The Macclesfield 'Redbacks' Softball Club are part of the Hills Softball Association.
Many of the Senior Men's players have represented at Senior State level, as well as having many players named in the Senior State Championship and Hills Softball Association Teams of the Year, and having playing, coaching and officials representatives at multiple National and International competitions, as well as Masters Carnivals almost everywhere, including Junior State Champs.
For 2025-26, Maccy will be fielding 4 senior teams:
- Women's C Grade
- Div 1 Men's
- Div 2 Red Men's
- Div 2 Black Men's - This team is aimed at Under 23 Men's Development.
Juniors are welcome to come along to training on Thursday evenings at Anembo Park - 5.30-6.30 - and then depending on age, you can join in with either the Hills Home Run Heroes program or Modball competition. Get in touch for more info.
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Maccy Awards Night:
Life Member Acknowledgement: Brandon Dunn
Life Member Acknowledgement: Jarome Vernocchi
Outstanding Club Service: Karlyn McLeod
Frank 'n' Beans Award for Meritorious Injury: Sam Flinn
Rookie of the Year (Inaugural Award): Chaye Stern
C Grade Women:
Finals MVP: Amarlee Nash
Coaches Award: Milanee Lomman
Players Player: Jerrilee Nash
R/U Best & Fairest: Chloe Watkins
Best & Fairest - The Andrea Farrell Award: Anneliese Gotch
Div 2 Men - Black:
Finals MVP: Zak Pedersen
Coaches Award: Cooper Pedersen
Players Player: Christian Rothall
R/U Best & Fairest: Jackson Jones
Best & Fairest: Christian Rothall
Div 2 Men - Red:
Finals MVP: Sam Williams
Coaches Award: Brian Franson
Players Player: Brad Pearce
R/U Best & Fairest: Lachlan Scadden
Best & Fairest: Coen McLeod
Div 1 Men:
Finals MVP: Sam Flinn
Coaches Award: Christian Rothall
Players Player: Lachlan Abbott
R/U Best & Fairest: Jarome Vernocchi
Best & Fairest: Sam Flinn
Hills Awards Night:
Maccy was well represented at the Hills Presentation night:
Hills Life Membership Induction: Ryan van Kaathoven
Div 1 Men's Best & Fairest: Runner Up - Kaleb Zakelj
Div 2 Men's Best & Fairest: Coen McLeod
Div 1 Men's Team of the Year:
Pitcher - Kaleb Zakelj
Catcher - Kris McLeod
Right Field - Christian Rothall
Scorer - Catherine Westren
Hills MVP Nominations were also made for the following Maccy players:
C Grade Women: Beth Lions (Equal third place); Chloe Watkins (Equal third place)
Div 2 Men - Black: Christian Rothall; Zak Pedersen
Div 2 Men - Red: Travis Ashman; Coen McLeod (Winner)
Div 1 Men - Sam Flinn; Kaleb Zakelj (Runner Up)
Softball SA Awards Night:
Scoring Encouragement Award: Karlyn McLeod
Community Coach of the Year: Kris McLeod
MVP Under 18 Boys & West Beach Parks Junior Athlete of the Year: Jackson Jones
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The 2024-2025 season saw Macclesfield well represented at the State level.
Congratulations to Macclesfield's stand out junior player, Jackson Jones, on having been named in both the Under 18 Boys and Under 23 Men's teams.
The other Maccy players on the Under 23 Men's team include Luke Kirpensteyn, Lachlan Marshall (Tas), Matthew Pendleton, Christian Rothall and Kaleb Zakelj.
The Under 23 Men's team officials are all Maccy representatives - Head Coach Jarome Vernocchi, Assistant Coach Kris McLeod, Manager Coen McLeod and Scorer Karlyn McLeod.
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In 2023-2024, Maccy had 4 senior teams - Div 1 Men's, Div 2 Men's Red, Div 2 Men's Black Under 23s, and C Grade Women's. Both the Div 1 and the Div 2 Red teams made it to the Grand Finals, but missed out by narrow margins. Div 2 Red were minor premiers, again.
