U16 Girls - Esther Deason Shield
Background
From 1970-2010, the Esther Deason Shield was awarded to the winning U16 girls’ team. In 2011, the Championship transitioned to the U17 Girls’ Championship, to reduce the gap to the U19 Championship from three years to two years. In 2020, with the change of the U19s to U18s, the Esther Deason Shield also changed back to U16s, to maintain a two-year difference between championship age groups.
Point of Interest
Esther was a member of the Australian team that won the first Women’s World Softball Championship held in Melbourne, Australia in 1965.
Today
NSW has performed outstandingly at this event, having won the title 26 times from 1970-2020.
Click on the links below for further information:
Partners
