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Congratulations to our recent athletes named to represent North Harbour including Cody Taylor who will represent the North Harbour Under 17 Boys. Under 19 Girls North Harbour Team will compete on the 05h - 08th January at Resthills Park, Hamilton - Lucy Cadness-Aspinall and Abigail Church Under 15 Girls North Harbour Team will compete on the 16th - 18th December at the Waitakere Bears home ground, Starling Park, Auckland - Neve Cadness-Aspinall, Rori Seymour, Jessica Taylor and Freya Williams We are super proud of all of our players who trialled for the Reps it's fantastic to see so many ECB whanau involved in the reps this year including those involved in taking the helm.
MOVIE NIGHT - MON 21 NOV You can grab your tickets at www.ecbsoftball.org.nz  |
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ROSEDALE PARK & WORLD CUP UPDATE As the international teams start to arrive into New Zealand you would have noticed the stadium seating going up around the park in preperation to the Men's Softball World Cup. Please remember that there will be no access to Rosedale Park for practice or games between 20 November - 05 December. Parking for the World Cup will be at the Old Hockey Turf off Paul Matthews Drive and you can either walk down to the park or take a shuttle. The World cup starts on Saturday 26 November and you can find out more and buy tickets at: https://www.swc2022.com/ Following the World Cup on the Saturday 10 December we will have another No Play weekend with the Brad Rona U13 Fast45 tournament.
ECB PREM MEN MISFITS vs ARGENTINA This opportunity doesn't come knocking often. Tonight our ECB Prem Men's Misfits team will play the current World No 1 softball team - Argentina in a game at Rosedale park on Diamond 1. Please come along for some great ball and wear your green to support ECB. We have been reminded if we want to see the game tonight to only sit in the Pure Athletic stadium covered seating or the outfield embankment and to keep off the grandstands in the around the park that have just been constructed. |
2023 CALENDAR RAFFLE It's a great way to get your businesses name on our calendar and in front of people for the month. To find out more about how it works CLICK HERE and to contribute please contact secretary@ecbsoftball.org.nz |
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UPDATES UPDATE FROM OUR TREASURER - Suzette A MESSAGE FROM OUR JUNIOR CLUB CAPTAIN - Vikki A massive thank you to the new coaches, managers, scorers and umpires that have undertaken a huge learning curve to get these new teams off the ground and humming along beautifully. You may know that I have also undertaken coaching for the first time this year and golly it’s been a lot of self doubt and second guessing coming through as I’ve tried to find my coaching style…but boy is it rewarding. So I appreciate that each of our new officials will be feeling the same way! I do want to use this as an opportunity to remind all parents across the grades that your junior athlete plays our game primarily for fun, enjoyment, participation and to interact with others. It is our responsibility as a club and sport to ensure that those needs are met so that the child continues to play softball to a higher level. This end-goal effects the way that our coaches and management teams run their games, they primarily coach for fun and participation, to embed the foundation skills and at this early stage of the season, therefore for the younger grades the aim is not to win at all costs. We gently remind parents to respect the coaches methods and to also understand they they and our officials are human and occasionally calls might not go towards a winning result. To this end we would like a timely reminder to go out to be aware of your chatter on the sideline; our young athletes from both teams are within ear shot and will learn from your example, they are also capable of hearing the comments of adults around the diamonds about their own performances and this puts them at risk of having their confidence undermined. It also makes it hard for our coaches voices to be heard by our players when there’s a bit of well meant sideline coaching coming from more familiar parental voices. It doesn’t happen often that negativity is heard as 99.9% is positive affirmations for excellent plays…but we always like to remind families at this stage of the season to just “be aware”. So thank you! It has been a complete honour wandering the diamonds and seeing your families and watching your players as they bond with their teams. We are so blessed to have such great kids (and families) in this club! DOWNLOAD THE SPORTY APP GREEN CAP SCORERS: NHSA have a Green Cap Programme to help those that are scoring their children's games. These sessions cover the basics of scorers for beginners and fortnightly on Tuesday at 6pm in the scorers room, Pure Athletic Stadium. The next session is tomorrow night 15 November..etc.. You can attend as many sessions as you like, please register and be part of the North Harbour Green Cap Scorers Programme. https://www.sporty.co.nz/viewform/204928 |
IMPORTANT DATES ECB Prem Men Misfits vs Argentina Rosedale 6pm D1 - Tuesday 15 November 2022 |
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ECB Softball would like to say a huge thank you to our sponsor Younity who have sponsored our entire Under 11 grade which includes four of our junior teams. Their generous sponsorship will enabled these four teams can be outfitted with their new ECB playing tops sooner. Our Under 11 teams will proudly play with the Younity logo on their sleeves. Younity is 100% NZ owned and trusted by many NZ organisations to solve their IT talent resourcing needs fast. Check out their latest IT jobs here or get in touch with their team to find out more. Younity Auckland |
Good luck for your game/s on Saturday - have fun, play hard, play fair and be proud! If you have any questions at all please contact secretary@ecbsoftball.org.nz ECB Softball Committee
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