Five moments in the history of softball you may not know about
This past Sunday—June 13th—was World Softball Day and what better way to celebrate the sport than by exploring its rich and fascinating history!
Category: Historical
An incredible journey: women’s cricket in the Apple Isle
From the first game to developing pathways, Mary Konstantopoulos explores the story of women’s cricket in Tasmania and the new book that tells the tale.
The Lucas Girls are helping to reshape our cultural sporting narrative
The Lucas Girls: A Match to Remember demonstrates how telling the history of women’s sport can help to positively and accurately reshape our cultural narrative.
Victress and Victory: How Corinne Hall is winning for women off the pitch
Hobart Hurricanes captain Corinne Hall reflects on the release of her book, Victress: Women who paved the way in Australian Sport Last month, one of our favourite women in sport advocates, Michelle Redfern, tagged us in a tweet that celebrated a newly released children’s book from Irish athlete Jacqui Hurley’s, Girls Play Too: Inspiring Stories …
History makers: Lois Quarrell and the women’s sport pages
In a career that spanned 34 years, South Australian sports writer Lois Quarrell was a pioneer. A meticulous reporter, a passionate advocate, a champion administrator.