Illawarra Baseball League

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Illawarra Baseball League
Illawarra baseball logo.jpg
Sport baseball
No. of teamsEight
Country Australia
Most recent
champion(s)		Wests Illawarra Cardinals
Official website Official website

The Illawarra Baseball League is a sports league of Wollongong, Kiama and the Shoalhaven. It conducts the sport of baseball as the region's organising body. It has eight active clubs. The I.B.A. is a member of the NSW Country Baseball Association, which falls under the banner of the New South Wales Baseball. [1]

Wollongong City in New South Wales, Australia

Wollongong, informally referred to as "The Gong", is a seaside city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. Wollongong lies on the narrow coastal strip between the Illawarra Escarpment and the Pacific Ocean, 68 kilometres (51 miles) south of central Sydney. Wollongong had an estimated urban population of 302,739 at June 2018, making it the third-largest city in New South Wales after Sydney and Newcastle, and the tenth-largest city in Australia. The city's current Lord Mayor is Gordon Bradbery AM who was elected in 2018.

Sport Forms of competitive activity, usually physical

Sport includes all forms of competitive physical activity or games which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants, and in some cases, entertainment for spectators. Hundreds of sports exist, from those between single contestants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals. In certain sports such as racing, many contestants may compete, simultaneously or consecutively, with one winner; in others, the contest is between two sides, each attempting to exceed the other. Some sports allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure one winner and one loser. A number of contests may be arranged in a tournament producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a regular sports season, followed in some cases by playoffs.

Baseball team sport

Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding. The game proceeds when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball which a player on the batting team tries to hit with a bat. The objective of the offensive team is to hit the ball into the field of play, allowing it to run the bases—having its runners advance counter-clockwise around four bases to score what are called "runs". The objective of the defensive team is to prevent batters from becoming runners, and to prevent runners' advance around the bases. A run is scored when a runner legally advances around the bases in order and touches home plate. The team that scores the most runs by the end of the game is the winner.

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Clubs

TeamEst.CityNotes
Berkeley Eagles (baseball) 1973 [2] Berkeley, Wollongong 2010 First, Second and Third Grade Premiers and Minor Premiers. Club Champions 2010
Bulli Pirates 1967 [3] Bulli, Wollongong 2009 Third & Fourth Grade Champions, Home field at Fairy Meadow
Dapto Chiefs Dapto, Wollongong 2009 Fifth Grade Champion
Dapto Panthers Koonawarra, Wollongong Did not participate in 2009 Major League Season, Minor League Only [4] [5]
Kiama Braves Kiama Downs, Kiama
Shellharbour City Warriors Lake Illawarra, Shellharbour Did not participate in 2009 Major League Season, Minor League Only [4] [5]
Shoalhaven Mariners 2005 [6] Nowra/Bomaderry, Shoalhaven Currently playing from their newly finished home at Ison Park, South Nowra NSW 2540 [7]
Wests Illawarra Cardinals 1948 [8] Cringila, Wollongong 2009 First Grade, Second Grade & Overall Club Champions

See also

Australian Baseball Federation The national governing body of baseball in Australia

The Australian Baseball Federation is the national governing body of Baseball in Australia. Baseball is played in all the mainland states and territories, but it struggles for popularity due to the popularity of many other sports, including the comparable sport of cricket, in which Australia has always been one of the leading nations. School-aged children are generally guided toward a future in cricket, rather than baseball, especially in the private schooling system.

The NSW State Baseball League is the highest amateur level of play for the sport of baseball in New South Wales. The league is currently composed of 9 baseball clubs predominantly from Sydney, with one club from the Central Coast. The current 1st Grade Champions are the Penrith Panthers, and the current Club Champions are the Baulkham Hills Kookaburras.

New South Wales Patriots compete in the Claxton Shield baseball championship in Australia.

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References

  1. ↑ "Illawarra Baseball League". Illawarra.baseball.com.au. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "History of the Berkeley Eagles Baseball Club. 1973 - 2003". www.berkeleyeagles.baseball.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Pirates Baseball, the Early Years". www.bullipirates.baseball.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Illawarra Baseball League - Major League Draw" (PDF). www.berkeleyeagles.baseball.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  5. 1 2 "2009 Illawarra Baseball League" (PDF). www.illawarra.baseball.com.au. Archived from Season/IBL_Comp_2009.pdf the original Check |url= value (help)(PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Shoalhaven Mariners". Shoalhavenmariners.baseball.com.au. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  7. ↑ 11 Mar 2010, 11:20 p.m. (11 March 2010). "Mariners start pre-season training". South Coast Register. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Cardinals Baseball Club". Cardinals.baseball.com.au. Retrieved 13 July 2017.


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