Baseball Australia has accepted an invitation to send five young baseballers to attend this years World Children’s Baseball Fair, being held in Takaoka, Toyama Japan, August 17-25.
The WCBF is held every year and was first initiated by Sadaharu Oh and Hank Aaron August 1992. The nine-day event was established in the interest of fostering an environment of world understanding and cultural exchange through the celebration of baseball. It promotes teamwork, good health, discipline and international friendship. In addition, it provides a framework for the expansion of Baseball around the world.
It was first held in Los Angeles, and is held annually in the USA, Canada or Japan. Over 200 boys and girls attend, from twenty countries; with each country sending five representatives between the ages of ten and eleven.
During the WCBF event, the children will have the opportunity to learn the correct, basic skills of baseball, with the emphasis on fun and participation. This is a time for children to enjoy and share their love of baseball.
The participants will attend morning baseball clinics instructed by specially appointed coaches while each afternoon and evening they will partake in cultural and recreational activities to further enhance cultural understanding and appreciation.
The Australian representatives for 2016 come from Baseball Queensland, Baseball New South Wales, Baseball Victoria, Baseball South Australia and Baseball Western Australia
Sam Wilson – QLD
Cooper Sherwood – WA
Abi Jorgensen – SA
Atticus Hurfod – VIC
Millie Atkinson – NSW
Stuart Bridges – NSW Chaperone
Baseball Australia has accepted an invitation to send five young baseballers to attend this years World Children’s Baseball Fair, being held in Takaoka, Toyama Japan, August 17-25.
The WCBF is held every year and was first initiated by Sadaharu Oh and Hank Aaron August 1992. The nine-day event was established in the interest of fostering an environment of world understanding and cultural exchange through the celebration of baseball. It promotes teamwork, good health, discipline and international friendship. In addition, it provides a framework for the expansion of Baseball around the world.
It was first held in Los Angeles, and is held annually in the USA, Canada or Japan. Over 200 boys and girls attend, from twenty countries; with each country sending five representatives between the ages of ten and eleven.
During the WCBF event, the children will have the opportunity to learn the correct, basic skills of baseball, with the emphasis on fun and participation. This is a time for children to enjoy and share their love of baseball.
The participants will attend morning baseball clinics instructed by specially appointed coaches while each afternoon and evening they will partake in cultural and recreational activities to further enhance cultural understanding and appreciation.
The Australian representatives for 2016 come from Baseball Queensland, Baseball New South Wales, Baseball Victoria, Baseball South Australia and Baseball Western Australia
Sam Wilson – QLD
Cooper Sherwood – WA
Abi Jorgensen – SA
Atticus Hurfod – VIC
Millie Atkinson – NSW
Stuart Bridges – NSW Chaperone