Once in a life time you will have a season where everything goes your way, 2023 was such a season for AHMP! Thank you God for all the blessings and honour to coach these talented players.
Pre Season
We started our pre-season in April and had a lot of players from U15 with a LOT of U14 joining for the first time.
Camp
For the first time AHMP went to a softball camp at Zwartkloof Private Game Reserve close to Bela-Bela 10 – 14 July.
League
U14 came second in the league behind Oos Moot, losing 1 and drawing 1 game, winning 5 games.
U15 came second behind Centurion who won all their games, losing only 1 game 2-3 to Centurion on own error, no hits by Centurion.
TSSA Semi-Final
U14 played against Montana winning 8-2
U15 played against Oos-Moot winning 7-0
TSSA Final
U14 played against Zwartkop who won against Oos Moot, winning 9-2
U14 played against Centurion who won against PNHS, winning 6-4
Gauteng Final
U15 won Gauteng Championshup beating JSA 18-1 & ESU 14-2
TSSA Trials
AHMP had 12 U14/15 selected for the U15 teams:
Blue Sox – 9, White Sox -2 and Kgodiso -1
IRT Tournament
IRT tournament was held in KZN and Blue Sox U15 won A-Division against KZN 6-1 while the Kgodiso team won the B-Division against the White Sox.
All Star Team
The best players are selected for the All Star Team, Blue Sox had 8 players in the All Star Team, 7 from AHMP and 1 from Oos Moot.
Pitchers – Alissa Malherbe and Mila Meyer
Catcher – Iske jv Rensburg
1 Base – Megan Welgemoed
2 Base – Heide Potgieter
3rd Base – Lilia Joubert
Short Stop – Megan Smit (She plays 3rd base in U14 for AHMP)
LOF – Iline Botha (Oos Moot)
IRT Individual Awards
Best Pitcher of the U15 tournament – Alissa Malherbe
Best Catcher of the U15 tournament – Iske jv Rensburg
Statistics
U14 scored 93 runs and only scored 31 against them in the season. 3-1 Ratio
U15 scored 113 runs and only scored 21 runs against them in 11 games, 5 -1 Ratio