The White Sox, New Zealand A and the Junior White Sox will play a double round-robin series from 24-26 October at Auckland’s Rosedale Park in their first group activity since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic.

After careful consideration and consultation from the member states, medical experts and athletes, Softball Australia regretfully confirmed the 2021 Gilley’s Shield has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 impact.

Both players represented Softball Australia at the Olympic Games, Hodgskin winning silver at the 2004 Athens Games, while Barnes was a member of the bronze medal winning Beijing 2008 squad.

Australia will host the first-ever Oceania Baseball5 Qualifier in 2021.

Coaches Steven Deans and Fergus McAlpine have named a 23 man strong squad to attend a training camp in Palmerston North over Labour weekend.

Softball Australia, in consultation with its Member States, has re-scheduled all national events that were to be held in the December 2020/January 2021 period.

Following the announcement of the #BackOnBase Grants Program, Softball Australia has compiled a list of success stories from Clubs and Associations who have gone above and beyond in their retention and participation initiatives.

It’s time to raid the family photo albums, shoeboxes and storage spaces for that special memory of the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games as the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) and Paralympics Australia (PA) launch the #MySydney2000 social media campaign to capture the spirit of both events.

The committee selected to award #BackOnBase grants have their work cut out for them after over a quarter of Clubs across the country submitted an application to assist in retention and participation.

Softball Australia is pleased to welcome female protective wear manufacturers Zena Sport as an Official Partner of the national body.