At the Hills Softball Association 2023/24 awards night, Maccy came away with a few merits:
Runner Up Best & Fairest - Coen McLeod
Team of the Year Shortstop - Kaleb Zakelj
Team of the Year Utility - Sam Flinn & Aaron Pearce
Our own 2023/24 awards night, saw the following accolades:
Outstanding Club Service: C Grade Women's Team
C Grade Women's Coaches Award: Jerrilee Nash
C Grade Women's Players Player: Tania Nethercote
C Grade Women's Runner Up MVP: Amabel Lions
C Grade Women's MVP "The Andrea Farrell Award": Claudia Lions
Div 2 Men - Black Coaches Award (Kaleb): Kyan Davis
Div 2 Men - Black Coaches Award (Axel): Lachlan McCurrie
Div 2 Men - Black Finals MVP: Lachlan McCurrie
Div 2 Men - Black Runner Up MVP: Zak Pedersen
Div 2 Men - Black Finals MVP: Cooper Pedersen
Div 2 Men - Red Players Player: Coen McLeod
Div 2 Men - Red Coaches Award: David Martin
Div 2 Men - Red Finals MVP: Sam Williams
Div 2 Men - Red Runner Up MVP: Mark Cherry
Div 2 Men - Red Best & Fairest: Coen McLeod
Div 1 Men - Finals MVP: Axel Westren-Schapel
Div 1 Men - Coaches Award: Christian Rothall
Div 1 Men - Players Player: Sam Flinn
Div 1 Men - Runner Up MVP: Kaleb Zakelj
Div 1 Men - MVP: Kris McLeod
"Frank N Beans" Award for Meritorious Injury: Alex 'Noodles' Eglitis
Maccy was also well represented at the 2023 Junior State Championships in the Riverland with players in both the Hills and NAMSA Under 18 teams - Christian Rothall, Tom Galgey, Jackson Jones, and Ajax Westren-Schapel, with Kris McLeod coaching and Catherine Westren managing.
Maccy raised the standard for 2024 Senior State Championships representations - there's too many to name, and I don't want to leave anyone out! Safe to say, there were Maccy players in a lot of teams across all divisions and grades.
And then at the State Team level, Maccy stepped up and delivered.
The inaugural Under 23 Men's State Team was led by an all-Maccy officials squad - Head Coach Jarome Vernocchi, Assistant Coaches Kris McLeod and Matt 'Junior' Schapel, Scorer Karlyn McLeod, and Manager Catherine Westren. And the players representing Maccy were Christian Rothall, Axel Westren-Schapel, Cooper Pedersen, Ajax Westren-Schapel and Kaleb Zakelj. Of the 19 players and officials, TEN were from Macclesfield.
At the Softball SA State Awards Night, the Under 23 Men's MVP Award went to Kaleb Zakelj.
In the Under 18 Boy's State (and also the School Sport SA 18 Years & Under School Boys) Team was Ajax Westren-Schapel. The School Boys team, for which Ajax was Vice Captain, achieved South Australia's first medal in that age group, finishing with a bronze medal. Ajax also helped coach at the Softball SA 2024 Dragons Camp.
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In 2022-2023, Maccy had players across junior teams, as well as their own B & C Grade Women's teams, 3 Division 2 Men's teams, and the Men's Division 1 team. The Maccy Red Div 2 Men's teams made it into the Grand FInals, once again.
For the 2022-2023 season, our Coaches were some extremely experienced players.
- Women's B Grade - Lisa Lions
- Women's C Grade - Sam Williams
- Div 1 & Div 2 Black - Jarome Vernocchi
- Div 2 Red - Kris McLeod
- Div 2 White - Sean Wuttke
In 2021-2022, they fielded a Division 1 Men's, and 3 Division 2 Men's teams, as well as a B/C Grade Women's team. The Maccy Div 2 Red Men's and Div 2 White had success - with White winning the Plate, and Red coming home as Div 2 premier's, breaking a 13-year drought. The C Grade Women made it into the GF, but were pipped at the post.
In the 2020-2021 season, they fielded a Division 1 and Division 2 Men's team. Both teams made it to the Grand Finals.
For further information regarding the Hills Softball Association, please click here: https://www.revolutionise.com.au/hillssoftball/
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