The Wales B team has been named for the trip to Liverpool to face England B on July 24: T Lawton (St Peter's, capt), J Sargeant (Grange Catholics), M Lucas (Grange Albion), P Brind (St Albans), L Lewis (St Michaels), A Johnson (St Albans), R Noise (Gower), J Collins (Grange Catholics), M Dando (Ely Social, backstop), J Dunleavy (St Peter's), A Cacchia (St Albans), J Cross (Grange Albion).
2010 international - a win for Wales
Wales beat England by 10 men holding in the annual clash, held at Tredegar Park, Newport on July 3. See Mark Jones' report from Wales on Sunday here Special feature on the game by Tim Lewis in the South Wales Echo here
2010 International - Wales team
Experienced all-rounder Mark Johnson from the St Albans (Tremorfa,
Cardiff) club has been named captain of the Wales team for Saturday.
Full team: Greg Lyons (St Michaels), Tony Miles (Grange Catholics), Gary
Fish (St Albans), David Pugh (Ely Social), Nathan Alderman (Grange
Albion), Mark Johnson (St Albans; capt), Keiron Locke (Ely Social),
Steven Hubbard (St Albans; backstop), Ryan Thomas (St Michaels), Mike
Sullivan (Grange Catholics), Ross Perrett (St Michaels).
Manager: Peter Duffin. Start time 2pm at Tredegar Park, Newport - July 3rd 2010 U12 representative game starts at noon
2010 fixtures
The full 2010 fixtures for the Premier Division and First Division are available to download here.
2010 international dates announced
The showcase event of the year, the A international, will take place in Newport on Saturday July 3rd - venue Tredegar Park. The B international will be in Liverpool on Saturday July 24th, with the youth internationals (U16 and U14) next day, July 25th.
Player of the year awards
WBU player of the year of 2009: Michael Sullivan from Grange
Catholics
WBU most promising player of 2009: Tom O'Brien from St Peters
Under 12 player of the year: Luke Fish from St Albans
Under 14 player of the year: Bradley Mais from Fairwater
Under 16 player of the year: Ashley Park from Grange Boys Club
League champions Grange Albion are the Premier Division champions for 2009, while St Peter's are champions of Division One. See the division pages for final league tables.
Albion beat Catholics
In another
nail-biting encounter between local rivals Grange Albion and Grange Catholics on Sunday August 16, the Albion came out on top to win the Ted Peterson Cup in front of a sizeable
crowd at Sevenoaks Park. This victory gave Grange Albion the Ted Peterson Cup for the first time
in 35 years. It also meant that the Albion did the double this season having
retained the league title (the famous Dewar Shield).
Welsh baseball in the news
Welsh baseball has recently been featured in some Britain's most prestigious media outlets, including the letters section of The Times and on Radio 4's flagship Today programme (August 13).
Catholics beat Albion Grange Catholics beat Grange Albion to win a thrilling WBU Bill Barrett Cup final at Sevenoaks Park on Sunday August 9. Catholics' teenage batsman Ashley Parkes was named man of the match.
England v Wales
Wales beat England by 23 runs in Liverpool on July 18 to retain the Gladstone Rose Bowl. Batting first, Wales scored 60 (Mark Johnson 13), before dismissing England for 38 (Robin Kennedy 11). In their second innings, Wales got 61 (Nathan Taylor 15 and Michael Sullivan 10), setting England a target of 84 to win. But England were all out for 61, leaving Wales the winners.
Wales B v England B
The 2009 B international will be held at Trelai Park, Ely, Cardiff, on 25 July at 2pm. Download your match poster here.
Wales star features in national magazine
May 2009 - Matthew Hopkins is interviewed and profiled in the latest issue of Sporting Wales magazine. Read the story online here.
Welsh baseball profiled on BaseballGB site
12 January 2009 - The website BaseballGB.co.uk has run a superb feature on Welsh baseball and this website. Read what they have to say about the sport and the site by following the link.
Welsh baseball featured in prestigious US annual
A feature on British baseball has been published in the 2008 edition of The National Pastime, a prestigious annual produced by the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).
A new book, Cardiff Sporting Greats, features some of the all-time stars of Welsh baseball. Further information on the Books page.
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