Wests Baseball joins GBL Div 1 and 2 divisions for 2021-22 season

Wests Baseball joins GBL Div 1 and 2 divisions for 2021-22 season

It’s official – Western Districts Baseball Club will be entering teams into the GBL summer baseball Division 1 and 2 this season.

 

This provides junior players with some exciting player pathway opportunities at Wests including some great coaching from our highly experienced Coaching panel.

Andrew Kelly has been appointed as Head Coach and will be assisted by Alex Jacques; Damien Neale; Chris Adams and Brad Schneider for trainings and games.

 

The Club has just built a new Batting cage fitted out by Gabba Sports with two batting lanes. The Club has further improved Club infrastructure with an expanded bullpen, spectator grandstands and a new Amenities block being installed next to the Clubrooms.

 

The Western Districts Baseball Club would like to offer an open invitation to any members of the Queensland baseball community who wish to seek a playing position with the Club in Divisions 1 or 2 to attend trainings at the Club on Tuesday nights 6.30pm – 8.30pm

 

Contact – Andrew Kelly – 0411 822 729

 

2021 is the 60th anniversary of the Club being established in 1961. The Club is planning appropriate celebrations over the course of the season and our Division 1 team will be wearing a traditional pinstripe uniform for our night games.

 

Further information – Club Secretary – Kevin Alexander – secretary@westsbaseball.com.au

EOI: GBL Baseball Judiciary Chair and Members

EOI: GBL Baseball Judiciary Chair and Members

The Greater Brisbane League (GBL) Competition Committee is seeking expressions of interest for appointment as a member of its competition Judiciary. The Judiciary’s primary role is to investigate behavioral complaints about GBL members in the course of the GBL Baseball Competition and, where appropriate, administer penalties. The GBL Committee will be selecting a register of 5-6 members from which a panel of three will make up the Judiciary for each matter. The Committee is seeking candidates for and will also be selecting a new Judiciary Chairperson. Our previous Chairperson is not able to do this job for the new summer 2021/2022 summer baseball season.

The positions available are volunteer-based and out-of-office hours are to be expected. Work includes both consultation over email and, in some cases, hearings. Hearings are ordinarily scheduled on Thursday evenings at Sportshouse, Milton, but may be scheduled at any time determined by the Chairperson. The workload will be shared by the members.

Notes:
– The GBL Judiciary Procedures are published as an Appendix to the GBL Competition Rules which can be downloaded from the Baseball Queensland website.
– While it is difficult to estimate the workload of the Judiciary in advance, the past two seasons have had approximately 15 referrals over the 20 week season with less than 50% proceeding to a hearing.

Minimum Criteria/Qualifications
1. For the role of Chairperson, the GBL Committee is seeking someone who has legal experience and is independent of any GBL Club.

2. Other members of the Judiciary may be associated with GBL Clubs (although independent persons are preferred) but will be excluded where conflicts arise. Baseball experience in any capacity is favourable but not essential. The GBL Judiciary Procedures contain important processes which need to be followed. It is expected that successful applicants will be able to readily interpret and implement the Procedures.

Submission
Expressions of interest should outline the applicant’s background, experience and/or qualifications and any existing or previous club affiliations. These should be sent to the GBL Chair (Matt Glasson) at gblchair@baseballqld.asn.au by 5 pm Friday, 16th July 2021.

Regards
GBL Competition Committee

EOI: GBL Baseball Judiciary Chair and Members

GBL Off Season Meetings Commence

The Greater Brisbane League (GBL) Committee met with representatives from the constituent Clubs and Regions on Saturday 29 May at Redlands Rays Baseball Club to discuss a review of the competitions and number of proposals that might be implemented within the competitions moving forward.

Presentations were delivered to the assembled representatives across three key areas; Senior Competitions, Junior Competitions and Rule Updates.

The GBL Committee identified some of their goals for the next two seasons as:
• To provide more game time for junior players – improve the value proposition.
• To facilitate improvements to the competitions for all that play.
• To encourage more coaches to develop more players in various positions.
• To align junior competition grades with Baseball Australia.
• To create more uniformity in rules between all levels of baseball.
• To provide more equitable competitions.
• To grow participation in all competitions.

