North Balwyn News Round 14 2008

Best viewed on our fabulous website http://www.northbalwyn.baseball.com.au/newsletter/ 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 northbalwynbc@luckmor.com. Website and Newsletter Sponsors UMPIRES The club depends on the volunteer contribution of its players to ensure it maintains its basic operations. Umpires are no exception and we need players to umpire home 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 after your game as a thank-you. Same for scoring. In order to be fair to everyone, the club has an umpire roster on the website. When it is your turn if you are unable to make it, you will need to find replacement. Also, a big thank you to those who have umpired so far this year and those that will. =================================================== SENIOR FEES Seniors: $300 Full Time Students: $220 Juniors playing seniors: $165 ==================================== How to pay? We encourage you to pay via direct credit into the club's account   Bank Deposit - NAB Account Name:         North Balwyn Baseball Club BSB:                           083-122 Acct No.                     02634 5744   Cheques made out to “North Balwyn Baseball Club”   Cash - To Treasurer Alan Read or your coach.   Please quote name on payment for identification and please email a receipt to alan.read@rubicon.com.au - you will receive a return email for conformation of payment.   Please do not hesitate to come and talk to us to make an alternative payment arrangement regarding fees.  We are only too happy to accommodate a confidential payment plan. There will be no late fee if an arrangement is made.  If no payment arrangement is made, you are able to be suspended by the club. ================================= Editor's note: Last week's newsletter I'm sorry to report a hitch in the email system with last week's newsletter. Please remember that you can also see this and previous newsletters on the club website. It is usually published during the day on Wednesday. NEWS Weekend before last, Callum and Justin travelled to Boneo to take on the best of the rest in the VPBL Little League Tournament. Ringwood lost the first game to Dandenong 15-14 with the game turning on one play which was probably scored as an error. They then proceeded to convincingly beat Geelong & Diamond Valley twice and Dandenong on the return match to win the tournament by a mile. Callum was named in the All Stars team as an outfielder. Ringwood had 4 players overall - Callum (Outfield), Shaun Bell of Heathmont (pitcher), Todd Sadler of Knox (catcher) and Chase Hodkinson of Ringwood (2nd base). Todd from Knox batted 850 - 900 and had coutless RBI's. Callum batted and fielded well and caught every fly that went near him. He didn't get to pitch this time as the team had a good depth of pitching alternatives. Justin also had a great tournament and pitched well to close out a couple of games. Given the strength of batting at this level he was nervous about getting hit but once he worked out that he could trust the fielders to deliver outs he was great. Results Recent Matches Comp Home Away Sched Start Status B Grade - 2008 Diamond Creek 1 North Balwyn 5 Sat 26 Jul 14:50 Completed B Reserves - 2008 Diamond Creek 7 North Balwyn 7 Sat 26 Jul 12:30 Completed C Grade - 2008 North Balwyn 12 Research 2 Sat 26 Jul 14:50 Completed C Reserves - 2008 North Balwyn 7 Knox 16 Sat 26 Jul 12:30 Completed D Grade - 2008 North Balwyn Sat 26 Jul 12:30 Completed Under 17 Div 2 - 2008 - Amended 18/7/08 North Balwyn 9 Waverley 0 Sat 26 Jul 08:45 Completed Under 15-RD-2008 Ringwood 14 North Balwyn 4 Sat 26 Jul 09:00 Completed Little League Minor -RD-2008 North Balwyn Sat 26 Jul 09:00 DV Rookie Ball - 2008 Bund/Nth Bal Greensborough Sat 26 Jul 09:00 Upcoming Matches Comp Home Away Sched Start Umpire Roster B Grade - 2008 North Balwyn Bundoora Sat 2 Aug 14:50 Nick Chao, Tim O'Mera B Reserves - 2008 North Balwyn Bundoora Sat 2 Aug 12:30 Lenny Chiverton, Aaron Hoskin C Grade - 2008 Croydon North Balwyn Sat 2 Aug 14:50 C Reserves - 2008 Glen Iris North Balwyn Sat 2 Aug 12:30 D Grade - 2008 Northcote North Balwyn Sat 2 Aug 12:30 Under 17 Div 2 - 2008 - Amended 18/7/08 Diamond Creek North Balwyn Sat 2 Aug 08:45 Under 15-RD-2008 North Balwyn Heathmont Sat 2 Aug 09:00 Little League Minor -RD-2008 North Balwyn Croydon Sat 2 Aug 09:00 DV Rookie Ball - 2008 Donc/Resch Bund/Nth Bal Sat 2 Aug 09:00 1st Nine vs Diamond Creek - Won 5-1 2nd nine vs. Diamond Creek - Tie 7-7 The North Balwyn Stingers 2nds