandfinal this weekend (more details to come) get ready to sharpen your skills and have fun on the diamond in the off season!

Whether you want to:
🏆 Stand for the Tasmanian Over 35 State Team
✈️ Play in interstate Masters competitions
💪 Improve your game and meet fellow players
THEN, these Off-Season Skills Sessions are for YOU!

📧 Register by 31st March
📨 [email protected]

📅 Available sessions:
🌙 Monday - Friday evenings | ☀️ Saturday mornings or afternoons | ☀️ Sunday mornings or afternoons

Don’t miss out, stay active, connect with teammates and other association members, and keep your game strong this off-season!
See you on the diamond!

19/03/2026

🔥 STSA WOMEN’S PRELIMINARY FINALS 🔥
📅 Saturday, 21 March 2026
➕ MVP Vote Count

Do-or-die softball this weekend as teams battle it out for a place in the Grand Finals.

Expect big hits, tight defence, and high-pressure moments across both games!

🕛 12:00pm – Storm ⛈️ 🆚 Raiders Black ❤️
🕑 2:00pm – Clouds ☁️ 🆚 Central Bears 🐻

📋Game Day Duties:

10:00am – Batter Up
• Raiders Black

12:00pm Game
Umpiring:
• Plate: Central
• Bases: Helen McDonald & Central
Canteen:
• Clouds

2:00pm Game
Umpiring:
• Plate: Fiona Temple
• Bases: Kate Marr & Karyn Moore
Canteen:
• Raiders Black

Make sure you get down to the diamond and support all teams in what’s set to be a fantastic day of softball- followed up by the MVP Count. 💥🥎💪

🏆 STSA MVP COUNT 🏆
Join us as we wrap up the season and celebrate our standout players at this year’s MVP Count!

📅 Date: Saturday 21 March
⏰ Starting after the final game (approx. 4:00pm)
📍 Location: Upstairs Clubrooms
Stick around after the last game, grab a drink and enjoy the atmosphere as we count down the votes! 🍻

✔️ Bar open
✔️ Snacks provided

Let’s come together to celebrate a great season of softball – see you all there! 🥎✨

16/03/2026

🔥🥎 STSA FINALS – WEEK 1 WRAP UP 🥎🔥

What a fantastic first week of finals with some great softball played on a bloody beautiful day at the diamonds! Here’s how the games unfolded:

🕛 12:00pm Game
Raiders Red ❤️ (15) def Central bears🐻 (0)

Tooiiight pitching from Karyn and some powerful hitting from the Raiders saw them dominate this game from the outset.

Raiders utilised the 7-run rule in both of their first two batting digs, with several of the girls smashing multiple base hits.
Raiders looked set for another big innings late in the game, however as the innings was incomplete, the score reverted back.

Central worked hard to find their rhythm, making a few fielding adjustments which saw the lovely Loz back on the pitching plate. The Bears were making contact and putting the ball in play, but the Raiders’ fielding proved just too strong on this occasion (Pew pew) 🥊🥊💪

Runs to:
🔴 Raiders – Kylie (3), Jess (2), Claire (2), Karyn (2), Kirsty (2), Riley (2), Kate (1)

🕑 2:00pm Game

Storm clouds ☁️(9) def Storm ⛈️(8)

Absolute cracker of a game to finish the day!

The Clouds and Storm kept everyone on the edge of their seats in a tight contest.
Clouds started strong with a great combo from Casey the Whippet and Abs the Bunter getting things rolling early.
Ali pitched a blinder, 💥⚡️finishing the game with 7 strikeouts.

A rather interesting stand-off between Janine and Emma had the tension high, with Norm almost running out of room in the scorebook keeping track of the count!

Runs to:
⛈️Storm – Kat (2), Paige (1), Bec (1), Ali (1), Emma (1), Min (1), Kylie (1)

☁️ Clouds – Case (2), Abs (2), Hayley (2), Mariah (1), Janine (1), Mel (1)

A huge thank you to all of our volunteers who help make game days happen – we truly couldn’t do it without you! 💛💙🥎

📣 Stay tuned: This week’s game details will be posted shortly.

🏅 Reminder: MVP Count will take place this weekend straight after the final game – don’t miss it!

Thank you for tuning in to this week’s STSA gossip… Lady Whistledown signing off until next week. 👀

13/03/2026

📣 STSA FINALS SERIES STARTS TOMORROW 🥎🔥

The 2025/26 STSA Finals Series kicks off tomorrow Saturday 14 March, with three big weeks of softball leading into Grand Final Day on 28 March. Make sure you get down to the grounds to support the teams as they battle it out for the premiership!

