A memorial baseball match will be held at Rumney RFC, Cardiff on Saturday 27 August at 3pm, in memory of Terry Gunstone.
Please support this worthy cause.
If you played with or against Terry, please contact Martyn Collins on 07815 800575.
Grange Albion win treble
Congratulations to Grange Albion who beat Grange Catholics to win the Ted Peterson Cup at the weekend.
The previous week they beat the same team to win the Bill Barrett Cup, having already lifted the Dewar Shield as league champions.
Cup Final dates and venues
Bill Barrett Cup Final: Grange Albion vs Grange Catholics
Whiteheads Sports Ground, Newport - Sunday 7th August 2pm
Ted Peterson Cup Final: Grange Albion vs Grange Catholics
Rumney RFC, Cardiff - Sunday 14th August 2pm
Silver Bowl Cup Final: Rumney RFC vs Tremorfa B
Tremorfa Park, Cardiff - Sunday 14th August 2pm
Wales B v England B
Congratulations to Wales B who beat England B by an innings, and to the U12 and U14 teams who also beat their English counterparts at the weekend.
Wales teams for Youth International’s vs England
To be played at St Albans Social Club, Tremorfa on
24th July 11am.
Under
12’s
CONNOR NAGLE ST
PETERS RFC
LUKE THOMAS ELY /
CAERAU
RHYS DAVIES
ELY / CAERAU
LEWIS
HILL RUMNEY RFC
JAKE HURLEY
RUMNEY RFC
RHYS KAVANAGH ELY /
CAERAU
JAKE PUGH
ELY / CAERAU
JOSEPH SWAN (CAPT) PILL
HARRIERS
BEN TORJESEN ST
MICHAELS
BEN THOMAS ST
PETERS RFC
JOSH NOLAN ST
PETERS RFC
JOE ROWLANDS ELY /
CAERAU SUB
JAMES SKENE
RUMNEY RFC RESERVE
TEAM MANAGER DAVID
PUGH.
Under
14’s
JOE WARD
ST MICHAELS
CALLUM STOCKWELL ST
ALBANS
MILES CHURCHER ST
ALBANS
CALLUM JONES PILL
HARRIERS
WILL HAINES
ST ALBANS
BEN FREEMAN PILL
HARRIERS
PERRY SQUIRE
FAIRWATER
CHLOE SQUIRE
FAIRWATER
JOSH CUETO
ST MICHAELS
SAM BRINKWORTH ST
ALBANS
LUKE
FISH ST ALBANS
JOSH PAYNE
FAIRWATER SUB
TYLER KEEPING PILL
HARRIERS RESERVE
TEAM MANAGER LUKE
GIBSON.
Wales win in Liverpool
Wales beat England to retain the Gladstone Rose Bowl. Full report from South Wales Echo here.
Teams announced for England v Wales international
Teams for the international match at Edinburgh Park, Liverpool, July 9:
Wales team: 1 Nathan Alderman (Grange Albion), 2 Tony Miles (Grange Catholics), 3 Steven Ayres (Grange Albion), 4 Greg Lyons (St Michael's), 5 Michael Brandt (St Albans), 6 Mark Johnson (St Albans), 7 Steven Hubbard (St Albans), 8 David Pugh (Ely Social), 9 Keiron Locke (Ely Social), 10 Mike Sullivan (Grange Catholics), 11 Ross Perrett (St Michael's). Sub: John Dunleavy (St Peter's).
England team: 1 Robin Kennedy (Breckside), 2 Mark Bleasdale (Breckside), 3 Gary Hughes (Townsend), 4 Kevin Ball (Townsend), 5 Robbie Dowdall (All Saints), 6 Ian Ashcroft (Townsend), 7 Lee Hughes (Townsend), 8 Wayne Hughes (Townsend), 9 John McGinnes (Townsend), 10 Darren Gall (Breckside), 11 Steven Henney (Breckside). Sub: Michael Henney (Breckside).
Youth internationals 2011 U16 youth international match England v Wales in Liverpool 10th July.
U12 and U14 youth international matches Wales v England in Cardiff at
St Albans Sports and Social Club, Tremorfa Park on the 24th July.
Knock off 11am.
Player of the year awards 2010
WBU Player of the Year - Steven Hubbard (St Albans) Most Promising Player - Richard Noyes (Gower Sports) U16 Player - Lee Marshall (Llanrumney) U14 Player - Keiron Pecheco (Llanrumney) U12 Player - Jake Pugh (Ely Caerau)
Paul Sexton Trophy for Services to Baseball - Tony Parry (St Michaels)
Baseball forum Clubs, schools, youth centres and anyone interested in baseball, are invited to a special meeting at Rumney RFC, Cardiff, on November 17 at 6pm.
The meeting will provide information on the new Let's Play Baseball programme, launched in Cardiff and Newport this year, and help in the formation of a Baseball Forum.
Info from Laura Williams at Sport Cardiff sport.cardiff@cardiff.gov.uk
Diary dates Provisional 2011 internationals - England v Wales, July 9 in Liverpool Wales B v England B, July 23 in Cardiff
Grange win league title
Grange Albion defeated St Albans in an end-of-season shoot-out to lift the league champions' Dewar Shield for the third successive year. Premier Division Champions - Grange Albion First Division Champions - Gower Sports Cup winners
2010 cup final winners -
Bill Barrett Cup - St Peters beat St Albans Ted Peterson Cup - St Albans beat Grange Catholic Silver Bowl - Gower Sports beat St Michaels B
Clean sweep for Wales
Congratulations to the Wales teams at A, B, U16, U14 and U12 level, who all beat England this year. The juniors received a fantastic reception for their matches in England - all received caps, presented by snooker legend John Parrott.
Wales team named for B international
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
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).
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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