Merici Year 7/8 Softtball team awarded ACT Schools Champions

Like all great sporting stories, the Merici 7/8 Softball win in the ACT Schools Carnival began with the odds stacked squarely against it…

A month out from the tournament we didn’t even have enough players, so the girls were told they had some work to do if they wanted to compete in the carnival. Undeterred, the girls just got to work organising themselves, gathering in more players, showing up to every training and working hard to make sure they could field a team. And a little seed was planted.

The team grew into the tournament with some early wins and draws, with some team members still a bit green and learning the subtleties of the game. A loss in the final round game brought home to the girls how sharp they would need to be to triumph in the end.

Far from wilting in the furnace of the final game, they flowered, showing how much their play had developed to put in the team’s best all round performance of the day on the biggest stage.

Even better than that was the way they represented themselves and the school on the day, playing with pride and fair spirit. Along the way there were tears and laughter, dust and doubts, new friendships forged and nine girls supporting each other and becoming a real team.

When spring and summer are past, autumn is full and winter is coming; Emma Blanchet, Ashley Frater, Stephanie Frater, Julia Buckley, Jasmine King, Samantha King, Sophie Spice, Jessica Morris and Lucy Aboud, will always be able to look back with pride on the day they became ACT Schools 7/8 Softball Champions!

 

Blake Jarvis, Teacher

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