Papamoa Giants Softball Club

It’s been a bit quiet on this page for a while now, a big gap without softball scheduled, then rained out Saturdays, then a bit of background stuff for the admin, but we’ve now reached finals weekend!

Coming off three wins in a row to end the regular season, the Giants finished up in 4th place and will face the no. 1 ranked Te Puna United Softball Club in the 12:30pm semi-final tomorrow at Carlton Street Reserve Ballpark. The winner then locks into the final at 3:30pm.

The boys are on a roll and are looking forward to finishing the season strong!

Huge thanks to our sponsors for the massive support throughout the season, you guys are badass!

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Shoutout to Roger Marshman, the leading Giants player at the moment in batting average and RBIs! The old dog’s still got it! 🥎

We were a bit ropey in the last few weeks before Xmas, so now a bit of work to do in the second half.

After no softball over the long weekend, the Giants were back in action on the 1st or November against a tricky Pirates Softball .Est20 team.

After going a run down at the top of the first, the Giants immediately tied the game at the bottom of the inning. The game went back and forth for the next couple of innings, with both teams having multiple safe hits, but neither team pulled out much of a lead until Papamoa centre-fielder Liam Marshman smoked a pitch out over the left field fence for the team’s first home run of the year. Starting pitcher (and known speedster) Mac Rison followed this up soon after with an inside-the-park home run of his own, and the Giants eased out to a more comfortable lead.

Against strong pitching and tight defense, the Pirates were unable to get themselves back into the game from there, with the final score 10-4 to Papamoa. More encouraging signs for the black and orange team, as the whole lineup again showed good patience and made good contact at the plate.

Next up for the Giants is 8th November at 12pm against Rotoiti Steelers.

Shout out to our awesome sponsors who help us get out on the diamond!

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The Island
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Apologies for the late post! On Saturday 18th Oct, the Papamoa Giants had their second game of the season against the defending champion Fairfield Otorohanga United. FOU have a good team of young hungry players, and they jumped out to an early 2-0 lead after two innings. Until then the Giants bats had been quieter than we’d like, but come the 3rd inning they sprang to life with multiple base hits scoring 3 runs in quick succession. From then on a strong second half on the mound from Mac Rison, and strong defense backing him up, FOU were held scoreless for the rest of the game. A late rally scored the Giants another run to seal the game 4-2 for their first W of the season.

A really positive result after falling behind early. The defense was rock solid, especially the infield corners, and once the bats woke up they never stopped rolling.

Back into it in next weekend after a break for labour weekend, huge thanks as always goes to our amazing sponsors!

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The Island
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First game back for the Giants against Te Puna United Softball Club was always going to be a tough start to the season, and so it was. TPU jumped out to a 5 run lead early in the game with their usual good hitting, however as the game wore on the Giants tightened up their defense and began to chip away at the score board. At one stage late in the game TPU’s lead was down to 2 runs, but the Giants couldn’t quite manage to pull the deficit all the way back, with the final score ending up 8-5.

Obviously unhappy with the result, however the way we played showed plenty of promise, with everyone getting on base at least once, and good defense once we settled in. A good base to build on.

A huge thanks to Upshot NZ Limited, The Island, and FitFam Aotearoa for the support!

And just like that, we’re back!

The WBoP softball Senior Men’s season kicks into action tomorrow at Carlton Street Reserve, and the Papamoa Giants are keen to rip into it. First game back is against last year’s runner up (and the team that knocked the Giants out in the semi-final) Te Puna United at 4pm.

The main core of the team has returned, and with the addition of a couple of new faces to strengthen both our offense and defense, we’re expecting another close competitive season.

Many thanks must go to our amazing sponsors who are onboard again to help us through another season! Your support means a lot and is greatly appreciated!

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The Island
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Up the Giants!

💪🏼🥎☝🏼

After two defeats in a row, the Papamoa Giants were looking to get back to winning ways against the Rangiuru Hammerheads on Saturday afternoon. The 4pm slot is always a tough one to get up for, and so it was again for the Giants as we lacked a bit of spark on the diamond and didn’t play our expected level. However a couple of players stood up and got the team across the line, with the first and second home runs of the season to Jordan Dixon and the second of the season to Liam Marshman scoring the bulk of the Giants runs and seeing them home as 5-1 winners. With another 4pm game this weekend, the boys are certainly going to have to lift their performance in all areas to get themselves another W.

Huge thanks to our sponsors for helping us get out on the diamond each week, you’re all legends!

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The Island