Consistent with Baseball Queensland’s (BQ) decision to postpone all Queensland Baseball activity from Wednesday, 18 March 2020 until Wednesday, 8 April 2020, the GCBA Committee has advised Baseball Queensland that the GCBA summer baseball competition should now conclude prior to the finals series commencing.
Considering the advice received to date, the precautions taken by Baseball Queensland and time required for athletes to prepare after the resumption of regular activities the GCBA Committee has assessed that few opportunities exist to reschedule games.
Therefore pursuant to the following By-Laws 3.55, 3.56, 3.58 (f) and (g) the GCBA Committee congratulates the following teams for winning their respective Division Premiership by virtue of finishing on top of their Division ladder. View the graphic below for the Division Premiers.
Winners of the various GCBA awards will be announced in due course.
The GCBA Committee would like to thank and congratulate all GCBA Clubs on a very successful summer season where our sport has continued to grow. The GCBA Committee would also like to thank the hard-working Club Committees, Presidents and Secretaries. We also appreciate the BQ Board and the BQ staff for their support and assistance.
The GCBA Committee would also like to acknowledge Glen Long, our Competition Administrator for all his hard work and commitment to our sport.
Baseball Queensland would like to thank the GCBA Committee members who continue to demonstrate their passion and commitment to making our sport better every season.
Baseball Queensland is more grateful than ever for the dedicated commitment of our community. We acknowledge your sacrifices and share your passions for our great game.
Like you, we look forward to getting back to playing, administering, coaching, umpiring, scoring, groundskeeping for, and watching the game we all love.
Baseball Queensland (BQ), in consultation with Baseball Australia and the relevant health authorities are following the requirements relating to COVID-19 for Queensland baseball.
The BQ Summer and Winter leagues being held in Queensland have been postponed until Tuesday the 19th of May 2020. At this stage, the Queensland Government Health authorities have requested the below guidelines be followed:
BQ Commissioner Jeremy Cade re-emphasises “the safety of our members is our number one priority and the directives from Baseball Australia and the Government requires that we postpone our sport until it is safe to continue. Please stay safe, and follow all the directions provided by the authorities and see the information below as it relates to our specific games and tournaments.”
Baseball Queensland will continue taking precautions within the guidelines of the Queensland Health authorities, to minimise contact between players and to ensure best practices are applied as per the information provided by the Queensland government.
BQ CEO Paul Gonzalez said “It is imperative that we all respect and protect the safety and well-being of our families, friends and fellow Australian’s. If we collectively work together in this time of need, we support the recovery of all who have been affected by this devastating crisis. Please be safe, stay well and ensure both your mental and physical well-being remains your priority.”
In accordance with the instruction from the Queensland Government we wish to advise our members that for the foreseeable future, Baseball Queensland staff will be working from home.
The Baseball Queensland Board has ratified a “working from home policy” that enables and supports our staff to continue their responsibilities whilst not being in the office.
If you have any questions please feel free to email our staff below.
Competitions and Membership Administration: Glen Long: [email protected]
All information in relation to schedule changes or postponements will be made on the Baseball Queensland website and via direct email and the Baseball Queensland social media channels. Click HERE for the Baseball Queensland Facebook and click HERE for the Baseball Queensland Instagram –
Baseball Queensland is receiving updates and information via:
Because of the COVID-19 emergency, QSport is supporting a planned series of free webinars being facilitated by Active Queenslanders Industry Alliance to provide urgent financial and revenue advice to clubs and organisations.
Everyone is welcome to participate, and we encourage more than one club committee member to join the webinar.
Once a committee member or staff member registers they will receive financial templates – these will be fully explained during the session.
The spreadsheet templates will automatically produce financial figures for clubs’ projected revenue and income during this period of closure. Additionally, there will be some discussion on how to raise funds during this period.
The webinars will be straightforward and practical and are designed to help clubs save themselves from financial disaster.
Baseball Queensland on behalf of the GBL Committee would like to promote the two end of competition surveys.
GBL 19-20 Season Survey
This survey aims to get a holistic view of the season from the members perspective
Estimated survey time: 3 min
Fill the survey our here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GBL201920
GBL Competition Specific Survey
This survey aims to explore specific aspects of the GBL competition and invites members to share their insight into those specifics.
Estimated survey time: 5 min
Fill the survey out here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GBLcomp202021
Following Baseball Australia’s announcement to postponed the National Little League tournaments, Baseball Queensland would like to share that we have taken the necessary steps to post pone the Little League, Junior League and Senior League State Titles indefinitely.
While Little League International has suspended all play for the foreseeable future there has not yet been a decision made on whether the various Little League World Series events will go ahead this year.
We accept it is becoming increasingly unlikely we will be able to participate in these events in the current climate. Baseball Queensland will continue to work with Baseball Australia and Little League International to ensure that if the situation does improve to the point where we can safely host events and provide teams with an opportunity to play in these pathway events in time to qualify, then we will work towards providing those opportunities.
Due to the travel restrictions and COVID-19 Queensland School Sports have cancelled the 12 – 14, 2020 Baseball tour to ACT
The Board of School Sport Australia (SSA) has decided that due to the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent restriction on school sports programs, all SSA Championships for the rest of the year are cancelled.
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