PO Box 57, South Melbourne VIC 3205 T: (03) 9645 8000 | F: (03) 9645 8200 MEMORANDUM E: [email protected] W: www.baseballvictoria.com.au Date: 13th September 2010 To: All Clubs and Associations Life Members From: Brett Hidson General Manager Re: Notice of Annual General Meeting In accordance with the Rules and Constitution of Baseball Victoria Inc, I hereby advise of the Annual General Meeting of the Association. The meeting will be conducted at the Port Melbourne Baseball Club, JL Murphy Reserve, Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne on Monday 25th October 2010, commencing at 6.30pm. The ordinary business of the meeting shall be: (i) To confirm the minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 26th October 2009. (ii) To receive and adopt the financial accounts of the Association. (iii) To receive and adopt the Annual Report. (iv) To transact any special business of which notice is given in writing prior to the Annual General Meeting in accordance with the Rules of the Association. NB: The November P&S Meeting will be held immediately following the Annual General Meeting. Baseball Victoria Inc. 2009/10 Annual Report Page 1 AGENDA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 6.30pm Monday 4th October 2010 Port Melbourne Baseball Club (JL Murphy Reserve, Williamstown Rd, Port Melbourne) 1.0 Chairman: 2.0 In attendance: 3.0 Apologies: 4.0 Adopt Previous Minutes and Business Arising 5.0 Financial Statements & Report 6.0 Annual Reports 1. President 2. General Manager 7.0 Notices of Motions 1. Appointment of ex-officio Director - David Calthorpe 2. Annual Elections - Directors 3. Nominations Received - Sub Committees 8.0 General Business Baseball Victoria Inc. 2009/10 Annual Report Page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS OFFICE BEARERS ............................................................................................................. 4 PRESIDENT’S REPORT ..................................................................................................... 5 GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT ..................................................................................... 7 PENNANT COMMITTEE REPORT .................................................................................. 10 DIRECTOR OF UMPIRING REPORT................................................................................ 11 STATE WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS REPORT ................................................................... 13 2010 Senior State Winter Championships ............................................................... 14 2010 U18 State Winter Championships ................................................................... 16 2010 U16 State Winter Championships ................................................................... 17 2010 U14 State Winter Championships ................................................................... 18 2010 Little League State Winter Championships ..................................................... 20 LITTLE LEAGUE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS REPORT ........................................................ 21 Little League State Championships Results ............................................................. 22 BASEBALL VICTORIA STATE LEAGUE ............................................................................ 24 2009/10 Competition Premiers ............................................................................... 24 2009/10 Statistical Leaders ...................................................................................... 26 2009/10 Award Winners .......................................................................................... 28 REGIONAL ASSOCIATIONS ............................................................................................ 29 Bendigo Baseball Association .................................................................................. 29 Dandenong Baseball Association ............................................................................. 31 Geelong Baseball Association .................................................................................. 32 Latrobe Valley Baseball Association ........................................................................ 34 Melbourne Winter Baseball League ........................................................................ 35 Sunraysia Baseball League ....................................................................................... 36 STATE REPRESENTATIVES – SENIOR ............................................................................. 37 STATE REPRESENTATIVES – JUNIORS ........................................................................... 39 NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES ...................................................................................... 42 HONOUR ROLLS ........................................................................................................... 45 VICTORIAN BASEBALL ASSOCIATION INC. LIFE MEMBERS ...................................... 45 VICTORIAN PROVINCIAL BASEBALL LEAGUE LIFE MEMBERS................................... 45 BASEBALL VICTORIA LIFE MEMBERS ........................................................................ 46 HISTORY OF OFFICE BEARERS .................................................................................. 46 Baseball Victoria Inc. 2009/10 Annual Report Page 3 OFFICE BEARERS BASEBALL VICTORIA BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Dr Robert J. Sadler Vice President Mr Clayton Crameri Chief Executive Officer Mr Stephen Nash (resigned October 2009) General Manager Mr Brett Hidson (appointed January 2010) Directors Ms Fiona McNabb Mr Jim Marinis Mr Richard Foote Mr David Calthorpe (appointed January 2010) PENNANT COMMITTEE Chair: Dale Lewis Jason Blair, Lynn Fraser, Mark Gooding, Michael Gourlay, Barry Smith, Simone Wearne, Dean Jamieson (resigned December 2009) & Christine Little (appointed January 2010) TRIBUNAL PANEL Chair: Michael Gourlay Mike Ashburn & John Holmes SCORER’S COMMITTEE Chair: Michele Winther Phillis Hargreaves, Robyn Karlsen, Kaylene Pengelly & Lyn Stokes WINTER COMMITTEE Chair: Gary McQuiggan Julie Jones, Fiona Lambrick, David Rice & David Zucchet STAFF Chief Executive Officer: Stephen Nash (resigned October 2009) Acting CEO: Les Flower (October to December 2009) General Manager: Brett Hidson (appointed January 2010) Competitions Manager: Dean Jamieson (resigned December 2009) Administrator: Christine Little Regional Administrator: David Zucchet Development Officer: Grant Karlsen Development Officer: Jade Hough Finance Controller: Les Flower Media Officer: Kingsley Collins Baseball Victoria Inc. 2009/10 Annual Report Page 4 PRESIDENT’S REPORT I am delighted to be able to report on my first full year as President of Baseball Victoria. The year 2009-2010 was busy. During the year the Board appointed Brett Hidson as the new General Manager of Baseball Victoria. Brett comes from a baseball background and has more recently been involved in the administration of other sports. Brett started with us in January 2010 and has brought a new operational perspective to Baseball Victoria. The Board looks forward to working with Brett in 2010-2011. I would like to recognise and thank the work of Les Flower who held the reigns as General Manager in the months leading up to Brett’s appointment. As the same time as the review of its operations and the appointment of the new a General Manager the Board undertook a review of its strategic planning processes. I was delighted to be able to launch Baseball Victoria into 2010 - 2011 under the framework of a new and revitalized 5 year strategic plan. The plan was the culmination of an almost year long consultative process and was greatly assisted by the input of our government stakeholders. With the development and final planning stages of the Australian Baseball League, set to commence in late 2010, Baseball Victoria had significant input into development models and we look forward to the launch and successful development of the new ABL. This is an important adjunctive development for Baseball Victoria and we anticipate that the ABL will be a significant catalyst for a new form of baseball marketing in Victoria. The year also saw the continued integration of summer and winter activities and the launch of the new Winter Competitions Committee assisted the process of starting to remove the obstacles to baseball progressing in Victoria in a streamlined and integrated manner. The year also included an overhaul of the summer playing competition which ultimately saw success by Waverley in Division 1 and Fitzroy in Division 2. Of particular success was the playing of the best of 3 games in the First and Second Division Grand Final Series with each Division going to down to the last game of the series to determine the winner. From an on field point of view the Victorian baseball community and Baseball Victoria took great pride in the success of the Victorian ACES. The winning of the Claxton Shield in 2009-2010 was particularly significant with the ABL competition subsuming the Claxton Shield in forthcoming years. The youth State Representative teams were all key ingredients in each of the National Youth Age brackets, with particular congratulations to the staff and players of the Under 16 Victoria Blue team for winning the Keith Cant Trophy, Under 14 Baseball Victoria Inc. 2009/10 Annual Report Page 5 Victoria Blue team for winning the Dave Roberts Cup and the Under 23’s for winning the Under 23 Invitational Tournament. Also, Waverley and Ringwood won their way through to the National Little League Championships played in Queensland. This