With the recent rainfall and weather events occurring in our state’s north, the Baseball Queensland Board of Management and myself wish to offer our combined support for those enduring this difficult time. We know North Queensland people are strong and will endure, yet in the moment, we acknowledge how difficult this is.
To all the members of our Baseball community, their families, and the people of North Queensland, stay safe, stay strong, stay Queensland strong.
Paul Gonzalez
CEO
Baseball Queensland
Round 13 of Get Started Vouchers opens 8:00am on Wednesday 6 February 2019.
The program provides eligible Queensland children and young people aged 5 to 17 (inclusive) who can least afford to join a sport or recreation club with a voucher valued up to $150 for membership and/or registration fees. Round 13 will close when all available vouchers are issued. If the voucher allocation is not reached, the round will close on 10 April 2019.
Over 4300 clubs have registered for the program. Clubs can apply for registration for Get Started Vouchers at any time. Registration is valid for the entire program period so there is no need to register for each round.
Check out some of our great videos on the Get Started Vouchers program. These are available via our website:
- Our How to apply video assist families with information on child eligibility and applying for a voucher
- Our Clubs video provides information on club eligibility and redeeming vouchers.
- Our video on how referral agents can help families with applying for a voucher.
For more information on:
There are a range of promotional materials available for Get Started Vouchers clubs to promote their involvement in the program:
· A4 promotional poster
· fact sheet for parents
· content for newsletters/social media- pdf format.
More information about the program is available at www.qld.gov.au/recreation/sports/funding/getinthegame/getstarted.
You are encouraged to promote the voucher release date to your affiliated clubs.
Should you have any questions, please email getstarted@npsr.qld.gov.au.
Baseball Queensland would like to congratulate U18 players Alex Skepton, Liam MacDonald and Brandan Bidois along with Queensland U18s Head Coach Gareth Jones on their U18 Australian selection.
Australia will take on the best Oceania has to offer this week in hope of qualifying for the 2019 U18 World Cup.
The Australians squad will travel to Guam to compete in the Oceania Qualifier, with the winning team earning their place at the U18 World Cup in Gijang, South Korea.
The Australian squad will face Guam, American Samoa, New Zealand and Palau across the next six days at the Paseo Stadium in Agana, Guam.
AUSTRALIA’S U18 OCEANIA QUALIFIER SCHEDULE:
23 January
3 pm American Samoa vs. Australia
24 January
7 pm Australia vs. Guam
25 January
11 am Australia vs. New Zealand
3 pm Palau vs. Australia
26 January-semifinals
1 pm No 1 seed-No 2 seed (a)
6 pm No 3 seed-No 4 seed (b)
27 January-medal games
12 pm loser (a)-winner (b)-bronze medal game (c)
5 pm winner (a)-winner (c)-championship game
(all times local – UTC +10)
U18 OCEANIA QUALIFIER SQUAD:
Travis Bazzana (NSW)
Brandan Bidois (QLD)
Chris Burke (VIC)
Liam Evans (VIC)
Blake Farr (SA)
Jack Lee (NSW)
Liam MacDonald (QLD)
Liam McCallum (NSW)
Conor Myles (VIC)
Cayden Nicoletto (WA)
Jaylin Rae (NSW)
Nicholas Riley (WA)
Caleb Shepherd (NSW)
William Sherriff (WA)
Alex Skepton (QLD)
Aidan Torpey (NSW)
Blake Townsend (VIC)
Tristan Watts (NSW)
Steve Fish – Head Coach
Scott Mitchinson – Pitching Coach
Gareth Jones – Assistant Coach
Shaun Smith – Assistant Coach
Neil Barrowcliff – Executive Officer
9 Queensland players have been selected for the Team Australia squad selected to undertake a four-day camp in Canberra next month.
Lead by Team Australia Manager David Nilsson, the squad will undergo in-depth testing based at the Australian Institute of Sport from February 7-10.
Queenslanders make up over 25% of those selected for the squad featuring 9 out of 35 players selected. We want to congratulate the players below for being selected for the squad.
Ryan Battaglia
Andrew Campbell
Wade Dutton
Sam Holland
Mitch Nilsson
Ryan Searle
David Sutherland
Logan Wade
Aaron Whitefield
The camp will serve as the first opportunity for Premier12 preparation, baseball’s flagship international tournament.
“This camp will give us an invaluable opportunity to pass on as much information as we can about the Premier12 and the national team program as a whole,” David Nilsson said.
FULL SQUAD
Team Australia will have its first chance at qualifying for Tokyo Olympic Games at this year’s Premier12, as Australia must finish above Chinese Taipei and South Korea to book a place to Tokyo2020.
We will be keeping a close eye on our Queenslanders as they prepare for the tournament.
On behalf of the CEO of Baseball Queensland Paul Gonzalez and the entire board, we would like to wish everyone involved with the U16 and U18 teams best of luck in the upcoming 2019 Australian Youth Championships.
We would like to thank all the coaches for their hard work. U16 team manager David Badke, along with coaches Dan Wilson and Scott McClelland and EO Keith Land and the U18 staff consisting of manager Gareth Jones and coaches Ken McDonald and Scott Porter and EO Karina Connors have all put in great effort and will continue to help get the best out of the boys.
However, it’s not just the coaches who give their time and effort, we would also like to thank all the support staff, from the scorekeepers to the umpires, who do all they can to help our boys be the best they can be.
Last but not least, we would like to thank all the parents who have taken their time to drive the kids all over for training and games, and support them in many ways. We are grateful for all that you have done and will continue to do.
It has the makings of a great tournament, and the U16 and U18 teams are primed to represent Queensland proudly.
CEO
Paul Gonzalez
Building a better future for baseball.
