1/22Cooper Maluga at the Mackay Softball Association Come and Try Day in Theo Hansen Park, February 27, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
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2/22Queensland under 14 representative squad member Jaxon Maluga at the Mackay Softball Association Come and Try Day in Theo Hansen Park, February 27, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
3/22Kacee Schultz and Peyton Barrow at the Mackay Softball Association Come and Try Day in Theo Hansen Park, February 27, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
4/22Donna Reid and Melanie Reid at the Mackay Softball Association Come and Try Day in Theo Hansen Park, February 27, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
5/22Michelle Goodman, Cheryl Martin, Maxine Baxter and Donna Reid at the Mackay Softball Association Come and Try Day in Theo Hansen Park, February 27, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
6/22Amelia Hartl at the Mackay Softball Association Come and Try Day in Theo Hansen Park, February 27, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
7/22James Allen, Keeva Mohan, Mackenzie Allen, Ella Kersey and Jaxon Mulgua (back) and Kacee Schultz, Tighe Mohan, Nikita Blanshard, Riley Creighton and Peyton Barrow (front) at the Mackay Softball Association Come and Try Day in Theo Hansen Park, February 27, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
8/22Jaxson Merriman-Willson at the Mackay Softball Association Come and Try Day in Theo Hansen Park, February 27, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
9/22Coach Allen James at the Mackay Softball Association Come and Try Day in Theo Hansen Park, February 27, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
10/22Kacee Schultz and Peyton Barrow at the Mackay Softball Association Come and Try Day in Theo Hansen Park, February 27, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
11/22Rachel Hartl with her daughters Amelia and Audrey Hartl at the Mackay Softball Association Come and Try Day in Theo Hansen Park, February 27, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
12/22Queensland under 16 representative James Allen and Queensland under 14 representative squad member Jaxon Maluga training at the Mackay Softball Association Come and Try Day in Theo Hansen Park, February 27, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
13/22Tracey and Layla Merriman at the Mackay Softball Association Come and Try Day in Theo Hansen Park, February 27, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
14/22Rachel Hartl with her daughters Amelia and Audrey Hartl at the Mackay Softball Association Come and Try Day in Theo Hansen Park, February 27, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
15/22Allison and Lara Bekker at the Mackay Softball Association Come and Try Day in Theo Hansen Park, February 27, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
16/22Audrey Hartl at the Mackay Softball Association Come and Try Day in Theo Hansen Park, February 27, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
17/22Groundskeeper extraordinaire Peter Baxter at the Mackay Softball Association Come and Try Day in Theo Hansen Park, February 27, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
18/22Cheryl Martin, Donna Reid, Maxine Baxter and Michelle Goodman at the Mackay Softball Association Come and Try Day in Theo Hansen Park, February 27, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
19/22Queensland under 16 representative James Allen and Queensland under 14 representative squad member Jaxon Maluga at the Mackay Softball Association Come and Try Day at Theo Hansen Park, February 27, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
20/22Jaxson Merriman-Willson at the Mackay Softball Association Come and Try Day in Theo Hansen Park, February 27, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
21/22Cooper Maluga at the Mackay Softball Association Come and Try Day in Theo Hansen Park, February 27, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
22/22Mackenzie Allen and Ella Kersey at the Mackay Softball Association Come and Try Day in Theo Hansen Park, February 27, 2022. Picture: Lillian Watkins
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