Werribee Giants Baseball Club

CLUB SPONSORS

On demand printing

Ausport Baseball shop

United Fuel station community card

Werribee Plaza bingo

Dave’s Skips, &

Rodpak packaging.

__________________________

Baseball Equipment suppliers:

Ausball Ripkin Wie 0402 137 699

Ausport http://www.ausport.com.au/ Shop 9764 1511

Fielders Choice http://www.fielders.net/ Shop 9870 0333

K2 Baseball http://www.k2baseball.com/ Yoshi 9752 3993

Werribee Baseball Information sheet

# 25 - 7/2009

Newsletter articles & Events time line - details below.

Monthly committee meeting Wednesday night

No junior games this week – school holidays.

Parent big breakfast before the junior games.

Squares for the $1000 Reverse draw.

New ABL competition is coming

Werribee players in the VPBL Geelong U18 carnival team.

Senior summer men’s’ hitting training.

Summer Coaches.

Women senior coach.

Werribee bingo centre.

Junior & Senior winter presentation days.

Summer Coaches.

Winter season fee structure.

Training night meals- Tues. & Wed. meals.

Junior winter training – Tuesday nights.

Senior Men training – Wednesday nights.

Social functions – Trivia night, & reverse draw.

2009 VPBL Championship Venues and Dates.

Junior & Senior game results.

This weeks games.

GBA Senior and Junior Rules for 2009.

GBA ground locations.

July 4/5 U18 VPBL championships – Ballarat

July 4 No junior games

July 8 Monthly committee meeting, no training night meal.

July 11 Parent big breakfast before the junior games

July 11 Trivia night @ clubrooms

July 15, Roast beef or Chicken Schnitzel

July 18/19 U12 little league championships – Knox

July 22, Beef casserole, Apricot chicken, or Chicken pasta

July 29, Posh parma, or steak

August 22 Reverse draw @ clubrooms

Sept. 19 Junior & Senior winter presentation days

To view newsletter links press “ctrl + right click” mouse

Monthly Committee Meeting

The monthly committee meeting is on Wednesday night starting at 7.30.

No junior games this week

There are no junior games this week July 4 for this week of the school holidays. Next junior games July 11.

Parent big breakfast

There will be a “Parent big breakfast” before the junior games on Saturday, July 11. The breakfast will start at 7.45and cost $6. This is a chance for parents to sit down and mix before the junior games on the day. All U17 and U14 teams will be playing at Werribee, (the U12’s have a bye) on the day.

Squares for the $1000 draw

Squares for the $1000 draw, are being sold at training on Wednesday nights. Squares are $30 each. Draw is on August 22. See Steve Smith, Jenny Dean.

New ABL competition is coming

Details: http://www.geelongbaseball.com.au/news.html

Werribee players in the VPBL Geelong U18 carnival team.

Werribee players in the GBA carnival team for the VPBL carnival at Ballarat this weekend (July 4 & 5) are: Tom Webb, Chris Webb, Preston Yochim, & Harley Yochim. Good luck guys.

Senior summer men’s’ hitting training

Senior men’s summer hitting training has started on Thursday nights.

Coach Earl Byrne 0409 336 915.

Summer Coaches

We are looking for expressions of interest for summer Junior and Senior team coaches. For senior positions contact Earl Byrne 0409 336 915 or Steve Smith 0409 199 433 /steven.smith@adm.monash.edu.au . For junior positions contact Mark Riches 0417 537 621 / mriches@bigpond.net.au

Summer Women’s Coach

Tony Culph is the senior women’s’ coach for the summer season.

Tony’s contact # 0417 500 937

Werribee Plaza Bingo

The baseball club is a partner in Werribee Plaza Bingo; please support bingo at the centre when you can. The centre phone number is 9749 400, the link is: http://www.yellowbook.com.au/Detail-StateVIC-CityHoppers+Crossing-Zip3029-Category14633-Business-WERRIBEE+PLAZA+BINGO+CENTRE.htm

Junior & Senior Winter presentation days

This year’s winter presentation days will be on Saturday September 19. Juniors will start at 11am., and the Seniors will start at 7pm. Both will be a sit down meal. Cost will be advised soon.

