Hardball is an Australian children's television series, produced by Northern Pictures with Screen Australia in association with Create NSW and the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF). It was released on the ABC Me app on April 1, 2019, and aired on April 22 on the same channel. The second season came out in 2021. The series was filmed at La Perouse Public School in La Perouse, NSW, Australia. The show follows the protagonist, Mikey, trying to get better at schoolyard handball at his new school.
Plot Mikey moves to Western Sydney, where he meets Jerry and Salwa, who want to help him win at handball. The elected school principal is Ms. Crapper and Tiffany's dads are Steele and Stone. The series focuses on the challenges the characters face while preparing for the Steele and Stone Inaugural Handball tournament (SASI WEST HAT) against other schools in season 1 and the state tournament at the end of season 2.
Cast Semisi Cheekam as Mikey Reannah Hamdan as Salwa Holly Simon as Prisha Logan Reberger as Jerry Erin Choy as Tiffany Helen Dallimore as Ms. Crahper Daya Sao-Mafiti as Daddy Maria Walker as Auntie Sam Everingham as Viktor Ella Holowell as Ivanka Jack Scott as Kevin Nicholas Cradock as Lance Tilly Jefferson as Lily Taylan Gogan as Bao Mahdi Mourad as Mustafa Michael Denkha as Jim Jack Scott as Kevin (IT) Lila Tapper as Z-pop (Edie)
Guests Guy Edmonds as Bevan Stone Matt Zeremes as Steele Wendy Strehlow as Wanda the Tuck Shop Lady/Food Truck Lady/Chip Shop Lady Hugo Johnstone-Burt as Connor McCaan Sam Alhaje as Chicken Billy Jay Laga'aia as Mr. Butte Haiha Le as Miss Bahm Andrew Ryan as Garry Garrison Madeleine Jones as Reporter
Episodes Season 1 (2019)
Season 2 The second season of Hardball screened from 25 June 2021. It became available for viewing on Netflix in July 2024. Australian Children's Television Foundation. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
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