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The Redlands Rave Compiled by Dorry Beutel 2018/19 - Issue 2 3 January, 2019 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Little League Rams Win 6 from 8 • Little League Rams Win 6 from 8 By Dorry Beutel • Junior League Rams Dominate Rain, hail or shine, our Rays Little League Rams (pictured • Senior League Rams at the Top below) were excited and ready to play Carina Redsox on the opening weekend of the 2018/19 baseball season. • T-Baller’s’ Break-up Disappointingly, the weather did not “play ball” and after arriving • Rookie Ball Rays at the Preston Rd fields and warming up for their first match of • Rays In Youth Women’s State Squad the season, the heavens opened just as the game was • Redlands Baseball Academy scheduled to begin and we all went home. • Rays U20’s Bandits However, once our LL Rays finally got to play some baseball, they excelled and have had resounding wins in six out of the • Team Results & Standings eight games played in the pre-Christmas half of the season. • Calling all Coaches, Managers & Scorers Lennox, Damien and Cooper also contributed to the Rays th - • Redland City Bulleting Articles Junior League Rams 20 October 17 8 win against a much bigger combined junior/senior league Toowoomba Rangers • NxtGen Baseball Camp team when they were asked to play up in the Junior League • Coming Events & Notices team. They also travelled to Toowoomba on 24th November to play in the return match, helping secure an exciting 12-11 win • Our Sponsors against the home team. Great effort, Little Leaguers – keep up the good work! GO RAYS!! From Left: Aleks Mihajlovic, Aiden Lawson, Nathan Buckby, Noah Marton, Eli Bastow, Luke Simon, Lennox Passfield, Cooper Hokins, Damien Gardner, Bailey Poon, Jaxson Taylor, Front: Denver Marton, Kasey Ball, Ethan Gifford Photo provided by Julie Gardner 2018/19 Issue 2 - Page Rays Junior League Rams Dominate All But One Team By Marrissa Landers The Junior League Rams have had a great pre-Christmas season, winning 7 of their 8 games played! Our head coach, club import Brandon Woodland, has been working with the boys, reinforcing confidence and respect in yourself and your team mates, to grow a strong foundation and great team comraderie! With a couple of legacy players from last season, five little league players ageing up and four new faces, it has been a very exciting pre-Christmas season. In our first game we had support from talented little leaguers Lennox Passfield, Damien Gardner and Cooper Hokins who played up to assist us in securing a win over the much bigger combined senior/junior league Toowoomba Rangers team at home. With a final score of 17-8, our boys capitalised on a few wild pitches and plenty of stolen bases that would have made Jackie Robinson proud! Special mention goes to Little Leaguer Damien Gardner, who stole a mammoth 5 bases in 2 at bats to score 2 runs. Congratulations also to Junior Leaguer Alex Landers for achieving 2 MVP points for his work as catcher! In week two, our team faced off against the all-girls Western Bulldogs team at home, securing the win 19-5. With support from Lennox and Damien again, the team performed solidly in the rising heat to maintain great consistency and team work with very few errors in fielding. Special mention goes to Noah Rigney for his very first pick off in 2nd inning of Game 2. However, our star player for this game was Avery Mommsen for his triple to left field, 3 RBI’s, 3 runs scored and 3 strike outs from 4 batters faced! There isn’t much this young man couldn’t do on field and it’s no surprise that he deservedly achieved 2 MVP points for his efforts! Since those first games, our LL Rams have won all their games except one 12-13 loss against the top-of-the-ladder Beenleigh Hawks on 10th November, putting them in 2nd place at 14 points. Great work guys and we look forward to what is shaping up to be a very fun and exciting post- Christmas season! 2018/19 Issue 2 - Page 2 Rays Junior League Rams 2018/19 Issue 2 - Page 3 Rays Senior League Rams at Top of Their Ladder Our Senior League Rams have had a great pre-Christmas season with six wins, one loss and one exciting draw against the combined All Stars Rapids team from eight games played. This puts them at equal first place at the top of the ladder at 13points each, with Rays currently sitting in first place after edging out the All Starts Rapids team on runs for and against. Well done, Team!!! It will be an interesting and exciting second half of the season with the ongoing rivalry between the top two teams. GO RAYS!!! 2018/19 Issue 2 - Page 4 TTT-T---Ballers’Ballers’ BreakBreak----upup After eight weeks of learning the basics of baseball, the T-ball Rays ended their season with a game, some fun, a rain shower and some ice cream. Although some members were already on holidays with their parent, the remaining girls and boys had a fun afternoon despite the rain. There will be another shorter season beginning in February on a date yet to be announced so if your son or daughter is interested in playing T-ball, the details will be posted on the club’s Face- book page in the coming weeks. 