Australia to meet New Zealand in Gold medal game

[Al Doran]

Subject: Australia to meet New Zealand in Gold medal game
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 14:27:02 +1100
From: "DiAnne Lilburn" <dianne.lilburn(at)softball.org.au>


Media Release
28 January 2006

Australia to meet world number one in Gold medal game

Australia has just beaten Tanifa Samoa 3-1 in the preliminary final of the 
Commonwealth Men's Fastpitch Championship at Altona in Victoria.

Top order bat, Michael Tanner (ACT) ran an inside the park home run in 
bottom of the third to put Australia on the board.

Tanner continued his good form with the bat in the bottom of the sixth with 
a safe hit to centre field for a single. Team mate David Newsome (NSW) put 
down the perfect sacrfice bunt to move Tanner to second. Jeff Goolagong 
followed with a tripled to the right field fence to score Tanner. Kris 
Kiefel (Vic) then hit a long sacrifice fly to right field to score 
Goolagong for the third run.

Samoa came out strong in the seventh scoring a run, but then were unable to 
capatilise leaving runners on base for Australia to take the game.

Adam Humble (WA) dominated the Samoa bats from the pitching mound with just 
two hits and six strike outs from 23 batters faced.

Australia, ranked third, will take on the New Zealand Black Sox, current 
world number one in the gold medal game at 3.30pm (AEDT).

For more information, please contact DiAnne Lilburn on 0405 509 674.

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DiAnne Lilburn
National Communications Coordinator
Softball Australia
Suite 4, Ground Floor
38-40 Prospect Street
Box Hill, Victoria 3128

T: +61 3 9890 8200
F: +61 3 9890 8295
M: +61 (0) 405 509 674

For more information visit www.softball.org.au <http://www.softball.org.au/>

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Did you know that Australia is the world's number one softball nation?
World number two - Open Women's team (Aussie Spirit), Silver Medallist 
(Athens, 2004), Bronze Medallists (Sydney 2000 and Atlanta 1996).
World number one - Under 19 Men's team (Aussie Colts), three consecutive 
World Championship titles.
World number three - Open Men's team (Aussie Steelers) and Under 19 Women's 
team (Aussie Pride).


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