BQ Game Development Director, David Badke was pleased with the level of engagement at the meeting stating “It’s great to be part of this consultation process, to hear all the views of the people involved working to improve the competitions. I look forward to the next GBL season”.

The GBL Committee will take some time now to digest and work through the feedback collected during the meeting and start to formulate resolutions on how to proceed for the coming season.

EOI: GBL Baseball Judiciary Chair and Members

GBL GRAND FINALS POSTPONED

Due to the lockdown of Greater Brisbane implemented by the Qld Government, subject to any further Qld Government directions; the following GBL Grand Finals will be postponed to Thursday, 1st April 2021.

Division 1 – Game 3 Division 1 Grand Finals Series – Windsor Royals v Redcliffe Padres Red at Pine Hills – Game starts at 7.30pm

Masters North – Narangba Demons v Redcliffe Padres at Narangba – Game starts at 7.00pm

Masters South – Ipswich Musketeers Blue v Redlands Rays at Southern Stars – Game starts at 7.00pm

COVID 19 – Three Day Lock Down

COVID 19 – Three Day Lock Down

The Queensland Government advise that a three day lock down will be in place from 5pm this evening (Monday 29/3).

BREAKING: Greater Brisbane will go into a three-day lockdown and restrictions will come into place across Queensland after cases of COVID-19 transmission were detected in the community.

From 5pm today, residents in the local government areas of Brisbane, Ipswich, Moreton Bay, Logan and Redlands can only leave home for one of these four reasons:

1. To buy essentials such as groceries or medications

2. Work or study if you can’t do either from home

3. Exercise in your local area

4. Healthcare or to provide help, care or support

Residents of these areas must also wear masks indoors except at home, including in ride shares, on public transport and in workplaces.

Cafés, pubs and restaurants will be open only for take-away service.

Schools in the locked down areas will remain open for children of essential workers.

For the rest of Queensland, masks should be worn while indoors outside of the home and private gatherings are restricted to 30 people.

To keep our most vulnerable Queenslanders safe, aged care, correctional centres, hospitals and disability service providers will close to visitors across the state.

The restrictions will be reviewed on Wednesday evening.

These measures are tough, but they are important to keep our community safe.

#covid19

The remaining GBL finals will be impacted by this lockdown and the GBL committee are currently working through contingency plans. Further details will be released once the committee have finalised their revised plans.
All baseball facilities in the locked down areas are to be considered as closed for the duration of the lockdown.

For advice on where to wear a mask during the lockdown please see this link>>>https://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/health-alerts/coronavirus-covid-19/protect-yourself-others/face-masks

For the latest COVID related Queensland Government updates please visit this link>>>https://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/health-alerts/coronavirus-covid-19/current-status/urgent-covid-19-update

EOI: GBL Baseball Judiciary Chair and Members

GBL Grand Finals Recap

Over the weekend the GBL held its grand final games for Division 1 through to Division 6.

Baseball Queensland would like to thank all the umpires, officials and volunteers for assisting this weekend to make all these games a success.

Division 1

Windsor Royals Vs Redcliffe Padres Red

The Windsor Royals and Redcliffe Padres Red are locked at a win each for the 3-game GBL Grand Final Series

Windsor Royals took game 1 honours with a 6-1 victory off the back of strong pitching from Brandan Bidois and a 3 run bomb to Donald Lutz

The Redcliffe Padres Red struck back with a bang with a 13-5 victory to seal game two and force a game three for Wednesday.

Jack Barrie led the way for the Padres with a 3 run blast over the fence in an 11 run third inning that secured the game for the Padres.

Windsor replied in the 6th with a 3 run inning but it was enough.

We will have more news regarding the final game to be played as the Queensland Government issues a 3-day lockdown due to COVID 19 Spike within South East Queensland.

Division 2

Windsor Royals claim victory over Surfers Paradise

The Division 2 Grand Final was a tight contest that saw the Windsor Royals edge out Surfers Paradise in a 6 inning four-to-two victory.

