SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BASEBALL LEAGUE INC. Annual Report

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BASEBALL LEAGUE INC. annual report

2020-21 contents

leadership reports

President’s Report | 10 General Manager’s Report | 12 financial statements 26

Finance Director Report | 16 Audited Financial Statements | 17 Membership Data | 24 staff reports

div 1 grand final super league 60 charter

women''s Div 1 Grand final 62

adelaide premiership tables giants board & staff Sarah Kelly Mark Brougham General Manager President

Rowena Trevaskis Lawrence Moore Competitions & Member Services Manager Performance Director

Laura Bond Karla Della Pietra Marketing & Events Manager Marketing Director

Riley Moore Anthony Catt Performance Pathways Manager Affiliations Director

Giang Danh Ron Harvey Pathway & Development Manager Youth Director

Nick Hutchings Operations Director

Andrew Nairn Finance Director (Former)

Terry Evans Board Member

Thanks to our sponsors and corporate partners for their support of baseball in South Australia

PAGE 4 | BASEBALL SA committee members

Heritage Committee Awards & Trophies Selection Panel Disputes and Incident Reports Panel Ron Harvey Rowena Trevaskis Terry Evans Greg Bradshaw (Chair - non-voting) Paul Chandler Robert Laidlaw Ron Harvey Phil Burgess Nick Hutchings Permit Committee Enza Henty Neil Poulton Rowena Trevaskis (Chair) Lorraine Dunn Robert Laidlaw Nick Hutchings Chris Jones Ben Wigmore Ron Harvey Gordon Penhall Darren Roberts Richard Olson Tribunal By-Law Review Committee Chris Sims Belinda Matijevic (Chair) Kevin Jennings (Chair) Burke Weber Terry Evans Rowena Trevaskis Colin Alexander Ben Wigmore Competition Review Committee Kevin Jennings Mark Brougham Sarah Kelly (Chair) Ron Harvey Rowena Trevaskis Blake Halligan Mark Brougham Tony Probert Nick Hutchings Paul Chandler Scott Pratt Terry Evans

BASEBALL SA | PAGE 5 life members

1922 Geo Chapman* 1990-91 Dave Roberts* 1922 Claude Ewers* 1991-92 Don Rice* 1922 Frank Ewers* 1992-93 Ron Wright 1922 Rue Ewers* 1992-93 Max Puckett* 1926 Syd Smith* 1993-94 Ron Morgan* 1930 Norrie Claxton* 1994-95 Bert Haynes* 1932 Wally Buchanan* 1995-96 Gordon Penhall 1937 Len C Poole* 1995-96 Alan Waldron AM 1938 Perce Doolan* 1996-97 Peter Dixon 1938 Paddy Ohlstrom* 1998-99 Hugh Franke* 1938 Bill Wiles* 1999-00 Ron Chandler 1944 Charles Catt* 1999-00 Lionel ‘Nobby’ Clark* 1948 Alby Bartless* 2000-01 Kevin Jennings 1949 Ron Sharpe* 2000-01 Peter Kemp* 1950 Fred Mann* 2001-02 Paul Begg 1951 Martin Kriewaldt* 2002-03 Peter Fischer 1956 Ron Scott* 2003-04 Bob Abbey* 1958 Henley Jones* 2003-04 Arthur MacDonald 1959 Andy Buchanan* 2004-05 Greg Bradshaw 1960 Byron Ascione* 2004-05 Ron Harvey OAM 1961 Laurie LeCornu* 2005-06 Brian Addison 1963 Bill Stephens* 2005-06 Jim Wilton* 1965 Alan Branstrom* 2006-07 David Mundy 1966 Claude Thorpe* 2007-08 David Hutton 1967 Bill Moody* 2008-09 Norm ‘Chalky’ White* 1969-70 Roy Page* 2009-10 Bob Neiswander 1970-71 Stan Scarman* 2010-11 Brian Cakebread 1971-72 Bob Finn* 2010-11 Ken Kobayashi 1972-73 Max Stone* 2011-12 Kevin Greatrex 1973-74 Max Galloway* 2013-14 Phil Alexander 1974-75 Kingsley Wellington 2014-15 Robert Laidlaw 1975-76 Jim Garrick* 2014-15 Barry O’Brien 1976-77 Lou Bressler* 2015-16 Lorraine Dunn 1978-79 Arthur Rathbone* 2015-16 Warwick Marks 1979-80 Don Klaebe* 2016-17 Phil Burgess 1980-81 Gordon Ross* 2017-18 John Ryan* 1981-82 Brian Brooks* 2018-19 Ron Kennealy 1982-83 Tom Rice* 2019-20 Jeff Kevan 1983-84 Claude Pearce* 1984-85 Harry Hunt* 1985-86 Warren Charles* 1986-87 Colin Rowe* 1987-88 Ms Pat Beatty* 1988-89 Ray Thorne* 1989-90 Ken Wesslink*

PAGE 6 | BASEBALL SA capps medallists

1936 Charlie Puckett* Prospect 1980/81 Gary Challen* Henley & Grange 1937 Clem Scott* Goodwood 1981/82 Phil Alexander Glenelg 1938 Geff Noblet* Glenelg 1982/83 Greg Elkson Glenelg 1939 Phil Brideoake* West Torrens 1983/84 Greg Elkson Glenelg 1940 Fred Catt* East Torrens 1984/85 Jeff Fiechtner Kensington 1941 Garth Burton* Kensington 1985/86 Jeff Fiechtner Kensington 1986/87 Tony Harris Woodville 1942-45 War Years 1987/88 Greg Elkson Goodwood Brian Farley Central Districts 1946 Jim Puckett* Prospect 1988/89 Brian Farley Central Districts 1947 Phil Brideoake* West Torrens Barry Lunnon Sturt 1948 Phil Brideoake* West Torrens 1989/90 Greg Elkson Goodwood 1949 Ian Leahy* Prospect 1990/91 Brian Cakebread Port Adelaide 1950 Barry Wiles* Adelaide 1991/92 Barry Lunnon Sturt 1951 Bill Fuller University 1992/93 Barry Lunnon Sturt 1952 Doug Othams* University 1993/94 Phil Burgess West Torrens 1953 Colin Watts* Glenelg 1994/95 Russell Dart Henley & Grange 1954 Des Vaughton* West Torrens 1995/96 Ian Reval Glenelg 1955 Phil Brideoake* Glenelg 1996/97 Mark Born Port Adelaide 1956 Doug Othams* University 1997/98 Scott Marshall Port Adelaide 1957 Peter Box* Goodwood 1998/99 Scott Marshall Port Adelaide 1958 Peter Box* Goodwood 1999/00 Craig Watts Sturt 1959 Jim Tamlin University 2000/01 John Challinor Goodwood 1960 Jim Cocks* Sturt 2001/02 Ryan Simunsen Adelaide 1961 Don Rice* Glenelg 2002/03 Darren Fidge Goodwood 1962 Don Rice* Glenelg 2003/04 Darren Fidge Goodwood 1963 Don Rice* Glenelg 2004/05 John Challinor Goodwood 1964 Ian Glover Kensington 2005/06 Darren Fidge Goodwood 1965 Neil Davey* Port Adelaide 2006/07 Andrew Scott West Torrens 1966 Kevin Greatrex Port Adelaide 2007/08 Michael Ewart Kensington 1967 Don Rice* Glenelg 2008/09 Tyler Levin East Torrens 1968 Don Rice* Glenelg 2009/10 Daniel Wilson Glenelg David Hutton Sturt 2010/11 Todd Langman Port Adelaide 1968/69 Ron Chandler Adelaide 2011/12 Nick Talbot Kensington 1969/70 David McCloud Goodwood 2012/13 Nick Talbot Kensington 1970/71 Kevin Greatrex Port Adelaide 2013/14 Andrew Davis Port Adelaide 1971/72 David Mundy Port Adelaide 2014/15 Nick Talbot Kensington 1972/73 Kevin Greatrex Port Adelaide 2015/16 Wes Roemer Glenelg 1973/74 Neil Page Goodwood 2016/17 Dylan Brammer Port Adelaide Les Behrendt Woodville 2017/18 Dylan Brammer Port Adelaide 1974/75 Colin Alexander Glenelg 2018/19 Wilson Lee Sturt 1975/76 Kevin Greatrex Port Adelaide 2019/20 Chase Cunningham Kensington 1976/77 Don Masters Northern Districts 2020/21 Landon Hernandez Henley & Grange 1977/78 Mark Peters Woodville 1978/79 Greg Elkson Glenelg 1979/80 John Galloway Woodville

(*) = Denotes Deceased

BASEBALL SA | PAGE 7 The 2017-2020 Strategic Plan has been prepared in consultation with members, stakeholders, staff, and the Board of Directors. The complete plan is available to view on the Baseball SA website.

PAGE 8 | BASEBALL SA BASEBALL SA | PAGE 9 From the PRESIDENT irst and foremost, I would like to take the opportunity Fto thank Mark Snelgrove for his time and effort over the past 11 years as a board member and the last 7 years as President. Mark has contributed a great deal of his personal time in both Baseball SA and Diamond Sports SA, and has put our sport in a great position moving forward.

This year has brought some challenges, with the pandemic ongoing; we were continually adjusting to the challenges to ensure our great game continued. In saying that all the hard work is done in the office by our experienced team lead by Sarah Kelly, Rowena Trevaskis, Laura Bond, Giang Danh, Tyrone Hambly and Riley Moore. Tyrone left us during the year, however returned to assist with the delivery of the Australian Junior League Championship in May. We welcomed Riley Moore who comes with a wealth of knowledge in baseball, including his background in College Baseball. Riley also heads up our High-Performance Program.

PAGE 10 | BASEBALL SA We saw something completely different with an ABL hub I would like to acknowledge all the clubs who participated being played in our SABL season due to the pandemic. in this season’s competition and congratulate the With a lot of unknowns, all our staff took this in their winners, special mention to Sturt in taking out Division stride, and working alongside the Giants, managed to 1 Grand Final and Glenelg for taking out the Division put on a great event. We were also fortunate to hold the 1 Women’s Grand Final. To all the clubs, players, first ABLW Showcase at West Beach, with our ladies their Presidents, Boards and volunteers, I would like being victors, showing how far women’s baseball has to extend my thanks to you all for your support to come over the past 4 years. After the Showcase we continually grow this great sport of baseball. ran the Australian Junior Championship in May 2021, seeing the Marlins take out the bronze medal. Well A special thanks to Rowena Trevaskis for her efforts, done to all our volunteers who gave their valuable time which has been over and above her role. I would like to to ensure all the events ran smoothly and successfully. acknowledge our patron Terry Evans who has supported None of this would have been possible without the Rowena with his knowledge and professionalism. outstanding effort of Laura Bond. Congratulations to Sarah Kelly who has come into the role as General Manager and has tirelessly worked to Thanks to all the members of the sub committees – ensure that Baseball SA comes out in front and truly the Heritage Committee, Tribunal Committee and a has the passion for our great sport. special thanks to the By-Law Review Committee. A lot of work was undertaken by this committee over the Finally, thank you to my family for all their support, it year and will continue. Thanks to Kevin Jennings, Ron has been a privilege to be the President and watch this Harvey, Paul Chandler, Blake Halligan, Tony Probert, sport grow and succeed in the 12 years whilst I’ve been Ben Wigmore, Rowena Trevaskis and Terry Evans. involved with the board.

Yours in Baseball,

Mark Brougham President BASEBALL SA | PAGE 11 GENERAL MANAGER

nother year goes by and like many others 2020/21 During this time, the by-laws were also under full Adid not disappoint. Although COVID-19 continued review needing much attention, especially coming out to linger, we certainly did not allow it to interfere or of COVID. This is still a work in progress with the vision prevent us from playing the sport we love. Baseball to have the by-laws complete and operational for the went on, like so many other parts of our lives, we just start of the 2021/22 season. had to establish how to live with COVID and navigate our way through getting baseball back on the diamond. The 2019/20 AGM saw Jeff Kevan awarded with life This included potential modifications to the game and membership for his outstanding services to baseball the playing environment, along with the implementation and the appointment of Ron Harvey as Youth Director of our return to play roadmap and protocols. and Karla Della Pietra as Marketing Director on the BSA Board. Winterball 2020 successfully kicked off, albeit later than the usual start time. A shortened season was had, with Following the AGM Mark Snelgrove, President, less teams than previous years, but nonetheless the stepped down from his role. Mark spent many years games went ahead. A big thank you for the hard work on the Board and that of the Diamond Sports SA Board from the Winterball committee led by Peter McGearey and was instrumental in the move to West Beach for for working with Baseball SA to ensure all clubs were Baseball SA. Mark Brougham stepped into the role adhering to COVID policy and guidelines. of President as an interim to see out the year, which saw Nick Hutchings step into the role of Operations The Baseball SA staff adapted quickly to the changing Director for the remainder of the 2020/21 year. I’d working conditions thrown at them during this difficult like to take this opportunity to thank Mark Snelgrove period, working from home became the norm for some for his time served on the Baseball SA Board, to Mark time. It did not stop the quantity and quality of output Brougham for taking on the President position and to delivered by the team which saw a new Constitution Nick Hutchings for his time in the role of Operations written and adopted by the members at the 2019/20 Director. AGM, along with an E-Sports competition, a library of at home workouts and skills videos.

