Team Australia has finalised their roster for the 2023 Under 18 Baseball World Cup in Taiwan.
Three West Australians made the cut following a highly competitive week at the Under 18 National Junior Camp on the Gold Coast. This includes catcher Joshua Davies, outfielder Michael De Gasperis, and pitcher/first baseman Jai Hewitt. Baseball WA High Performance Manager Andy Kyle will serve as the team's head coach for the second year. Players competed in daily training, testing and games to determine the roster, with the team departing to Taiwan this Thursday for a week-long training camp before the tournament starts on 31 August. Read more and view the full roster HERE. Congrats and good luck to Josh, Michael, Jai, and Andy! Baseball WA is now hiring for an Accounts Officer in a part-time/casual role (15-20 hours per week).
This is an opportunity to join a collaborative organisation where you will be responsible for managing accounts payable, accounts receivable, banking, and credit cards as well as providing general finance and administrative support across Baseball WA and its clubs. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced bookkeeper who has an interest or exposure to working within a member-based association of a sporting nature. We are looking for someone with the following skills:
Applications close 5:00pm (AWST) on Friday 1 September 2023. Baseball WA reserves the right to shortlist, interview, and fill this position prior to the closing date. Please view the full job advertisement and position description before applying. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Congrats to our five WA players who made us so proud at the Women’s Baseball World Cup!
Well done Meahgan Haggart, Morgan Doty, Leah Cornish, Kelsey Brennan, and Caitlin Eynon! It was an action-packed week of baseball, and the Emeralds persevered through challenging games to end the tournament with a win. Their teamwork and dedication set a great example for girls and women in baseball across Australia and beyond. It was amazing to see them represent on the world stage and we can’t wait to see what they accomplish in the future. Thank you Emeralds! View Team Australia updates and photos by Brendon Beacom HERE. We are excited to announce a new partnership, called The Diamond Sports Western Australia (DSWA) between Baseball WA, Softball WA, and Tee-Ball Association of WA. This alliance aims to enhance diamond sports in Western Australia through strategic collaboration.
A Diamond Sports Western Australia Working Group will aim to achieve our shared goals in diamond sports by sharing our knowledge, experiences, and strategies with each other. We recognise that the pathways in diamond sports have not been clear and strong enough in the past. Our main objective moving forward is to increase participation in tee-ball and provide better structures and programs to aid the transition to baseball and softball as players develop their skills. As soon as our young athletes advance to baseball and softball, our aim is to establish more effective pathways that assist them in transitioning to either sport or making it easy to participate in both. Our diamond sports athletes have achieved great success at various levels such as club, charter, state, national, collegiate, professional, and Olympic. We believe that working together can further enhance this success. This strategic alliance will not result in changes to the current staff, offices, facilities, or boards of the three governing bodies. As a group, we strongly believe in Western Australia's rich history in diamond sports and aim to build upon it. Our dedication to every community, club, and stakeholder involvement in these sports is rooted in creating a positive influence that will benefit generations of families and players to come. For further information on DSWA, please contact Lachlan Dale, Rick Wolters or Chris Hardwick. Eight West Australians have been invited to Australia’s Under 18 National Junior Camp on the Gold Coast this week with World Cup roster spots on the line.
Congratulations to Cruze Brendon, Joshua Davies, Michael De Gasperis, Campbell Froude, Riley Hall, Jai Hewitt, Brayden Moyle, and Kaine Newham! 50 of the best junior baseball players from across the country will attend the camp, and at the end, the group will be cut down to 20. Those players will represent Australia at the Under 18 World Cup from 31 August 31 – 10 September in Taiwan. The camp is hosted at Surfers Paradise Baseball Club and will run from 13 - 20 August. Baseball Australia released the initial 28 players selected for the camp in February, but 22 more players have been added. National Player Development Manager Andrew Riddell says coaches and scouts across Australia have been keeping a close eye on the best junior talent from across the country. “After our national championships in January, 28 players received invites based off their performances while playing for their state,” he says. “Since then, we’ve kept track of players around Australia while they were training in their high-performance programs. The additional players were selected because of their hard work – and now they have the same opportunity to wear the Green & Gold.” “We’re looking forward to getting to Surfers and letting the 50 players go at it to determine who represents Australia in Tawain,” says Riddell. Players will partake in morning training sessions every day, with games played each afternoon. |
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