Nelson, NZ - - Passing of Ed Dolejs
Attention Softball Family:
Softball New Zealand regret to announce ED DOLEJS- a SNZ life member and NZ and WBSC Hall of Fame coach - died in Nelson on Tuesday, aged 90.
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Softball New Zealand expresses its condolences to Ed's family and friends and acknowledges Ed's contribution as one of the influential figures in New Zealand softball history.
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This tribute has been written by Tony Smith, who co-wrote Ed’s book and regards him as New Zealand softball’s foremost thinker.
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For a full account, of Ed’s long and eventual life, his softball success and his tactical insights, read his 2011 autobiography Diamonds In the Sun (available from Nelson’s Copy Press)
https://shop.copypress.co.nz/shopn/spi//COPYP_1_ABG_11302
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It should be required reading for every serious softball player and coach interesting in improving the element Ed Dolejs always emphasised – “game understanding’’.
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Ed's funeral will be held at 2pm on Thursday November 14 at the Stoke Bowling Club in Songer St, Nelson.
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Glen Roff - Softball Manager
Softball New Zealand
m: 021537082 | p: 04 5600389
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