All good things come to an end (and then start again in 6 months!!!)

Hi folks

Well, as the Starks say, winter is coming, and that means the end of another wonderful season of T ball.  Firstly, here are some housekeeping matters:

Baseball Pants

Please return your childs baseball pants either tomorrow night at training to your coach, or at the game on Saturday.  For the final game the players will be able to wear track pants by preference, or shorts.  

If you cannot return them at either opportunity, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE get them to me at the prizegiving on Sunday.  These pants are in relatively short supply (as some of you well know) and we need to make sure we have them all back ready to give out to a new season of T ballers next summer.  

If you have any problems getting the pants back at one of these opportunities, please contact me via thie comments or email.

Remember, the shirts and caps are yours to keep so the players can all show off to their mates until they join up next season.

Prizegiving

For those that haven't heard, prizegiving has been shifted to 11am to accomodate both our Premier teams playing each other in the Auckland Baseball final at 1pm.  The prizegiving is being held at the Pakuranga Rugby Club clubrooms (they're the rooms across the rugby fields behind the baseball diamond).

Premier Baseball Final

As noted, the HP Hawks two Premier Men's teams, the Blackhawks and the Redhawks have made it through to the Premier Club finals, to be held on the No.1 diamond at Lloyd Elsmore Park.  Please take the opportunity to wander over after the prizegiving and give your budding superstars a chance to see the best baseball players in our Club (and in the country) warm up and display their skills.

Thank you!!!!

Finally, a big thank you to absolutely everyone involved with the T ball season this year. The coaches, for their tremendous hard work and patience, and for helping get our kids out on the diamond each week getting better and better.  Thank you too to all of you parents that dedicate yourselves to getting up early on a Saturday morning to allow your children to learn and engage of the great game of baseball.  And thank you to all the hard work of the unseen volunteers running the Club and allowing us to do what we do.  

Particular thanks to the tuck shop ladies, to Mike Long, our gear man, and to Darryl Fairclough, our head groundsman.  These folks put hours and hours into allowing us to play our game, so if you see them on Saturday or Sunday, please take a moment to really thank them for all their time and hard work.

Tell your friends, neighbours, cousins and school mates, T ball is AWESOME!  Lets make our T ball program bigger than Ben Hur.  Spread the word and lets keep growing our great Club and great game.

Best regards and see you this weekend and next season!


Paul Wansbone