PAGE 12 | BASEBALL SA Along with changes to the Board of Directors, there was some staff movement at Baseball SA seeing Riley Moore hired as the Performance Pathway’s Manager. Riley brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience in international baseball, having been born and bred in the USA, played for the University of Arizona and for the Stuttgart Reds in Germany. Tyrone Hambly parted ways with Baseball SA in February 2021 after spending almost 4 years in the role of Pathways and Development Manager, choosing to further his career outside of baseball. I would like to thank Tyrone for his time spent in growing our charter programs and including our regional centres, along with the successful changes made to Super League to align our best senior players with our junior charters.

We also saw Neil Poulton appointed to the position of Officiating Officer, which was a newly created position within the BSA structure. Neil has been instrumental in the appointment and education of umpires across our league and we look forward to working with Neil again in the coming season to implement new strategies in growth, development and education of umpires.

Season 2020/21 got off to a roaring start with the Super League launch prior to the start of the SABL. The new Super League concept going to three teams in line with Little League and Junior League charter teams (Seahawks, Rays and Marlins), proved hugely successful. Super League for the first time since its inception had a naming rights sponsor in Just The Thing Furniture Warehouse and every team had sponsors onboard, ensuring that the competition was self-sustainable. The Northern Marlins became the first team to win Super League under the new model defeating the Southern Seahawks in the grand final.

Regular SABL competitions kicked off in early October 2020 and except for the small two week “circuit breaker” interruption due to a COVID scare in Adelaide, the season went through relatively unscathed. We saw Goodwood and Sturt go head-to-head at West Beach in the Division 1 grand final three game series, where Sturt got up in both games 1 and 2, proving too strong for Goodwood again as they did back in 2018/19.

BASEBALL SA | PAGE 13 The Women’s Division 1 grand final was a fantastic We were awarded the opportunity to host the Australian game between Glenelg, who had been dominant all Women’s Championships and the Youth Women’s year, battling against Southern Districts who had an Camp in April 2021, however the Australian Women’s amazing season. The Glenelg women were too strong, champs were cancelled due to COVID. Thankfully, but Southern Districts did not go down without a fight. the Youth Women’s Camp proceeded, and we saw a squad of 40 female youth athletes train and play in All other divisions for both senior and junior baseball Adelaide over 5 days. The inaugural National camp for got through minor rounds and finals and I’d like to thank this cohort, an honour to be able to host it in Adelaide the clubs for working with us to ensure the games were and not surprising it was a huge success. played in good spirit and considering the challenges faced, minimal disruption. 2021 saw some other exciting events take place with the State Charter Championships being held in Membership has continued to rise with 176 new April, which included four teams from regional centres members playing baseball in 2020/21. This is an participating. This was an increase from one team exciting time as we work toward new growth strategies, from Mt Gambier in 2019. Following this SA hosted competition structure review and a new 5-year strategic the Australian Junior League Championship, with ten plan to be announced at the end of 2021. teams participating from around the country. Thankfully, no teams missed out in travelling to our great state and Sadly, there were some COVID casualties however at we had a fantastic event, with our very own Marlins a national level. Unfortunately, the Australian Youth taking home the bronze medal. Championships for both the under 16 and under 18 age groups were cancelled. This was extremely During the year we saw Adelaide and West Torrens disappointing especially for those second year under Baseball Clubs move back home into newly built 18 athletes. In its place we successfully ran the state facilities. Looking ahead the BSA Board will be showcase event in January 2021 where we hosted reviewing the West Beach facility and major upgrade athletes from the ACT to train and play with the SA requirements needed in order to deliver national and squad. potentially international events, along with working more closely with clubs across the state to secure state and federal grant funding for club upgrades. PAGE 14 | BASEBALL SA Again Baseball SA has continued to work closely As mentioned earlier, none of these events, activities, with the Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing and governance, reviews etc would happen without the thank them for their support and contribution to our tireless work of the BSA Board and staff. It does not organisation. We look forward to working together in go unnoticed the long hours dedicated to this sport by the future on new opportunities. this amazing group of individuals and I thank you for the support you show not only myself, but the clubs, During the 2020/21 season Baseball SA chose to members and wider community. run the amazing Monkey See, Monkey Do program, developed by the Sammy D Foundation, in all 14 From here, we look forward to the coming season and metropolitan clubs. We were fortunate to receive working collaboratively with our clubs and members to government funding for the Anti-Bullying campaign, to continue to grow baseball for all. support the successful delivery of this program and the feedback was sensational. We identified the need for educational programs to drive home the message that Sarah Kelly bullying in baseball, or any sporting club will not be General Manager tolerated, and this program gave us the opportunity to talk to kids and parents both together and separate. The session delivered by Sam Davis’ dad, Neil, was extremely moving and personal, and had a huge impact on the clubs and members. We look forward to working closely with clubs again in 2021/22 as we address culture and behaviour and articulate what we deem as acceptable behaviours both on and off the field.

I would like to thank all key partners and sponsors who continue to contribute to our sport as these organisations are critical to our success and reaching strategic outcomes.

BASEBALL SA | PAGE 15 FINANCE DIRECTOR

he 2020/2021 season was INCOME. This totalled $1.06m down from Tanticipated to be difficult as we $1.24m from last year. This was well continued to experience the effects of supported by memberships with Baseball COVID 19 on outcomes and strategy. At SA recognising registration increases the start of the season trying to prepare as reported above. The major loss was an accurate budget was like fighting a in Government Grant income which was ghost! The budget anticipated a decrease significantly down on last year and is in membership numbers and as a result expected to continue to fall in years to the potential to affect cashflow. In the come. end it completely surprised on the upside and membership increased. This positive EXPENDITURE. Total expenditure of position and the Government support $988,554 was down from last year through COVID handouts helped drive us of $1.16m. This was to be expected to a $72,011 surplus. as we tightened costs where possible considering COVID, along with cancelled There were many unknowns at the start of events reducing overheads. Pleasingly all this financial year: services from the office were maintained during the very difficult year. Giants: were the ABL going to play – this ended up below budgeted income, BALANCE SHEET. Baseball SA’s cash however it was pleasing to have revenue position increased over the year to see from this event $518,730 in the bank and in a strong financial position. Accounts Receivable State/Charter Competitions: this was also (money owed to Baseball SA) was held very difficult to judge given some events under a tight watch which we were nervous were cancelled and some we were able about in light of the economic conditions to deliver on but only saw this increase slightly. The Balance Sheet is now in a great position Sporting Schools: another difficult line to but strategic consideration needs to be anticipate but in the end provided solid given on how to use this money effectively income to generate returns for the sport.

The previous Finance Director has put I would like to thank our General Manager in place some excellent policies and Sarah Kelly for her outstanding attention to procedures during the year and this has the business during a very difficult year and meant that even through all of these appreciation to the Office for Recreation, difficult circumstances we have ended Sport and Racing for continuing to provide with a solid surplus and a very strong grant program support. balance sheet.

Anthony Catt Interim Finance/Affiliations Director

PAGE 16 | BASEBALL SA Financial statements, including all notes, are available on the Baseball SA website

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT

To the members of the South Australian Baseball League Inc.

Report on the Audit of the Financial Report

Qualified Opinion

We have audited the financial report of the South Australian Baseball League Inc. (the Association), which comprises the Board’s Report, the Statement by Members of the Board, the Profit and Loss Statement, the Statement of Financial Position, the Statement of Changes in Equity, the Statement of Cash Flows and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory notes for the year ended 30 April 2021.

In our opinion, except for the effects of the matter described in the Basis for Qualified Opinion section of our report, the accompanying financial report presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Association as at 30 April 2021 and its financial performance for the year then ended in accordance with the accounting policies described in Note 1 to the financial statements and the requirements of the Associations Incorporation Act (SA) 1985.

Basis for Qualified Opinion

We have issued a Qualified Audit Opinion on the financial statements on the following basis;

As is common for an organisation of this type, it is not practical for the Association to maintain an effective system of internal control over cash receipts until their initial entry in the accounting records. Accordingly, our audit in relation to cash receipted transactions recorded within Administration Income was limited to the amounts recorded as it is not practical to extend our examination beyond the amounts recognised in the records of the Association nor to express an opinion on whether income recorded is complete.

We conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Report section of our report. We are independent of the Association in accordance with the ethical requirements of the Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board’s APES 110: Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (the Code) that are relevant to our audit of the financial report in Australia. We have also fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the Code.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Emphasis of Matter – Basis of Accounting

We draw attention to Note 1 to the financial report, which describes the basis of accounting. The financial report has been prepared to assist the Association to meet the requirements of the Associations Incorporation Act (SA) 1985. As a result, the financial report may not be suitable for another purpose. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.

Responsibilities of the Board Members for the Financial Report

The Board Members are responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial report in accordance with the financial reporting requirements of the Associations Incorporations Act (SA) 1985 and for such internal controls as the Board Members determine are necessary to enable the preparation and fair presentation of a financial report that is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation PAGE 22 | BASEBALL SA In preparing the financial report, the Board Members are responsible for assessing the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters relating to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless committee intends to liquidate the entity or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Those charged with governance are responsible for overseeing the entity’s financial reporting process.

Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Report

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial report as a whole is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with the Australian Auditing Standards will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of this financial report.

As part of an audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards, we exercise professional judgement and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also: – Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial report, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. – Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Association’s internal control. – Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the Board. – Conclude on the appropriateness of the Board’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Association’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the financial report or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Association to cease to continue as a going concern. – Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial report, including the disclosures, and whether the financial report represents the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

We communicate with the Board regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

DEAN NEWBERY & PARTNERS CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

JOHN JOVICEVIC PARTNER

Signed on the 2nd day of July 2021, at 214 Melbourne Street, North Adelaide

BASEBALL SA | PAGE 23 3,688

2020/21 members 48 689 4 coach accreditations female members other GENDER members 75 2,995 umpire accreditations male members 3,065 623

metro members regional members

PAGE 24 | BASEBALL SA 4 other GENDER members

male members 623 regional members

BASEBALL SA | PAGE 25 competitions& member services

hankfully SABL Season 2020/21 got underway The administration and governance of our competition Twithout any significant COVID-19 impact. through rules and regulations is a crucial portion of Remarkably the number of teams participating increased the Competition & Member Services role. I would like by 9 and was nicely spread over all three competitions: to thank the Special Committees who have helped Seniors, Women’s and Juniors. In saying that, rounds to design, implement, regulate, and refine these 7 and 8 were affected by a short COVID scare which governance tools. In the off-season we rewrote the was worked through and although contingencies were SABL Constitution, bringing our laws in line with the in place for further stoppages South Australia remained current Associations Incorporation Act 1985 (SA) when COVID free and we were blessed to complete our it was voted in by the membership at the last Annual season, albeit with some thundery weather that caused General Meeting. A full rewrite of the SABL Bylaws us to reshuffle finals games. I would like to extend a began at the season’s end and although only half were huge congratulations to all premiership teams. completed by this season’s start, the new and refined regulations that were implemented proved supremely Scheduling remains a very time consuming and proficient in working through the management of a complex task, however it was encouraging to receive fairer game for all. The likes of recruiting, transferring, positive feedback from clubs recognising the effort and permitting were better defined. We implemented a and the difference scheduling specific grades against “Playing Outside of your Natural Age Group” (PONAG) consistent game times makes for participants and club permit which allowed many under-skilled athletes to volunteers. Persisting with the Don Rice Tournament play lower than their actual age group, providing a was also seen as a positive, Baseball SA has safer environment and better retention. The Incentive earmarked this age group as a retention priority and Prescribed Points process was hugely improved to will look favourably at introducing it to the weekend create accountability and to become measurable, clubs junior competition in 2021/22. worked all year towards achieving set criteria, receiving their incentive points at season’s end for the following The introduction of a junior Intermediate League, an season. eighth senior Division and a Women’s Division 3 grade was achieved in 2020/21 and was so successful that RevSPORT continued to provide the baseball these grades will become a regular moving forward. community and staff with a far superior registration, Junior League and Senior League junior grades were scores recording, website and database platform. In its again split into two divisions after the Christmas break second season, some clubs reported the new system which provided for a fairer and more equal competition had provided them with zero outstanding player fees for these grades moving into the finals stretch. This two years in a row. Thank you to all club revSPORT season we saw more combined teams than ever Super Users and scores recorders who have joined us before which was a testament to the joining clubs and for the ride of design, implementation, review and retry considerably successful. over the past two seasons, it has been a great team effort and we appreciate the support.

PAGE 26 | BASEBALL SA Heading out to the regions is always on our agenda, this year was Mount Gambier’s turn. Apart from the skills sessions we offer the members, we also upskilled administrators in the revSPORT database and worked on some feedback surrounding country bylaws and regulations which will be implemented for season 2021/22 to make it easier for local country players to play in both local and metro competitions. We are currently in collaboration with the Whyalla Baseball Increasing umpire numbers and their training and League and although it is very early days, a come development remains an area we are focusing on. and try event held to try and start to regenerate their Neil Poulton’s appointment as Baseball SA’s Officiating competition saw just under 40 participants register and Officer at the start of the season immediately closed participate in a short program. Our next step is to try the gap between umpires, clubs, and the League. The and penetrate the Whyalla school community and inject Umpire Academy, a high-performance type learning some tball fun via Sporting School grants and revive environment for our up-and-coming umpires, was the Whyalla Baseball League. implemented by Neil with much success, along with the delivery of over 80 Community Umpire Accreditations. Back in 2019 a Competition Review Committee was The League’s next step is to further develop the Coloured established with the objective to examine the Baseball Shirt Umpiring Program to provide skills, knowledge SA review data and current competition structure and and abilities to participants, officials, and umpires in the ascertain what needs to be refined. Baseball SA and areas of baseball umpiring and appropriate behaviour the Board released a proposal in May 2021 to move of officials and participants towards umpires. all senior games to Saturday and all junior games to Sunday which was approved by all clubs. Thank you Around the grounds midway during the season we saw to the committee and all the resources we explored the amazing facilities of Adelaide and West Torrens to get to this decision. We are now extremely excited Baseball Clubs open with pizzaz. Congratulations to about Season 2021/22 and look forward to getting both clubs on a stellar effort. out amongst the clubs, their committees, and members to work together in improving the governance, culture, and direction of the competition in order to enhance its appeal.