had a disappointing day giving away a game that should have been ours allowing 5 unearned runs on 4 errors. Nick started on the hill this week having a good day out going 2 1/3 innings giving up 2 earned runs on 3 hits with 3 walks and 4 strike outs, great effort Nick. We then brought on Alex in relief who went 2 2/3 innings giving up 0 earned runs on 1 hit with 5 walks and 5 strike outs, good job Alex. We out hit the opposition 8-4 and only left 3 stranded so was a good offensive effort on the day but as we see from the score line you have to play both sides to come out on top. We are home this week against Bundoora so let's get down to training to work on our defensive efforts. Don’t forget training Thursday night followed by our traditional pizza fest. Hits – John & Matt S. - 2, Alex, Speedy, Chao, Nick D. & James – 1. RBIs – Matt S. - 3, Nick D. – 2.Speedy, John & James - 1 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total Diamond Creek 0 2 5 0 0 - - 7 North Balwyn 0 2 5 0 0 - - 7 Under 17s vs Waverly WON 9-0 It was an easy win for U17s’ Stingers last week as Waverley with only 5 players forfeited. So we enjoyed a friendly game!!!!! EDITOR'S NOTE: Since not all of you will have got the newsletter last week due to technical problems, here is last week's report. It was too good to let the report slip by unnoticed! First of all, congratulations to all the U17s' Stingers for the first win of the season. The Stingers traveled to Loyola Reserve at Watsonia this week and smashed Watsonia Red with solid offence and defense. The game started with a couple of walks to Billy and Tom, and then Jerome singled and Harley doubled to score the first 3 runs for the Stingers. Corey McLaughlin followed with a hit-by-pitch and then Corey McGeary cleaned the bases with a two RBI single. One more walk to Seb and an error by Watsonia Red brought us one more run. By the end of the first inning, the Stingers scored 6 runs for the first time ever. Thomas Dundon took the mound for the Stingers and had no problems with Watsonia Red, starting with 3 strikeouts in the first inning. In the top of second, the Stingers kept hitting and scoring runs. Harley got a base on balls as a leadoff, Corey McGeary again singled to the left field to bring Harley home. Some errors by Watsonia Red allowed us to get more bases and score more runs while Graeme’s hard shot was well played by the third base man. With two outs and runners on scoring position, a double by Jerome and back-to-back hit by Harley, at the second at bat in the inning, brought us more runs followed by a triple by Corey McGeary that scored the 7th run in the inning and forced us to end the inning due to 7-run-rule. In the bottom of the second, Tom struggled a bit allowing two walks and a hit. However, awesome plays by Seb at second and by Jerome at first to ground balls got us two outs and Tom beautifully finished off the inning with a strikeout while giving up only one run. In the top of third, although the Stingers were not as dominant as last two innings, leadoff walk to Seb and Billy singled to add a run to reach the total of 14 runs in a game. Even though Tom again struggled against the Watsonia Red line-up allowing two bases on balls with an error by the Stingers defense in the bottom of third, he finished off the inning with a ground ball and two strikeouts to mimimise a run for Watsonia Red. By the end of the game we finally concreted a wanted win for the season scoring 14 runs while giving up 2 runs. That was incredible. Let’s continue this good form for the rest of the season and win more games. Superb job guys!!!!!! Hits: Corey McGeary 2 singles & 1 triple, Jerome Coles & Harley Scheffer 1 single & 1 double each, William Freeman & Thomas Dundon 1 single each RBIs: Corey McGeary 4, Jerome Coles 3, William Freeman 2, Thomas Dundon, Harley Scheffer & Corey McLaughlin 1 each Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total Watsonia Red 0 1 1 - - - - 2 North Balwyn 6 7 1 - - - - 14 Damlow Nomination No nomination received The Damlow nomination award is something that is available to anyone in the entire club from juniors right up to seniors and spectators. So if you see something silly, stupid or just plain funny that someone does during the season, on or off-field, then please let us know about it. Editor/Comments Trish Morley Suggestions and contributions to northbalwynbc@luckmor.com 2008 Number 14 Send in any pictures you have to northbalwynbc@luckmor.com BASEBALL INJURIES - Prevention and Management