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Frank Caunce at Menwith Hill - 17th July

All players should have received a letter by hand or email from Jonathon about this day - if not please contact him!  Jonathon needs to know who wants to play and if they require transport on the coach by Thursday 8th July.  He also needs full details (name/address/nationality/birth details) of everyone planning to attend by Tuesday 13th July - if you do not complete this you will not be able to attend.  Adults will need Photo ID to enter the base, perferably a passport.

Outdoor training is on Thursdays at 6.30 pm and some Tuesday nights depending on availability of coaches. The first games were on Saturday 1 May - the game schedule & results are on the Teams page. We now are featured on the Clubbz website - have a look! 

Social/BBQ - 5th June

Over 80 members and friends attended and £153 was raised, to be split between GB player support, GB Uniform fund and Club funds.  Many thanks to everyone who helped and donated food and drink (including cakes made by players).  A special thank you to the "A Team" Jonathon & Heather, Karin Downe, Stuart & Louise Adams, Lyz Duclos and Mark Reynolds, for helping out on the night & Glen for organising.

Fundraising – Easter Duck Race

The annual duck race fundraiser took place in Cartmel village on Easter Sunday. It was well attended by big crowds of spectators in glorious sunshine!  We made £325 for club funds. Thanks to all those who helped and sold tickets.

‘Village Teeball Summer league’ for Primary School Children

This year we are running a very popular local ‘Thursday’ evening Teeball League for Primary school children which started officially on 6 May.  See below for more details.

 

Registrations / Subscriptions

Please return your registration forms and subscriptions to your Coach or Karin Downe asap as we are required to register players and arrange insurance with BBF before the first game. 2010 fees stay at £20 first child, £15 for second and subsequent children.  Thanks to generous grants and donations from the Cumbria Community Foundation, SLDC, and the Charles Godwin Trust we have new facilities and equipment for the year ahead.

New Cartmel Valley Hats

We now have new Club hats, costing just £5 – thanks to Andrew Southcott Catering & Cafe Ambio for sponsoring the hats this year.

Baseball Academy

Several club players have been making the most of the excellent coaching available over the winter at the British Baseball Academy at Upper Heyford National Training Centre near Oxford, and closer to home at Lymm near Manchester.  Thanks to the parents for giving up their time for the long drives on those weekends.

Newly Qualified Coaches

Thanks to the coaches who have been attending courses over the winter to gain BSUK Coaching Qualifications.  Bruce Armstrong and Glen Duclos are now Level 1 Coaches and will be working with our Pony and Bronco teams this year.  John O’Boyle has also been invited onto the BBF Board as one of 2 Northern Youth Commissioners.

Looking forward to seeing you all on the field soon. Volunteers – as ever we welcome parents to help out with all aspects of running our club. You can have as much fun as your kids!

New Backstop

Thanks to a grant of nearly £3000 from the Cumbria Community Foundation we now have a new purpose built metal and wire backstop installed by AK Fencing (that’s Harvey’s dad).

Social Evening at YMCA Lakeside - 21st November 2009

Everyone had a very enjoyable evening on Saturday at the YMCA, many thanks to Glen for organising/hosting.  The Raffle/Auction of Promises raised £296 towards club funds - thanks to everyone who participated.

Annual General Meeting & Prize Giving - 19 November 2009

Another enjoyable evening was well attended despite the wet conditions, though some were absent due to floods causing problems on the roads. 2009 Awards were presented as follows:

Award Rookie Bronco Pony
Batting   Tom Zak
Best Newcomer Greg    
Coaches' Mathew Luke Dane
Most Improved Player Cory Harvey  
Most Valuable Player Murray Ryan Zak
Players' Player Ross Amane Seb
Chairman's Dave Hill
President's Chris (Frank Caunce)

National Finals 2009 Pony Runners up

Congratulations to everyone who made the trip to London where we enjoyed another good weekend at Finsbury Park, home of the London Mets.

Our young Bronco team had London worried when we were 3 up after 3 innings in our semifinal but the strong London team came back to win and put us into the playoff with Halton. Another great game against our regular Northern rivals didn’t go our way despite a monster home run and some excellent hits from the younger players on the team.

Our Pony team – one of our strongest teams ever – had to prove themselves against the up and coming Horsham team and did just that in their semi, coming back from 12 – 3 down in the 4th to win 13 – 12 and a place in the Final.     The Final was a struggle against our old adversaries Bracknell and history did unfortunately repeat itself as we took the runners up prize for the 3rd time in 4 years.

Cartmel Coach in Canada James Pearson spent 2 weeks at Durham College, Ontario in Canada  as an MLB Envoy assistant coach with Sam Dempster. He enjoyed training with the team, learning new drills, as well as going on a road trip for a weekend of away games and working at the college sports facilities. He also met and did some work with ex Major League players at their own training facilities. So look out for some tough training sessions this season!