Diamond 3


Spirits @ Rebels


Mavericks @ Angels
game highlights
The Angels and Mavericks know each other very well, potentially too well in some cases, so Tuesday’s game was always going to be interesting. Both teams came out of the box swinging, and after 1 inning the score was tied at 6. The Angels continued to tack on, scoring a few runs in each of the following innings. However the Mavericks could not keep up the scoring pace with the blinding low sun, and the game finished after 6 1/2. Highlights were Bertie shouting “I got it!” and the ball landed 5-10 metres away…. Monique being her usual self and annoyingly stopping everything at 3rd. She clearly has been training with James as he also made plenty of outs to first from the pitching rubber. Lucy also had a hit over the head of her Brookes Softball coach to start a 2 out rally. Both teams made their fair share of catches in the outfield, an exceptional catch was from Amy who charged in and made a basket catch. Selina also caught a tricky popup over the catcher’s head. 3 new female Angels also had doubles on merit showing their improvement. Everything added to a very enjoyable game (helped by Winston not barking continuously for once) and miraculously the Angels game was not the last one to be completed!
Most Valuable Players
Angels: Amy Beveridge & Tom Merritt
Mavericks: Monique Geyer-Johnson & James Mighell


Angels @ Tigers
game highlights
A very close game. Angels started off well with 6 runs in the top of the 1st, but Tigers found holes in the defence and responded with 7 of their own in the 2nd to take a 10-7 lead. Defences then tightened up on both sides with the odd run scoring here and there, the score after 5 innings was tied at 10 apiece. Highlights were running catches by both LFs (Tom and Paul), and the Tigers RC fielder hoovered up mostly everything in the air (1 of which this writer is particularly bitter about…) Tim also had more put-outs than my scoresheet could tally, and both teams were throwing out runners trying to advance with relays from the outfield. In the end the Angels benefited from 2 timely HRs in the final innings to close it out with the potential tying run stranded in the on-deck circle.
Most Valuable Players
Angels: Jen Edis and Paul Taylor
Tigers: Ellie Gilroy and Dustin Fox


Knights @ Oddsox
game highlights
Some good hitting from Oddsox, who managed to find the gaps, saw three home runs in a row for JP and one for Rachael. Good work from Katie at short stop saw a double play at 2B from Johnny at pitcher and then on to Scott on 1B. Oddsox kept it tight in the field throughout. Knights found it hard to get their bats going, but did get a home run and had good hits from Chris and Dom. Vesa had a good game on 2B and then 1B to secure MVP.
most Valuable Players
Knights: Vesa Qarkaxhija and Chris Dore
Oddsox: Katie Cooper and Johnny Sullivan


Oddsox @ Mavericks
Game highlights
The Oddsox and Mavericks fought a really close game with both teams fielding well. Throughout the first four innings, both teams shut each other out 3 times which brought the score to 5-1 in favour of the Oddsox. The Oddsox then pulled away in the 5th and 6th, but the Mavericks shut them out in the 7th and started to come back with their own offensive drive clawing back a number of runs. Big shout out to the Mavericks’ Monique and the Oddsox’s Rachael–both ladies had a fantastic game on third base and were pretty good with the bat, too!
most Valuable Players
Oddsox: Rachael Monteiro and Jake Roberts
Mavericks: Monique Geyer-Johnson and Max Goddard


Angels @ Knights
Game highlights
It was a difficult evening for batting with the ball seeming to appear out of the sun. Knights held the Angels close at the beginning due to some good outfield catches and an aggressive defensive alignment (it was 4-4 after 3). Angels started to find holes and stretched out the lead in the following innings, only for the Knights to put up a storming effort in the 7th with 13 runs! Babs stopped everything at 1st for the Angels and Pete had a diving stop at 3rd which helped to limit the damage in the 7th inning.
Most Valuable Players
Knights – Grace and Matt
Angels – Babs and Pete


Tigers @ Rebels
Game highlights
Most valuable players
Tigers: Adora Jones and Cliff Sofield
Rebels: Fiona Mounsdon and Tom Horsfield


Mavericks @ Spirits

