DFM Softball

🚨 Exciting Coaching Announcement 🚨
We’re pumped to welcome Anne Vogler to our July DFM Clinic 🔥. Anne is a multiple Queensland National Championship-winning coach and a true legend of the game here in QLD softball. Her experience, knowledge, and passion for developing athletes is second to none — and we’re incredibly lucky to have her involved. This is an amazing opportunity for players to learn from one of the very best.

🎯 💰 Cost: $31 per player
📍 Wynnum
📅 25/7/26
🔢 Limited spots available
👉 Register & pay here:
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/K5qs9WCbD7

You should know them!

Sally McCreedy (nee McDermid)
Jo Brown (nee Alchin)
Peta Edebone
Haylea Petrie

🥎 Between them, more than 1,100 games for Australia
🥉 Olympic medallists
🥈 World champ medallists
🔥 Four of the most dangerous hitters our game has seen

Four very different players…but the same presence in the box. These were the hitters you knew could change a game in a moment. From clutch home runs on the biggest stage, to the ones you simply trusted to get it done.

And I was lucky enough to see it up close — playing against some…and alongside others.

This was an era where pitchers thought twice the moment they stepped into the box…and even before that, when they were waiting on deck.

💙 Power
🔥 Presence
🌏 Impact

You should know them.

You should know her.

Tanya Harding.

🥎 4× Olympian
🥉🥉🥈🥉 Olympic medallist
🇦🇺 Over 280 games for Australia

Her achievements speak for themselves — one of the most consistent and dominant pitchers our game has ever seen.

But for me, she’s more than that. I had the privilege of playing alongside her for many years… calling her a teammate and a friend. And honestly? I was still a bit of a fan girl the whole time. And I don’t think I was the only one.

Because what people don’t always see is everything she gave back to the game as well. Even while representing Australia, she continued to show up —
playing A1, training with her club, and giving back to grassroots softball. No shortcuts. No ego. Just doing the work.

💙 A teammate
🔥 A competitor
🌏 An all-time great

✨ Women of Softball – Series Spotlight ✨

This one’s a special one — Joyce.
I first played against Joyce, and she was formidable. Later, I had the privilege of playing alongside her… and to this day, she remains formidable!

Joyce is one of those players you don’t forget, or shouldn't forget — not just for her ability on the field, but for the presence she carried. An icon of her time, and still someone who commands respect now.

These are the stories that deserve to be seen and remembered. Because behind every name is a legacy that helped shape the game we love today.

If you have memories, photos, or stories of Joyce, I’d love to hear them — let’s keep celebrating the people who built this sport. 💛🥎

Softball Australia

Back at these grounds after 26 years.
The last time I was here, I’d just retired and thought I’d give early mornings another crack, playing for North Shore District Softball Assn in the NSW State League. After the first weekend… I quickly realised that wasn’t for me, anymore 😳. Fast forward 26 years, and I’m back again early morning; this time helping the next generation. I was also lucky enough to watch a few of the kids in my Under 14 squad play, before I moved onto some 1:1 coaching. I had the pleasure of working with a young lad from Stealers. He put together 50 really solid swings — super impressive effort and great signs ahead. I’m really pleased with what I saw 👏. Good work mate 👊🏻

✨ Women of Softball – Series Spotlight ✨

You should know her. Kelly McKellar-Nathan

🖤 🌍 First Indigenous Australian athlete to win a World Championship medal (silver – 1998)
🥎 ~95 games representing Australia
🇦🇺 AIS scholarship athlete – elite national pathway
🎓 4-year US college career (Oklahoma City University scholarship)
🌱 Queensland representative
🏅 Queensland Softball Hall of Fame inductee
🧡💙 P4AC ambassador and board member
🥎 Has played at every P4AC Masters tournament
🌏 Giving back to the game and her community
🔥 A trailblazer for Indigenous athletes who followed
You should know her - Kelly McKellar‑Nathan.

Learn more about Kelly at this link - in her own words 🖤

https://youtu.be/XW7QzwFJS5E?si=O9OsjVH62psvO6UN