the pitch issue 10 - carlingford baseball club · game 1 pits the best of our committee v our...

Season 2019/2020 Issue 10 20th November, 2019

President’s Welcome Please put Sunday 22 March 2020 in your diaries for our end of season Gala Day with two quality games of baseball at Murray Farm. Game 1 pits the best of our Committee v our Coaches in a battle for bragging rights. Game 2 is the Legends vs All-Stars game. A Legend is someone who no longer plays at the club, either due to retirement, or has moved on to play Grade elsewhere. If someone is currently playing for Carlo or has played at Carlo recently then they qualify as an All Star. The concept of the Legends vs All Stars Game is to bring back or maintain contact with people (Legends) who have left the club. We also invite retired committee to come back and enjoy the afternoon with old friends. Please spread the word. We will be contacting players in coming weeks so people can lock it in to their diaries. Beginner umpire courses in the Hills district are planned for 1 December. Contact me for details.

Cheers

Mark Highfield

Important Dates

24th Nov. – Catcher’s clinic

30th Nov – Photo Day

1st Dec. – Xmas Party

14th Dec. – Last rd pre-Xmas

25th Jan. – Baseball resumes

7th Mar. – Liveball finals

commence

22nd Mar. – GALA DAY

Committee

Opportunity

Results Recorder:

Lyndal, our fantastic results

recorder has given us notice

this will be her last season

as she steps aside to let

someone else get involved

in your committee.

This is an important role

that can help share the

workload of the Committee

but does not take up a lot of

time.

Lyndal is keen to help ease

the transition and show

someone new the ropes.

Interested? Please contact

results@

carlingfordbaseball.com.au


CANTEEN DUTY

This week’s teams are:

7.45am – 10.00am: 8U Vigenser team

10.00am – 12.30pm: 14U Peter Street League team

Two people are required from each team,

1 for BBQ and 1 for Canteen

WHO IS PLAYING THIS WEEK? - Juniors


Results 16/11/19

16U Brian Cashmore South Carlingford 1 Castle Hill Knights 18 Loss

14U Graham Hay League Carlingford 5 Rouse Hill 11 Loss

14U Peter Street League Carlingford 6 Quakers Hill 8 Loss

13U Jeff Catt Intermediate West Carlingford 15 Castle Hill Cavs 15 Draw

12U Phil Leonard Minor League Carlingford 3 Kellyville 8 Loss

10U Jim Bergan League Carlingford

9U Don Petroff ModBall Carlingford 5 Quakers Hill 34 Loss

8U Wendy Vigenser League Carlingford 22 Castle Hill 41 Loss

Make Up

– 14U Graham Hay League Carlingford 1 Castle Hill 13 Loss

WHO IS PLAYING THIS WEEK? - Seniors


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PHOTO DAY – 30 November

Photos for our Facebook Page

If any team wants to have photos from their games published on our club Facebook Page please send these in to Rebecca at [email protected] Make sure you add details of your team name and any other dialogue you would like added. First names of the players is okay, but we would prefer if you don’t put the kids surnames.

Photo Time Team Playing At Playing Time

9.00 10 Bergan Caddies 10.30am

9:20 14 Hay Northmead 10.30am

9:40 16 Cashmore Murray Farm 10.30am

10:05 8 Vigenser Murray Farm 8.30am

10.20 12 Leonard Murray Farm 8.30am

10.35 9 Petroff Northmead 8.30am

10.50 14 Street Col Sutton 8.30am

11.05 13 Catt Corbin 8.30am


Uniform & Merchandise prices

Velcro Club Cap - $20

Premium Flexifit Club Cap - $25

Club Socks - $12

Junior Playing Shirts (Loaned to players as

part of registration. Must be returned at end

of season)

Seniors Sublimated Playing Shirts - $70 ($5

premium for late orders)

Key Rings - $12

Drink Coolers - $8 each or two for $12

Training T-Shirts (Kids) - $15 sizes 8-14

Training T-Shirts (Senior) - $20 sizes S-5XL

Supporters Shirt - $30

Club Supporters Jacket - $70

Junior Uniform Combo Packs (suited for ages

up to 12) -$50

(Uniform Manager to submit orders – these

packs are NOT available in store)

� Pants (white, grey or black)

� Socks (black, red)

� Belt (to match socks)

� Pant Product basics:

- Youth Baseball Pant

- 100% Double Knit 12 Oz. Polyester

- Double Knee Construction

- Five Pro-Style Belt Loops

- Zipper Fly, Town Snap Closure

- Two Double Welted Set-In Back

Pockets

- 2 ½” Elastic Wasteband

- Youth Inseams: XS (18”), S (20”), M

(22”), L (23”)

- Available in sizes XS (4), S (6), M (8),

L (10), XL (12)

These items are generally available at the

Murray Farm Canteen on Saturday mornings

during the summer season. Otherwise, simply

email our Treasurer at

[email protected]

advising which item you would like to

purchase. You will receive an email with a link

to pay the invoice shortly thereafter.

