In the mid-to-late 1960s, the Liverpool Jets senior women’s softball team was the undisputed Nova Scotia and Maritime senior ladies softball champion. With youth (average age 15) and speed as their outstanding features, these young ladies became the youngest club to hold the provincial and Maritime titles, and the first ladies team from Liverpool to win them.

The Jets started playing together as a junior girls’ softball team in 1963 and continued to win championships together for seven years, bringing home the provincial title in 1965-69 and ’72, and the Maritime title from 1965 to ’68. 1965 was a banner year, in which the Jets had a perfect record with zero losses in both tournaments.

Members of the team were: Gail Anthony, Gail Conrad, Janet Fralic, Shirley Freeman, Gail Hirtle, Janet Jollimore, Rosaire MacLean, Karen MacLeod, Marilyn Malone, Paulette Page, Debbie Silmarie, Janie Smith, Anne Thorbourne, Audrey Thorbourne (assistant coach) Harry (Bud) Thorbourne (coach), Susan Thorbourne, Laverne Veinot, Linda West (captain), Joan White, Coreen Whynot.

Annual Program Bio ’65-’67 team

The Liverpool Ladies were the undisputed Nova Scotia and Maritime Senior Ladies Softball Champions. With youth (average age 15) and speed as their outstanding features, these young ladies became the youngest club to occupy these titles and the first ladies team from Liverpool to win them. In their first successful season, under coach Bud Thorbourne, the Nova Scotia title was won after defeating Glace Bay Queens in straight games 12-1 and 11-2. Having this title ‘under their belt’, Liverpool went on to defeat Saint John Grahams 10-7 and 10-8 in a closely contested series for the Maritime title. In 1966, having ten of their original players, the team returned as strong as ever. In the Nova Scotia Championships they upended Antigonish in a tight game 2-1. Saint John Grahams proved to be tougher this year as the Jets lost the opening game. However, they came back in fine style to win the deciding game 11-7, and the 1966 Maritime Senior Ladies Softball crown. The same two titles were also won in the 1967 season. In the Nova Scotia Championship, the ladies defeated Glace Bay with a 2 win – 1 loss record, and in the Maritime final, the Saint John Centennials went down to defeat, also two games to one.