North Balwyn News - Newsletter Round 6

For those who can't read the email please visit the newsletter section of our website at http://www.northbalwyn.baseball.com.au/newsletter/ Welcome to the sixth weekly newsletter of the North Balwyn Baseball Club for season 2007, the 70th anniversary of the club. Each week the newsletter will give a run down of each game, providing a match report is submitted in time. Generally the newsletter will be sent out Monday or Tuesday night, so if you have anything that you wish to submit, a picture, notice, a suggestion then please try and get it in by 9pm Tuesday. N O T I C E S FIXTURES The VWBL has released the full fixtures of the season, please check the North Balwyn web site for them. D Grade is still only up to Round 8 as a team has been entered or taken out again.  Lets hope this is finalised so it is easier for all of us. =================================================== UPMIRES Dear player, The club depends on the volunteer contribution of its players to ensure it maintains its basic operations. Referees are no exception and we need players to umpire for local games. There is no need to be a professional umpire basic knowledge of the game will suffice. In return, players get a chance to brush-up their umpiring skills and their knowledge of the game. You will also be eligible for a free hot dog and drink. In order to be fair to everyone, the club has produced a draft umpire roster. Please check it out and note when you are umpiring. You will need to find replacement if you cannot umpire your game. Replacement arrangements can be made with Jason Smith on 9421 2887 or 0432 547 222. Saturday 16 June at 12:15 Andrew Speed (bases) Tim O’Meara (plate) Nick Dundon (plate – outer diamond) Sam Taylor (bases – outer diamond) Saturday 16 June at 14:30 Sam Chan (plate) Kena Chen (bases) Saturday 23 June at 12:15 Bill Rogers (bases) Alex Canney (plate – outer diamond) Saturday 23 June at 14:30 Jack Rintoul (plate) Andy Rose (bases) Saturday 30 June at 12:15 Steven Yao (plate) Tristan Hsu (bases) Saturday 30 June at 14:30 Michael Huang (plate) Adam Wang (bases) Saturday 7 July at 12:15 Aaron Hoskin (plate) Chris Lin (bases) Saturday 7 July at 14:30 Chao Shih (plate) Hugh Reid (bases) Saturday 14 July at 12:15 John Anderson (plate) Victor Ting (bases) Saturday 14 July at 14:30 Sam Chan (plate) Andrew Milnz (bases) Saturday 21 July at 12:15 Peter Clapp (plate) Tony Clapp (bases) Saturday 21 July at 14:30 Will Huang (plate) Jason Povey (bases) ================================== 70TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER The North Balwyn Baseball Club 70th Anniversary Dinner will be hold on Friday 6th July at Marwal Centre (9 Marwal Ave., North Balywn) from 7:30pm to 10:30pm. Details of the night will be released on the club web site in the soon future, so stay tuned! In the mean time please book this date and keep it free. This is a very important night in the club's history and it is sure to be a great night. =================================================== FEES A reminder that late fees now apply to your registration fee, please speak to Matt Houlden (northbalwynbc@yahoo.com) or Sam Chan (sam@gmaxwheels.com) to make an alternative payment arrangement. $275 for seniors $200 for students / unemployed How to pay? 1. Cheques made out to "North Balwyn Baseball Club" 2. Cash 3. Bank Deposit Account Name: North Balwyn Baseball Club BSB: 083-122 Acct No. 02634 5744 Please quote your name on payment for identification and please email a receipt to "northbalwynbc@yahoo.com" - you will receive a return email for conformation of payment. =================================================== ENTERTAINMENT BOOK The Entertainment Book 2007/2008 is now available! For only $60! You can be sure that you will be saving more than its value! To find out more about this fantastic book visit the official web site (click here) for more info. Please contact Paul Conheady (PConheady@aae.com.au) if you would like to get one. =================================================== MAILING LIST To