Baseball Queensland have begun the search for staff to take on some of the roles identified as required to achieve the organisation’s strategic outcomes determined by the recently released Strategic Plan.
Clubs and Regions are asked to please promote these roles through their media channels.
Applications for the these roles will close on 18 July 2022.
The Board plan to meet with the Regional Representatives on 16 July to further detail the Strategic Plan and aligned Organisational Structure, including additional roles that will be released shortly.
Queensland Schools Baseball will hold their U18 and U14 State Championships this weekend (9-12 June 2022) at Indians Baseball Club – Wakerley Park, Dew St. Runcorn.
An U18 and an U14 Schools Baseball State Team will be identified on Sunday at the conclusion of the event with the U18 team set to compete at the U18 National Schools Baseball Championships in August.
Registrations are OPEN. Click on the link at the bottom of this page to register online.
Baseball QLD will open registrations for 2022 Athlete Development Program. This program is designed and delivered for players of all abilities in the up and coming 2022/ 23 Little League, Junior League and U16/ U18 Age Groups. This 7 week program will commence 30th July and will be delivered in two locations – Brisbane and Gold Coast.
Gold Coast will be similar to last year and delivered on Sunday’s. However, times and locations are yet to be confirmed.
Brisbane will be split over two locations and scheduled for Saturday’s. Times are listed below with sessions being held at Indians Baseball Club for the first 3 weeks followed by All Stars Baseball Club for the last 4 weeks.
Baseball QLD High Performance Manager, Shayne Watson says “Following the success of last years program, I am expecting another big year for this program”. He continues “This program is affordable and convenient for any member who wishes to participate”. This Program will be delivered at two centres located at Gold Coast and Brisbane (Venues to be confirmed shortly) and will be delivered by Region coaches. Watson says “Baseball QLD has an enormous depth of coaching and coordination with our Regional Directors of Coaching is strong within our community”.
The Athlete Development Program is the foundation level of our Performance Pathway framework. Below is a quick overview:
Congratulations to the 20 players selected in the U16 QLD Team. This team will compete at the up and coming U16 Australian Youth Championships, 4th – 9th July hosted by Redcliffe Leagues Padres Baseball Club.
Albury, Ethan
Amiet, Cooper
Blackman, Logan
Dingli, Hayden
Duke, Caleb
Durrington, Max
Iddon, Ty
Jones, Lachlan
Kiddle, Liam
Komene, Rodney
Leggett, Zac
Maher, Michael
Mochizuki, Riku
Pietsch, Charlie
Polidano, Will
Ramirez, Juan
Romero, Rubens
Scott, Jake
Strickland, Max
Wise, Tyler
COACHES :: Baseball Queensland in partnership with the Brisbane Bandits seek expressions of interest for suitably qualified coaches for the 2022 opens Futures League.
This years Futures League will run from Friday 29th July playing two games per week on Tuesday and Friday nights concluding in early September.
Coaches will need to hold current coaching accreditation at level 3 or USA B and a current blue card. Expressions of interest with a brief overview of coaching experience can be submitted to [email protected] for consideration by the Futures League committee along with the BQ and Bandits high performance teams.
Expressions of interest will close at 17:00 on Friday July 15th.
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PLAYERS :: Baseball Queensland in partnership with the Brisbane Bandits asks all players interested in competing in the 2022 opens Futures League to register for the draft.
2022 brings a change to the format with opens Futures League games being played twice per week and the league being finished prior to the start of the GBL season. Games will be played on Tuesday and Friday nights commencing Friday 29th July and concluding early September.
Along with the change of timing and game scheduling the age bracket has been widened to allow each team to have three players over the age of 25 to assist with keeping the competition at a high level and providing more mentoring opportunities to younger players.
Expressions of interest will close at 17:00 on FRIDAY July 15th.
Please note: As these competitions finish after the current BA/BQ Membership expires on 31 August, 2022, players must be registered for 2022-2023 and paid with BA/BQ by September 1, 2022 to be eligible to play in the last rounds in September including the championship and third-place games. This is for insurance reasons