2018/19 Issue 2 - Page 5 Rookie Ball Rays Under the expert guidance from Coach Luke Tranter, our Rookie Ball Rays have improved each week of the pre-Christmas season with home games played on alternate weeks. Although the Rookie Ball games start back on Saturday 2nd February when Rays will be away at Ipswich, their first home game of the New Year is against Eagles Gold on 9th February starting at 8.30am. Why not come along and support our future baseball stars? 2018/19 Issue 2 - Page 6 Rays Members in Youth Womens State Squad 2019 Congratulations to Soraya Hamson and Paris Bastow from our Senior League Rams team for their selection in the state squad for the 2019 Youth Womens Nationals after Baseball Queensland’s inaugural Youth Women State Titles held at All Stars Baseball Club at Bannister Park, Hendra on 15th & 16th December 2018. The National Championships will run from the 11th-20th January 2019 in Blacktown, Sydney and players and coaches will depart for Sydney on the 9th January to begin preparation for the event. Well done, Soraya and Paris! We look forward to seeing Queensland’s progress in Sydney. 2018/19 Issue 2 - Page 7 Bayside Baseball Academy 2018 After eight weeks of both fun and serious training by the participants, the annual Bayside Baseball Academy concluded on 6th December with a presentation to six baseballers and a sausage sizzle for all involved. Our future baseball stars benefitted from the experienced coaching of Connor Macdonald, Dudley Johnson, Lee Brand, Brad Hamson and Ken Macdonald, Brisbane Bandits member, Jake Turcato, US imports Brandon Woodland and Will Chapman and Rays senior and U20’s players including Stephen Schneider, Liam Macdonald and Kailen Hamson. The training included pitching, catching, batting, base running, and infield skills with coaches working on at least three disciplines each week. At the end of the training, two participants from each age group were presented with BBA caps for skills improvement, hustle and attentiveness. These were: Elliot Comerford and Jamie Doran (SL), Hamish Baker and Ethan Albury (JL), and Ethan Gifford and Damian Gardner (LL) The tall and the short of Bayside Baseball Academy. Connor and Lachlan pictured below with Little Leaguer, Ethan Gifford Winners of the BBA caps with Connor Macdonald are from left: Damian Gardner (LL), Hamish Baker (JL), Ethan Albury (JL), Elliot Comerford (SL), Jamie Doran (SL): Front - Ethan Gifford (LL) 2018/19 Issue 2 - Page 8 Bayside Baseball Academy Fun. Kaleb “putting” his mis- hit ball to its intended destination!! “Hustle” is the word Listen, learn, but mostly, have fun!! Final briefing Ray & Connor 2018/19 Issue 2 - Page 9 Rays U20’s Bandits Our Rays U20’s Bandits are currently sitting at equal 7th place on 8 points with 4 wins and 4 loss- es from 8 games played in a tough competition. With a bye on the 2nd February, our U20’s Rays first game in 2019 will be at home to 8th place team, Ipswich Musketeers, on Saturday, 9th Feb. Come along and support our U20’s in their quest to move further up the ladder. 2018/19 Issue 2 - Page 10 Team Results & Standings At the end of the first half of the 2018/19 season, Rays teams are doing well in their individual leagues with 6 of our 10 teams in top 3 of their standings so far. Senior League Rams, Div 2 and Div 6 Rays are all at the top of their respective ladders with Div 1 still having to play one catch-up game after a washout. Team results and standings do not apply at T-ball and Rookie Ball level. 2018/19 Issue 2 - Page 11 Calling all Coaches, Managers & Scorers I need your input for “The Redlands Rave” and our Facebook page. Please help me by emailing a short game report with the highlights of your game to me at [email protected] Alternately, please ask your scorer to send photos of their score book after each game Suggested items can include: Safe hits, catches, winning plays, home runs, double plays, close wins/losses Please include photos whenever possible.