🥎 Semi Finals – Saturday 14 March 🥎

⏰12:00pm - Raiders Red ❤️vs Central Bears 🐻

⏰2:00pm - Storm ⛈️ vs Storm Clouds ☁️

📋 Duties 📋

🥎Game 1 (12:00pm)
Plate Umpire: Kat McFadyen
Base Umpire: Bec Barry & Hayley Webb
🍟Canteen: Storm Clouds☁️
B-UP @ ⏰10.00am : Central Bears 🐻

🥎Game 2 (2:00pm)
Plate Umpire: Helen McDonald
Base Umpire: Kate Marr & Karyn Moore
🍟Canteen: Raiders Red ❤️

🙌 Canteen will be open 🤤
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Bring friends and family and come support your club 🤍💜💚❤️🖤
🥎 Three weeks of great softball ahead!
as always thank you to our volunteers! We cannot run an association without you💙💛🥎

09/03/2026

🥎 CLUB v CLUB – FINAL ROSTER ROUND 🥎

What a beautiful day for softball to close out the last round of rostered games! The sun was shining and the earth said hello as our teams took to the diamonds for one last hit-out before finals. ☀️

Storm Clouds ☁️(13) def Storm ⛈️ (5)

Both teams took the field with eight 8️⃣ players (one short), agreeing to play without an automatic out ❌❗️

Storm came out strong early with some big bats from Ali, Paige and Michelle, putting their first three runs on the board in their opening dig 💥Clouds made some quick fielding adjustments and tightened things up after the first inning, keeping Storm to five runs for the game.

A few fielding errors from Storm allowed Clouds to capitalise on their speed (yes Janine… we’re looking at you 👀 – ‘I am speed- lightning McQueen 🏎️ !). Clouds batted consistently throughout the game, scoring in every dig at bat ✔️✔️

An absolute highlight of the day was seeing the two littlies, Quinn and Vicky, both cross home plate with superstar efforts and some really great contact at the plate. ⭐✨🤩

Runs to:
Clouds ☁️ – Abs (3), Hayley (2), Mikki (2), Case (2), Charlie (2), Vicky (1) and the GOAT (1)
Storm ⛈️ – Ali (2), Paige (1), Michelle (1), Quinn (1)

Raiders Red ❤️ (10) def Raiders Black 🖤 (0)

Both teams started strongly with tight defence — three up, three down and scoreless in the first inning.

Steady scoring throughout the game saw the Reds build momentum with well-rounded batting across the lineup. A late pitching change for Black kept things interesting, with Sophia stepping up to give pitching a crack! 😮👏
It’s always great to see players willing to take on the challenge — we all know how tough pitching can be, and it’s a great way to help keep our game alive. 🙌👍😘🤗

Runs to:
Red ❤️– Jodes (2), Kate Jones (2), Selina (1), Jessica (1), Kaz (1), Romany (1), Mrs Sing (1), April (1)

A great way to wrap up the rostered rounds — now bring on FINALS! 🔥🥎

04/03/2026

Good luck to all those participating in the Masters tournament this weekend!
STSA are very proud to have a few of their members playing! 🥎💛💙

02/03/2026

🚨 RULE CLARIFICATION 🚨

With finals around the corner, here’s an important reminder around batter interference on foul balls.

Question:

If a batter hits the ball in the air in foul territory and remains standing in the batter’s box, do they need to make way for the catcher to attempt the catch?

Short answer: YES.
After clarification (thanks Angela Post 👏), if a batter intentionally hinders the catcher while standing within the batter’s box, they risk being declared OUT for interference, and the ball is declared dead.

This also applies to the coach in the coach’s box — if they interfere with a player attempting to catch a ball, the batter may also be declared out.

📖 Relevant Rule (catcher) – 5.4.4 (C)(ii):
The batter is out and the ball is declared dead when the batter:
“intentionally hinders the catcher while standing within the batter’s box.”

If interference is called:
-The ball is dead
-The batter is out
-Runners must return to the last base touched at the time of interference (in the umpire’s judgment)

✅ Best way to be safe?
When you hit the ball — RUN.

Continue until the plate umpire calls it foul.

Let’s make sure we’re all clear and consistent heading into finals. Play hard, play fair, and know the rules! 💛💙🥎

25/02/2026

📣 LAST ROSTER GAMES 🥎💙💛

Get ready for an action-packed week on the diamond!

🗓️Thursday 26/2
🕖 7:00 PM – Raiders Black vs Central Bears

🗓️Saturday 28/2 – Club v Club Games 😮😵

🕛 12:00 PM – Storm ⛈️ vs Storm Clouds ☁️

🕑 2:00 PM – Raiders Black 🖤 vs Raiders Red❤️

Come down, cheer on your teams, and enjoy some fantastic softball!

Let’s make these final roster games ones to remember. 💪

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