South SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BASEBALL LEAGUE INC 2014/15 ANNUAL REPORT BOARD OF DIRECTORS Elected Board Meetings Attended Mark Snelgrove President 2014 11 Vacant Marketing - - Tony Catt Youth 2014 7 Ben Dixon Finance 2013 9 Lawrie Moore Player & Coach Development 2013 11 Mark Brougham Operations 2013 9 Kevin Shepherdson Affiliations 2014 8 STAFF Nathan Davison Chief Executive Officer Renae Roach Business Development Manager Matthew Williams Player Pathway and Development Manager Jessica Sneath Administration / Operations Andrew Scott Operations Manager Laura Bond Administration / Events PATRON Terry Evans VICE PATRONS Dr Roger Capps Howard Norman Ron Wright Ken Wesslink HERITAGE COMMITTEE Alan Waldron , AM (Chair) Robert Laidlaw (League Historian) Ron Chandler Gordon Penhall Phil Burgess Doug White 1 South Australian Baseball League Inc. INDEX President Report............................................................7 Chief Executive Officer Report.......................................8 Finance Director Report................................................11 Business Development Manager Report......................17 Player Pathway & Development Manager Report........20 Hall Of Fame Inductee..................................................27 SA Winterball Association Report.................................29 Player, Coach & Development Report..........................33 Operations Report........................................................35 Youth Director Report...................................................37 Affiliations Director Report............................................38 SA Scorers Association Report.....................................39 BUASA Report..............................................................42 Heritage Committee Report..........................................43 State Team Reports......................................................44 Little League Team Reports..........................................59 Junior League Team Reports........................................65 2 South South Australian Australian BaseballBaseball League Inc.Inc South STRATEGIC INTENT REDUCE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON CLUBS: Reduce SABL overheads by reviewing all costs. Implement cost savings. Increase outside revenues through sponsorship events, donations, grants. PROVIDE VALUE FOR MONEY PRODUCT: More Junior and Senior games played. Development programs. Venue and Training facilities. IMPROVE: Improve club to league and league to club interaction. Provide even better Governance from Board. Increase our service levels - League. Improve the level of responsibility - Clubs. SUPPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE: Invest in affiliations, scorers. Invest in affiliations, umpires. Refine integration. RULES AND CONDITIONS: Conduct an overview of the current playing rules and conditions. Review, replace and or change By-Laws. Implement policies and procedures. INCREASE AWARENESS: Within our local geographical regions. Within our country geographical regions. Through brand alignment with BITE. PLAYER DEVELOPMENT: Grass roots awareness programs. Implement BBA (Bite Baseball Academy). Increase MLBAAP and College Athletes. Innovative Coaching programs. 3 South Australian Baseball League Inc. South PROUD SUPPORTERs OF BASEBALL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA AFFILIATIONS: CORPORATE PARTNERS: CHARITY OF CHOICE: SPONSORS: South LIFE MEMBERS 1922 Geo Chapman* 1994 - 95 Bert Haynes* 1922 Claude Ewers* 1995 - 96 Gordon Penhall 1922 Frank Ewers* 1995 - 96 Alan Waldron AM 1922 Rue Ewers* 1996 - 97 Peter Dixon 1926 Syd Smith* 1998 - 99 Hugh Franke* 1930 Norrie Claxton* 1999 - 00 Ron Chandler 1932 Wally Buchanan* 1999 - 00 Lionel ‘Nobby’ Clark* 1937 Len C Poole* 2001 - 01 Kevin Jennings 1938 Perce Doolan* 2001 - 01 Peter Kemp 1938 Paddy Ohlstrom* 2001 - 02 Paul Begg 1938 Bill Wiles* 2002 - 03 Peter Fischer 1944 Charles Catt* 2003 - 04 Bob Abbey 1948 Alby Bartless* 2003 - 04 Arthur MacDonald 1949 Ron Sharpe* 2004 - 05 Greg Bradshaw 1950 Fred Mann* 2004 - 05 Ron Harvey AM 1951 Martin Kriewaldt* 2005 - 06 Brian Addison 1956 Ron Scott* 2005 - 06 Jim Wilton 1958 Henley Jones* 2006 - 07 David Mundy 1959 Andy Buchanan* 2007 - 08 David Hutton 1960 Byron Ascione* 2008 - 09 Norm ‘Chalky’ White 1961 Laurie LeCornu* 2009 - 10 Bob Neiswander 1963 Bill Stephens* 2010 - 11 Brian Cakebread 1965 Alan Branstrom* 2010 - 11 Ken Kobayshi 1966 Claude Thorpe* 2011 - 12 Kevin Greatrex 1967 Bill Moody* 2012 - 13 No one Elected 1969 - 70 Roy Page* 2013 - 14 Phil Alexander 1970 - 71 Stan Scarman* 2014 - 15 Robert Laidlaw 1971 - 72 Bob Finn* 2014 - 15 Barry O’Brien 1972 - 73 Max Stone* 1973 - 74 Max Galloway* *Deceased 1974 - 75 Kingsley Wellington 