Rowena Trevaskis Competitions & Member Services Manager

BASEBALL SA | PAGE 27 PERFORMANCE PATHWAYS

s with most everything else happening around The baseball technology that all high performance Athe world, the 2020/21 high-performance programs have around the country are top of the season was a tough navigation of COVID-19 line and a massive help when it comes to coaching restrictions, a new Performance Pathways and teaching the finer points of baseball specific Manager, and a new 12-month format for these skills. One of the main avenues of tech that we athletes. Even with all of the strange things that utilise at the high performance level is the use of were happening around the country, we saw some both Rapsodo pitching and hitting units. These incredible growth for our high-performance athletes machines track every bit of information that you here in South Australia. could imagine in terms of a batted or pitched ball. What makes using these tools even more effective The main focus of the high-performance group this is being paired with the Rapsodo Insight camera. past year was to focus on specific details that each The Insight camera is a high definition, slow individual athlete identified that they wanted to work motion camera that captures over 1,000 frames more on. We were lucky to have great coaches to per second. Being able to use such advanced assist in the development of each player. From a technology allows us to break down every swing hitting perspective, Austin Gallagher took control or every pitch into slow motion and dissect where of the hitters and was relentless in his instruction we can improve as athletes and players. This and growth for these young athletes. Austin has an past year we have also implemented the use of incredible amount of knowledge on hitting and was BlastMotion sensors. These sensors attach to the great in his delivery of an individual hitting plan for end of the bat and are able to track bat swing each athlete. He also worked with the infielders paths, hand velocity, body angles, and rotational giving them a countless amount of repetitions to power. challenge and grow their defensive specific skills. Tom Brice worked specifically with our outfielders This past year we also saw the introduction of state as well as helping with the hitting side of the game wide national showcases. Because of the effect that as well. Tom brings a wealth of knowledge from COVID-19 had around the country, the Australian playing professionally, playing for team Australia, Youth Championships were cancelled. In its place, and coaching in South Australia. each state had the great opportunity to hold its own showcase and round-robin tournament. Each player went through an entire day of testing before settling into a routine of 2 hours of training and 2 games a day for the remainder of the week. It was an exhausting week of baseball for both players and coaches, but a wild success on all fronts. I would personally like to thank Stuart Miller, Andrew Sperling, Justin Clark, and Declan Steel for their coaching efforts and tireless help to make this South Australian showcase run smoothly, you guys are champs!

PAGE 28 | BASEBALL SA We had a few firsts on the Women’s Baseball The 2020/21 high performance season was one side as well to which I am extremely proud of. of great success. I’m very proud of what each and First and foremost, I would like to congratulate every one of these athletes accomplished and Carly Moore, Jess Maslin, and Alice Prokopec what they are looking forward to in the future. I am for making the Adelaide Giants roster of the first excited with the new wave of incoming athletes inaugural ABL Women’s League. Between a few that we have for this next year and am looking cancelled events because of COVID-19 outbreaks, forward to watching them grow as young adults we were finally able to put the weekend together and baseball players. We should see some great and what a success story it was! Congratulations talent coming out of South Australia in the next few ladies, you represented your home state with years on a state, national, and global level. great honour! We also fielded an entire team of strictly South Australians for the Open Women’s State Tournament for the first time ever this year. Riley Moore Although the tournament did not go ahead due Performance Pathways Manager to COVID-19, I would like to congratulate all the women who made the team and the coaches who put many hours into training and preparing these girls for the tournament.

We had a few individual athletes stand out during the year as well who were involved in the high performance group. I’d like to congratulate Riley Yeatman on being signed to the San Diego Padres this past year. Riley was invited to play in the ABL with the Adelaide Giants this year before being signed to a professional contract with the Padres. We’re excited to see what Riley can achieve in the coming years, best of luck! I’d also like to commend both Darcy Barry and Max Stagg on making the initial 60-man roster for the under 18 Australian team. Both players performed well at the camp in Canberra, with Darcy being invited back to the final camp to make the World Cup Squad.

BASEBALL SA | PAGE 29 As normality started to return during Term 3, we Pathways were able to go out to four schools, including a regional trip to Penola Primary School for a three- day program. In Term 4 everything was getting & back to normal, we were able to run a lot more Development programs as schools started to allow external parties to return into their grounds. We ran sixteen Sporting Schools programs in Term 4 with three being in regional towns. The entire office came along to one of our regional trips to Moorak Primary School as we wanted to run some programs for the Mount Gambier members including running some free Baseball5/T-Ball lessons with other schools he last 12-months has definitely been a in Mount Gambier. After the school clinics Riley Trollercoaster, coming back after working from Moore and I ran a combine like session over two home during a COVID-19 ridden year. Following days with their under 16 and under 18 athletes. We the big push of Baseball5 by Baseball Australia tested their abilities with the Rapsodo and other with their Baseball5 at home tutorials during tests with the intentions of inviting any stand-out the lockdown, Baseball SA collaborated with athletes to the National Showcase in January. Softball SA to create a four-game baseball v softball Baseball5 series. This spanned over four As we were just getting back into the flow of things, weeks with each week having a different match we were hit with a circuit breaker which forced up to showcase that Baseball5 can be played us initially into a six-day lockdown but only lasted by everyone. The different match ups were staff three days. The circuit breaker hit hard with school v staff, senior players v senior players, juniors v programs as it forced all remaining programs to juniors and masters (45+). All four games were be cancelled and then rescheduled. We were able live streamed by Spacequake Sports with Baseball to complete three programs in Term 4 but had to SA winning three games to one. reschedule six programs into Term 1 of 2021.

While restrictions meant that we could not get out With Tyrone moving on from the organisation in to schools, I started focusing on our third Esports early February, I was given the opportunity to step competition which ended up one of our biggest. We into his role of Pathways and Development Manager had thirteen participants in this competition coming and take on charter. Having not a lot of knowledge from eight SABL clubs and one winterball club. The of charter it was a great opportunity to learn on exciting incentive for this competition was that the the go and develop my skill and knowledge of it. top five teams at the end of the competition would Jumping into this role and taking over charter as it participate in a State of Origin series against five was starting to peak was a challenge for me, but it of Baseball NSW’s best. We saw Nathan Schreier had its benefits which will allow me to succeed in from Gawler Rangers take out the championship this role in the future. over his brother Travis and went 27-0 during the season and playoffs. Our five participants for the State of Origin Series were Nathan Schreier (Gawler), Travis Schreier (Gawler), Tom Wickens (Henley and Grange), Dylan Howarth (Goodwood) and Alex Ferguson (Onkaparinga). This was a best of five series which went down to the very last game but unfortunately South Australia were unable to take it out and lost three games to two.

PAGE 30 | BASEBALL SA After last year’s State Charter Tournament being Little League: Similar to the Junior League cancelled due to COVID-19, it was great to have Marlins, the Adelaide Rays took out the State that all behind us and we had a record-breaking Championship while going undefeated. The fifteen teams participate in the 2021 Tournament. National Championship qualifier was between the The tournament was a big success, we had four Adelaide Seahawks and the Adelaide Marlins, teams in both Little League and Junior League, the Seahawks came out the blocks fast taking a three teams in Senior League as well as four commanding 5 – 0 lead in the third innings but the teams in our Little League Development. It was Adelaide Marlins had an outstanding fourth innings great having Mt. Gambier enter a team in each and were eventual winners 15 – 5. The Adelaide division and we had a new charter participate in our Rays and Adelaide Marlins will both travel to development division the Greater Northern which Lismore to compete in the Australian Little League comprised of athletes from the Riverland. We are Championship in mid-June. We wish both teams hoping in the future that the Greater Northern the best of luck. Charter will consist of athletes from the Riverland, Port Pirie, Whyalla, and Gawler Rangers. Unfortunately, the Junior League and Little League Mount Gambier teams were unable to secure a The State Charter Tournament weekend saw 27 win. They were praised by the other teams on games played over three diamonds. The outcomes their encouragement of each other, sportsmanship of this year’s Charter Tournament saw the following and always competing despite the score. This results: was the first time that Mount Gambier fielded a team in each Senior League, Junior League and Senior League: The Adelaide Armada were Little League division in the same tournament. Our too strong for both the Adelaide Titans and Mt. hope is to see this continue in the future and look Gambier winning all their games while the Titans forward to seeing them compete in the National and Mt. Gambier split their two match ups 1 – 1 in Championships. a very tight contest with both games ending 5 – 4. The Adelaide Armada then travelled to Lismore Little League Development: Having development to compete in the Australian Senior League is a great way to introduce the Little League Championship where they ended their campaign Charter early to our members which increases 3-2 while taking out 5th place. the participation in this area and give them more experience playing baseball. We saw a lot of very Junior League: The Adelaide Marlins took out tight games with the Adelaide Marlins topping the gold medal for the State Charter with some the ladder with the Adelaide Rays and Adelaide very strong performances and going undefeated. Seahawks played the last game in run fest with the While the Adelaide Rays and Adelaide Seahawks Rays winning 15 – 14 to finish second on the ladder. fought it out in a very tight National Championship Though Greater Northern did not come out with a qualifier game going down to the final innings win over the weekend it was a great opportunity for with the Adelaide Rays coming out victors in a them to be a part of the State Championships and 4 – 3 contest. In the Australian Junior League we received some feedback from the team and Championship held in Adelaide, The Adelaide parents that they had a great time and want to be Marlins secured top spot in the pool while falling a part of this more in the future. short in the playoff to make the gold medal game but with a strong performance in the bronze medal I look forward to continuing as Pathways and game, we are proud of their achievement taking Development Manager and the challenges it will out the bronze medal winning that match up bring. against the Wanneroo Giants 6 – 4. The Adelaide Rays ended to pool rounds 2 – 2 sitting third and Giang Danh won their playoff for 7th spot against Macarthur in Pathways & Development Manager a tight game 4 – 3.

BASEBALL SA | PAGE 31 Thank you also to Jason Dunn and Just The events Thing Furniture Warehouse, who signed on as Super League’s first naming rights sponsor. We look forward to continuing this partnership into the & 2021/22 season and beyond. I would also like marketing to acknowledge team sponsors Fresh’n Delicious (Southern Seahawks), Peak24 fitness & PT and JSR Plumbing & Maintenance (Western Rays), Hilltop Office Supplies and Advanced Sporting hile the 2020/21 season has been a Surfaces (Northern Marlins), and PLURA. Wwhirlwind, it has been fantastic to see baseball back on the diamond and to have our Abe Squire (Port Adelaide) and Koda Vivar (West events go back to relatively normal after the first Torrens) joined the office team in the week leading COVID wave. up to and then during Super League and put in a lot of hard work and effort into preparing for games Super League came back for its fourth season. each week. They both did this as part of their work This year, we aligned the teams to the Charter experience program through Seaton High School, System to encourage club alignment and support, and they quickly learnt how much work goes in strengthen rosters, and enable teams to begin behind the scenes to run baseball events. Their building an ongoing culture. We brought the fence assistance each week was invaluable, and we in and introduced a Joker Card so that the dynamic wish them both the very best as they finish their of game play would be more of a ‘big bash’ style. schooling and continue on their baseball journeys. After tinkering with the dynamic of the league over the last few years, I am proud of the product we This season also saw the delivery of the National have developed. Showcase Series (in place of the Australian Youth Championship) in January, Australian Youth The team behind Super League have been Women’s Development Camp, State Charter outstanding and are responsible for its continued Championships, junior and senior presentation success. Thank you in particular to Colin Alexander, evenings, grand final weekend, and the Australian Scott Pratt, Michael Dunn, Mark Haylock, and Junior League Championship. Chris Lawson for giving up time through the year to assist with planning and delivering Super League, as well as stepping in and joining the great Eric Balnar on the live stream.

