As Acting CEO of Baseball Victoria and on behalf of the Board of Management, I would like to acknowledge the teams who have played at the 2019 Little League, Intermediate League, Junior League and Senior League Nationals across the country.
Congratulations to the players, coaches and staff for representing your charters and our state with passionate baseball, maximum effort and high-quality sportsmanship.
We continue to hear reports that our young baseballers are held in high esteem on and off the field and we are thrilled to see our teams grow in their knowledge of the game and compete at the national level.
Thank you to the parents who continually support their children to pursue their dreams of playing baseball throughout local, regional, state and national levels. Your dedication and sacrifice are always acknowledged and appreciated.
I am proud of all the players and teams who through our state title tournaments have taken up the experience of playing at a national level and I am sure that these individuals will come back to their clubs with a deeper knowledge of the game and themselves.
This year Victoria had ten teams compete at nationals and Sunraysia Baseball League (Mildura) hosted the Australian Intermediate League Championships (AILC) for the first time.
Sunraysia did a fantastic job hosting the tournament which has been dubbed “the friendly” games by those who attended and we look forward to their hospitality for the next three years.
Of course without officials we have no game, so thank you to all our umpires and scorers for a job well done.
The introduction of GameChanger for electronic scoring has introduced a whole new group of people to the art of baseball scoring and also allowed those unable to attend to still keep up with what was happening at each tournament.
The standout performance was from the Southern Mariners Junior League team who after a hard fought final had to settle for the Silver Medal.
Congratulations to all our teams that participated this year.
I’d also like to thank our hard working coaches that ran the Charter Player Development Programs, there were significant changes to the program this year that have been well received and provide a fantastic platform to grow this program further.
Finally, thank you to the Charter committees and the BV District Charter committee. A lot of work goes on behind the scenes to make the charter program run effectively and it can’t be done without the great work of the many volunteers who put their hand up.
Kind Regards,
Jeff Paull - Baseball Victoria Acting CEO
Jeff Paull - Baseball Victoria Acting CEO