1975 - 76 Jim Garrick* 1976 - 77 Lou Bressler* 1978 - 79 Arthur Rathbone* 1979 - 80 Don Klaebe* 1980 - 81 Gordon Ross* 1981 - 82 Brian Brooks* 1982 - 83 Tom Rice* 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 1990 - 91 Dave Roberts 1991 - 92 Don Rice* 1992 - 93 Ron Wright 1992 - 93 Max Puckett* 1993 - 94 Ron Morgan* 5 South Australian Baseball League Inc. South CAPPS MEDAL WINNERS 1936 - 2015 YEAR WINNER CLUB 1936 Charlie Puckett* Prospect 1983 - 84 Greg Elkson Glenelg 1937 Clem Scott* Goodwood 1984 - 85 Jeff Fiechtner Kensington 1938 Geff Noblet * Glenelg 1985 - 86 Jeff Fiechtner Kensington 1939 Phil Brideoake* West Torrens 1986 - 87 Tony Harris Woodville 1940 Fred Catt* East Torrens 1987 - 88 Greg Elkson Goodwood 1941 Garth Burton* Kensington 1987 - 88 Brian Farley Central Districts 1988 - 89 Brian Farley Central Districts 1942 - 1945 (War Years) 1988 - 89 Barry Lunnon Sturt 1989 - 90 Greg Elkson Goodwood 1946 Jim Puckett* Prospect 1990 - 91 Brian Cakebread Port Adelaide 1947 Phil Brideoake* West Torrens 1991 - 92 Barry Lunnon Sturt 1948 Phil Brideoake* West Torrens 1992 - 93 Barry Lunnon Sturt 1949 Ian Leahy* Prospect 1993 - 94 Phil Burgess West Torrens 1950 Barry Wiles* Adelaide 1994 - 95 Russell Dart Henley & Grange 1951 Bill Fuller University 1995 - 96 Ian Reval Glenelg 1952 Doug Othams University 1996 - 97 Mark Born Port Adelaide 1953 Colin Watts Glenelg 1997 - 98 Scott Marshall Port Adelaide 1954 Des Vaughton* West Torrens 1998 - 99 Scott Marshall Port Adelaide 1955 Phil Brideoake* Glenelg 1999 - 00 Craig Watts Sturt 1956 Doug Othams University 2000 - 01 John Challinor Goodwood 1957 Peter Box* Goodwood 2001 - 02 Ryan Simunsen Adelaide 1958 Peter Box* Goodwood 2002 - 03 Darren Fidge Goodwood 1959 Jim Tamlin University 2003 - 04 Darren Fidge Goodwood 1960 Jim Cocks* Sturt 2004 - 05 John Challinor Goodwood 1961 Don Rice* Glenelg 2005 - 06 Darren Fidge Goodwood 1962 Don Rice* Glenelg 2006 - 07 Andrew Scott West Torrens 1963 Don Rice* Glenelg 2007 - 08 Michael Ewart Kensington 1964 Ian Glover Kensington 2008 - 09 Tyler Levin East Torrens 1965 Neil Davey Port Adelaide 2009 - 10 Daniel Wilson Glenelg 1966 Kevin Greatrex Port Adelaide 2010 - 11 Todd Langman Port Adelaide 1967 Don Rice* Glenelg 2011 - 12 Nick Talbot Kensington 1968 Don Rice* Glenelg 2012 - 13 Nick Talbot Kensington 1968 David Hutton Sturt 2013 - 14 Andrew Davis Port Adelaide 1968 - 69 Ron Chandler Adelaide 2014 - 15 Nick Talbot Kensington 1969 - 70 David McLoud Goodwood 1970 - 71 Kevin Greatrex Port Adelaide *Deceased 1971 - 72 David Mundy Port Adelaide 1972 - 73 Kevin Greatrex Port Adelaide 1973 - 74 Neil Page Goodwood 1973 - 74 Les Behrendt Woodville 1974 - 75 Colin Alexander Glenelg 1975 - 76 Kevin Greatrex Port Adelaide 1976 - 77 Don Masters Northern Districts 1977 - 78 Mark Peters Woodville 1978 - 79 Greg Elkson Glenelg 1979 - 80 John Galloway Woodville 1980 - 81 Gary Challen* Henley & Grange 1981 - 82 Phil Alexander Glenelg 1982 - 83 Greg Elkson Glenelg 6 South Australian Baseball League Inc. PRESIDENT - REPORT Baseball SA oversaw a number of significant administrative changes during 2014/15, the largest being the appointment of Nathan Davison as our CEO. BSA and ABL entered into a memorandum of understanding to fully realise the integration and our commitment to infrastructure support that in return would be able to leverage on the brand and profile of the Adelaide BITE as it is resonates as a tangible investment in this State. We assumed the philosophy of dividing our business into Service side (BSA) and Product side (BITE) and to embrace an “all of one” approach towards Baseball in South Australia. The joint CEO/GM appointment enhances our position and will allow us seek opportunities to grow and further increase our reach in grass roots participation. The appointment will build the foundation for delivering a sustainable and attractive interactive game for all associated. Our focus has and will continue to be on strengthening our serviceability and communications to our members, this is in line with our identified deliverables contained within our strategic intent. The addition of the Diamond Sports venue is an exciting time for all associated with Baseball in this State as it is officially opened on Oct 2nd with an inaugural game between Woodville and Kensington. The project hasn’t been without its challenges and has thrown us a few curve balls along the way, the end result will be a fantastic venue. The Baseball specific diamond has been built with Musco MLB AAA rated lighting that has the infrastructure in place to take it to International HD TV rated. Full cut-outs, 380 spectator stand with new seating, submersible dugouts spanning 18mt, a new brick backstop with 10mt high pole-less netting and 3 pitcher wide ball pens. A full electronic 6mt