With more than 20 players from the Waverley Baseball Club participating in either the 2016 National Championships or the Australian Baseball League, the Victorian Summer Baseball League (VSBL) after careful consideration has resolved to reschedule two of Waverley Baseball Club’s games from the following two Sundays (10 and 17 January) to mid-week games in February.
Please see the attached release for more information.
Baseball Australia is pleased to announce, the 2016 Australian Junior League Championship will be held from 22 to 26 May, at Diamond Sports SA, West Beach, South Australia.
The Championship will feature 16 All-Star Junior League teams from across Australia for the five-day tournament.
“Baseball SA is pleased to be able to host the Australian Junior League Championship, to have the best youth teams in the country coming to Adelaide to compete for the National Title is very exciting” Nathan Davison, Baseball SA and Adelaide Bite CEO.
With the Junior League Championship now in its second year, Baseball Australia is looking forward to working with our partners at Baseball SA to deliver a memorable Championship in 2016.
Further information on the 2016 Australian Junior League Championships will be released in the coming weeks on our website baseball.com.au
Baseball Australia is pleased to announce, the 2016 Australian Junior League Championship will be held from 22 to 26 May, at Diamond Sports SA, West Beach, South Australia.
The Championship will feature 16 All-Star Junior League teams from across Australia for the five-day tournament.
“Baseball SA is pleased to be able to host the Australian Junior League Championship, to have the best youth teams in the country coming to Adelaide to compete for the National Title is very exciting” Nathan Davison, Baseball SA and Adelaide Bite CEO.
With the Junior League Championship now in its second year, Baseball Australia is looking forward to working with our partners at Baseball SA to deliver a memorable Championship in 2016.
Further information on the 2016 Australian Junior League Championships will be released in the coming weeks on our website baseball.com.au
Baseball Australia is pleased to announce the Coaching Staff for the Australian Women’s A-Roo Development Team, that will compete in the Phoenix Cup, 19 to 22 February 2016 in Hong Kong.
The Phoenix Cup is an open-age tournament that provides important development opportunities and international tournament experience, to those players who are looking to move through to the Senior National Women’s Program in the future.
2016 Australian Women’s A-Roo Development Team Coaching Staff
Lisa Norrie (QLD) Manager
Ashleigh Ross (NSW) Assistant Coach
Sharon Moss (QLD) Executive Officer/Assistant Coach
BA wishes to congratulate Lisa, Ashley and Sharon on their appointment.
This is the fourth consecutive year Australia has competed at the Phoenix Cup, finishing with Silver in 2013 and Bronze in 2014 and 2015.
The team will be selected at this years National Women’s and National Youth Women’s Championships, 10 to 17 January, Narrabundah Ballpark, ACT,. Successful players will be notified shortly after those events.
Further information on the Women’s Nationals at baseball.com.au
Baseball Australia is pleased to announce the Coaching Staff for the Australian Women’s A-Roo Development Team, that will compete in the Phoenix Cup, 19 to 22 February 2016 in Hong Kong.
The Phoenix Cup is an open-age tournament that provides important development opportunities and international tournament experience, to those players who are looking to move through to the Senior National Women’s Program in the future.
2016 Australian Women’s A-Roo Development Team Coaching Staff
Lisa Norrie (QLD) Manager
Ashleigh Ross (NSW) Assistant Coach
Sharon Moss (QLD) Executive Officer/Assistant Coach
BA wishes to congratulate Lisa, Ashley and Sharon on their appointment.
This is the fourth consecutive year Australia has competed at the Phoenix Cup, finishing with Silver in 2013 and Bronze in 2014 and 2015.
The team will be selected at this years National Women’s and National Youth Women’s Championships, 10 to 17 January, Narrabundah Ballpark, ACT,. Successful players will be notified shortly after those events.
Further information on the Women’s Nationals at baseball.com.au
In a move that will help shape the future of Women’s Baseball in this country, Baseball Australia has today announced the appointment of a new Women’s Baseball Advisory Panel, who’s main objective, is to identify area’s and opportunity for improvement and growth of the women’s game, from grass roots through to high performance.
The Advisory Panel, made up of a group of selected volunteers, who boast a vast range of knowledge, which spans all levels of baseball and more specifically Australian Women’s Baseball.
