Scoring awards and achievements

Winners – (2019 winners pictured)

Lorraine Davies Award

2023 - Kerryn Bell (Knox) (above)
2022 - Not awarded
2021 - Allison Pendlebury (Waverley)

Mary Walkinshaw Award

2023 - Nicole Atkinson (Waverley) (above)
2022 - Kristine Hill (Waverley)
2021 - Peter Miller (Waverley)

Annual Scoring Awards

Two honours are awarded each year to recognise the contribution of scorers to the success of softball in Victoria. They are:

Lorraine Davies Award

Lorraine, from the Geelong Association, was the Softball Victoria Director of Scoring for 29 years and is a Softball Victoria Life Member. Lorraine has been involved in softball for more than 40 years. This award recognises the outstanding contribution made towards scoring during the year. Read more about Lorraine Davies.

This award to given to the person who has made an exceptional contribution to scoring over the previous 12 months.

Mary Walkinshaw Award

Previously the Rising Star Award, this was renamed in 2019 to recognise Mary’s many years of experience, scoring at local, national and international competitions for her club Glen Waverley, for Victoria and Australia at overseas softball tournaments. She is passionate about providing resources for scorers, introducing technology to scoring and education of scorers on an ongoing basis. Mary is the Softball Victoria Director of Scoring and a Softball Victoria Life Member. Read more about Mary Walkinshaw.

This award is given to an up-and-coming new scorer for their efforts to improve their skills and knowledge of scoring.

Statistician Recognition Numbers

The Victorian Scoring Committee made the decision to recognise our higher-level statisticians by awarding them a numbered name badge once they receive Level 4 Scoring Accreditation. This honor is like other sporting teams such as the Australian Women’s and Men’s Softball players who are awarded a numbered cap when they initially represent their country.

An extensive search of eligible Victorian statistician was conducted to determine the chronological order in which these numbers should be awarded, however, previous paper methods of record keeping, changes in the accreditation system used by Softball Australia (some people did not transition to Level 4 when it was introduced) showed that there were gaps in our records.

It was decided that ‘a line in the sand’ (which included the criteria that they were current active Level 4 statisticians) was to be drawn if these numbered badges were to ever be awarded.

The initial 20 name badges were distributed recently at the 2024 Scorers Thank You event.

Lorraine Davies	1
Mary Walkinshaw	2
James Giles	3
Allison Pendlebury	4
Lynne Willmott	5
Helen Edwards	6
Kerryn Bell	7
Angela Forgan	8
Christopher Trengove	9
Melissa Southern	10
Zoe Carolan	11
Sue Rigg	12
Catherine Garoni	13
Tracey Reid*	14
Carolyn Di Paola	15
Jacqueline Campbell	16
Moira Teichert	17
Rosemary Hawkins	18
Peter Miller	19
Janine Culph	20

* Deceased

Victorian Team Statisticians

Women’s Teams since 1947 Men’s Teams since 1984

Australian World Championship & World Cup Team Statisticians

Year	Name	Team	Venue
1965	Bess Dornan	Open Women	Melbourne, Vic. Australia
1978	Josie Loton	Open Women	San Salvador, El Salvador
1985	Jean Wynn	Under 19 Women	Fargo, ND. United States
1990	Kerrie Maddern (nee Besley)	Open Women	Normal, IL. United States
1994	Kerrie Maddern (nee Besley)	Open Women	St. John’s, NL. Canada
1996	Jean Wynn	Open Men	Midland, MI. United States
2009	Helen Edwards	Open Men	Saskatoon, SK. Canada
2012	Mary Walkinshaw	Open Women	Whitehorse, YT. Canada
2013	Helen Edwards	Open Men	Auckland, New Zealand
2014	Jim Giles	Under 19 Men	Whitehorse, YT. Canada
2014	Chris Trengove	Open Women	Haarlem, Netherlands
2015	Helen Edwards	Open Men	Saskatoon, SK. Canada
2016	Chris Trengove	Open Women	Surrey, BC. Canada
2017	Helen Edwards	Open Men	Whitehorse, YT. Canada
2018	Jim Giles	Under 19 Men	Prince Albert, SK. Canada
2019	Chris Trengove	Open Men	Prague, Czech Republic
2020	Jim Giles	Under 18 Men	Palmerston North, New Zealand
2022	Chris Trengove	Open Men	Auckland, New Zealand