Summer Coaches

We are looking for expressions of interest for summer Junior and Senior team coaches. For Senior positions contact Earl Byrne 0409 336 915 or Steve Smith 0409 199 433 /steven.smith@adm.monash.edu.au . For junior positions contact Mark Riches 0417 537 621 / mriches@bigpond.net.au

Winter fee structure

Seniors men and women $150 plus match fees of $5 per week

Juniors playing seniors $120 plus match fees of $2 per junior game and $5 per senior game

Juniors (playing only in the junior competition) $100 plus $2 per week

Tuesday training night meals

Ted Haywood and the crew will be organizing a chicken or fish meal, with chips and a can of drink for $4 after training on Tuesday nights.

Wednesday training night meals

July 8, no meals – Monthly committee meeting

July 15, Roast beef or Chicken Schnitzel

July 22, Beef casserole, Apricot chicken, or Chicken pasta

July 29, Posh parma, or steak

Junior training – Tuesday nights

For details contact Mark Riches 0417 537 621

Senior Men’s training – Wed, nights

Coaches Craig Knight 0421 001 201 & Lindsay Webb 0411 264 965

Social Functions – more details to come

July 11 Trivia night @ clubrooms

August 22 Reverse draw @ clubrooms

2009 VPBL Championship Venues and Dates

Under 18's - Ballarat 4,5 July
Little League - Knox 18,19 July

Last Weeks results

Last week Saturday June 6, there were no games because of the Senior VPBL championships.All results are on the Geelong Baseball association home page under “reports” - http://www.geelongbaseball.com.au/scoreboard09.html

Senior Men – June 27 / 28

“A” grade	Werribee	1	Saints	14
“A” res.	Werribee	10	Saints	0
“B” grade	Werribee	3	Saints	22
“B” res,	Werribee	0	Saints	20

Junior Ladders; http://www.geelongbaseball.com.au/juniors2009.html

Juniors – Saturday June 27

U17 “D1” White Sox	13	Deakin	3
U17 ”D2” Blue Jays	1	Guild	14
U14 Blue Jays	20	B/ Marsh	0
U14 White Sox	0	Guild	8
U12 Little League	6	Guild	8

This weeks games
All fixtures are on the Geelong Baseball association website under “draws” http://www.geelongbaseball.com.au/sendraw.html

Ladders Seniors: http://www.geelongbaseball.com.au/ladders.html

Juniors: http://www.geelongbaseball.com.au/junladders.html

Ground locations: http://www.geelongbaseball.com.au/grounds.html

Senior Men – July 4

“A” grade	Deakin	@ Werribee	2.25 game
“A” res.	Deakin	@ Werribee	12noon game
“B” grade	Corio	@ Werribee	2.25 game	Mel. 432 C10
“B” res.	Corio	@ Werribee	12noon game	St Georges Rd, Corio

“A” & “B” grade games are start at 2.25.

“A” & “B” reserve games are start at 12

Juniors - Saturday July 4

Junior fixtures: http://www.geelongbaseball.com.au/juniors2009.html

Ground locations: http://www.geelongbaseball.com.au/grounds.html

NO JUNIOR GAMES THIS WEEK JULY 4, NEXT Junior GAMES JULY 11.

GBA Senior and Junior Rules for 2009
All clubs have been forwarded updated copies of rules and regulations for the 2009 season. Rules and senior contacts can also be accessed on the following links or via links to the right-hand side of the GBA Home Page.

GBA Senior Rules and Contacts 2009

GBA Junior Rules 2009

Also accessible in pdf as Senior Rules and Junior Rules.

Ground locations: http://www.geelongbaseball.com.au/grounds.html

Club Sponsors:

United Fuel station community card,

Werribee Plaza bingo 9749 4000

Dave’s Skips 0428 376 637,

& Rodpak packaging.

Baseball Equipment suppliers:

Ausball Ripkin Wu 0402 137 699

Ausport http://www.ausport.com.au/ Shop 9764 1511