# Justine Smethurst

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{{short description|Australian softball player}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=April 2012}}
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'''Justine Smethurst''' (born January 1987 in Melbourne) is an Australian softball player. She is a pitcher and plays club softball in the Glen Waverley Softball Association. She has represented Victoria on a variety of different teams and competed at the national championships several times, winning one in 2001. She played for the [University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](/source/University_of_Hawai%CA%BBi_at_M%C4%81noa) softball team in 2006 and 2007. She has been a member of the senior Australia women's national softball team, winning a bronze medal at the [2008 Summer Olympics](/source/2008_Summer_Olympics). She is trying to gain a spot on the roster to compete at the 2012 ISF XIII Women's World Championships.

==Personal==
Smethurst was born in January 1987 in Melbourne, Victoria.<ref name=AIS-page>{{cite web|accessdate=8 March 2012|location=Bruce, Australian Capital Territory|publisher=Australian Institute of Sport|url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/softball/athletes?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZtYXRyaXh0dW5uZWwlMkZTcG9ydCUyRjIyJTJGU3F1YWQlMkZQcm9maWxlJTJGQXRobGV0ZSUyRkRldGFpbCUyRjI3NTQ1ODkmYWxsPTE%3D|title=AIS Softball&nbsp;— Justine Smethurst|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325183031/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/softball/athletes?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZtYXRyaXh0dW5uZWwlMkZTcG9ydCUyRjIyJTJGU3F1YWQlMkZQcm9maWxlJTJGQXRobGV0ZSUyRkRldGFpbCUyRjI3NTQ1ODkmYWxsPTE%3D|archivedate=25 March 2012}}</ref><ref name=softball-aus-site/> Her mother and sister both played softball. Both also went on to coach softball.<ref name=east-brighton/> She attended [Shelford Anglican Girls' School](/source/Shelford_Anglican_Girls'_School) and graduated in 2004.<ref name=east-brighton/> She learned Japanese in school.<ref name=east-brighton/> One of her hobbies is kayaking.<ref name=AIS-page/> In 2002, she was living in [East Brighton, Victoria](/source/East_Brighton%2C_Victoria).<ref name=east-brighton>{{cite news|accessdate=13 March 2012|title=Soft touch runs in family|newspaper=Leader&nbsp;— Sandringham Brighton Advertiser|location=Melbourne, Australia|date=29 July 2002|page=10|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:VICB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0FD083EF432127EA&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}</ref> She attended the [University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](/source/University_of_Hawai%CA%BBi_at_M%C4%81noa),<ref name=ais-2008-team/><ref name=2008-ais-other-source/> enrolling in 2005 and majoring in psychology.<ref name=enrolling-2005>{{cite news|accessdate=13 March 2012|title=Rising Victorian pitcher picks up a bat and also an accent&nbsp;— SOFTBALL|newspaper=The Age|location=Melbourne, Australia|date=8 December 2006|first=Vanessa|last=Burrow|page=15|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ASAB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=115E08F91EDA25C8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}</ref> While attending the university, she acquired an American accent.<ref name=enrolling-2005/>

==Softball==
thumb|The 19 March 2012 game at Hawker International Softball Centre between the ACT representative side and the Japanese national team. No. 2 is Clare Warwick. No. 4 is Justine Smethurst.|alt=women playing softball
Smethurst is a pitcher.<ref name=ais-2008-team/><ref name=is-pitcher>{{cite news|last=Harper |first=Hilary |url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2008/07/18/2308032.htm |title=Go softly but carry a big stick|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=18 July 2008 |accessdate=2012-03-12}}</ref> While she started playing before she was twelve, she did not move into the pitching position until she was that age.<ref name=enrolling-2005/> She plays club softball in the [Glen Waverley Softball Association](/source/Glen_Waverley_Softball_Association).<ref name=east-brighton/> In 2001, she was a member of the Victorian School Girls' Team.<ref name=east-brighton/> In 2002, as a fifteen-year-old, she was training for softball around fifteen hours a week.<ref name=east-brighton/> In 2005 and 2006, she had a softball scholarship with the [Victorian Institute of Sport](/source/Victorian_Institute_of_Sport).<ref name=enrolling-2005/> In 2008, she had a scholarship with and played for the [Australian Institute of Sport](/source/Australian_Institute_of_Sport) team.<ref name=ais-2008-team>{{cite news|accessdate=7 March 2012|title=Victorian's squad pitch pays off&nbsp;— SOFTBALL|newspaper=The Age|location=Melbourne, Australia|date=17 January 2008|page=13|id= 20080117000020192571|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ASAB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=11E3863016B990E0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9|first=Adrian|last=Warren}}</ref><ref name=2008-ais-other-source>{{cite news|accessdate=7 March 2012|title=AAP News: Soft: Smethurst swaps books for bat and ball in chase of Olympic dream|newspaper=AAP News|location=Australia|date=16 January 2008|first=Adrian|last=Warren|publisher=Financial Times Information Limited&nbsp;— Asia Africa Intelligence Wire|id= WAAP61447173|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:WAAP&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=11E3BC103ACFAA00&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}</ref>

