Our President Phil Robinson keeps you up to date with all that is happening within the Club with a regular President's Report. If you have items to contribute please email Phil Robinson

President's Reports

Dates for Diary!

As the season fast approaches there are a number of key events which I need to bring to your attention! Remember that if you can't remember or loose this email, all Club Events are listed on our website on the front page in the Upcoming Events section.

In addition may I remind all members about the message I sent out last week about anyone interested in running our canteen on a profit share basis. Unfortunately if we can't find someone to do this, our Canteen will be shut this season! Please either give me a call on 0417 806 765 or drop me an email if you are at all interested!

Sunday 31 August 2008 Registration Day from 11.00 am onwards. Eftos facilities are available at the club to pay your fees. Remember there is a discount for fees paid prior to the first game! Emmsee Sport will be at the Club from 11.30 am till about 1.00 pm so if you need to purchase gear from them you will need to attend within these times! A Swap Meet will also be arranged so if you have old gear that you want to sell, contact David Lightbody, Junior Coordinator who is organising the Swap Meet. If you don't need to come to the club in person remember that you can register online! It is a Baseball SA requirement that you register, so please help your club by registering for the season as soon as possible!

Sunday 7th September 2008  Working Bee at the Sturt Baseball Club. Commencing at 10am. Make sure you get up there with shovels, rakes, whipper snippers, wheel barrows and mowers! Many hands make light work.

Sunday 14th September 2008  Senior Squad Trial game against the SA Claxton Shield side at Sturt Baseball Club. Time yet to be finalised!

Sunday 21st September 2008  Senior Squad Internal Trial at Sturt Baseball Club, commencing 10.00 am.

Saturday 1 st November 2008 Centenary Dinner, commencing 7.00 pm at Adelaide Pavilion (formerly Pavilion on the Park) in the Parklands. This is the social event of the century for our club, with many people travelling from overseas and interstate to attend! Bookings are essential! For further information and to book online go to our Centenary Dinner webpage!

..:: message posted on Monday the 25th of August, 2008 07:18:35 ::..

Expression of Interest: Canteen

The Sturt Baseball Club is a very successful club that caters to a broad range of people from under 10 year olds to those who wish they were. We offer a valuable community service run by volunteers who give tirelessly of their time to help develop our young players and provide a strong club base to older players. But all this costs a lot of money to achieve.

We have four main sources of income, subscriptions, sponsorship, the club bar and the canteen. It is always a challenge trying to find people to run the bar and the canteen. At present, the bar is well run and is ready to go for another year, however the canteen has no one to run it with no likely prospects on the books.

With this in mind, the Sturt Baseball Club is looking for expressions of interest to run the canteen at Norman Reserve on a profit share basis.

The canteen has the opportunity to be open on virtually every Saturday and Sunday during the baseball season, plus some mid week evenings when twighlight games are scheduled.

We are happy to consider any proposals. We need to be able to supply this service to our members and visiting teams, so if you have a good idea that might earn you some money, as well as the club, please contact us. Maybe a retired couple would like some involvement around a friendly club scene, earning some spare spending money, or a charity may wish to run it on a profit share base.

Please give Phil Robinson a call on 0417 806 765 to discuss

..:: message posted on Thursday the 21st of August, 2008 23:57:25 ::..

Registration Reminder!

Thanks to so many of you for registering online for the forthcoming season!

It is very easy to register online

You can pay online or EFTPOS facilities are available at the Club on Registration Day and whenever the bar is open!

Registration Day is only two weeks away on Sunday 31 August 2008 from 11.00 am.

Emmsee Sport will be in attendance from 11.30 for all of your equipment/uniform needs.

..:: message posted on Sunday the 17th of August, 2008 21:26:54 ::..

Mark Colmer

It is with great sadness I write to alert you to the funeral notice in today’s Advertiser announcing the passing of our former President, Life Member and stalwart of our club for many decades, Mark Colmer.

Mark provided outstanding service to our club over many decades in many different roles. Mark had a deep love for our club and was heavily involved in the planning for our Centenary Celebrations this year.

Mark’s funeral service will be conducted at the Heysen Chapel Centennial Park on Monday July 21, 2008 at 2.30 pm. Refer to today’s Advertiser for further details.

