A quality crowd rolled into Holloway field for the annual Paul Mutch Cup held on Friday night, the 8th of February. With both Pine Hills and Windsor looking to cement their postseason spots this game was significant in the result and the cup itself. This annual fixture holds significance for both teams as they honour the life of Paul Mutch who played for both the Pine Hills Lightning and the Windsor Royals.
The Windsor Royals got off to a flying lead in the first innings with the bats in full swing. This would secure the home win for the Royals and winning the Paul Mutch Cup for 2019.
We would like to thank both teams for the spirit the game was played in and for all the fans for supporting both teams and the annual event.
This Friday night the Windsor Royals will host Pine Hills Lightning for the Annual Paul Mutch Cup.
The Mutch Cup has been a regular fixture annually within the GBL season between Windsor and Pine Hills. It is a game of significance as both teams honour Paul Mutch as a player and a person. Paul passed away from a heart condition in 2004. Mutch played his junior years of baseball for Pine Hills and then moved to Windsor as a senior as at the time Pine Hills did not have senior baseball.
Mutch’s talent was identified as a junior and was named in the Australian under 17 side for a tour of South Africa. In 2004 Mutch was part of the starting pitching rotations for the Queensland in the Claxton Shield competition and was a member of the 2004 Olympic Shadow Squad. A highlight was Paul being signed to the Minnesota Twins.
“The Mutch Cup game has been a standing fixture annually between Windsor and Pine Hills,’’ explained Windsor Royals coach Jamie Knight. “It is a game on the calendar of each team where both sides are desperate to win.”
First pitch on Friday will be at 7 pm at Holloway Field, Newmarket.
There will be free hot dogs for juniors wearing either Pine Hills or Royals club colours or hats.
With the recent rainfall and weather events occurring in our state’s north, the Baseball Queensland Board of Management and myself wish to offer our combined support for those enduring this difficult time. We know North Queensland people are strong and will endure, yet in the moment, we acknowledge how difficult this is.
To all the members of our Baseball community, their families, and the people of North Queensland, stay safe, stay strong, stay Queensland strong.
Round 13ofGet Started Vouchersopens 8:00am on Wednesday 6 February 2019.
The program provides eligible Queensland children and young people aged 5 to 17 (inclusive) who can least afford to join a sport or recreation club with a voucher valued up to $150 for membership and/or registration fees.Round 13 will close when all available vouchers are issued. If the voucher allocation is not reached, the round will close on10 April 2019.
Over 4300 clubs have registered for the program.Clubs can apply for registration forGet Started Vouchersat any time. Registration is valid for the entire program period so there is no need to register for each round.
Check out some of our great videos on theGet Started Vouchersprogram. These are available via our website:
Our How to applyvideoassist families with information on child eligibility and applying for a voucher
Our Clubsvideoprovides information on club eligibility and redeeming vouchers.
Ourvideoon how referral agents can help families with applying for a voucher.
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Baseball Queensland would like to congratulate U18 players Alex Skepton, Liam MacDonald and Brandan Bidois along with Queensland U18s Head Coach Gareth Jones on their U18 Australian selection.
Australia will take on the best Oceania has to offer this week in hope of qualifying for the 2019 U18 World Cup.
The Australians squad will travel to Guam to compete in the Oceania Qualifier, with the winning team earning their place at the U18 World Cup in Gijang, South Korea.
The Australian squad will face Guam, American Samoa, New Zealand and Palau across the next six days at the Paseo Stadium in Agana, Guam.
AUSTRALIA’S U18 OCEANIA QUALIFIER SCHEDULE:
23 January
3 pm American Samoa vs. Australia
24 January
7 pm Australia vs. Guam
25 January
11 am Australia vs. New Zealand
3 pm Palau vs. Australia
26 January-semifinals
1 pm No 1 seed-No 2 seed (a)
6 pm No 3 seed-No 4 seed (b)
27 January-medal games
12 pm loser (a)-winner (b)-bronze medal game (c)
5 pm winner (a)-winner (c)-championship game
(all times local – UTC +10)
U18 OCEANIA QUALIFIER SQUAD:
Travis Bazzana (NSW)
Brandan Bidois (QLD)
Chris Burke (VIC)
Liam Evans (VIC)
Blake Farr (SA)
Jack Lee (NSW)
Liam MacDonald (QLD)
Liam McCallum (NSW)
Conor Myles (VIC)
Cayden Nicoletto (WA)
Jaylin Rae (NSW)
Nicholas Riley (WA)
Caleb Shepherd (NSW)
William Sherriff (WA)
Alex Skepton (QLD)
Aidan Torpey (NSW)
Blake Townsend (VIC)
Tristan Watts (NSW)
Steve Fish – Head Coach
Scott Mitchinson – Pitching Coach
Gareth Jones – Assistant Coach
Shaun Smith – Assistant Coach
Neil Barrowcliff – Executive Officer
9 Queensland players have been selected for the Team Australia squad selected to undertake a four-day camp in Canberra next month.
Lead by Team Australia Manager David Nilsson, the squad will undergo in-depth testing based at the Australian Institute of Sport from February 7-10.
Queenslanders make up over 25% of those selected for the squad featuring 9 out of 35 players selected. We want to congratulate the players below for being selected for the squad.
Ryan Battaglia
Andrew Campbell
Wade Dutton
Sam Holland
Mitch Nilsson
Ryan Searle
David Sutherland
Logan Wade
Aaron Whitefield
The camp will serve as the first opportunity for Premier12 preparation, baseball’s flagship international tournament.
“This camp will give us an invaluable opportunity to pass on as much information as we can about the Premier12 and the national team program as a whole,” David Nilsson said.
Team Australia will have its first chance at qualifying for Tokyo Olympic Games at this year’s Premier12, as Australia must finish above Chinese Taipei and South Korea to book a place to Tokyo2020.
We will be keeping a close eye on our Queenslanders as they prepare for the tournament.
