Jodie Bowering (born July 1982 in Queensland) is an Australian softball player. She is a physical education and health teacher who plays

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at the state, national and international level. In national competitions, she represents Queensland. As a member of Australia's 2008 team, she won a bronze medal in

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. She is a member of the 2012 national team and is attempting to secure a spot to compete at the 2012 ISF XIII Women's World Championships.

Personal

Bowering was born in July 1982 in Queensland. She resides in the

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area. Her mother, Carol Draper, is a champion waterskier. Bowering is a physical education and health teacher and taught at

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in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. She took a year off between 2009 and 2010 when she worked for the Queensland government to help train physical education teachers.

Softball

Bowering's mother got her involved with teeball as an eventual gateway to softball as a six-year-old. At the time, her mother was playing club softball. In 2008, she competed in the Queensland Open Women's State Championships where she played for the Brisbane side. She had a scholarship with and played for the

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team in 2008 and 2009. She represents Queensland in national competitions. In 2007, she represented the state in the

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. She was a member of the Queensland team in 2008. She was part of the 2012 side that finished third at the

. Bowering has represented Australia on the national level as a member of the

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. She was with the team in 2007 and participated in a six-game test series against China in the Redlands. This was her first international competition with the team. She won a bronze medal at the

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, and attended the welcome home Olympian parade in

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. In March 2009, she participated in a Brisbane-based training camp. She was with the team in 2010 when they completed an 11-day tour of California. She represented Australia at the 2009

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. Australia took home a silver in the competition. She was a member of the team that competed at the 2010 Women's World Softball Championship. She is a member of the 2012

. She participated in the March 2012 seven game test series against Japan in

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. She is on the short list of players to represent the country at the 2012 ISF XIII Women's World Championships.

References

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