The Kiwi kid that played in the Little League World Series for the Pennsylvania team representing the US vs Tokyo, Japan representing the World gets a write up in the NZ Herald here.
Well done Chayton!
Baseball NZ send under 13 teams overseas every year. For our young Kiwi Ball players, they can aspire to make these representative teams in just a few years time. And if they don't quite make the grade, they get to play ball at the greatest baseball club in the country - so it's win : win!
Thursday, 3 September 2015
Wednesday, 26 August 2015
Little League World Series!
I hope you've been lucky enough to catch some of the Little League action on ESPN over the last couple of weeks!
For a touch of NZ flavour, Kiwi player Chayton Krauss plays for the contending Mid Atlantic representative from Pennsylvania. He and his team have been on fire, and it's been great to see his Dad flying the Silver Fern in the stands!
If you get a chance, check it out! Chayton's team plays a big game at 12pm this afternoon NZ time vs Texas. The big boys are on straight after with the Chicago Cubs vs San Francisco Giants.
UPDATE:
Pennsylvania (Mid Atlantic) won a nail biter in their double elimination game vs Texas (South West), and will play in the US Championship final tomorrow, again facing off against Texas. The winner will go on to face the winner of the International Championship in what looks like being a belter between Tokyo, Japan and the power of Baja California, Mexico.
For games, updates and details, here's a link to the Little League World Series schedule.. All games are being broadcast live on ESPN, Sky channel 60.
Wednesday, 25 March 2015
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
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
Thursday, 5 March 2015
Training to go ahead tonight except for Dodgers/Pirates 6 March 2015
Hi folks
It's not the finest weather of the summer, but hopefully the rain will hold off enough that we can have a bit of a run around for the teams tonight.
Dan has advised that he's pulled the pin on the Dodgers and Pirates training tonight and will see you folks tomorrow.
Take care all.
Paul
It's not the finest weather of the summer, but hopefully the rain will hold off enough that we can have a bit of a run around for the teams tonight.
Dan has advised that he's pulled the pin on the Dodgers and Pirates training tonight and will see you folks tomorrow.
Take care all.
Paul
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
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!
Monday, 19 January 2015
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!
Tuesday, 6 January 2015
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.
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