Bracknell Baseball Club
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| To e-mail for information put the name of the team in front of @bracknellbaseballclub.co.uk, ie pony@... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Upcoming Events and News |
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TEEBALL began for players in years 3 and 4 on Friday April 25th. Around 25 players have been attending regularly and are being split into three teams. This is a great way to be introduced to our sport. Further details can be downloaded (Word document) here. Our club registration form can be found here. Our Codes of Conduct for Parents and Players are also now on the web-site. Either e-mail teeball@bracknellbaseballclub.co.uk or fill in the form and bring it with your payment on Friday at 6.15 pm; there's room for plenty more! |
TEEBALL Fridays - 6.15 to 7.30pm |
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COACH-PITCH continues on Thursday evenings. Coach Stan from BSUK has been giving the players invaluable coaching tips and the players are having a great time. Coach Pitch is an ideal way of making the transition between teeball and full blown baseball or softball. Further information can be downloaded (Word document) here. Our club registration form can be found here. Our Codes of Conduct for Parents and Players are also now on the web-site. Either e-mail coachpitch@bracknellbaseballclub.co.uk or fill in the form and bring it with your payment to your first session. |
COACH-PITCH Thursdays - 6.15 to 7.30pm |
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LAST WEEK / THIS WEEK - All results and future fixtures downloadable HERE. |
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BLAZERS (1-5) Sunday 11th May - NO GAME Sunday 18th May - at Richmond More details from Rob |
ADULT 2 (2-0) Sunday 11th May - NO GAME
Sunday 18th May - at Croydon More details from Mark |
PONY (1-1) 10th May - at London, W 9-7, L 10-12
Saturday 17th May - v Burgess Hill at Waterhall Rd, Brighton, BN1 8YR Meet at 10.45, or Westmorland, 9.15 Let Paul know your availability asap |
BRONCO (1-1) 10th May- B'wood-W 17-10, St'lers-L 4-7
Saturday 17th May @ Brentwood Brentwood (3), Stealers (1) More info from Coach Andy |
It is really important that you notify your Head Coach as early as possible about your availability for games. If you want to play baseball you need to play baseball, regularly; it's that simple. Please put the games into your diary (or whatever you use) and let Head Coaches know as early as you can if you can't play. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Coach Education Course ... Bracknell will host a Foundation / Level 1 Coaching Course during June. The content will be delivered during three-hour sessions on three consecutive Monday evenings; 2nd, 9th and 16th June, and any evaluation of Level 1 candidates will be held during the following week. Please arrive promptly at 6.00pm for a 6.15pm start to each session. Candidates will be granted either a Level 1 Assistant Coach Award or a Foundation Award. The Level 1 Award is given to candidates who pass an evaluation; this award is only made to persons aged 16 or over. The Foundation Award is made to those who satisfy attendance criteria and can be given to persons aged 14 or over. BSUK's only charge for the course per candidate will be a £10 administration fee. A Level 2 Baseball Coach Award is planned for later in the year. Further details of BSUKs Coach Education Programme, including the syllabus for the course that will be conducted, can be found at ... http://www.britishbaseball.org/downloads/CoachEducationProgramme_2008.pdf Interested candidates should, in the first instance, e-mail info@bracknellbaseballclub.co.uk |
Coach Education Course 2nd, 9th, 16th June Evaluation w/c 23rd June (for Level 1) 6.00pm for 6.15pm start |
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Great Britain Junior Squad News ... Bracknell's Matthew Bray and Mike Trask have been selected to play on the Great Britain Junior Squad which will play in the Junior European Championships Qualifier in Eskilstuna, Sweden during July. |
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Great Britain Cadet Squad News ... Bracknell's Connor Vernon, Damian Van Niekerk, Zack Chambers, Jordan Edmonds and Andrew Kiddie have been selected to play with the Great Britain Cadet Squad which will play in the Cadet European Championships Qualifier in Side, Antalya, Turkey Prague at the end of June. Pony coach Paul Vernon has been asked to assist with coaching the squad. |
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Easter Youth Camp 28 boys and girls aged 7-12 attended the Easter Camp between Wednesday 9th and Friday 11th this week. BaseballSoftballUK Coaches-in-Residence Stan Doney and Liam Carroll were joined on all three days by Pony players Joe Jones and Adam Huxley and, taking a day off work each, by Bracknell coaches Rob Rance, Mark Salter and Paul Vernon, and Pony players Connor Vernon and Andrew Kennewell. The young players all received an attendance certificate after a strenuous and competitive three days of drills and games. The club would like to express its thanks to all the coaches in attendance, especially Liam and Stan, of BaseballSoftballUK, and Joe and Adam, who were brilliant with the children, as well as the mums, dads, nans and other family who brought the children each day. For more pictures click here. |
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| Taster sessions ... were run by Paul Vernon, Andy Rose and Jean Remillard at Whitegrove and Warfield CofE Primary Schools on 27th March and 1st April. The sessions reminded 90 year 4 children about and introduced 90 year 3 children to teeball and also reminded 240 year 5/6 children about the club's activities, including the new coach-pitch programme and the Easter Camp. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Midweek practises to begin ... Bronco and Pony - Tuesday 1st April - 6pm Pony and Adult - Thursday 3rd April - 6pm Bronco - Friday 4th April - 6pm |
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Final Four Movie CDs (playable on a PC) are still available for £2 each. Please e-mail info@bracknellbaseballclub.co.uk |
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British Academy Junior Squad News ... Michael Trask, Max Flajsner and Matt Bray, young players on Bracknell's National League Blazers team are in Arizona at the moment with the British Baseball Academy Junior Squad as part of the selection process for the Great Britain European Championship Qualifier Squad. Head Coach Liam Carroll, who was a Bracknell youth and adult player in the late 1990s and early 2000's, will be making his final selection for the Qualifier squad on his return from Arizona. Click here and here for articles on the British Baseball Federation web-site. |
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British Academy Cadet Squad News ... Connor Vernon, Adam Huxley and Damian Van Niekerk, of Bracknell's Pony and Adult 2nd squads, have been selected to play on a British Academy Cadet Squad playing in the European Qualifier for the PONY Colt World Series in Prague at the end of April. The tournament is acting as a warm-up for the Cadet European Qualifier which will take place in Turkey at the end of June. The Colt tournament web-site, which will include play-by-play coverage, can be found by clicking here. |
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Eight players, several of them new, attended our Adult Come-and-Try-It session on Sunday 9th March. Anyone who is interested in playing but couldn't make the session can still contact us on info@bracknellbaseballclub.co.uk. Midweek practise sessions begin on Thursday 3rd April at 6pm. For address, maps and directions click here. |
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| A successful Presentation Evening was attended by about 30 people on Saturday evening, 12th January ... more |
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Vernon Award Winners 2007 :
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