receive weekly newsletters or any notices from the North Balwyn Baseball Club, you simply join the club's emailing list by sending an email (empty one is just as good) to: northbalwynbc-subscribe@dangdaiwooden.com You can also subscribe to your team's mailing list and keep in touch with your team. nbbc1sts-subscribe@dangdaiwooden.com nbbc2nds-subscribe@dangdaiwooden.com nbbc3rds-subscribe@dangdaiwooden.com nbbc4ths-subscribe@dangdaiwooden.com nbbc5ths-subscribe@dangdaiwooden.com nbbcu15s-subscribe@dangdaiwooden.com nbbcu13s-subscribe@dangdaiwooden.com Calendar This Week Senior Training - Thursday 7 June The new lights are starting to work as planned now. For those who came early and thought "never again, I couldn't see a thing", come on down for a bat and a throw in our new lit batting cages. Long Weekend - No Games Next Week Games start times are shown, please be there at least an hour prior to the game ready to go or earlier if you are playing at home to set up the ground. Training Times: Juniors - Tuesday 12th June 5~7pm @ Myrtle Park Seniors - Thursday 14th June 6:30~8:30pm Saturday 16th June 1sts vs Doncaster - 2:30pm 2nds vs Footwcray - 12:15pm 3rds @ Panton Hill 2:30pm 4ths vs Watsonia (outer diamond) 12:15pm 5ths @ Knox - 12:15pm Under 15s @ Knox 9am Under 13s vs Ringwood @ KNOX - 9am - possible change of venue coming, stay tuned. Results 1st nine vs Melton - Won 14-1 RBI’s: O’Meara 4, Keyhoe 4, Billy 2, Matty H 1 Hits: Keyhoe 3, O’Meara 2, Speedy 2, Billy 2, Matty H 2, Lenny 1 Summary: Roadworks on the way out to Melton cut down our pre match warm-up to about 10 minutes so we were lucky to get away with a good start. After a great match last week, Speedy led us off with a hit and started a 3 run first innings. We scored consistently for the rest of the game. The pitching for Melton was OK but their defense was poor. Aaron had his first start in the firsts and did a fantastic job. 2 walks and a hit in their first innings allowed runners on base and they scored 1 run but from that time on he knuckled down and threw a high percentage of strikes. Aaron only threw to 3 batters each innings for the rest of the game. A solid game by North Balwyn that has put us back in the top 4. We need to cement this position over the next few games. Training for the next 2 Thursdays but no training on the long weekend. Let’s all have a short break and return refreshed for the Doncaster game. 2nd nine - BYE 3rd nine vs Knox - Lost 4-16 Not  a lot to say about this one. Knox had a young bloke pitching that could throw the ball hard, he should have a good career playing in the higher grades, we didn't have to many hits from him. When they came to bat they hit the ball, more into the gaps and chinkers overs the infield than power hitting, and they scored a lot of runs. 4th nine vs Northcote Lions - Lost 3-18 A much better game for us despite the score line, and we really needed was to string a few hits together, however a few dropped fly balls cost us many runs late in the. But for the most part fielding was generally good. Thanks to Jade and Joseph Tu for filling as well as Guy Lamoth and Tom Dundan. Alan Wise pitched good game and we welcomed Mal Fawcett to the team, who had a good day in the field for his 1st run. However the honours went to Jason Povey with a stand up double followed by a solo home run next innings. Final score 18-3. Hits: Jason 1HR, 1 double, single base hits to Guy and Joseph. 5th nine vs Croydon - Lost 3-21 Under 15s - BYE Under 13s vs Knox - Lost 3-19 A pretty tough ask this week against very experienced team which threw the ball hardand fielded pretty well. The highlight of the day was a hit by Niall to score Tim in the bottom of the first. From time to time pictures of games may appear in the newsletter of yourself or your child. If you do not wish this to happen then please let us know. Send in any pictures you have to gnauhm@gmail.com Editor / Comments Michael Huang Suggestions and contributions to: gnauhm@gmail.com 29th May 2007 - Newsletter Number 5

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