===State team===
{{Wikinews|Japanese national team beats ACT softball team}}
Smethurst has represented Victoria on a variety of different teams. She has represented Victoria as a member of the U13, U14 and U16 teams at the national championships.<ref name=east-brighton/> In 2001 and 2002, as a member of the junior team, she represented Victoria at the national championships.<ref name=east-brighton/> Her team won in 2001.<ref name=east-brighton/> She represented Victoria at the national championships in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, commuting from Hawaii in order to play with the side.<ref name=ais-2008-team/><ref name=enrolling-2005/>

===University team===
Smethurst played for the [University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](/source/University_of_Hawai%CA%BBi_at_M%C4%81noa) softball team in 2006 and 2007, before taking a break from the university team in order to try to secure a spot on the national team for the [2008 Summer Olympics](/source/2008_Summer_Olympics).<ref name=ais-2008-team/><ref name=2008-ais-other-source/> She had a scholarship at the university to play softball.<ref name=enrolling-2005/>

===Senior national team===
Smethurst has been a member of the senior [Australia women's national softball team](/source/Australia_women's_national_softball_team).<ref name=ais-2008-team/><ref name=2008-ais-other-source/><ref name=another-loss/> In 2005, she toured the United States, Canada and Japan with the national team.<ref name=ais-2008-team/><ref name=2008-ais-other-source/> She did not have an appearance on that national team from late 2005 to mid-2008. University of Hawaiʻi.<ref name=ais-2008-team/><ref name=2008-ais-other-source/> The 2008 Olympic Games were her first Olympics.<ref name=abc-source>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.abc.net.au/grandstand/2008/05/smethurst-ready.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121231071618/http://blogs.abc.net.au/grandstand/2008/05/smethurst-ready.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 December 2012 |title=Smethurst ready to make her mark&nbsp;— ABC Grandstand (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=25 May 2008 |accessdate=2012-03-12}}</ref> She won a bronze medal at the [2008 Summer Olympics](/source/2008_Summer_Olympics).<ref name=AIS-page/> She participated in the Adelaide Olympian parade in 2008.<ref name=adelaide-parade>{{cite news|last=Williamson |first=Brett |url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2008/09/18/2368321.htm |title=Adelaide welcomes Aussie Olympians|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=18 September 2008 |accessdate=2012-03-12}}</ref> She represented Australia at the 2009 World Cup, where she pitched in the game against Italy that Australia won 8–0. She kept batters hitless until the fifth inning.<ref name=kept-batters>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-07-20/aussies-face-huge-task-in-world-softball-final/1360546 |title=Aussies face huge task in world softball final&nbsp;— ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=20 July 2009 |accessdate=2012-03-12}}</ref> In 2011, she was a member of the Australian side that competed at the [World Cup of Softball](/source/World_Cup_of_Softball). She played in game at the Cup against the United States where Australia lost 5–2. It was her second loss on the day, also having played in a game where Australia lost to Japan.<ref name=another-loss>{{cite news|accessdate=7 March 2012|title=Arioto's triple lifts US past Australia 5-2|newspaper=Associated Press Archive|date=23 July 2011|first=Jeff|last=Latzke|agency=Associated Press|id=D9OL43D80|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:APAB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=138FA370CC3BF540&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}</ref><ref name=2011-comment>{{cite news|accessdate=12 March 2012|title=BRIEFS|newspaper=The Age|location=Melbourne, Australia|date=24 July 2011|page=18|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ASAB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=138AF8E779BB57B8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}</ref> She is a member of the 2012 [Australia women's national softball team](/source/Australia_women's_national_softball_team) and is, playing in the 2012 ISF XIII Women's World Championships (1 July 2012).<ref name=softball-aus-site>{{cite web|accessdate=6 March 2012 |publisher=Softball Australia |location=Australia |date=24 February 2012 |title=Australian Open Women's Squad 2012 |url=http://www.softball.org.au/extra.asp?ID=22086 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319021011/http://www.softball.org.au/extra.asp?ID=22086 |archivedate=19 March 2012}}</ref>

==References==
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