Uniform pick-ups can be arranged with our

uniform officer at

[email protected]


AUSSIE T-BALL

This summer we are offering an exciting entry level program for children, aged 5-6, who want to try the wonderful world of T-Ball and Baseball. Our in-house program, based at Murray Farm Reserve, runs on Friday afternoons (5:30 PM -7:00 PM) from October to December (School Term 4).

What is Aussie T-Ball?

● Aussie T-Ball is an exciting new, modified version of baseball for children aged 5-6

● Sessions combine a structured, fun-based skills development with non-competitive match play

● The focus is on maximum involvement and fun

● Children of all abilities get an equal chance to participate

● Children get to practice the foundation skills of throwing, catching, hitting and running that are required for baseball and many other sports

● All playing, and safety equipment is supplied

When will Aussie T-Ball be held?

● Sessions will run from 90 minutes, once per week

● Our in-house program is based at Murray Farm Reserve – no travelling!!

● We will be running a flexible program, commencing October and running through to December.

● New players, friends and family can join the program at any time

What does it cost?

Our super low, all-inclusive fee of $100 covers;

● all registration and insurances ● access to all our programs, from October -

December ● a fun-filled Participation Pack which

includes: ● Glove ● Ball ● Carlingford Baseball Cap ● Aussie T Ball T Shirt ● other goodies

How do we find out more?

We recommend you download our informative Aussie T Ball FAQ on our website.

Contact Andrew Borg on 0412 654 182 or by email at [email protected]

● When you and your friends are ready to join us, simply register on our website to sign-up to the fantastic world of Aussie T-Ball


MATCH REPORTS 8U Wendy Vigenser League Carlingford Braves vs Castle Hill Cavs Result: Loss 22-41 Player of the Match: Harry It was a nice sunny day at Castle Glen Reserve for our sixth game of the season. The Castle Hill team had their batting prowess on display and were a formidable opponent. But our Braves kept trying throughout and still managed to come up with some great moments to celebrate. Our fielding overall was done with passion, but the ball just didn’t want to stick in the glove today. There were some great attempts and almost catches by Charlee at pitcher and Ethan at 2nd base. Ruben pulled off a great tag between first and second base in the sixth innings and Ethan beat the runner to second in the final innings of the day to finish the game with a great out. Our batting was consistent and everyone did some great hitting, including our newest member Ryan. What great hitting for his first game! Leo showed off his fantastic sliding skills, while Thomas hit a great hit into the outfield to get several of our players home at once. Overall, everyone tried hard and had a good time. We look forward to our next challenge on Saturday.

9U Don Petroff Modball Carlingford vs Quakers Hill Result: Loss 5-34

Congratulations to Marcus L, our player of the match, for a great strike into the outfield which gave him a home run and got two others home!

The Cardinals started with a great first batting effort by Xavier M, looking strong as he ran to safe on 1st base. Unfortunately it was a quick 1st innings for Carlingford with several strikes, and Quakers Hill came out to bat strongly. The 1st innings saw good fielding by Tamati and Xavier M, as well as an impressive stop by Xavier S. The 2nd innings also saw Quakers Hill strong in the batting department with some big shots into the outfield. There were some good plays by Carlingford, working as a team when fielding. It was good to see some of those throws going straight to the mit.

In the 3rd innings Ethan did well getting to first base when batting and there were some nice plays by Xavier M and Luke to 1st base when fielding. Ben did a wonderful stop near 3rd base. The opposition were still looking very strong. Leading into the 4th innings, Luke did a great strike and was unlucky to be run out on 1st base. The hits were starting to flow and The Cardinals were starting to come alive after a slower start. Tamati got to first, and Ben just got run out on first by a whisker. Fielding improved with Xavier S tagging a runner to get him out and there


were skilful stops by Ethan, with backing up by Tamati.

The 5th innings saw hits by Marcus which got him to 2nd and Ethan again to 1st. Mitch did a fantastic strike but the catch by Quakers Hill at left field was just too good. Finally in the 6th we had loaded bases - could this be our chance to get one home? With loaded bases and several strong hits the crowd and team applauded as we got 5 players home - Jayden, Xavier, Luke, Marcus L and Marcus P. A fabulous home run by Marcus L in the final innings lifted everyone’s spirits. There was some great solid running by the boys.

The Carlingford Cardinals have more progress to make but it was good to see their efforts today in encouraging each other and thinking about their movements. Thanks to our team parents for their encouragement and support, and fulfilling weekly duties. Keep at it boys!

