14 April 2025
A Quinn-tessential display of pitching | 2025 Australian Women's Championships Feature
feature story from the Australian Women’s Championships, by Connie Rowe. Photos by Izzy Lilburn.
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Loaded bases, none out, and a run for run ball game at a national championships.
Stepping into a pressure situation like this is enough to rattle even the most seasoned relief pitcher.
Not Amara Quinn.
Coming into the game after a 7-5 first innings, despite admitting to a rush of nerves before taking the ball, Amara kept that under wraps.
In fact, in her four innings on the mound, she only allowed three extra runs.
It allowed South Australia to claw back from as many as five runs down in an epic 14-12 win over Queensland White.
With full faith in the team around her, Amara knew that it would take strikes to keep her game in winning contention.
“We just needed outs,” said Amara thinking only of the job at hand. “I just went out there and tried my hardest.”
And that she did.
Backed by a solid South Australian defence, Amara led her team to chalking the first 0’s on the score board and a crucial 1-2-3 inning.
“It’s an amazing feeling to know that you’re able to hold a state team to zero runs,” she said.
18-year-old Amara enters her third championships off the back of a red hot season with Woodville in the local South Australian competition as a regular for their Div 3 men’s team.
Like so many in the women’s game, pushing herself against the men in the league whether on the mound, in the box or on the field only fuels her drive to improve.
Her career has been spattered with ups and downs, but this has only helped grow her composure as the complete athlete.
Off the back of a nail-biting, high-scoring, must-win game against Queensland White, South Australia were set some work early. Having to claw back a four run deficit to clinch the win in the dying moments of the game. Amara said the energy in the dugout was electric.
The momentum built throughout that first game of day two clearly lit a fire within Amara, rallying through with the bat and contributing to SA’s highlight reel with some incredible plays at second base.
Despite going down in a comprehensive scoreline against Victoria in her second game of the day, Amara finished the day with 4 innings pitched, 3 runs, with 4 strike outs, and a line drive catch – a score card to be proud of.
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