PAGE 32 | BASEBALL SA Thanks to the continued support of David Muggleton Communication has been a focus for the last 12 and Spacequake Sports, we have been able to live months. Our website has had 3.5 million visits stream fantastic quality games including the entire since we went live in October 2019. We are SLBA season, National Showcase, Women’s continuing to review the content on the website Division 1 preliminary finals, a selection of Division and will undergo its annual audit during the off- 1 finals, Women’s Division 1 Grand Final, Division season to ensure all information is accurate and 1 Grand Final Series and both national tournament up to date. A specific website for the Heritage qualifying games for Junior League and Little Committee is in the process of being developed League. There was a lot of interest in the Baseball5 and will encapsulate the history of Baseball in livestream (Baseball SA v Softball SA Showcase South Australia. We hope to have this site live Series), which had people tuning in from around prior to the 2021/22 season. Australia, United States, Canada, Asia, Europe and even viewers in India, Ghana and Tunisia. Our fortnightly newsletter continues to be a regular We look forward to continuing this online delivery, avenue for league communication. Over 5,000 bringing SA baseball to all. members and subscribers receive this each fortnight and are able to find out about upcoming In March we held the Junior Presentation evening events, league information, courses for umpires, and Women’s Division 1 Grand Final. We had coaches, and scorers, development programs, record numbers in attendance at this event, with and sponsor information. over 500 people joining us on Barratt Reserve to celebrate the end of the junior and women’s Social media continues to be our most significant seasons and to recognise our up-and-coming marketing and information platform, with over athletes. 4,000 people following our BSA Facebook page, and 1,800 following us on Instagram. We have Over 300 people attended the Capps Medal sought to ensure that content on these platforms Presentation held at Festival Functions. Larry and is relevant, interesting, and varied, and have his team at Festival Functions have continued to enjoyed supporting the building of a positive online generously support this function over the last few community for players and families of Baseball in years, and TTO Chartered Accountants remained South Australia. as our votes sponsor. Congratulations to all of the medal winners, particularly Jessica Maslin (Women’s Division 1 MVP) and Landon Hernandez (Capps Medallist). Laura Bond Marketing & Events Manager

BASEBALL SA | PAGE 33 junior awards

Harvey Kobayashi Youth Coaching Award Andrew Sperling

Junior Club Of The Year Adelaide Baseball Club

Youth Division Most Valuable Players Senior League Division 1 Len C Poole Medal Jack Bushell (Goodwood) Senior League Division 2 Len C Poole Medal Gregorio Bravo (East Torrens) Intermediate League Joshua Altamura (Sturt) Junior League Division 1 Don Carter Medal Alistair Tanner (Kensington) Junior League Division 2 Alan Walrdon Medal Carter Roe (Henley & Grange) Little League Division 1 Ron MacBeth Medal Theoh McWhinnie-Wong (East Torrens) Little League Division 2 Ron MacBeth Medal Liam Trembath (Golden Grove) Minor League North Ron & Jill Chandler Medal Brock Bevan (Port Adelaide) Minor League South Ron & Jill Chandler Medal Archie Wallis (Woodville)

PAGE 34 | BASEBALL SA senior awards

Max Puckett Memorial Award, Women’s High Performance Athlete Of The Year Carly Moore Max Puckett Memorial Award Men’s High Performance Athlete Of The Year Darcy Barry

Ken Wesslink Volunteer Of The Year Paul Roxby (Henley & Grange)

Ohlstrom Shield - Senior Club Champion West Torrens Baseball Club

Super League Baseball Awards Super League Golden Arm Pitching Award Riley Yeatman (Northern Marlins) Super League Rookie of the Year Riley Yeatman (Northern Marlins) Super League Most Valuable Player Riley Moore (Southern Seahawks)

Division 1 Awards Rookie Of The Year Darcy Barry (West Torrens) Batting Champion Stef Welch (Goodwood) RBI Champion Tom McGarry (West Torrens) ERA Champion Greg Mosel (Kensington) Gordon Ross Memorial Award, Golden Glove Infielder Jeremy Cresswell (Goodwood) Gordon Ross Memorial Award, Golden Glove Outfielder Jack Partington (Henley & Grange)

Senior Division Most Valuable Players Don Rice Tournament (Claude Pearce Medal) Ryder Mathers (Sturt) Division 7 Red (BUASA & SABSA Medal) Glenn Schrapel (Port Adelaide) Division 7 Blue (BUASA & SABSA Medal) Glenn Lodge (Henley & Grange) Division 6 (John Tyson Medal) Scott Miller (Golden Grove Central Districts) Division 5 (Graham Fisher Medal) Patrick Burns (Sturt) Division 4 (Max Galloway Medal) Brandon Diplock (Golden Grove Central Districts) Women’s Division 3 Kelly Sykes (Port Adelaide) Division 3 (George Chapman Medal) Sean Bird (Port Adelaide) Tom Malek (Adelaide) Women’s Division 2 Tracey Robinson (Kensington) Division 2 (Ron Sharpe Medal) Joshua Lands (Gawler Rangers) Women’s Division 1 Jessica Maslin (Glenelg) Division 1 (Capps Medal) Landon Hernandez (Henley & Grange)

BASEBALL SA | PAGE 35 team of the year

Jordy Grose Charlie Ashcroft AJ Verastegui Riley Moore Landon Hernandez Henley & Grange East Torrens Golden Grove Central Districts Goodwood Henley & Grange Starting Pitcher Relief Pitcher Closing Pitcher Catcher First Base

Matt Hutchings Jack Partington Jasper Clark Goodwood Henley & Grange West Torrens Left Field Centre Field Right Field

Enza Henty Neil Poulton Payne Sowter West Torrens Base Umpire Plate Umpire Scorer

PAGE 36 | BASEBALL SA Riley Moore Landon Hernandez Josh Cakebread Stefan Welch Darcy Barry Goodwood Henley & Grange Goodwood Goodwood West Torrens Catcher First Base Second Base Third Base Shortstop

Jack Partington Jasper Clark Austin Gallagher Tony Probert Henley & Grange West Torrens Kensington East Torrens Centre Field Right Field Designated Hitter Head Coach

BASEBALL SA | PAGE 37 super league baseball

n year three of the Super League we saw some The Southern Seahawks looked to be the team to beat, Imore big changes, as we moved away from drafting winning all five of their games with a run differential players into four teams (Clippers, Carps, Crushers and of 16 while the Northern Marlins went 2 -4 and the Wasps) to aligning three teams with our Little League Western Rays 1 – 4. As we came closer to the end and Junior League Charters. Our three new teams are of the season, we hit a big roadblock with COVID-19 the Northern Marlins, Southern Seahawks and Western and had to go into a “Circuit Breaker” lockdown. This Rays. Michael Dunn (Northern Marlins), Chris Lawson caused us to cancel our final game between the (Western Rays) and Scott Pratt (Southern Seahawks) Southern Seahawks and the Western Rays. While the stayed on as General Managers while Mark Haylock lockdown finished early, return to sports was still on continued to be a big part of our committee while halt which resulted in the Grand Final being scheduled putting his hand up to be the manager of the Southern to Tuesday 22 December. The decider was between Seahawks. The teams followed the same structure as the Southern Seahawks and the Northern Marlins. The our charter teams with the Northern Marlins comprising big bats of the Northern Marlins was the factor in this of six teams (East Torrens, Gawler, Golden Grove, game as they had 10 hits to 4 with two homeruns to Kensington, Northern Districts and Port Adelaide), upset the undefeated Southern Seahawks with a 5 – 3 Western Rays five teams (Adelaide, Glenelg, Henley win. Austin Gallagher contributed to one of the Northern and Grange, West Torrens and Woodville) while the Marlins homeruns while making several defensive plays Southern Seahawks had three teams (Goodwood, at 3rd on his way to winning the match MVP. Southern Districts and Sturt). 2020 Super League awards: Some other big changes to the Super League this year was shortening the home run fence in hopes that it MVP – Riley Moore would produce more home runs, increase the run rate, Golden Arm – Riley Yeatman and bring a little more excitement to the games. We Rookie of the Year – Riley Yeatman also introduced a joker card, able to be played once per game at any start of an inning, allowing the team to Super League Baseball will be returning in 2021. We start the inning with players on first and second base, will continue to strive for the best possible product we providing the opportunity to change the game instantly. can produce with the talent in South Australia.

In great news, Just the Thing Furniture Warehouse came on board as Super League’s first naming Giang Danh right sponsor while Fresh’n Delicious sponsored the Pathways & Development Manager Southern Seahawks, Peak24 Fitness and PT and JSR Plumbing sponsored the Western Rays and Hilltop Office Supplies and Advanced Sporting Surfaces sponsored the Northern Marlins.

Team P W D L F A Diff. Pts

Southern Seahawks 5 5 0 0 35 19 16 10 Northern Marlins 6 2 0 4 27 34 -7 4 Western Rays 5 1 0 4 24 33 -9 2 PAGE 38 | BASEBALL SA eason 2020 was a very exceptional and unique in we Salong with other sports were up in the air as to what to do as the rules regarding COVID 19 changed from day to day. SA Winter

In the end with the help of Baseball SA we were able to get a competition up and running some 6 weeks late. Our numbers were down from 49 teams in 2019 to 31 teams in 2020, all baseball due to COVID.

Peter R.J. McGearey SA Winterball Association President

SEASON 2020 WINNERS AND AWARDS SEASON 2020 PREMIERSHIPS AND MVP’S

Trevor Dunn All Star Team Hugh Franke League Luke Rackebrandt (Port Adelaide) Division 1 | Los Bravos Cesar Perez (Los Bravos) Michael Peacock Medal | Cesar Perez (Los Bravos) Freddy Aguilar (Los Bravos) Jeremy Cresswell (Los Bravos) Mick Beech League Jarrad Gray (Flinders Uni 2) Division 2 Central | Los Bravos Josh Guelzow (Angels) Mick Beech Medal | Luke Brown (Flinders Uni 2) Peter Nangle (Angels) Patrick Inglis (Flinders Uni 1) Jim Beare League Koki Yonezawa (Flinders Uni 1) Division 2 North | Mad Seiichiro Suzuki (Flinders Uni 1) Jim Beare Medal | Matt Howell (Mad)

Mark Brougham Batting Award Martin Foster League Koki Yonezawa Division 2 South | Sham Bulls Martin Foster Medal | Jamie Vidale (Sham Bulls) Matt Miles Pitching Award Jeremy Cresswell Peter McGearey League Division 3 Central | Tigers Peter McGearey Medal | David Carter (Tigers)

BASEBALL SA | PAGE 39 HERITAGE COMMITTEE

he Baseball South Australia Heritage Committee was initially formed for the purpose of recording the history Tand managing the heritage memorabilia of baseball in South Australia, but over the last 10 years has also been given the responsibility of recommendations of nominees to the BSA Board of:

Baseball SA Life Membership Baseball SA Hall of Fame Baseball Australia Life Membership Baseball Australia Hall of Fame Sport SA Hall of Fame Sport SA Annual Awards

In 2020 the Board approved the start of the process of forming a Baseball SA Hall of Fame which will recognise a person who has contributed to the development of Baseball in South Australia through either on-field performance, voluntary sport administration (Team Executive Officers/support staff etc.), Baseball Administration (committee members, volunteers etc.), Game Officials (umpires and scorers) and Media.

The committee formed the criteria and nomination form which has been submitted and approved by the Board. This was a long process but the committee was dedicated to formulating both the criteria and form appropriately.

With the potential increase in nominations the committee formed a sub-committee whose responsibility is to scrutinise each application. They then inform the full Heritage Committee if the nomination has fulfilled all requirements as per the criteria and has submitted all correct details and is worthy of presenting to the Board for approval. This sub-committee will also scrutinise all nominations for all BSA Life Membership, BA nominations and Sport SA nominations.

Each member of the committee has been delegated and responsible for the following portfolios:

Ron Harvey Chairperson/Hall of Fame, Life Membership Sub-Committee Member/ BA Hall of Fame Delegate/Umpires Greg Bradshaw Secretary/Hall of Fame, Life Membership Sub-Committee Chairperson/ Country Baseball Robert Laidlaw BSA Historian/Hall of Fame, Life Membership Sub-Committee Member/ BA Hall of Fame Delegate Phil Burgess Data Researcher/Hall of Fame, Life Membership Sub-Committee Member Enza Henty Women’s Baseball Lorraine Dunn Scorers Chris Jones Claxton Shield Club Gordon Penhall Museum

During the year Peter Fischer resigned as Secretary due to ill health. We are extremely grateful for the amount of work Peter has done in starting off the process of the history website, the gathering of procedures and criteria of the Hall of Fame application. He was a diligent Secretary. Peter’s resignation left a huge hole in the committee and has taken some months to get back on track.

Brian Cakebread also resigned during the year and we thank Brian for his work in negotiating with Claxton Club and the Adelaide Giants in the formation of the Claxton Shield Club.

Lorraine Dunn & Chris Jones both joined the committee during the year.

PAGE 40 | BASEBALL SA The website has been progressing slowly over the year, mainly due to the illness of Peter Fischer and the work load of the BSA office staff, but hopefully will be up and running during this year.

Phil Burgess has compiled a huge amount of information which will be able to be sourced through the new website; this will include premierships and medal winners of all grades, State Team and Australian team members and administration positions. Once this is available we will encourage all baseball supporters to access it and if there are any gaps, please help us to fill them in.

Through Baseball SA historian Robert Laidlaw, the heritage committee has a Facebook page with articles pertaining to baseball history, mainly in South Australia, with now more stories going up every month or two. It is a great opportunity for people to reminisce about or understand the history of baseball in South Australia through the stories - on games, people and all aspects of the sport.

After meeting with the Claxton Club, the Heritage Committee collaborated with the Adelaide Giants organisation to form The Claxton Shield Club. The club will integrate all Senior State teams, Adelaide Giants and Bite past members. All have had the Claxton Shield as their common goal and will maintain the Claxton Shield name for past representatives from 1934 when the Claxton Shield was introduced.

As last year’s season of the ABL was reduced due to the COVID restrictions, it is our intent to have a Claxton Shield Club every Friday were there is a home series of an Adelaide Giants game. The Adelaide Giants will manage the entrance passes, etc and organise a dedicated area for members to meet. Baseball SA will support the nights through the Heritage Committee budget.

