Whakaata Māori will stream live to MĀORI+ all five games of the New Zealand women’s softball team, the White Sox, at the 2023 WBSC Women’s Softball World Cup Group C in Italy from 22-26 July. The White Sox are set to take on Olympic champions Japan .
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Samantha Parks, pictured batting for Otahuhu in 2020, has guided the Auckland club to the national title in her first season as head coach. (File photo).
First-year coach Samantha Parks has led Otahuhu to their first national interclub women s softball title after a 10-5 comeback win over a Te Aroha team coached by former Black Sox world title winner Mike Walsh. Walsh - who won world championships with the Black Sox in 1984 and 1996 and coached the New Zealand White Sox women at the 2000 Sydney Olympics - came out of retirement to coach Te Aroha at the national tournament in Christchurch.