T Ball restarts Sat 7th Feb!

Hey T Ball fans! 

Just an FYI that T Ball will recommence on Saturday 7th February. 

As Friday 6th is Waitangi Day, there will be no practice that day to leave you all free to celebrate this great country of ours.  :)

Take care all and see you soon!

Oceania Baseball U18 Champs

Hi folks

A reminder that this Friday through to Monday you can get to watch top quality baseball as the NZ U18 team take on their Aussie and Guam equivalents in a battle to qualify for the IBAF World U18 Champs later this year in Japan.  The game schedule can be found here.

For those that can't make the game, Sky Sport are covering both games of the NZ double header on Saturday on SS2 at 11:30am and 3:30pm.

A great excuse to break out the hotdogs and popcorn (or toasted sandwiches and piklets) and catch a bunch of our HP Hawks boys representing the silver fern with pride!

Baseball kicking into high gear!

Hey folks.

Happy new year everyone!  Wow, some awesome weather out there to kick off the new year.

While T ball and junior baseball are both still a couple of weeks away, there is a bunch of stuff coming up in the next few weeks for our budding superstars (for full details see www.baseballnewzealand.com ):

We have the MLB Playing with the Pros roadshow hitting Lloyd Elsmore on 19th January It is a great chance to get the kids some fantastic advice and help them advance their game further.

NZ U18s have a qualifying tournament vs Aussie and Guam (23 - 26th Jan, McCleod Park, Te Atatu) to qualify for the IBAF World Championship in Japan in August.  It was watching the U15s in the same qualifying tournament a few years ago that got me hooked on baseball.  I can't wait to get out there and watch our own home grown HP players representing NZ at this high standard of baseball!

Finally, Manager of the Milwauke Brewers, Ron Roenicke, will be holding a FREE!!! clinic at our very own Lloyd Elsmore Park on 30 January.  Register through the Baseball NZ website.

A final reminder, T ball will start up again on the 7th February. I look forward to seeing you all then.

Take care!
Paul.