Jenny Ware (Hughes, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

It is with great pleasure that I rise to speak of two of my constituents from Hughes, Clare and Scott O'Brien from Bangor. Ten years ago, Clare and Scotty established the almighty Monkeys Softball, a club that plays within the Sutherland Shire Softball Association. I'm proud to be a member of this club and also the association. For 10 years Clare and Scott have been, respectively, the president and vice-president of our club. As well as being two of our strongest players, they've been managers, coaches, fundraisers, umpires, administrators, 'monkey beer' brewers and the ones that cajole the rest of us into meeting our umpiring duties.

Under the leadership of Clare and Scott, Monkeys Softball club has fielded seniors mixed B-grade, ladies A-grade, ladies C-grade, slow pitch, winter outdoor and winter indoor teams, and we are now fielding a junior T-ball team. Sutherland Shire Softball Association hosted a fantastic grand final on Saturday 11 March, where we again had the local Monkeys Derby in mixed B-grade. Sadly, the Spider Monkeys beat our Stuffed Monkeys team. We then recently had Monkeys presentation night on Saturday night. Congratulations to all of our winners. We raised over $500 to donate to the Scott Rindfleish Foundation. Congratulations to Clare and Scott, and happy 10th birthday to the Monkeys Softball Club.