Bracknell Baseball Club

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Upcoming Events and News

SUMMER CAMP

Monday 4th to Friday 8th August

Bracknell Baseball Club is delighted to have secured the services of Brian McCarthy as Head Coach of the Bracknell Summer Camp. 

Coach McCarthy is Head Coach of Como Park High School, Minnesota.

He will be an assistant coach to the GB Junior Squad at the Junior European Championships Qualifier in Sweden at the end of July. 

The camp will run from 11am to 4pm each day.  cost for all five days is £50, siblings will receive a discount. 

Daily attendance will be charged at £12. 

Further details available here.  Please e-mail info@bracknellbaseballclub.co.uk if you wish to reserve a place.

SUMMER CAMP

Monday 4th August to

Friday 8th August

Our Club Quiz Night went well on Saturday 19th July.  This special report from Club President Mark Salter:

I thought the evening went pretty well, considering the circumstances.  Both Youth teams were playing away, the Tornadoes at Brentwood(!), so causing some late arrivals including MC Paul Vernon, adjudicator Michelle Vernon and, most importantly the barman, Jon Haywood, and, therefore, a late start.  However, yours truly arrived to open the doors, courtesy of 9^th Bracknell Scouts, and with some help from early arrivals, put out the tables and chairs for all.  Once the Drink, snacks, and questions were in place, the evening went along swimmingly, with no controversies, except for Paul’s taste in Jokes and Celebrities!

I was very please with our turn-out, which numbered around 40 all told.  No report from treasurer Jon of how much we made, but it all counts and so thank you to everyone who contributed, either through quiz entrance fees, or across the ‘bar’. Represented on the evening were Blazers II, Tornadoes, Broncos and Coach-pitch.  I know it pales beside going to watch an Eddie Murphy blockbuster (does anyone remember the last one by the way?) but beats Casualty any day!

Special thanks to Paul for being MC for the evening, Michelle for adjudicating (thank heavens for spell-check), Andy for arranging the PA, and Jon behind the bar.

Leaders from round one to the end were "Miley's Quiz Night Ninjas" who walked away with the first prize of ... nothing!  Seriously, some choccies will find their way to the winners if team captain Miles doesn't eat them all first.  Close 2nd were "The Five C's" and closer 3rd "Old Enough to Know Better II".  4th were "Burnwell", 5th "Broncos", 6th "The Fan-Tangoes" and the Wooden Spoon went to "Our Mum Made Us Do This".

Well Done Quiz Winners

"Miley's Quiz Night Ninjas"

COACHPITCH  Friday 18th July was scheduled to be the last coach-pitch session BUT we will continue Friday Coach-Pitch sessions for an extra three weeks UNTIL 8TH AUGUST.  There will NOT be a Saturday coach-pitch tournament due to the limited numbers.

COACH-PITCH

Fridays; 6.00pm to 7.15pm

WILL NOW RUN UNTIL 8th AUGUST

BRONCO TEAM BEATS PONY TEAM SHOCK ... The Broncos challenged the Ponies to a game of wiffle-ball on Tuesday evening (15th) at the end of practise and proceeded to systematically disassemble the squad of ex-National champions.  Amidst some highly controversial (but correct, obviously) umpiring calls by Coach Vernon the Broncos played solid baseball and emerged 4-3 winners without needing to bat in the bottom of the last inning.  The Pony team promised to gain their revenge in the next wiffle-ball meeting.

BRONCOS BEAT PONIES

TEEBALL finished on Friday 11th with about sixteen hardy souls braving the weather, which in fact cleared quite nicely for the hour.  Britney was the hit of the evening, smashing a Grand Slam Home Run and a double, taking a brilliant catch at 2nd base and using her head to keep the ball in front of her ... literally!  Well done everyone.

The end-of-season TEEBALL JAMBOREE on Saturday 19th July went well.  About a dozen teeballers played and were then joined by some parents at which point the players focus increased dramatically!

TEEBALL

Fridays are now finished

LAST WEEK and THIS WEEK  -----  Results / future fixtures downloadable HERE

Match Reports in

Bracknell Times and Standard

BLAZERS (2-12)

BBF team page

29th June - at Croydon, L 3-7, W 9-4

Sunday 27th July - v Croydon

More details from Rob

BLAZERS II (4-4)

Game Reports    BBF team page

20th July - at Herts Raptors, W 15-13

Sunday 27th July - Old Timers (H)

More details from Mark

PONY (6-4)

Game Reports    BBF team page

19th July - at Brentwood, L11-12, W 23-19

26th July - Burgess Hill (at Brighton)

Meet at Brighton at 10.30

or Westmorland at 9.00

BRONCO (4-6)

Game Reports    BBF team page

19th June - at Windsor, W 18-1, L 16-19

Saturday 26th July - to be confirmed

Check with 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.

Great Britain Squad News ... After participating in the second placed finish at the Cadet European Championships Qualifier in Turkey, Bracknell's Connor Vernon, Damian Van Niekerk, Zack Chambers, Jordan Edmonds and Andrew Kiddie, and Cailean Madden, who will play for the Tornadoes for the rest of the season, played with the Great Britain Cadet Squad at the London Tournament at the weekend. 

Bracknell's Mike Trask, Max Flasjner, Gordon Shephard and Jamie Ford finished runners-up in the tournament with the GB Juniors ahead of their trip to the Junior European Championships Qualifier in Eskilstuna, Sweden at the end of July.  Ed Wilmott and Matt Bray will also travel.

London Tournament

12th and 13th July

Roundshaw Playing Fields

Croydon

Coach Education Course

Bracknell's Coach Education Course has been completed as all candidates aged 16 and over faced an assessment on 26th June.  No-one failed the assessment although there may have been some referrals.  Candidates will be granted either a Level 1 Assistant Coach Award or a Foundation Award.

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)

TEAM IRELAND, a squad of Pony aged players from the Emerald Isle, visited England, playing two games against Bracknell on Saturday 21st.

Bracknell Pony v Team Ireland

Saturday 21st June

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.

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.

BSUK Ball Camp -  BSUK held two free camps at Westmorland Park over the Half Term holiday on Tuesday 27th and on Wednesday 28th May. 

BSUK Ball Camps

Tues 27th May, 10am - 1pm

Weds 28th May, 10am - 1pm

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.

Midweek practises to begin ...

Bronco and Pony - Tuesday 1st April - 6pm

Pony and Adult - Thursday 3rd April - 6pm

Bronco - Friday 4th April - 6pm

Final Four Movie CDs (playable on a PC) are still available for £2 each.  Please e-mail info@bracknellbaseballclub.co.uk

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.

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.

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.

Vernon Award Winners 2007 :