: 12U Phil Leonard Minor League Carlingford Cardinals vs Kellyville Result: Loss 3-8

Despite a really bright start and strong middle innings display Carlo ultimately went down in a final innings blow out resulting in a score line which in no way reflected how close this game was. Gabriel Muldong led the way with a perfect start after getting off base with a great strike and around for the first run thanks to a powerful hit behind second from Luke Howieson. Josh Barclay backed this up beautifully with a hit beyond first and these two were brought home by a Steve Walther screamer into the back field off the tee to give Carlo a three run start in the first innings. Kellyville could only get Patrick Kennedy home in response as Steve


Walther and Abbie Carcevic combined impressively as a unit to dominate from the mound and catcher to strike out two and catch the third to end the first innings 3-1 up. The Second innings passed quickly as both batting sides failed to trouble the scorers after some great fielding and pitching from both teams (although the pitchers continued to trouble the umpire with two hits!). Only Kieren Prior and Owen Edgar-Hughes provided any resistance from either batting line up and both were desperately unlucky to see powerful shots connect well, disappear deep into left field only for them to land over the foul line. The pattern continued into the third with Kellyville scoring the only run of the inning after Cooper Gravina launched a shot into the back field which also gave us arguably the game’s best fielding moment. After a great effort Gabriel Muldong was really unlucky not to hold onto the catch before snapping a return to first where Samuel Leak took a sharp catch only for the Kellyville batter to be ruled safe in a very marginal call. This handed the momentum to Kellyville into the fourth and final inning with Carlo ahead only 3-2. Mitchell Clarke tried to lead the way home with the bat with a brilliant hit deep into the back field that was unfortunately matched by an equally brilliant catch and the Carlo inning ended scoreless. This bought an energised Kellyville into bat for the final time and despite great work from the changed combination of Joshua Barclay at Pitcher and Rex Urquhart at catcher a tiring Carlo

were unable to prevent Kellyville adding six more runs to end the game with a final scoreline that flattered the eventual winners. 13U Jeff Catt Intermediate West Baulko/Carlo v Castle Hill Cavaliers Result: Draw 15-15 Down to 9 players with a few missing, saw us up against Castle Hill today getting our first "point" on the board this season, the win was there for the taking, but not to be on this occasion. We got 10 runs in the top of the 4th with Castle Hill replying with 9 runs to draw the game. Highlights: Every player got on base, with Ryan & Kobe getting 2 hits each. Awesome pitching by Kobe today, striking out 3 A great catch by Jackson in the outfield at the end of the game and getting the ball to Dom on 3rd for the double (which saved us from losing the game) 14U Peter Street League Carlingford vs Quakers Hill Result: Loss 6-8 Player of the game was Josh with his batting and relief pitching. Today we played against 4th place Quakers Hill Pirates in the early game. The vibe was good and warm ups were completed with a lot more intention. It was a game to win!


We fielded first and got off to a reasonable start. Our ground ball fielding has improved but we couldn't quite convert a couple of plays to get off to a really good start and conceded 4 runs. Our turn to bat and with Kieran on base, up stepped Josh to hit a triple to get Kieran home. Josh got stranded on 3rd and we were 4-1 down after 1 innings. The second innings was a much improved in-fielding for a couple of outs at first. They got a couple of late runs to make it 6. Our second innings was a bit stop start with Darcy getting round to 3rd on some steals before Will got her home with a well-placed hit to second base. Down 6-2 after 2 innings. Up stepped Josh to relief pitch for Jason and the heat was sizzling out of his arm. Connor was catching really well and we only conceded another 2 runs to make it 8-2 with our turn to bat. The tide started turning our way and soon we had loaded bases. We got 1 out trying to steal home on an overthrow from a catch. With 2 out we got the next 4 home to make things interesting. We loaded up more bases and we took one chance to steal home but alas it wasn't to be. We went down 8-6 to 4th place and walked away wondering what could have been. Nevertheless they played well and keep

improving to show we can compete with the higher teams. 14U Graham Hay League Baulko/Carlingford Cardinals vs Rouse Hill Result: Loss 5-11

We were right in this game and were ahead 1-0 after two innings. However what is becoming a concerning trend, we let the game slip in one innings. We had Rouse Hill at 1-1; two down in the third innings and let them pile on six runs, mainly due to simple errors in the infield. In div one baseball, you have to be clean and focused and execute the simple plays, or else your opponent will take advantage and the game will quickly get away from you. We have to get better at closing out innings. That said, we rallied in the last innings to score four with a home run to Harry and singles to Eve and Harrington. Just think, if we had closed out that third innings, we would have been right in the game. Other highlights included a triple to Bailey in the first and triple to Eve to go with her single. .

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