Merchandise will be organised for members to purchase. A complete list of players, managers, scorers, umpires etc for communication needs will be compiled.

Donations of memorabilia showing the history/heritage of baseball in South Australia can be lodged at the offices of Baseball South Australia, West Beach. All items of interest are welcome (books, photos, clothing, uniforms etc).

Greg Bradshaw Heritage Committee Secretary

BASEBALL SA | PAGE 41 officiating Officer

n my first report in the newly created position of Umpiring is a whole of sport challenge and it needs IOfficiating Officer, I am pleased to report that for the to be a whole of sport solution. For too long umpiring first time in a number of years things are beginning to has been umpiring’s problem. This needs to change move in the right direction for umpiring. and we need enthusiastic and practical support from clubs if we are to prosper in the future. Many people We finished the 19/20 season and headed into the in my position over decades have said the same thing, 20/21 season with the prospect of having the lowest but we are at a crossroads and if things do not change umpiring numbers in the last 20+ years. Thankfully dramatically and quickly it is unlikely that the league with the return of some previous umpires, new recruits, will be able to supply umpires to even Division 1 within the introduction of the Umpire Academy and a renewed 5 years. energy and enthusiasm around umpiring, we finished the season with the highest numbers since 2012 at 29. In the 20/21 season no annual report can go without mentioning COVID and baseball and umpiring In relation to numbers, from an umpiring and the whole had it’s share of challenges. Umpires over the pre- of competition standpoint we are still at a challenging season did all their training online only finally getting point in our history. Our average age of umpires is over together just before the start of the season for a single 45, and nearly one third of our numbers are over 50 day practical training. The ABL panel had to step up and many are near 60. It is expected that over the next and support a Hub in Adelaide umpiring in 14 games couple of years many of them could retire, something over 7 days and did an excellent job. that I have predicted for over 12 months now and we have already seen this occur along with the sad passing Umpires supported all competitions, carnivals and of some of our ranks. events umpiring up to 6 days a week over much of the season with 18 of our umpires working games outside We need a new approach and some new solutions to of BSA competitions. bolster the umpiring ranks and service our sport in the way it is deserved. Lastly my congratulations to those umpires who have received awards this year and to those who took the I have been working closely with the staff and step and began their umpiring career. Your contribution Board of Baseball SA to address this issue. The to our sport cannot be valued enough. Umpire Academy is only the first of the new initiatives. I look forward to the 2021 season and especially working Over the past season we have worked hard to begin closely with clubs to implement our new programs. the process of supporting clubs and their dedicated volunteers who fill 50% of the games as umpires over the season. Around 80 individuals attended the Community Umpire Program nights and with this as Neil Poulton a base to launch from, along with a new streamlined Officiating Officer process, will form the basis of a whole new program designed to support clubs in managing their umpiring commitments.

PAGE 42 | BASEBALL SA umpire awards

Baseball SA Awards Andrew Bell Junior Umpire of the Year Bradley Vince Fred Halligan Umpire Development Award Clay Glen Paul Begg Umpire of the Year Award Payne Sowter Baseball SA Team of the Year Umpires Payne Sowter (Plate), Neil Poulton (Bases)

BUASA Awards Peter Ditrich Award – Most SABL Games Sean Bourne (103 games) Ron Kennealy Award – Most Overall Games Sean Bourne (130 games) Michael Peacock Memorial Award Ron Kennealy

SABL Game Milestones 50 Games Clay Glen, Brad Vince 100 Games Pip Skein, Paul van der Koogh 500 Games Ian Reval 750 Games Danny Symons 1,000 Games Hugo von Alpen

ABL Crew Neil Poulton (CC) Blake Halligan Ian Reval Andrew Bell Payne Sowter Jack Tredrea

Accreditation Achievements Community Over 80 people participated in the Community Umpiring Program this season. Association Stef Gratton Alistair Campbell Clay Glen Daniel Harris

BASEBALL SA | PAGE 43 scorer s association

s always, a big thank you’ to all scorers across all Training on GameChanger use has begun and more is Agrades who volunteer their time to ensure that their planned to occur before the next season. Negotiations team can play. Special thanks to the dedicated core with BSA about getting the GameChanger statistics group of scorers who always seem to find time to meet opened up for all to access has been discussed. SABSA commitments and responsibilities. Once again, training was offered to any scorer interested Once again, COVID caused interruptions to the in increasing their knowledge in the art of scoring. baseball season. 2020/21 saw interruptions to all Thirty-one people responded. This group was divided local divisions. Fortunately, all local grades were able into four smaller groups to allow for a better student to to complete finals series, unlike last year. The Giants instructor ratio. Some groups met in person while other schedule was changed many times and ended up groups chose to meet via zoom. Each group covered being eight days straight with double headers on each the training material and did some practice exam day. The Women’s Nationals and other Junior National questions. Of the students who chose to sit the exam, competitions were either cancelled or had their dates five were successful in achieving accreditation. While and configuration changed many times. These changes five seems like a small number, the fact that so many meant that finding resources for each event was students attended the training will help to increase the problematic but the elite scoring group were amazing overall standard and knowledge of scoring in SA. This with their flexibility and patience. alone makes the training worthwhile. Thank you to all the students and trainers for putting in the time and The Women’s Showcase was moved several times but effort to make this happen. was finally played as a four-game series in Adelaide. It was a privilege to score during these games; the first A lot of work has been put into creating a new constitution to be played in Australia. for SABSA. This, in part, is to comply with the BSA requirement for each of its affiliated associations to be Thanks to the efforts of the BSA staff, a grant from Incorporated. The new constitution will be presented at Bendigo Bank was secured which has enabled the our AGM in June with the hope that it can be adopted purchase of 5 new iPads. This will enable SABSA to at a special meeting soon after. switch to GameChanger as the online scoring program from next season. GameChanger is used at all National Tournaments and has become the standard used Michael Phillips across Australia. President SA Baseball Scorer’s Association

PAGE 44 | BASEBALL SA SA COUNTRY baseball

The 2020 Sunraysia Baseball League season was cruelly cut short for the first time in over fourty years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Whilst Sunraysia did not record any community transmission cases at all, the State Government’s reaction to outbreaks in Melbourne meant that we were put into lockdown with the rest ast year was as disappointing to country baseball of the state. This was particularly sad for our juniors, Las it was to every other sporting organisation. as we were allowed three weeks of competition before The first disappointment was the cancellation of the that too was completely cancelled. We look forward to championships to be held in October, which would getting back on the diamond in 2021 and the challenge have been the celebration of 50 years since the will be to get existing and new players to our sport after Championships commenced in October, 1970 at the having 18-months off. Glenelg Baseball Club. So, all the celebrations were placed on hold until October, 2021. Mount Gambier and District Baseball League were extremely pleased to have baseball back in our Due to lockdowns and Sunraysia not able to travel community 2020/2021 season after the disappointment over the border, no meetings were held, so with our of COVID-19 hitting us late in 2020 financially losing face to face meeting in June, 2021 everyone was two weeks of our baseball season hurt. enthused to finally get together to discuss the concerns with baseball in the country. It was also the start of In 2020/2021 Millicent returned to our Division One the organising of the 50 years of Country Baseball competition our junior numbers increased but only Championships. It is very exciting as there are a still a slightly and our senior numbers continue to stay strong. couple of members of Glenelg who attended the first For the first time we participated in senior, junior and championships, including myself. It should be one of little league charter teams in early April which is the biggest attended championships with indications fantastic for our league. of twenty teams attending, seniors, juniors, masters & women. We continue to be a healthy league but still rely on Baseball SA assistance and support in areas such However, not everything is positive with a couple of as junior, umpire and scorer development. We will centres giving me a summary of their association. continue to ask for assistance and look forward to working closely with Baseball SA. The Riverland Baseball League continued to struggle with senior numbers in the 2020/2021 season. This Whyalla is struggling with their senior competition, was a result of a combination of things but mainly due but are placing a large amount of effort into the Junior to COVID-19. It created a lot of uncertainty in whether Development Program, with some help from BSA. the competition was still going ahead or not resulting in our senior comp going from a total of six teams to Lower Eyre is progressing with their development and four. Waikerie dropped out as they are unable to get will be sending senior, junior and master teams to this the committee and volunteers to run the club. year’s championships. It is great that Lower Eyre will be sending a senior team to compete this year as the last On a more positive note our junior competition grew in time was 2012, after 33 championships of competing. numbers. The growth wasn’t huge but considering the impact of COVID-19 it was a reward for the hard work the committee has put in over the last couple of years Greg Bradshaw rebuilding. The junior comp will be our main focus SA Country Baseball Association Inc. Secretary going forward as we understand without juniors there won’t be seniors for long. We are in the early stages of trying to work with softball in the region to combine the junior competitions to best benefit bat and ball sports (both baseball and softball).

BASEBALL SA | PAGE 45 here is no doubt season 2020/21 was like Tno other.

The adversity we all faced allowed us to reset and focus on what is most important in our lives, and this in turn has translated into our sport.

We welcomed more returning players than ever before, and some new inclusions to fill some identifed holes.

I cannot thank the players enough for their flexibility, will and desire to improve. They were a pleasure to be around.

Our connection with the Phillies continues to grow, with the quality of person and player they send always on the improve.

The flexibility and understanding shown by the import players under the pressure of extended quarantine stays on entry to our country is a testament to their buy in and desire to get some playing time in the ABL.

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The coaching staff again worked tirelessly to prepare This was further reinforced with the one of the highlights our team with the ever present uncertainty that played of the season being the Women’s Showcase event out for us during the season. run successfully after two previous false starts due to COVID. No less than three times were we required to either pack up and dodge border closures, or go into a hard The excitement and enthusiasm shown by the players lockdown or full quarantine, and while testing the was infectious and bodes well for the future of the players and staff made the most of all occasions. women’s games in this country.

Our corporate partners, also under the strain of Last but not least, a massive thank you to the staff and uncertain times, stuck by us with special thanks to long volunteer team who we could not operate the event of serving naming rights partner SA Power Networks and baseball in the manner we do without them. our great friends at Zambrero’s. From adversity comes opportunity and we will continue The partnership with the State Government through to leave no stone unturned in driving interest in our their support for our home hosting hub and Events SA sport, and the Giants. was truly appreciated and we hope something that can continue in the future. Nathan Davison General Manager Adelaide Giants

Adelaide Giants Award Winners

Heart & Hustle: Nathan van der Linden Pitcher of the Year: Todd van Steensel Rookie of the Year: Mitch Neunborn Most Valuable Player: Curtis Mead

BASEBALL SA | PAGE 47 Little league marlins

n December the Little League Marlins had a massive Proving it on the field is exactly what they did! These I51 players try out. By Christmas this had been 14 young ball players were exciting to watch over trimmed down to 20 before deciding on the final 14 in the week. The Marlins finished 4th in the Australian late January. Championship losing the bronze medal game 1-2 to Wanneroo. Our other 2 losses were to Gold and Silver The guys practiced hard in the lead up to the State medal teams Ryde and Cronulla 3-6 and 3-5. Titles at West Beach in April. We finished the first round at 2-1 and earned the right to play the Seahawks We managed wins over Central Coast, Gold Coast, in a 2v3 playoff to play in the Australian Little League Eastern Phantoms and Adelaide Rays scoring 54 runs Championship. After going down early, the boys push and only conceding 10 runs over these 4 games. As through coming away 15-5 winners and had booked a you can see, we matched it with the best in the country spot to the Australian Little League Championship in and walked away with our heads held high. Lismore.

Unfortunately, we fell to the Rays a couple of weeks Andrew Couzner later in a Gold Medal game for the State title. Head Coach

After 8 more weeks of practice, we coaches felt the boys were fully prepared for Lismore and now it was just a matter of proving it on the field.

PAGE 48 | BASEBALL SA Little league rays

or charter this season, the Rays coaches went into It was a close game with couple of lead changes and Fthe tournament confident we could finish top two the Marlins going into the last inning leading 5-3. The and book our trip to Lismore NSW for the Nationals. Rays came out red hot in the 6th and scored 7 runs Game one for us was against Mt Gambier on the Friday to eventually win 10-5 and be crowned State Champs night. We started off a bit slow and had some nerves and have a 4-0 record. as for these boys it was their first tournaments. After the first inning we found our own and ended up winning What surprised me from this tournament was how 15-1 in 4 innings. quickly and well the boys played as a team.

Day 2- We were up against the Marlins which saw us We have now been training hard for the last month to jump out to a 7-0 lead after 3 innings. To the Marlins get ready for a week of baseball at Nationals. The Rays credit they had a 5-run 4th which made it a close game, coaches hope our team can stay together and perform the Rays came out swinging in the 5th and scored 4 like they did at the State Champs and hopefully can runs then a further 4 in the 6th to give us our second give some teams a run in Lismore. victory of the tournament 13-5. I have enjoyed coaching this team since tryouts Day 3- We played the Seahawks, we were 2-0 down in December and hope the players have all learnt going into the 3rd inning when our boys decided to something and take something back to their respective switch, and we ended up beating the Seahawks 11-2 clubs. which gave us our third win and meant we went through the tournament 3-0 and booked our spot at Nationals Would just like to thank my assistant coaches, Marc in June. Taintey and Daniel Harris, EO Nikita Delbridge and scorer Tracey Marsh for all your help over this journey. We had 2 weeks of training and then the gold medal game was ready to go. Friday 30th April, we played the Once again, thank you to all the parents and players it Marlins to decide who would finish first and be crowned has been fantastic, and I will see you all this up coming state champions. SABL season.