On behalf of the Senior Committee, players and members of our club, I would like to extend our sincere sympathy to Inger, Evelyn and Simon, Ali and the entire Colmer family. Our thoughts are also with Kerryn and the boys on the sad loss of their uncle.

..:: message posted on Thursday the 17th of July, 2008 08:38:57 ::..

Junior Try Out and Registration Information

Junior Try outs for Little League, Under 14 and Under 16 will be held on 17th, 24th and 31st August 2008. Little league will be at 11.45am with Under 14 and Under 16 to follow at a time to be advised. All sessions will be held at Sturt Baseball Club. Any questions should be directed to our Junior Coordinator, David Lightbody or phone: 0413 976 321.

Under 18s are being dealt with by a separate process by our Senior Coach. Any questions should be directed to Tony Catt or phone: 0412 244 327.

Registrations for the forthcoming season are now open and as in previous years you can register online! If you played last year then you simply need to go to our Registration Section to check the fee you will be required to pay and from this page you can then click on the Password Protected Members Area to update your details.
Players new to our club will need to complete the New Players/Member Registration Form

Please make every effort to Register online as this will help our coaches determine the number of teams that we need to submit to the SABL and assists us with the number of coaches that we will require for the forthcoming season. You do not need to pay at time of registering as at this stage of the year, we are mainly interested in determining numbers. However, as in previous years, a discount applies for fees being paid prior to the first game!

Registration Day is 31st August and this year, as in previous years Registration Day will commence at 11.00 am, however this year we will leave registrations open so that you can register whilst your child is training in the older age groups of Under 14 and Under 16. I will provide updated details about Registration Day closer to the time.

..:: message posted on Sunday the 6th of July, 2008 09:17:32 ::..

Junior Coaching applications now open!

The Sturt Baseball Club would like to invite you to apply for a Junior Coaching position for the forthcoming season 2008/09. Positions are available in the Little League, Under 14, 16 and 18.

Coaches will be required to complete a Police check, after they have been selected to coach.

Please contact David Lightbody, Junior Coordinator, Sturt Baseball Club to discuss your interest in the position by Monday 21 July 2008. David's phone number is 0413 976 321

..:: message posted on Monday the 30th of June, 2008 22:56:44 ::..

AGM Feedback

The Sturt Baseball Club AGM was held at the Clubrooms on Thursday 5th June 2008.

The following positions were filled at the election of office bearers:
President- Phil Robinson
Vice President- Don Wulff
Secretary- Sue Holmes
Treasurer- Ben Seekamp

I am also very pleased to welcome Sue Brebner-Russ to the Senior Committee

The following Player Life Members were inducted:
Dean Franke
Richard Carter
Life Membership was granted to:
Mark Colmer
Trevor Colmer (posthumous)

Congratulations to the Player Life Members and Life Members.
I look forward to working with the Senior Committee in the forthcoming season.

..:: message posted on Thursday the 5th of June, 2008 23:25:41 ::..

Congratulations James Snelgrove

James Snelgrove from our club has been selected to play in the Australian team in the 2008 Cal Ripken World Series to be held in Aberdeen in the United States.

The 9th Annual Cal Ripken World Series will be played between August 8th through August 16th 2008.

On behalf of the Sturt Baseball Club I am sure you will all join with me in congratulating James on this outstanding achievement.

We wish him every success during the tournament.

..:: message posted on Thursday the 15th of May, 2008 23:55:02 ::..

Reappointment of Senior Coach

I am pleased to advise that the Senior Committee has reappointed Tony Catt as our Senior Coach for the 2008/09 Season. The Senior Committee have been very pleased with the work that Tony has done in his first year as coach and we wish him well for the forthcoming season.

On being advised of his reappointment Tony said, “I am delighted to be reappointed as Senior Coach for such an important year; our club's Centenary Season. The 'A' grade team has made excellent improvement during the course of the last 12 months, and we can look forward to a solid preseason which will help rebuild this senior team into a finals contender once again.”

Further information will be available shortly on the remaining coaching positions for both seniors and juniors.

..:: message posted on Monday the 12th of May, 2008 23:37:26 ::..

End of Season Awards

The Sturt Baseball Club held its Senior Presentation Night on Saturday 12 April 2008 and its Junior Presentation Day on Sunday 13 April 2008.

At the outset my I take this opportunity to congratulate all our Award Winners! The President's Award which is given for outstanding service to the Club was won this year by the Division 5 Team.

