It was a fantastic four days of baseball in Brisbane for the 2018 Little League Girl’s, Youth Women, and Senior Women State Titles. Baseball Queensland would like to acknowledge and thank all the parents, volunteers, umpires, scorekeepers, grounds keepers, All Stars Baseball Club participants and Regions for helping to make the tournaments a rousing success.

Through the collective efforts of everyone involved and the assistance from the sun, wind and the grounds crew over the past few days, women within the sport of baseball showcased their talents for all to see.  Thank you to the 164 participants who graced us with your smiles, laughter and love for the game you have paved the way for the future of women’s baseball in Queensland, and that future is very bright.

A special acknowledgement to the Director of the Participation Mr. Geoff Wade, through his initiatives and hard work with his elected sub-committee Baseball Queensland was successful in “Building a Better Future for Baseball”

To reiterate, thanks again to everyone involved in making these state titles such a memorable event for the players and fans alike. We would also like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and a happy and safe holiday season. We hope to see everyone back out on the field in 2019!

Paul Gonzalez
CEO
Baseball Queensland

Gallery: Open Women’s State Titles

This December, 143 of Queensland’s finest baseball players will be taking part in the 2018 Women’s and Youth Women’s Championships. Over the course of four days at Banister Park, Hendra, teams will go head-to-head and battle it out to see who will reign supreme.  

The event kicks off with Women’s State Titles, taking place on the weekend of the 14th, 15th and 16th of December. This will be followed by the Youth Women’s and Little League State Titles, beginning on Monday the 17th and December, and concluding on Tuesday the 18^th.  There will be a lot up for grabs over the course of the four days, as not only will the winners take home a state title, these titles will play a part in the selection process for the National Titles that will be held April 2019 in Canberra.

 Make sure you come out and support these women at Banister Park as they compete for state glory and chase to square off against Australia’s best in the National’s. It promises to be a great weekend at the ballpark, so make sure you join us and don’t miss a second of the action!

Little League Team Lists

Youth Women Team Lists

Senior Women Team Lists

Last weekend the 4 teams in the Women’s League played their 5th round at Southern Stars Baseball Club in Regents Park. The weather held up just enough to get two quality games of baseball in the books, advancing us one step closer to the playoffs.

Western District Bulldogs played Padres White in a very exciting and quality game of baseball resulting in Padres White taking the win 12-9. This game had some outstanding plays made by both teams, as well as some quality at bats and strong pitching. The sisters from Padres White, Amy and Kate West, both hit inside-the-park-homeruns to help out their team. The Bulldog’s pitching was very strong as usual but not sharp enough to silence Padres bats.

The second game was between Southern Stars and Padres Red, with Southern Stars remaining undefeated after their 11-10 win.  This close game was action packed with Padres outhitting Stars but the Southern Stars women made crucial outs to keep them in the game. Special mention to Kate Oppatt from Padres who hit a triple and to Erin Hewitt at shortstop for Southern Stars who made a fantastic out that helped Stars take the win.

After 5 rounds of play we have an undefeated Southern Stars at the top of the ladder, with Padres Red coming in second, followed by Padres White and tailing closely are the Western Bulldogs.

All teams will be travelling to Darra on Saturday for the final round of the regular season. Western Bulldogs will host Southern Stars at 2pm, followed by another Padres showdown at 4pm as the Red and White team go head-to-head.

See you out there for another fantasti weekend of baseball!

The GBL Women’s League played in their fourth round of completion on Saturday afternoon. All four teams played at Redcliffe Padres in what was a fantastic and entertaining afternoon of baseball!

Game One saw Padres White take on Southern Stars in a solid game where Stars took the win 20-8. While Padres recorded the loss they did outhit Stars 13-10, however their pitching was lacking which consequently allowed Southern Stars to wrack up some runs. Both teams had a number of first hits as well as fantastic outs made in the field. Special mention to Amy West from Padres White who hit an inside the park homerun!

The second game of the day was between Padres Red and Wests; Padres Red took the win 13-9 in a fiercely played game. Both teams managed to show aggression at the plate with outstanding at bats from the Padres Red side. Fantastic pitching from both Padres and Wests who showed that accuracy is everything.

As we hit the middle of the regular season, all involved in the league comment frequently on the incredible opportunity this league is bringing to their baseball ‘careers’. It is very evident that the league is appealing to players of all levels, with State athletes in the same team as proud mothers aiming to put their years of spectator experience to good use; there really is no better way to engage and grow the sport of female baseball.

Heading into Round 5, Southern Stars currently sit on top of the ladder, followed by Padres Red, Westerns Bulldogs and lastly, Padres White. With Round 5 being held at Southern Stars Baseball Club on Saturday it will be an important round to get some extra wins for the teams lower on the ladder.

If you can get out to Southern Stars on Saturday 17th November at 2pm to support the Wests and Padres White ladies and 4pm for the Southern Stars and Padres Red teams, then please do to help our new league grow and develop!

Big thank you to everyone involved from players, coaches, umpires, scores and families- you are all superstars and make this competition exactly how it should be: fun!

Photos by: Rodney Reed. Thank you for taking such fantastic pictures of the teams on Saturday!