Cooper Marsh Head Coach

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rials were organised to be delivered over 3 days Results for our team were disappointing however Tand with a reduction of the group for the third there were some good moments throughout the whole session. The Little League Seahawks trials saw 30 competition. The team won 1 game (against Mount players try out with a good showing from Goodwood Gambier) however came out to a 5-0 lead after 3 and Southern Districts Baseball Clubs. The trials went innings in the 2 vs 3 National Championship qualifier. very well and it was a tough decision to get to the final Pressure and tiredness got to the team more than 14 players. expected and after a strong 4th innings from the Marlins our boys dropped their head. Although our pre-game The coaches for the Little League Seahawks team looked strong we couldn’t really get into the rhythm that included Tim Lavis, Simon Galpin, Michael Paparella we wanted to, hats off to the other teams. and Mike Garcia. This ensured we had a coach from each club to show a united Seahawks team. We also Sam Galpin (Goodwood) and Gus Hennesy (Sturt) had guest help from Chris Adamson and Mark Haylock. were our two stand out players with the bat and pitching. The team worked extremely well together and had a The moment of the tournament was our closing pitcher great deal of fun. for the Saturday night win. Under immense pressure Leo Garcia (Sturt) walked a couple of batters and then Training sessions were well attended by all although struck out batters to get the win for the team. He was there are always some clashes with other sporting mobbed and it was a great moment for an unlikely commitments. Access to the grounds and facilities player as he was not listed to pitch in this competition. made for a good lead in to the State Championships. At our last training, the team looked extremely sharp and executed drills to a high standard. This led the whole Tim Lavis group (coaches and parents) to have high expectations Head Coach for the team.

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ith COVID throwing a dampener on the 2020 A decision by assistant coach Kane Galloway to take Wcharter campaign, 34 players registered and the boys to the driving range and smash some golf presented themselves in December at the 2021 Marlins balls seemed to be a master stroke as the boys headed Junior League tryouts. With a good mix of first and to the ground on the final day full of confidence to take second year players, the selection pool was healthy out bronze. And they did just that, claiming the bronze and allowed the coaching staff to run a comprehensive medal with a 6-4 win over WA team Wanneroo. Once testing program. After three initial sessions the squad again our pitchers continued to deliver keeping their was trimmed to twenty-one athletes, with a final squad bats at bay whilst our offence went to work and scored of thirteen selected in late January. runs off some aggressive baserunning and timely hits.

With clear expectations set for players both on and off It is always hard to find quality coaching staff however the field the 2021 Junior League Marlins started their this year I was blessed to be surrounded by some campaign with one training session a week ramping up quality individuals. Assistant coaches Kane Galloway, to three sessions once the local season had finished. A Warwick Marks and Carter Powell came on board big thank you to the local charter clubs for allowing us with Jared King handling all off field operations as to train at their venues. the Executive Officer. Thank you for committing and imparting your knowledge on these boys. Kira King Most of these boys had played together in the Little thank you for scoring and those who pitch counted League Marlins therefore they had a real connection during the tournaments, thank you. from the start, this allowed the coaching staff to focus on the on-field instruction rather than team building To the Marlins General Manager Steve Yeatman exercises to try and gel the team, I thank the previous who handled fundraising and sponsorship, and our charter coaches for this. Our preparation leading into the sponsors, thank you for your contributions and easing state tournament was outstanding and with everyone the financial burden on the parents. playing their role a state gold medal was well deserved for their efforts. A quick re focus and the boys were Finally to our players (Damon Ashworth, Nicholas back on the diamond working hard aiming for success Collins, Will Couzner, Deakin Filko, Kason King, in the National Tournament. Aiden Lucas, Jack McKay, Josh Morris, Haru Riley, Jonah Spry, Ryan Stradling, Alistair Tanner & Connor Heading into Nationals full of confidence the boys Yeatman) thank you for being a fun, professional, took to work and ended up securing top spot on the resilient and selfless team. I could go on and point ladder after pool play, winning three out of four games. out individual highlights as we had numerous, however Quality pitching outings from across the board put us in that would be unfair as everyone played their role and a great position leading into semi-final day as we had were an important part of the puzzle. You all thoroughly plenty of quality arms available. Semi Final day and our deserved the bronze medal and I look forward to opponents were the Twins from Victoria. Unfortunately following each of your journeys in baseball. we just couldn’t get things going offensively and we went down 0-6, we had our chances but the baseball gods were not with us that day so we had to quickly re Darian King group, put it behind us and focus on tomorrow. Head Coach

BASEBALL SA | PAGE 51 junior league rays

would like to congratulate The Baseball SA team The final selection number we went with was fourteen. Ifor planning and running an unbelievable baseball We did this to ensure that the maximum number of experience. The cooperation and support ensured that players could be involved in their baseball development. the Ray’s Junior League team was well prepared and In a variety of different ways each athlete contributed in had the necessary preparation to participate at firstly some way. Whether it was to pitch and soak up innings the state championships along with the Australian to save pitching or the get a clutch hit or even to make tournament. This was born out by the way the team the vital play each one was a valuable member was able to deal with the arduous workload and secure vital wins late in the tournament. Several awards were given at the end of the tournament. The MVP was awarded to Ben Ganley A big thank you to the Adelaide Baseball Club who whose performance in the final game saw the team were supportive of the program by allowing us to use win a vital game. Ben threw his pitch limit striking out their facilities. This allowed us to train three nights 50 percent of hitters faced. Runner up was Callum a week and have the use of a lit field. During the McInerney. Callum was a dynamo, and it was he who Australian Championships Adelaide also hosted the made the crucial out or got vital hit. Coach awards Rays for a uniform presentation along with several were given after every game. Votes were cast on who dinner functions. A big thanks to Stuart Bachelor and was able to take their game to a new level based on Kat Ganley for their untiring efforts. what they had been taught. James McFarlane and Charlie Huttunen were the recipients of this award. Having been associated with many representative Bailen Thomas deserves to be recognised for his utility teams I would like the efforts of Mark Fitzgerald as value. His catching turned the team around and made Executive Officer recognised. Mark was superb in his a great deal of difference defensively. organisation and commitment to the wellbeing of the kids, He developed a program that recognised the As previously mentioned, all players contributed importance of down time and ensured each player had positively and I am sure they learnt a great deal about an experience they will remember for the rest of their the game. Parents can be proud of their behaviour. baseball days. They were a credit to you.

The coaching staff of Brian Cakebread, Will Kortekaas To finish with a win loss record of .500 in baseball along with the assistance of Jeff Kevan and Stuart terms means that we achieved a high level of success. Bachelor was amazing. Brian’s knowledge and ability to teach the game made him a great addition to the program. His one-on-one instruction saw marked Ron Harvey improvement in each player. Teaching the game was Head Coach an imperative part of our coaching philosophy. Jeff Kevan’s knowledge of charter baseball was invaluable in what I believe is the toughest coaching experience I have had. Will Kortekaas, although early in his coaching career, was a valuable addition to the team and quickly developed a rapport with the team. PAGE 52 | BASEBALL SA junior league seahawks

he Southern Club’s Charter season saw a brand- Over the State Championships the Seahawks provided Tnew coaching panel take the reins of the Junior their opponents and the crowd with some great games, League Seahawks team in 2021. Joining the Seahawks finishing 3rd with a 1 – 2 record. Unfortunately, a community was Head Coach Dakota Mitchell (Sturt), National Championship qualifier win was just out of Assistant Coach Michael Wiese (Goodwood) and their reach with a 3-4 loss to the Rays, nevertheless Pitching Coach John Challinor (Goodwood). The the game was viewed by many as one of the best knowledge, skills and abilities these three names brought matches and tightest contests over the weekend. to the Seahawks Charter group was exceptional in not only fine tuning each player’s baseball skills but also A big thank you goes to Executive Officer Alicia Knill, providing a big focus on teamwork and player conduct all the amazing parents, scorers and other helpers which was evident at the State Championships. along the way that volunteered their time to put this team on the diamond.

The team had a good spread of players from Goodwood, Southern Districts and Sturt with the team listed below: Baseball SA Lincoln Bunney (Southern Districts) Trent Challinor (Goodwood) Mitchell Evans (Southern Districts) Alex Gellert (Goodwood) Hamish Gibbs (Goodwood) Tyler Howarth (Goodwood) Ashton Hutchings (Southern Districts) Cade Knill (Southern Districts) Aiden Lapthorne (Sturt) Kale Matthews-Hampton (Sturt) Zachary McRoe (Sturt) Seth Mignanelli (Southern Districts) Jack Mrozowski (Sturt) Henry Wiese (Goodwood)

BASEBALL SA | PAGE 53 senior league armada n the Senior League Charter Weekend Armada With the first round completed and teams reseeded Iwent through undefeated 5-0, beating Titans three we came up against the 3rd place side from Pool A times 11-0, 12-2, 6-3 and Mt. Gambier twice 15-0 and in Brisbane Metro. A weather effected field saw our 17-1. Our pitchers threw a combined no hitter and a game shifted from diamond 2 to diamond 4 and combined one hitter in two of the five games which was pitchers having to pitch in turfs off a portable mound. also outstanding to see as we prepared for the hopeful A tough assignment for anyone but Zach Altamura, trip to Lismore. who had never pitched off 60ft 6 inches before joining the Armada, was given the ball for his first ever start. Thank you to Southern Districts Baseball Club for A memorable one it would turn out to be (not just allowing us to train on the diamond and use their because of the situation) as he pitched 4 innings before tunnels for our preparation. the Armada walked it off in exciting fashion! Standout performers were Zach Altamura for his 4 innings of With high hopes and ambitions for our team in the work from the mound, Jack Bushell with 3 hits, 2 stolen Australian Senior League Championship, the boys bases and scored the winning run and Drew Davies were full of confidence and won game one vs Swan who batted .1000 for the second game in a row and Hill Aces in a nervy 7-6 game. James Jorgensen and took a diving catch in CF. Brodie Chapman batted .1000 for the day with Brady Smith picking up 2 hits and Billy Sutton driving in 3 Our last game saw us face off against Swan Hill Aces runs. Drew Davies, Tom Ganley & Angus Catt all threw again, so we were hoping to finish our tournament like at least 2 innings in holding the free-swinging Swan we started… With a win against them! After trailing all Hill Aces at bay. Unfortunately, James Jorgensen (JJ) game, we broke open with a 6-run 6th inning to guide fractured his forearm on a play at the plate and his us to an 8-4 victory with Hunter Mitchell’s 400-foot tournament was over. bases clearing double being the decisive blow. Stand out performers for our final game were Hunter Mitchell Game two saw us get to play on the main diamond for his outstanding 4 innings of relief only allowing 1 hit against Cronulla and knowing a win booked our place while striking out 7 and Drew Davies for his 3rd straight in the finals the team was amped up and ready to play game batting .1000, a home run shy of the cycle and ball. Cronulla came out early with runs in the 1st and raising his overall average for the tournament to .833. 2nd inning before we tied the game up at 4-4 in the He also started and pitched 3 serviceable innings third inning, courtesy of two triples from our big lefties before moving out to rightfield and taking 4 catches – Hunter Mitchell and Drew Davies. However, it was all including another diving catch. Cronulla after this point as we suffered an 8-5 defeat.

Last chance for finals qualification saw us take on eventual Champions Southern Mariners from Victoria. Nick Hutchings We suffered a heartbreaking 6-5 loss with 4 lead Head Coach changes throughout the game to keep everyone on edge all game! Standout performers from this game were Drew Davies going 4-4 with the bat including an inside the park homerun, and Tom Ganley who threw 5 impressive innings to leave his mark on the game. PAGE 54 | BASEBALL SA senior league Titans

irstly, I’d like to thank the assistant coaches and My goals for this team was to hopefully teach them Fparents for all their help, our teams’ assistant something new and something they could take back coaches were, Ryan Simunsen, Kristin Venning, and to club ball. The results ultimately went against us as Troy Chandler. Also, Paul Ashworth stood up to be the the Armada were a very strong outfit, but I was really teams Executive Officer. pleased with how our guys held their heads up high and played as a team. After our trials our hopes were high for the state championships, we knew we were coming up against a Some of our kids that really impressed us were Taj Kite, fantastic team in the Armada so it was always going to who held the Armada from the mound in game one, be a hard weekend. Zeb Chant had some really good at bats throughout the whole weekend and made some great plays in the We went into the weekend with confidence our kids field. Jack Suchier, Jordan Ashworth, Flynn McKee and would put up a good show. I was really impressed with Abe Squire all had a very good weekend too. how the boys all came together and became close.