The Josh Deegan Award was won by Glenn Young.

The Dave Hutton Award for the player who polled the most club votes was won by Don Wulff from Division 5 for the Seniors and by Tom Teague from the Under 16/1 Team for the Juniors

I would also like to take this opportunity to remind all of you about the fact that the 2008/09 season is our Centenary Year and the social event of the century for our club will be the Centenary Dinner which will be held at Pavilion on the Park on Saturday 1 November 2008. Bookings are essential and are best made online! Please do not delay. If you want to get a table together then you need to nominate a Table Captain. Details on how to do this are all available on the Centenary Dinner Webpage.

Team Awards are listed below:

Division 1 (Coach: Tony Catt)
MVP: TJ Stanton
Batting Award: Daniel Turner
Coaches Trophy: Tom Winter
Josh Deegan Nomination:

Division 2 (Coach: Tom Winter)
MVP: Pat Burns
Batting Award: Dan Martens
Coaches Trophy: Shane Horne Josh Deegan Nomination:

Division 3 (Coach: Rick Mitchell)
MVP: Will Frogley
Batting: Will Frogley
Coaches Award: Sam Bates Josh Deegan Nomination:

Division 4 (Coach: Mark Colmer)
MVP: Mark Colmer
Batting: Simon Gooley
Coaches Award: Matt Mulryan Josh Deegan Nomination:

Division 5 (Coach: Chris Small)
No Awards were given for Division 5 this year at the request of the Team
Josh Deegan Nomination:Glenn Young

Division 6 (Coach: Richard Carter)
Best Team Men: Craig Martin & Trevor Hendry

Under 18 (Coach: Darren Stewart)
MVP: Toby Cantrill
Batting Trophy: Pat Burns
Coaches Award: Ali Young
Josh Deegan Nomination: Ali Young

Under 16/1 Sturt (Coach: Jeff Nicholas)
MVP: Tom Teague
Batting Award: Sam Day
Coaches Award: Jackson Brebner Russ
Josh Deegan Nomination: Jarrad Pearce

Under 16/2 Sturt (Coach: Chris Small)
MVP: Jackson Mignanelli
MVP Runner Up:Jai Redigolo
Coaches Award:Jayke Wayne
Josh Deegan Nomination: Jai Redigolo

Under 16/2 Saints (Coach: Richard Edwards)
MVP: Simon Evreniandis
Coaches Award: John Hood
Most Consistent: Sam Hollis
Josh Deegan Nomination: Simon Evreniadis

Under 14 Sturt Coach (Coach: Garry Wood)
MVP: Harrison Wood
Batting Award: Jordan Wayne
Coaches Award: Matthew MacBeth
Coaches Award: Billy Burford
Josh Deegan Nomination: Harrison Wood

Under 14 Saints (Coach: Craig Gillepsie)
MVP: Dylan Holt
Most Valuable Team Player: James Snelgrove
Coaches Award: Harrison Lightbody
Most Improved: Sam Myers
Josh Deegan Nomination: Harrison Lightbody

Under 14 Sturt Teal (Coach: Dean Franke)
MVP: Matthew Franke
MVP Runner Up: Henry Saundry
Coaches Award: Josh Tindall
Josh Deegan Nomination: Matthew Franke

Little League 1-Sturt (Coach: Kris McArdle)
MVP: Jayden Trembath
Batting Award: Tyler Lunnon
Coaches Award: Max Guehrer
Josh Deegan Nomination:Brett Colmer

Little League 2-Sturt (Coach: Don Wulf)
MVP: Brodie MacBeth
Coaches Award: William Hill
Most Improved: Tyson Ottaway
Josh Deegan Nomination:William Hill

Little League 2-Saints (Coach: Andrew Lightner)
MVP: Sam Kazmer
MVP: Mitchell Lightbody
Excellence at the Plate: Ethan Bachert
Most Improved: Zac Gawen
Josh Deegan Nomination:Sam Kazmer

Little League 2-Blues (Coach:Derek Matthewman)
MVP: Charlie Goldsworthy
Most Valuable Pitcher: Zac Lunnon
Most Valuable Fielder: Reuben Bishop
Josh Deegan Nomination: Lachlan Hooper

..:: message posted on Sunday the 13th of April, 2008 16:25:53 ::..

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