There is no crying in baseball, but there might be some happy tears this week when members of the New Westminster’s 1978 Doc’s Blues Women’s Softball are inducted into the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame for 2014 in the team category.
The New West women were silver medalists at the 1978 women’s world softball championships (they lost to the United States in the final game).
They were also the last club team to represent Canada at the world championships and the only Canadian women’s team to ever win a world championship medal.
In the ’78 season, the Blues’ had 113 wins, 16 losses and two ties.
Team members were: Donna Blackstock, Eileen Costello, Heather Cranston, Michelle Desaulniers, Debbie Duke, Rosemary Fuller, Adrian Lavigne (manager and coach), Dr. J. Ross MacLean (sponsor), Alistair MacLeod (assistant coach), Ann MacLeod, Patti McGuire, Diane Materi, Joanne Mick, Sandra Nerreter, Janice Robinson, Liz Wood, Norma Wood and Stan Yip (business manager).
Along with the other 2014 inductees, the team will be honoured at a reception Wednesday, Sept. 24 at the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame in Vancouver and will attend a banquet at the Vancouver Convention Centre on Thursday.