Russell Hart Head Coach

BASEBALL SA | PAGE 55 EARLY BASEBALL COMPETITION FROM DISTRICT BASEBALL SPALDING TOUR TO 1897 1931 Goodwood 1889/90 Post & Telegraph 1932 Goodwood 1890/91 Adelaide 1933 Goodwood 1891/92 Adelaide 1934 University 1892/93 Adelaide 1935 Goodwood 1893/94 South Adelaide 1936 Goodwood 1894/95 Goodwood 1937 Goodwood 1895/96 Goodwood 1938 Goodwood 1896/97 South Adelaide 1939 Kensington 1940 West Torrens SABL STARTED IN 1908 1941 Goodwood

1908 Goodwood 1941-45 WORLD WAR II 1909 North Adelaide 1910 North Adelaide 1946 West Torrens 1911 Freemason Ramblers 1947 West Torrens 1912 Norwood 1948 West Torrens 1913 Freemason Ramblers 1949 University 1914 Adelaide 1950 West Torrens 1915 Millswood 1951 West Torrens 1952 West Torrens 1916-18 WORLD WAR I 1953 Prospect 1954 West Torrens 1919 Blue Sox 1955 Prospect 1920 West Torrens 1956 Kensington 1921 Sturt 1957 Goodwood 1922 Freemason Ramblers 1958 Port Adelaide 1923 Freemason Ramblers 1959 Kensington 1924 Goodwood 1960 Adelaide 1925 East Torrens 1961 West Torrens 1926 East Torrens 1962 Glenelg 1927 Goodwood 1963 West Torrens 1928 Goodwood 1964 University 1929 Goodwood 1965 West Torrens 1930 Kensington 1966 Port Adelaide 1967 West Torrens 1968 Port Adelaide (short season) 1969 Port Adelaide (short season) PAGE 56 | BASEBALL SA SUMMER BASEBALL

1968/69 Port Adelaide 2001/02 Adelaide 1969/70 Port Adelaide 2002/03 Goodwood 1970/71 Port Adelaide 2003/04 Kensington 1971/72 Port Adelaide 2004/05 Glenelg 1972/73 Woodville 2005/06 Goodwood 1973/74 East Torrens 2006/07 West Torrens 1974/75 Woodville 2007/08 Port Adelaide 1975/76 East Torrens 2008/09 Port Adelaide 1976/77 Glenelg 2009/10 Kensington 1977/78 Sturt 2010/11 Kensington 1978/79 Glenelg (ET) 2011/12 Kensington 1979/80 Glenelg (Woodville) 2012/13 Goodwood 1980/81 Woodville 2013/14 Kensington 1981/82 Port Adelaide 2014/15 Kensington 1982/83 Glenelg 2015/16 Glenelg 1983/84 Kensington 2016/17 West Torrens 1984/85 Kensington 2017/18 Goodwood 1985/86 Kensington 2018/19 Sturt 1986/87 West Torrens 2019/20 Kensington* 1987/88 West Torrens 2020/21 Sturt 1988/89 East Torrens 1989/90 West Torrens 1990/91 Sturt 1991/92 West Torrens 1992/93 West Torrens 1993/94 West Torrens 1994/95 West Torrens 1995/96 Henley & Grange 1996/97 Henley & Grange 1997/98 East Torrens 1998/99 East Torrens 1999/00 Goodwood 2000/01 Glenelg

*Premiership awarded

BASEBALL SA | PAGE 57 contrasting wins seal deal for saints

By Robert Laidlaw

ombining a walk-over with a tense extra-inning The final two innings of regulation time expired with no Cclash, Sturt is the 2021 division one baseball further addition to the score, which led to the Saints premiers, after beating Goodwood in two games – 13-1 heroics in the bottom of the 10th. on Friday night, followed by Saturday’s 3-2 nailbiter that went 10 innings at West Beach Parks. Both starting pitchers were magnificent but neither figured in the result. Josh Tindall threw 6.1 innings for The clincher was one of the best games of the season, four hits and five strikeouts for the eventual premier, as Goodwood was never headed until Angus Roeger’s while John Challinor left the game with his side up, fly ball to rightfield was long enough for Terrell Joyce to after pitching 5.2 frames for three hits and five K2s. slide in to home with the winning run, just out of reach of diving Indians’ catcher Riley Moore. In relief Damon Arnold claimed the win, pitching 3.2 digs for one hit and four strikeouts, while Matt Watkins That final inning had spectators from both sides on the took the loss. edge of their seats waiting and hoping in anticipation. Although game one was a blow-out, it was just one After a fly ball out, Joyce singled to rightfield. Jordan inning that turned a close encounter into a mercy- McArdle hit a grounder with ‘eyes’, as he was able to killing. ‘hit it where they ain’t’ to scratch out an infield hit. Sturt opened well with a run in the first frame, when Then grand final MVP and Capps Medal runner-up Terrell Joyce walked and came home on Jordan Jackson Brebner-Russ was hit by a pitch to ‘load ‘em McArdle’s double. up’. At the top of the fourth frame Dylan Child was hit by a Veteran Angus Roeger stepped up to the plate, and pitch and eventually scored, after hits to Matt Hutchings after fouling off a 2-2 pitch, hit a high fly to rightfield, and Brendan Pett, for the Indians to tie the game at 1-1. with Joyce tagging up and charging home after the catch, to end the game, leaving the Saints euphoric Then in the bottom of the sixth the Saints exploded for and Goodwood supporters devastated. an even dozen runs, where every batter in the Sturt line-up collected at least one hit. Earlier in the deciding contest the Indians scored a run in the third frame, after Jeremy Cresswell had stolen McArdle came up twice in the dig and on both occasions second base before he scored on Dylan Child’s single had two-run singles, giving him a four hit, five RBI to leftfield. game. Another player to shine in the avalanche was Paul Holmes, he also had two hits, including a two-run Then at the top of the seventh Riley Moore picked a single. base on balls, and after a wild pitch and two strikeouts, punctuated by a pitching change, Matt Hutchings Jackson Brebner-Russ went the distance for the win, delivered a RBI single to rightfield – 2-0 Goodwood. conceding four hits for eight strikeouts over seven innings. But the Sturt batting machine got into gear in the bottom of the seventh dig. Dylan Ridding and Mitch Lightbody Goodwood starter Liam Scott pitched five frames for six set the table with hits, for Tyler Chappell to bat one run hits and eight K2s to keep his side in the game. Darren in with a single and Harry Knuckey hit a sacrifice fly, to Fidge was punished in the bottom of the sixth and did make it 2-2. not make it out of the inning, giving up seven hits and nine runs.

It was a big day for the Sturt district, as the Sturt Falcons on the softball diamond not 100m away, also won the grand final.

PAGE 58 | BASEBALL SA GAME ONE:

Goodwood 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 – 1 Sturt 1 0 0 0 0 12 X – 13

Hits: Sturt – McArdle 4, Macbeth 3, Joyce 2, Ridding 2, Holmes 2, Knuckey, Roeger, Lightbody, Chappell Goodwood – Hutchings 2, Pett, Hughes

WP: J. Brebner-Russ LP: D. Fidge

* * * * *

GAME TWO:

Goodwood 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 – 2 Sturt 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 – 3

Hits: Sturt – Ridding 2, Lightbody 2, Chappell 2, Knuckey, Joyce, McArdle, Brebner-Russ, Roeger Goodwood – Cakebread, Moore, Child, Hutchings, Hughes

WP: D. Arnold LP: M. Watkins

Team P W D L F A Diff. Pts

Sturt Baseball Club 30 25 0 5 251 109 142 50 Henley & Grange Baseball Club 30 24 1 5 235 87 148 49 West Torrens Baseball Club 30 24 1 5 233 117 116 49 Goodwood Baseball Club 30 23 1 6 262 100 162 47 East Torrens Baseball Club 30 16 0 14 164 138 26 32 Kensington Baseball Club 30 15 0 15 190 168 22 30 Woodville Baseball Club 30 14 0 16 150 190 -40 28 Golden Grove Central Districts Baseball Club 30 13 0 17 132 172 -40 26 Southern Districts Baseball Club 30 10 0 20 146 196 -50 20 Glenelg Baseball Club 30 10 0 20 109 162 -53 20 Adelaide Baseball Club 30 9 1 20 109 183 -74 19 Port Adelaide Baseball Club 30 8 0 22 148 229 -81 16 Northern Districts Baseball Club 30 2 0 28 53 331 -278 4

BASEBALL SA | PAGE 59 tiger gals prevail

By Robert Laidlaw, 19 March 2021

n a tense and exciting Women’s A grade baseball At the top of the fifth, with two out and one on, Alice Igrand final at West Beach, Glenelg won its first Prokopec came in to relieve Smith, and was a key for premiership, coming from behind twice before Glenelg, as she retired the final seven batters of the triumphing 4-2 over Southern Districts, with a pair of game for the Hawks, in spite of giving up a hit – she runs in its final at bat. picked the runner off!

The Hawks looked solid in the opening inning when With time running out, the Tigers made their winning they scored first, after singles to Sarah Short, Tash charge at the bottom of the sixth. Strapps and Deb Hutchings. Aldwin walked, Jacqui Dunn reached on an error, Jenny Dunn led off the bottom of the first for the Tigers Isabelle Lilburn laid down a sac bunt, Jenny Dunn with an infield hit, then, as the next two batters struck scored one run with her fly ball to rightfield, while out, she stole her way to third base, with Jess Maslin Handy had a RBI single, to make it 4-2. coming through with a huge RBI double to tie the score. In South’s final attempt to stay in the game at the top Both pitchers settled down, with Bianca Smith for the of the seventh, the Hawks’ batters went three-up and minor premiers and South’s Maddison Schmidt keeping three down on infield groundouts, ensuring the flag the game at 1-1 until the fourth frame. went to Glenelg.

Again it was the Hawks that took the initiative when they Over the season the Tigers only lost once – a 5-6 went 2-1 up at the top of the fourth, after Suzy Doyle result against Sturt – and easily scored the most runs in and Kath Widdison collected hits, Wendy Backman laid the competition and easily had the least scored against down a sacrifice bunt to advance the runners, for Doyle them, making them worthy champions for 2021. to score on an error. A special mention to Jess Maslin, who became the first But the Tigers weren’t top for no reason, and responded player to be a part of two winning grand final teams, in the bottom of the fourth, after walks to Dana Aldwin in the four seasons since the A grade competition was and Jacqui Dunn, combined with Jenna Handy’s RBI formed by clubs, as she was a member of the inaugural single to make it 2-2. winners Gawler Rangers, and now with Glenelg.

Sarah Short had come on to the mound for South after the two walks, but couldn’t prevent the tying run from scoring.

PAGE 60 | BASEBALL SA GRAND FINAL RESULT

Southern Districts 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 – 2

Glenelg 1 0 0 1 0 2 X – 4

Hits: Glenelg – Handy 2, Je. Dunn, Maslin, Aldwin South – Widdison 3, Strapps 2, Short, Tucker, Hutchings, Doyle.

WP: A. Prokopec LP: S. Short.

Team P W D L F A Diff. Pts

Glenelg Baseball Club 15 14 0 1 174 39 135 28 Sturt Baseball Club 15 9 0 6 141 86 55 18 Woodville Baseball Club 15 8 1 6 117 119 -2 17 Southern Districts Baseball Club 15 7 1 7 110 108 2 15 Sturt Saints 15 6 0 9 104 97 7 12 Goodwood Baseball Club 15 0 0 12 15 212 -197 0

BASEBALL SA | PAGE 61 Division Two Grand Final - Southern Districts (2) v Goodwood (10)

Team P W D L F A Diff. Pts

West Torrens Baseball Club 18 16 1 1 117 47 70 33 Henley & Grange Baseball Club 18 12 2 3 132 72 60 26 Goodwood Baseball Club 18 12 1 5 124 75 49 25 Southern Districts Baseball Club 18 9 4 5 115 64 51 22 Sturt Baseball Club 18 10 2 6 128 87 41 22 Gawler Rangers Baseball Club 18 11 0 7 116 79 37 22 Adelaide Baseball Club 18 9 1 8 99 97 2 19 Glenelg Baseball Club 18 8 3 7 91 91 0 19 East Torrens Baseball Club 18 8 2 8 111 100 11 18 Golden Grove Central Districts Baseball Club 18 8 0 10 94 86 8 16 Woodville Baseball Club 18 7 0 11 69 106 -37 14 Kensington Baseball Club 18 3 1 14 48 166 -118 7 Port Adelaide Baseball Club 18 3 0 15 61 120 -59 6 Northern Districts Baseball Club 18 1 1 16 65 180 -115 3

Division three Grand Final - Southern Districts (7) v West Torrens (9)

Team P W D L F A Diff. Pts

Adelaide Baseball Club 17 13 0 4 122 60 62 25 Henley & Grange Baseball Club 16 11 1 4 136 74 62 23 Southern Districts Baseball Club 16 11 0 5 112 79 33 22 Glenelg Baseball Club 16 9 0 7 132 74 58 18 Port Adelaide Baseball Club 17 9 1 7 111 75 36 19 West Torrens Baseball Club 17 9 1 7 96 68 28 19 Kensington Baseball Club 17 8 2 7 103 110 -7 18 East Torrens Baseball Club 17 7 2 8 106 89 17 16 Northern Districts Baseball Club 16 7 1 8 97 126 -29 15 Golden Grove Central Districts Baseball Club 16 6 0 10 98 112 -14 12 Goodwood Baseball Club 17 5 2 10 85 87 -2 12 Sturt Baseball Club 17 5 2 10 101 118 -17 12 Gawler Rangers Baseball Club 17 2 0 15 43 270 -227 4 PAGE 62 | BASEBALL SA women s division Two Grand Final - ’Kensington (6) v Golden Grove Central Distticts (3)

