While everyone at Baseball Queensland was saddened to learn of the resignation of our Game Development Manager, Connar O’Gorman; we understand that career transitions are a natural part of professional growth.

In Connar’s short time with Baseball Queensland, he has made significant contributions to the ongoing development of baseball in Queensland. As a valued member of the BQ team Connar has delivered the first effective recruitment program in North Queensland since the COVID pandemic, explored opportunities to deliver Baseball 5 more broadly and taken a lead role in the administration of Little League in Queensland.

As Connar prepares to embark on a new career journey, we say thank you to Connar and wish him all the best for his future endeavours as we are sure he will continue to achieve great things.

With the role of Game Development Manager soon to be vacant, Baseball Queensland are seeking applicants for the role. You can view the advertisement on Seek by clicking the button below.   Applications will close midday 14 March 2023.

#BaseballQWW23

To celebrate Queensland’s Women’s Week (5-12th March) – we invite all clubs and regions to join us in celebrating these outstanding individuals or women’s teams.

Share a photo of them in action, showcasing what they do best. Please tag #BaseballQWW23 so we can re-share your posts.

We have created a BaseballQWW23 Social Post Cheat Sheet to help clubs/regions to create social media posts in preparation for Queensland Women’s Week 2023 starting this Sunday.  We encourage at least one social media post on Wednesday, 8th March to celebrate International Women’s Day 2023.

Download the BaseballQWW23 Social Post Cheat Sheet HERE

Empower her Voice

The theme for Queensland Women’s Week 2023 is Empower her voice; secure her future. The theme builds on the momentum achieved through last year’s theme which called on women and girls to tell their stories as we strive for change. All of us now have a role to play in empowering those voices as we work together as a community to achieve gender equality.

The theme is a celebration of women and girls who have stood up to be heard and acknowledges the fundamental right of every woman and girl to equally participate and be safe in all areas of our society including education, the economy and workforce, politics and, importantly, at home.

Official Website: https://www.qld.gov.au/community/women/events/queensland-womens-week

Download artwork: https://www.publications.qld.gov.au/dataset/womens-week

it brings great pride to baseball queensland that four Queenslanders, Blake Barlow, Jake Calver, Zane Overlack and Tyler Sakzewski have been named in the 2023 U18 National Junior Squad for Team Australia.

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Baseball Australia has today selected a squad of 28 players for the National Junior Squad from the Australian Youth Championships in January. The selection of the squad marks the second milestone in Team Australia’s campaign for the 2023 Under 18 World Cup.

The National Junior Squad will commence their World Cup preparation at the conclusion of the summer season, which will culminate in a selection camp to be held in August. Complementing the named squad will be a shadow squad of players that will continue to prepare across the winter. Based on the development of the shadow squad players, there will be additional invitations for the selection camp throughout the year.

Performance Pathway lead, Michael Crooks outlined the plans moving forward. “We learnt a lot of very good lessons over the course of the 2022 Under 18 World Cup campaign, and we are putting those lessons into action with this year’s group. Specifically, being able to return to the normal timing of the AYC’s has given us great intel on our players across the country coming off an extremely competitive event. Being able to now focus on the physiological and technical development of the players over a longer uninterrupted timeline this winter will put our players in the best possible position to maximise the winter development window not just for this year, but their entire careers.”

Crooks highlighted the focus on the shadow squad members equally. “We have chosen a National Junior Squad off the AYC’s, and those selected should be very proud, however we are continually looking forward. We know that there are players within the shadow squad who have a lot of potential. We want to see tremendous dedication from members in both squads across the winter program to ensure our final selection is as difficult as possible come August.”

The WBSC U18 World Cup is to be held in Chinese Taipei September 1^st to 10^th 2023.’

The Queensland Masters Tournament will be hosted by Surfers Paradise Baseball Club and will take place from April 22nd to April 24th, 2023.