Ben Craig, John Lemm and Josh Marriot featured with the bat for the home side with Cooper Thompson carrying the work load from the mound for the Royals with 4 innings, 3 Strike outs and 2 Hits.

Brad Wise and Shane Thompson kept the visitors alive with Declan Summerford performed well for Surfers with 4.2 Innings pitched, 3 Strike Outs and 1 Run.

Congratulations to the Windsor Royals for winning the Div 2 Grand Final.

 

Division 3

Western Bulldogs hold on for the a tight grand final win over the Beenleigh Hawks.

The Division 3 grand final saw a heroic come back from the Beenleigh Hawks but it wasn’t enough to get the win over the Western Bulldogs who simply chipped away at the score board through the 8 inning game.

Aaron Stimson threw a complete game for the Beenleigh Hawks but the valiant effort wasn’t enough to get the win. Hayden Jackson and Aaron Reed swung well with the bats for the visitors.

Damien Neale was a stand out with the bat and the ball as he went 3 from 4 with 2 RBI and through a complete game with 8 IP, 2 Strike Outs, 8 Hits and 6 Runs. He was compliments with the bat by Alex Jacques and Samuel Lo.

Congratulations to the Western Bulldogs on their grand final win.

 

Division 4.

The Toowoomba Rangers dominate in 7 innings over Western Bulldogs.

It was a one sided affair in the Division 4 grand final as the Toowoomba Rangers blasted 9 unanswered runs to take the win 10-1 over the home team Western Bulldogs.

Nick Kremastos started the home side off well with an RBI but that would be the only action the scoreboard saw for the Western Bulldogs.

P. Vandernaut threw a complete game for the visitors to secure their grand final victory. He through 7 Innings with 8 strike outs, 1 Run and 3 Hits for the game. He also complimented his own pitching with 2 Hits, 2 RBI’s and 1 Run.

Michael Stenzel, Brian Hipps, Brent Vanderhaut, Luke Ardill, D Luchterhan and Lawrence Taylor all joined in with a multi-hit game.

Congrats to the Toowoomba Rangers on their grand final win.

 

Division 5

Mount Gravatt Eagles finish strong to secure the win over the Southern Stars

In the 7 inning – 1 run win the Mount Gravatt Eagles steal with the with a 4 run 6th inning.
Southern Stars started well with their 5 runs coming in the first 2 innings, but the Eagles held on and fought back through the 4th and 6th to claw back the grand final win.

Tom Jelly threw a complete game with 6 Innings, 5 Strike outs to keep the Southern Stars in the running.
Complimented by multi-hit games from Aaron Kelly and Sean Tomchisin the Southern Stars looked comfortable through to the 4th inning.

The fight back from the Eagles came at the bat of Corie List and was complimented by Jack Lawton on the mound throwing a complete game with 7 Innings, 1 Strike Out, 10 Hits and 5 runs.

Congratulations to the Mount Gravatt Eagles on their comeback Grand Final Victory.

 

Division 6

Toowoomba Rangers go large in Division 6 grand final win over Redlands Stingrays.

The Toowoomba Rangers secure their Division 6 grand final victory with a 20-3 victory over the Redland Stingrays.

Aiden Spiranac, Jamie Farr and Adam Griffith shared the pitching for the Stingrays as they battled a relentless offence.

Peter Ward, Brian Stubb and Tim Lloyd all featured multi-hit games for the Rangers as Bryan Metzroth and Peter Ward shared the pitching to lock down the Stingrays and secure the division 6 win.

Congratulations to the Toowoomba rangers for the grand final win.

 

Below is a summary of the Junior GBL Grand Finals.
Women : Sunshine Coast Riptides
U20 : Windsor Royals Blue
SL1 : Redcliffe Padres Red
SL2 : Narangba Demons
JL1 : Pine Hills Lightning
JL2 : Pine Rivers Rapids
LL1 : Redlands Rays
LL2 North : Windsor Royals
LL2 South : Redlands Rays

Congratulations to all involved to make this years season a success!