Narelle Gosstray - Northern Territory
Simone Wearne - Victoria
Al Connors - Queensland
Shae Lillywhite - Victoria
David Nagy - New South Wales
Amanda Micro - Western Australia
John Gaynor - New South Wales
Dean White - Western Australia
Hitting the ground running the panel wishes to invite all those in the Australian Women’s Baseball community to come together and help create the future you want to see. A forum will be held in Canberra at the Women’s National Championships Monday 11 January 2016 from 7pm.
We encourage anyone who wants to contribute to the future of Australian Women’s Baseball to get on board and start the conversation now. The forum is open to all junior and senior players, coaches, officials, volunteers and parents and registrations to attend are essential.
To register your attendance or interest click here.
Further information on the forum will be available in the weeks to come.
On Friday a decision was taken by the Baseball Victoria not to cancel baseball this weekend after consultation and careful consideration.
The decision was taken in the knowledge that the heat policy would ensure games would not proceed where the temperature got above 34 for juniors and 38 for seniors.
The often unpredictable nature of Melbourne's weather and the variations in temperature across Melbourne and Victoria were taken into consideration.
A balance between allowing for games to proceed if possible and ensuring the health and wellbeing of players, coaches and umpires was decided upon.
Some sports proceeded this weekend relying on heat policies and others took the decision to cancel. The approach and decisions taken varied across sports.
As intended the heat policy operated and ensured protection as the weather became extreme.
Baseball Victoria would like to thank the many players, coaches, umpires, club volunteers, parents and families who attended games in the hope it could proceed only to not play as the temperature rose and rose.
We understand this caused some uncertainty and inconvenience. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
While the decision taken on Friday was based on trying to play if the weather conditions allowed, it was taken in the full knowledge the heat policy would protect our baseball community.
With an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather and improvements in the reliability of weather forecasts a review will be undertaken immediately to reconsider how to manage the balance between a desire to play and protection of players, coaches and umpires.
The Cheltenham Winter Baseball Club is seeking the services of an experienced baseball coach for the 2016 Winter season.
The club enters teams in the A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2 grades in the seniors and U17 U15 U13 U11s in the Dandenong Baseball Association. We are the most successful club in the DBA winning the A grade premiership 12 times since 2000 and numerous other grade premierships.
Position requirements of the coach:
· Facilitate effective Thursday night Club training sessions during the Winter season; (April - September)
· Manage the firsts on game day;
· Support and assist selected coaches of other grades;
· Help encourage the continued development of the club's very successful junior program;
· Conduct selection meetings once a week;
· Implement a season training program that caters for a wide variety of skills right across the club;
· Attend all club functions and take an active leadership role within the club.
Key Selection Criteria
The applicant should:
· Have appropriate coaching qualifications and have coaching experience at a junior or senior level;
· Have highly developed communication skills;
· Be able to lead the club with pride and maturity both on and off the field;
· Have the ability to work with all players regardless of standard and skill level in a professional manner;
· Be able to maintain the high integrity of the club at all times;
· Be able to provide input into the long term strategic direction and planning of the club.
The position would be subject to a contract with remuneration to be negotiated with the selection committee.
Please forward your application addressing the Key Selection Criteria
To club president Pat ONeill at pat_me50@hotmail.com application will close on 26th January only successful candidates will be notified.
Dear All,
Please find below Hot Weather Release regarding this weekend's games.
Thank you.
By Alexis Brudnicki - TheABL.com.au
MELBOURNE – After a tight battle between pitching staffs at the fifth-annual Australian Baseball League All-Star Game presented by Boral, Team Australia walked off the World All-Stars with a squeeze bunt to take the matchup 3-2 on Wednesday night at Melbourne Ballpark.
Coming into the tie ballgame to pinch hit in the bottom of the ninth inning with a runner on third base, first-time all-star and CompassMarkets.com Sydney Blue Sox utility player Trent D’Antonio laid down the bunt to end the affair, giving the national squad its third victory in five Midsummer Classic games down under.
“It was an awesome game,” D’Antonio said. “The pitchers threw well and it’s always tough when you’re running out one pitcher after another to try and stay in it. I mean, it was a good first experience for me.
“I wasn’t really surprised by the squeeze, to be honest. That’s kind of part of my game, and [Team Australia] manager Jon Deeble knows that, so when I got the sign I thought it made sense. The game was a lot of fun, it really was.”
