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 Competitions & Member Sevices | 26 Performance Pathways | 28 Pathways & Development | 30 Marketing & Events | 32 staff reports league awards 42 Junior Awards | 34 34 Senior Awards | 35 Team of the Year | 36 associations Association reports Super League | 38 Winterball | 39 Heritage Committee | 40 Umpire’s Association | 42 Scorer’s Association | 44 SA Country Baseball | 45 representative teams Adelaide Giants | 46 league Little League | 48 awards Junior League | 51 Senior League | 54 premierships on the cover Adelaide Marlins win bronze Historic Div 1 Premiership Listing | 56 at the 2021 Australian Junior Division 1 Grand Final Reports | 58 League Championship Premiership Tables | 62 38 58 48 div 1 grand final super league 60 charter 46 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.