QUEANBEYAN Bears softball club president and founder Fran Sweeny says it will be important for the club to develop its juniors in the next 30 years, with the club celebrating its 30th anniversary this season.
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The club's women's team started their season seven weeks ago and have recorded five wins and two losses, and the men's side have lost their two Monday night matches.
The three junior 'cubs' teams is have won one game each.
But Sweeny, an ACT representative and Softball Australia hall of fame member, said the club had produced a lot of junior talent over the years, and that would be what it would focus on in the years to come.
"I think the highlight of the last 30 years has been how the club has developed junior players, and the junior teams have been very successful," Sweeny said.
"They really are the future of the club, and we have some amazing talent at the moment."
Membership numbers have fluctuated at the club over the years, with five teams being fielded in Softball ACT competition this season, compared with eight teams back in 1985.
But with membership numbers sitting around the 130 mark this season, Sweeny said the family orientated environment at her club was still in a strong position.
"We're definitely a family club, and lots of parents of children that play for us have also played in the past," she said.
"We understand that sometimes players can't make it to every game because of other priorities, so our motto is 'family, work, softball'."
Sweeny's husband William Potiki, who has been involved with the club since it began, said the club had expanded its community outreach in Queanbeyan over the years, citing 2003/04 as its best season.
"We had five teams back then and we won all five grand finals," he said.
"We've seen a lot of young and older players come through the club, and we also had former ACT state coach Richard McCready coach our A grade Bears."
The club has also competed at a number of masters competitions over the years.
They will compete at the Australian masters tournament in Adelaide next year, and aim to send a team to the 2017 world masters games in Auckland, New Zealand.