Thursday 16 January 2014

Heat members selected in 2014 Aussie Spirit Team

Congratulations to the following Queensland Heat members for their selection in the 2014 Aussie Spirit team, selected to compete at the ISF XIV Women's World Championship in Haarlem, Netherlands from 15-24 August.
• Jodie Bowering 
• Brenda De Blaes 
• Jocelyn McCallum 
• Jade Wall 
• Melinda Weaver

Non Travelling Reserves
• Sandra Holden
• Kate Sternes
• Erin Thras
• Stacey Webber

Tuesday 14 January 2014

QLD Heat in Nail-biting Grand Final of Gilley`s Shield

The Queensland Heat Women’s Team have finished 2nd in the Gilley’s Shield held in Blacktown, NSW from the 3rd to the 11th of January 2014. The Heat met with the NSW Firestars in the Grand Final and despite a 2 – 1 lead at the top of the 7th innings were narrowly defeated 3 – 2.

Congratulations to Jocelyn McCallum for winning the Lorraine Woolley Best Pitcher Award and congratulations to the following players for being named in the All Tournament Team: Pitcher – Jocelyn McCallum Outfield – Erin Thras

Click here for a full wrap up of the tournament Congratulations to all of the players and coaching staff on a fantastic Nationals campaign.

Grand Final on Fox Sports

In a first for softball, the grand final of the 2014 National Championship between the NSW Firestars and Queensland Heat will be shown on Fox Sports in January. The coverage features a 90-minute highlights package on January 23 at 3pm on Fox Sports 1, followed by a further showing on January 25 at 3pm on Fox Sports 1, and again on January 29 at 2.30pm on Fox Sports 2 (check Fox Sports schedule for any changes to timeslots). Hopefully it is the start of bigger things to come.” The grand final will feature a number of Australia’s leading players, including national captain, Stacey Porter, who also leads the NSW Firestars, while her vice-captain, Jodie Bowering, will feature heavily for the Queensland Heat as the team’s captain and catcher.