QBUA is holding a Rules Training and discussion evening for all Community Level and above umpires where we will cover a mixture of the Little League Specific Rules and General Baseball Rules.
This will be held on Monday 30th November, at Indians Baseball Club Wakerley Park, 65 Dew Street, Runcorn.
As the Indians Club has a Co-Vid safe plan in place, a starting time of 6.45pm has been set so as all attendees can ensure that all co-vid check-in procedures is completed prior to the commencement of the session.
Session will run from 7 to 9 pm approx.
As numbers will be restricted I ask that anyone wishing to attend must register their interest to: [email protected] or with the club umpire co-ordinator Doug Robertson [email protected] no later than Friday 27th November.
When registering you will need to supply details of your:
Name, Phone Number and Club affiliation if you have one.
A Women’s Showcase featuring the country’s top female players will be held in early 2021.
Baseball Australia chief executive Cam Vale earlier today informed donors to A League of Her Own of the four-game Showcase, which will be broadcast and played as doubleheaders at two venues.
Vale said broadcast and location details for the Showcase would be announced across the next week or two.
“It will be a critically important starting point to the formal path to a professional women’s baseball league in Australia in 2021/22,” he said.
Exhibition games were last October flagged for the past 12 months but never took place due to the impact of COVID-19.
Vale said the uncertain timing of the 2020 WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup had also impacted planning.
“A key part in delaying this opportunity, outside from the worldwide pandemic of COVID-19, is we have been waiting on confirmation of the WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup that was due to occur in 2020 but is now delayed indefinitely,” he said.
“The timing and rescheduling of this event was causing a stop-start for us to launch this Showcase and a future women’s league.”
Vale told baseball.com.au this morning the league was still working with key partners on the dates of the games but they would be within the first three months of the year.
He also signalled some rule changes to enhance the broadcast and publicity of the Showcase while “staying true to baseball and its strengths”.
ALeagueOfHerOwn.com.au launched in May 2019 aiming to help bring professional women’s baseball to Australia, creating a pathway for the country’s elite female baseballers and attracting international players.
It has raised more than $30,000 so far and remains open with donations of $2 or more fully tax deductible.
The Adelaide Giants, Melbourne Aces/Baseball Victoria, Brisbane Bandits and Canberra Cavalry were last October granted provisional licences for the league.
Round four of the Senior League Select competition saw the Marlins take on the Mariners at Runcorn Indians Baseball Club. In a tight contest, the Marlins fell behind early and couldn’t come back in a 4-2 loss to the Mariners. The Mariners scored a triple by Jake Calver, scoring one run, and a groundout by Remi Watson in the first inning. Raul Romero was on the pitcher’s mound for the Mariners allowing zero hits and zero runs over one and two-thirds innings, striking out two. Genki Nishimura went 1-for-2 at the plate to lead the Marlins in hits.
Over at Mt Gravatt, the Blue Jays battled it out with the Pirates. After three innings of play the Pirates led the Blue jays 8-2, in a storm-affected game. The Blue Jays went ahead in the first innings with Lovering scoring off Ikeda’s hard-hit ground ball to left field. Ikeda added to the runs on fly ball to centre field by Komene. The Pirates piled on six runs in the top of the second with Huntley, Treagle, Ford, Wise, Gavranich and Pietsch scoring. Huntley and Treagle scored again in the top of the third leaving the Blue Jays no opportunity for a comeback when the game was called owing to bad weather.
“The Senior League Select competition is hitting the mark and allowing players an opportunity to stretch their playing skills against high-quality opposition,” said Brad Parsons, Head Coach of the Mariners. Nate Mikevskiy, Head Coach for the Marlins, echoed these sentiments and said it was “amazing to see the best pitchers for this age group have to battle it out against an entire lineup of quality batters.” According to parents, one of the highlights for the players was the opportunity to play with players from outside their own club and to work with knowledgeable and skilled coaches who expose you to different ideas and perspectives.
Geoff Wade, Director and Chair of the Participation Committee, said that this program was about providing a ‘next-level opportunity’ and more games for U16 age players. A positive evaluation of this program will see similar programs implemented for other age groups.
Two weeks remain in the competition before reseeding for semifinals.
QBUA is holding a Rules Training and discussion evening for all Community Level and above umpires where we will cover a mixture of the Little League Specific Rules and General Baseball Rules.
This will be held on Tuesday the 17th November, at Allstars Baseball Club, Gerler Road Hendra
As Allstars has a Co-Vid safe plan in place, a starting time of 6.45pm has been set so as all attendees can ensure that all co-vid check in procedures are completed prior to the commencement of the session.
Session will run from 7 to 9 pm approx.
As numbers will be restricted I ask that anyone wishing to attend must register their interest to: [email protected] no later than Monday the 16th November.
When registering you will need to supply details of Name. Phone Number and Club affiliation if you have one.
Barry Foat
State Director for Little League Umpires
Ten teams will take part in the second-ever Queensland Baseball5 Schools Cup later this month.
The mixed gender, two age group event for Year 4-9 students will be held at Earnshaw State College on November 26. Robina State High School, Runcorn State High School, Bremer State High School and hosts Earnshaw will have teams take part in the senior division for Year 7-9 students. The junior division for Year 4-6 students will feature teams from Earnshaw, Mudgeeraba Creek State School and Robina State School.
Queensland School Sport baseball committee chair Michael Bozhoff said last year’s tournament had been a huge success.
“We were impressed with the level of skill on display and the speed of the play,” Bozhoff said.
“This year we have more schools on board, which is incredibly exciting.
“I’m really keen to see the progression in the game, in particular the strategies the players will implement.”
This year’s event was invitational due to COVID-19. Baseball Australia baseball projects general manager Scott Hillier said Queensland School Sport was one of the country’s leaders in growing Baseball5.
“Queensland School Sport were one of the first groups to take up Baseball5 after it launched in Australia last year,” Hillier said.
“They launched what was the first-ever Baseball5 tournament in Australia and have done a mountain of work taking it to schools.”
“It is exciting to see continued growth and more students being exposed to the discipline.”
Hillier said the event was a stepping stone towards next year’s Australian Baseball5 Championships and Oceania Baseball5 Qualifier.
“There’s some fantastic Baseball5 opportunities coming up,” he said.
“Events like the Queensland Baseball5 Schools Cup are an important step in the pathway and exposing Baseball5 to more participants.”
Robina State High School was crowned senior division champions last year and Earnshaw State College took out the junior tournament.
Baseball5 is a five-on-five street version of baseball and softball.
