GOLDEN GROVE CENTRAL DISTRICTS BASEBALL CLUB e-NEWS
10 MARCH 2022
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Hi Everyone,
Baseball’s Minor Rounds are still going on!
This weekend, our Div 1, 2 & 3 teams plus our two WL Div 3 teams have their last round of their Minor Round games!
The WL Div 3 teams play on Friday. Scott’s GGCD team play at Home v Glenelg.
Dipper’s Dodger’s team play East Torrens at East Torrens due to our grounds being used for Ethan and Scott’s teams, but they are still the Home team at ET.
Ethan’s WL Div 2 (3) team start their semi finals at Home on Friday night v Port Adelaide (4).
The game starts at 6pm and is a 7 innings or 2 hour game whatever comes first.
On Saturday, DRs squad of players play at Home v Sturt.
This is their last games for the season and playing at Home.
Come out and cheer them on for a great day of baseball to be finished off with the ‘50 Club’ Reverse draw!
Just a few numbers left!!! Get yours now.
Jason’s Div 4 team (3) also start their play offs v East Torrens (4) from 2:30PM.
They will play their semi- final game at a neutral ground on Saturday at Northern Districts as our grounds are full of our top sides using the main diamond.
Sunday is a big day for five of our Junior’s teams!
How exciting is it that ALL of our U13s making the playoffs! Our LL2 teams finished 1,2 and 3 on the ladder!
All LL games are 6 innings.
Jason’s LL1 (4) play SD (3) at SD from 10:15am.
Shane’s LL2 Dodgers (3) v SD (4) play Home on Diamond 2 from 9am
Matt’s LL2 Central Districts (2) play Goodwood (5) at Home on Diamond 1 from 11am.
Danun’s LL2 GGCD (1) play Gawler (6) at Home on Diamond 2 from 12Noon.
Bob’s JL2 team (4) made the cut as well playing Kensington (3) from 1pm at Kensington. A seven innings game.
Exciting times for these young players (and parents 😊)
Be prepared – eat well and sleep well as anything can happen in the finals! You make your own luck!
ARMCHAIR UMP: YOU MAKE THE CALL:
If batter number 7 bats out of turn and makes it to first base, whom is out? (see below)
DODGER’S AMONGST THEIR DIVISION’S TOP 5 MVP VOTE GETTERS
Senior League – Noah Rodgers
Junior League Div 1 – Jordan Miller
Little League Div 2 – Olivia George and Lawyer Hosking
Congratulations to All! The Club is so proud of you!
The MVP winner in each Division will be announced at Baseball SA’s Junior Presentation.
It will be held at West Beach on Friday, 18 March 2022 from 6pm to 7:30pm
Free entry to attend – please register attendance due to COVID restrictions.
Register on line at www.baseballsa.com.au <www.baseballsa.com.au> then, ‘Upcoming events’.
Canteen and bar will be open. (Cashless)
TBT – SIX YEARS AGO AT BSA MVP AWARDS
A good year (2016) for Bob’s 15/2s all making top 5 (lots of tie votes).
Trent O’Brien (far left) won MVP that year and now, being 6’8” tall, he is playing professional volleyball in Canada.
Nick Wallis (fourth from left) is now a player in our State League Div 2 team.
Also, Will Lumley was also in this top five list with his former club and now plays in our Div 3 team. Another fun time!
‘GGCD JR BASEBALL ACADEMY’
Our six-week program is to be held on Friday evenings from 17 June through 22 July 2022 at
Mega Courts in Windsor Gardens.
It is open to all Junior Divisions: U11s, U13s, U14s, U15s and U17s.
The sessions will be split into two groups – U11 & U13s and U14s to U17s.
Times for the 90-minute sessions are:
5:30pm to 7pm (U11s & U13s) and
7pm to 8:30pm (U14s to U17s)
The fee for our six-week program is $60.
Don’t miss out on this great program.
To register, please transfer your funds to our bank account (see below) and send
an email to our Finance Director, Sharee Forrester at baseball@sharee.com.au <mailto:baseball@sharee.com.au> to confirm.
Bank Bank SA BSB 105-001 Account No 145033640 Account Name GGCD Baseball Club Inc With all electronic transfers please indicate the reason for payment using the ‘Reference Box’… Thank you
WHY IS THIS MAN SMILING?
Congratulations to Joel Mazurek for hitting his very first Home Run last Saturday
during his last game of the Minor Round v Glenelg!
After playing many years – since U14s and playing in our top Senior Divisions –
he finally put one over the fence!
A great way to finish the Minor Round and prepare for the finals!
Good luck, Joel. Way to go! 😊
WINTER BASEBALL IS BACK!
The Surrey Downs Winter Baseball Club season opener is on 7 May 2022.
Start getting your teams together!
Roger Prime, the Club’s Commissioner, is once again hosting our Winter Baseball Competition for this coming winter season.
All games are held on Saturday at Illyarrie Reserve with game times 11:30am and 2pm for a proposed 14 game season.
If you wish to nominate a team or find a team to play in,
contact Roger at <mailto:roger.prime@bigpond.com> roger.prime@bigpond.com or 0412 023 538.
ARMCHAIR UMP: DID YOU MAKE THE RIGHT CALL? Answer: It is batter number 6 who was supposed to bat, not the batter who batted out of order.
GGCD PRESENTATIONS – save the dates
Team photos will be available on the night.
Seniors at The Plaza Hotel on Friday, 1 April from 6:30pm
Ticket prices soon to be announced. To be paid on line.
Juniors at Waterworld, Redwood Park, 2 April from 6:30pm
Bring the whole family but please send RSVP numbers to your coach..
ANOTHER SEASON AND STILL FIGURING OUT THE INFIELD-FLY RULE ?
Don’t feel alone 😊
Good luck to all teams in the playoffs!
Enjoy and have fun! Play your best!
Cheers,
Bob