Representing the Brisbane Bandits, proudly presented by WellDog, outfielder Andrew Campbell scored the winning run for the home squad. Though he had some trouble not cheering for the five of his teammates he was playing against, the 23-year-old couldn’t have had more fun with the Aussie team.
“It was an awesome experience,” Campbell said. “That game was so close the whole time. That’s a good ballgame when you finish in the ninth inning like that. Everyone wants to win that way so it was good. It was exciting. I was happy to score for Australia at the end…It was good to get around the other Australian boys and we felt like a team tonight so it was good. It was good to win.”
After a similar finish last year for the national team, its skipper was happy to leave Melbourne Ballpark with another exciting win, and a look at many of the potential members of the upcoming squad for the World Baseball Classic qualifier, taking place in Sydney in February.
“It’s always great to come down here and play in this All-Star Game, and give our Australian kids a chance to play,” Deeble said. “When they get a chance to play, they’re really good. When you put that Australian uniform on, our guys take it up to another level. I thought we played really well tonight…
“And every time we go out and play, we go out to win. We were giving the kids a chance to play tonight to see what we’ve got [for the qualifier] and the guys really impressed us, the coaching staff. So there are going to be some guys here who are going to make this club.”
Craig Anderson got the start for the home team, and the left-hander representing the Blue Sox allowed one run on two hits with a walk and two strikeouts. The World All-Stars got out to an early lead against the southpaw, his teammate Rhys Hoskins plating the first run with a sacrifice fly in the opening frame.
Anderson was followed out of the bullpen with scoreless outings from right-hander Steven Chambers of the Adelaide Bite, proudly presented by SA Power Networks, Daniel Schmidt of the Alcohol. Think Again Perth Heat, and Sydney teammate Wayne Lundgren.
Steve Kent was the sole representative of the Canberra Elite Cavalry, and in his 1 1/3 innings of work for the Australian side, he allowed a solo home run to Bandits outfielder Justin Williams. The remaining members of both all-star squads from Canberra were unable to attend due to unexpected flight cancellations caused by inclement weather.
Sydney’s Aaron Sookee, the Bite’s Josh Tols and Matt Williams, and Brisbane’s Matt Timms and Ryan Searle all came on in relief and held the visitors off the board to finish the game. Searle earned the win after throwing a scoreless ninth before his team walked it off.
The World All-Stars used eight hurlers with Perth’s Edwin Carl getting the nod to start the game. Bandits southpaw Rick Teasley came out of the bullpen first and allowed two runs on two hits – to his Brisbane teammates Mitch Nilsson and Aaron Whitefield, the outfielder driving in both – with a walk.
Blue Sox hurlers Alex Balog and Calvin Drummond followed with scoreless appearances, with Jet Couriers Melbourne Aces pitchers Yasuo Sano and William Wu coming on for more of the same. Eric Green, the Bandits lefty voted in by the fans, kept the Aussies off the board for one inning before Bite pitcher Kody Kerski came on in the final frame, taking the loss after giving up one unearned run.
“They ran some really good arms out there tonight,” Deeble said. “There were some 95-96s for sure. They ran some good arms out there and they swung the bats particularly well too. I thought some balls they hit into the wind they hit pretty well but that’s Altona with the wind blowing in.”
The World squad was paced by Aces shortstop Tanner Vavra and Bandits utility player TJ Bennett, who had three hits apiece. On the home side, Brisbane shortstop Logan Wade had two hits, the offence led by some of the youngest players on the squad.
“It’s great to be back down here with the boys,” D’Antonio said of his first Team Australia appearance in almost a decade. “There were a lot of faces that I recognise from last time I was down here and a lot of faces that I knew, which was really good to see.
“We had a lot of young guys, so that’s good and bad that I’m one of the older guys now and in the [All-Star Game] for my first time, but Melbourne put on a good show and this was a great game.”
On Saturday 24 January at 1 p.m. at their home ground in Northcote, the Fitzroy Baseball Club will hold their annual Alcohol-Free Round where they encourage social responsibility and the promotion of a healthy lifestyle, both of which are affected by the abuse of alcohol.
The Lions are aiming to create a carnival-style celebration for the whole family, with music, games for the kids, a BBQ and a fun baseball atmosphere for all those who attend.
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