"Three girls from the Dodgers softball team turned up to play squash at our Hastings club in the off season. We ended up taking them all to nationals," Drummond said pointing to Whitney Nohokau, Paula Hokianga and Deanna Paul who were all members of Dodgers title-winning national interclub team in 2014.
Paul, who is also the White Sox trainer, sports medic and masseur, was one of five unbeaten players for Drummond's F grade women who won their Auckland-hosted nationals at the Remuera club with an unbeaten run including a 4-1 victory against Ohakune in their final. Juanita Eagle, Hannah Peta, Maja Sanders and Marise Johnson were also unbeaten.
Drummond, 75, has been coaching at the Hastings club since 1984. His first national title was won in 1986 and he had previously coached the club's D and E grade women to national titles.
"I prefer women's teams because you only have to tell them things once. I'll coach these girls again next year and they will probably be ready for the D grade nationals by then if they keep working as hard as they have been," Drummond said.