Team P W D L F A Diff. Pts

Kensington Baseball Club 13 10 1 2 150 107 43 21 Golden Grove Central Districts Baseball Club 13 10 0 3 179 107 72 20 East Torrens Baseball Club 13 10 0 3 164 126 38 20 Henley & Grange Baseball Club 13 8 0 5 142 141 1 16 Adelaide Baseball Club 13 6 1 6 137 117 20 13 Glenelg Baseball Club 13 6 0 7 136 158 -22 12 Northern Districts Baseball Club 13 5 1 7 133 155 -22 11 Golden Grove Dodgers 13 4 0 8 122 150 -28 8 Gawler Rangers Baseball Club 13 3 1 7 116 142 -26 7 Southern Districts Baseball Club 13 1 0 12 107 183 -76 2

women s division Three Grand Final - ’Port Adelaide (8) v West Torrens (14)

Team P W D L F A Diff. Pts

Port Adelaide Baseball Club 13 12 0 1 187 104 83 24 Henley & Grange Baseball Club 13 9 0 4 18 105 53 18 West Torrens Baseball Club 13 7 1 5 142 113 29 15 Glenelg Baseball Club 13 6 1 6 120 138 -18 13 East Torrens Baseball Club 13 2 1 10 132 183 -51 5 Golden Grove Central Districts Baseball Club 13 1 1 11 89 185 -96 3

BASEBALL SA | PAGE 63 Division FOUR Grand Final - Glenelg (13) v East Torrens (3)

Team P W D L F A Diff. Pts

Glenelg Baseball Club 17 17 0 0 222 47 175 34 Golden Grove Central Districts Baseball Club 17 14 0 3 151 66 85 28 Southern Districts Baseball Club 17 12 1 4 122 68 54 25 Henley & Grange Baseball Club 17 9 1 7 129 83 46 19 East Torrens Baseball Club 17 8 1 8 123 121 2 17 Golden Grove Dodgers 17 7 0 10 75 122 -47 14 Adelaide Angels 17 6 1 10 126 142 -16 13 Goodwood Baseball Club 17 6 0 10 115 137 -22 12 Adelaide Baseball Club 17 4 0 13 90 185 -95 8 Sturt Baseball Club 17 0 0 17 45 227 -182 0

Division five Grand Final - East Torrens (6) v Glenelg (1)

Team P W D L F A Diff. Pts

East Torrens Baseball Club 17 15 0 2 230 59 171 30 Glenelg Baseball Club 17 14 0 3 180 71 109 28 Sturt Baseball Club 17 13 2 2 149 60 89 28 West Torrens Baseball Club 17 11 2 4 154 93 61 24 Henley & Grange Baseball Club 17 9 0 8 108 114 -6 18 Adelaide Baseball Club 17 7 0 10 119 129 -10 14 Southern Districts Baseball Club 17 6 0 11 111 132 -21 12 Golden Grove Central Districts Baseball Club 17 5 0 12 115 175 -60 10 Port Adelaide Baseball Club 17 3 0 14 78 179 -101 6 Woodville Baseball Club 17 0 0 17 41 273 -232 0

PAGE 64 | BASEBALL SA Division six Grand Final - East Torrens (2) v Glenelg (1)

Team P W D L F A Diff. Pts

Glenelg Baseball Club 16 15 0 1 204 62 142 30 Kensington Baseball Club 16 12 1 2 159 63 96 25 East Torrens Baseball Club 16 11 1 4 157 75 82 23 Port Adelaide Baseball Club 16 10 2 4 144 71 73 22 Woodville Baseball Club 16 11 0 5 131 95 36 22 Henley & Grange Baseball Club 16 10 0 6 151 113 38 20 Golden Grove Central Districts Baseball Club 16 8 0 8 131 116 15 16 Sturt Baseball Club 16 8 0 7 135 124 11 16 Southern Districts Baseball Club 16 6 0 10 140 161 -21 12 West Torrens Baseball Club 16 6 0 10 123 165 -42 12 Adelaide Angels 16 6 0 10 107 173 -66 12 Adelaide Baseball Club 16 5 0 11 112 160 -48 10 Goodwood Baseball Club 16 2 0 12 71 188 -117 4 Northern Districts Baseball Club 16 0 0 16 51 250 -199 0

Division seven red Grand Final - Sturt (6) v Angels (5)

Team P W D L F A Diff. Pts

Sturt Baseball Club 16 15 0 1 198 56 142 30 Adelaide Angels 16 124 0 2 250 69 181 28 Adelaide Baseball Club 16 12 0 4 220 96 124 24 Southern Districts Baseball Club 16 11 1 4 168 129 39 23 Northern Districts Baseball Club 16 10 0 6 200 115 85 20 East Torrens Baseball Club 16 10 0 6 184 123 61 20 Henley & Grange Baseball Club 16 9 1 6 164 123 41 19 Port Adelaide Baseball Club 16 9 0 7 132 107 25 18 Woodville Baseball Club 16 7 2 7 134 151 -17 16 Kensington Baseball Club 16 6 1 9 148 179 -31 13 Glenelg Baseball Club 16 3 1 12 110 204 -94 7 Goodwood Baseball Club 16 2 0 14 78 250 -172 4 Gawler Rangers Baseball Club 16 1 0 15 87 284 -197 2 Golden Grove Central Districts Baseball Club 16 0 0 16 96 283 -187 0 BASEBALL SA | PAGE 65 Division seven blue Grand Final - Glenelg (6) v Flinders University (14)

Team P W D L F A Diff. Pts

Glenelg Baseball Club 14 12 0 2 195 101 94 24 Henley & Grange Baseball Club 15 12 0 3 200 103 97 24 East Torrens Baseball Club 15 9 0 5 169 141 28 18 Flinders University Baseball Club 15 8 0 7 168 135 33 16 Sturt Baseball Club 14 6 1 7 133 134 -1 13 Golden Grove Central Districts Baseball Club 15 3 1 11 116 174 -58 7 Playford City Baseball Club 14 0 0 14 61 254 -193 0

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Grand Final - Henley & Grange (7) v Southern Districts (15)

Team P W D L F A Diff. Pts

Henley & Grange Baseball Club 6 6 0 0 49 14 35 12 Southern Districts Baseball Club 6 5 0 1 48 19 29 10 Sturt Baseball Club 6 3 0 3 61 27 34 6 Goodwood Baseball Club 6 3 0 3 34 47 -13 6 West Torrens Baseball Club 5 2 0 3 30 35 -5 4 Gawler Rangers Baseball Club 5 1 0 4 23 54 -31 2 East Torrens Baseball Club 6 0 0 6 12 61 -49 0

PAGE 66 | BASEBALL SA senior league division one greg elkson league Grand Final - Southern Districts (6) v Henley & Grange (7)

Team P W D L F A Diff. Pts

Southern Districts Baseball Club 14 14 0 0 140 45 95 28 Henley & Grange Baseball Club 13 10 1 2 139 45 94 21 Adelaide Baseball Club 13 9 1 3 137 57 80 19 Sturt Baseball Club 14 8 0 6 109 78 31 16 Goodwood Baseball Club 13 6 0 7 75 111 -36 12 Kensington Baseball Club 13 3 0 9 6 103 -38 6

senior league division two greg elkson league Grand Final - West Torrens (8) v East Torrens (0)

Team P W D L F A Diff. Pts

East Torrens Baseball Club 12 6 0 5 83 93 -10 12 West Torrens Baseball Club 13 5 0 7 86 113 -27 10 Port Adelaide Baseball Club 12 4 0 8 70 97 -27 8 Sturt Saints 13 0 0 12 42 166 -124 0

BASEBALL SA | PAGE 67 intermediate league Grand Final - Indians (12) v Goodwood (10)

Team P W D L F A Diff. Pts

Sturt Baseball Club 13 12 1 0 183 49 134 25 Goodwood Indians 13 10 0 3 183 95 88 20 Adelaide Baseball Club 13 9 0 4 149 96 53 18 Goodwood Baseball Club 13 8 1 4 173 109 64 17 Southern Districts Baseball Club 13 5 0 8 127 139 -12 10 Glenelg Baseball Club 13 3 0 10 124 177 -53 6 Northern Rangers 13 3 0 10 107 230 -123 6 Golden Grove Central Districts Baseball Club 13 1 0 12 84 235 -151 2

junior league division one kevin greatrex league Grand Final - East Torrens (8) v Goodwood (0)

Team P W D L F A Diff. Pts

East Torrens Baseball Club 15 14 0 1 222 23 199 28 Adelaide Baseball Club 15 14 0 1 160 57 103 28 Sturt Baseball Club 15 10 0 5 137 97 40 20 Goodwood Baseball Club 15 8 0 7 116 86 30 16 Kensington Cardinals 15 7 1 7 141 118 23 15 Southern Districts Baseball Club 15 7 1 7 113 110 3 15

PAGE 68 | BASEBALL SA junior league division two max puckett league Grand Final - Kensington (3) v Gawler Rangers (9)

Team P W D L F A Diff. Pts

Henley & Grange Baseball Club 17 11 0 6 148 134 14 22 Kensington Baseball Club 17 8 1 8 155 153 2 17 Glenelg Baseball Club 17 7 2 8 153 159 -6 16 Gawler Rangers Baseball Club 17 7 2 8 120 131 -11 16 Port Adelaide Baseball Club 17 6 1 10 120 144 -24 13 Woodville West Torrens 17 5 0 12 100 213 -113 10 Golden Grove Central Districts Baseball Club 17 3 2 12 76 162 -86 8 East Torrens Redsox 17 1 0 15 74 248 -174 2

little league division one ron macbeth league Grand Final - Indians (0) v East Torrens (2)

Team P W D L F A Diff. Pts

Goodwood Indians 13 12 0 1 161 45 116 24 East Torrens Baseball Club 13 11 0 2 131 61 70 22 Adelaide Baseball Club 13 11 0 2 124 59 65 22 Goodwood Baseball Club 13 10 0 3 157 90 67 20 Port Adelaide Baseball Club 13 9 0 4 96 73 23 18 Southern Districts Baseball Club 13 7 0 6 130 132 -2 14 Glenelg Baseball Club 13 6 1 6 87 102 -15 13 Henley & Grange Baseball Club 13 5 1 7 99 109 -10 11 Kensington Baseball Club 13 3 2 8 114 127 -13 8 Southern Districts Hawks 13 3 2 8 103 163 -60 8 Gawler Rangers Baseball Club 13 3 1 9 85 133 -48 7 West Torrens Baseball Club 13 3 1 9 72 145 -73 7 Golden Grove Central Districts Baseball Club 13 2 0 11 107 164 -57 4 Sturt Baseball Club 13 2 0 11 76 139 -63 4 BASEBALL SA | PAGE 69 little league division two ron macbeth league Grand Final - Northern Districts (14) v Adelaide (3)

Team P W D L F A Diff. Pts

Northern Districts Baseball Club 15 15 0 0 267 63 204 30 Adelaide Baseball Club 15 13 0 2 211 140 71 26 Goodwood Baseball Club 15 8 1 6 197 196 1 17 Golden Grove Central Districts Baseball Club 15 8 1 6 165 165 0 17 Henley Tigers 15 6 3 6 165 160 5 15 Woodville Senators 15 5 2 8 167 192 -25 12 Golden Grove Dodgers 15 5 0 9 121 163 -42 10 Sturt Baseball Club 15 5 0 10 145 199 -54 10 Woodville Baseball Club 15 3 1 11 139 227 -88 7 Kensington Baseball Club 15 3 0 12 163 235 -72 6

minor league north ron Jill chandler league Grand Final - Port Adelaide (1) v Henley & Grange& (0)

Team P W D L F A Diff. Pts

Port Adelaide Baseball Club 13 12 0 1 136 38 98 24 Golden Grove Dodgers 13 11 0 2 135 58 77 22 Henley & Grange Baseball Club 13 8 1 4 94 57 37 17 Golden Grove Central Districts Baseball Club 13 7 0 6 84 80 4 14 East Torrens Redsox 13 6 0 7 116 111 5 12 East Torrens Baseball Club 13 5 1 7 76 102 -26 11 Kensington Baseball Club 13 5 0 8 107 119 -12 10 Gawler Rangers Baseball Club 13 4 0 9 70 125 -55 8 Northern Districts Baseball Club 13 3 0 10 70 112 -42 6

PAGE 70 | BASEBALL SA minor league south ron jill chandler league Grand Final - West Torrens (2) v Woodville (0) &

Team P W D L F A Diff. Pts

West Torrens Baseball Club 13 12 0 1 121 49 72 24 South Orange 13 9 1 3 109 58 51 19 Woodvile Baseball Club 13 9 1 3 79 59 20 19 Adelaide Baseball Club 13 7 3 3 86 63 23 17 Hawks Blue 13 7 2 2 99 73 26 16 Goodwood Indians 13 6 2 5 102 83 19 14 Sturt Saints 13 6 2 5 76 78 -2 14 South Blue 13 5 0 8 77 107 -30 10 Glenelg Baseball Club 13 5 0 8 76 106 -30 10 Goodwood Baseball Club 13 4 1 8 93 -114 -21 9 Adelaide Angels 13 2 1 10 72 131 -59 5 Hawks Orange 13 1 1 11 36 113 -77 3 Sturt Baseball Club 13 1 0 12 72 150 -78 2 pee wee league

Adelaide Baseball Club Adelaide Angels East Torrens Baseball Club Glenelg Baseball Club Kensington Baseball Club Northern Districts Baseball Club Port Adelaide Baseball Club Southern Districts Baseball Club West Torrens Baseball Club Woodville Baseball Club

Photo credits: Robert Laidlaw, Laura Bond, Spacequake Sports/David Muggleton, Adelaide Giants, Ryan Schembri, Sports In Focus

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