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. Remember to e-mail all match reports and photos to secretary.bendigobaseball@gmail.com
THE 2013 SEASON HAS BEGUN!
Sunday saw the first round of the 76th season of baseball in Bendigo. The morning games featured the juniors putting their practice into play, followed by an afternoon of senior competition. The 2013 season was opened with the first ball pitched by Bruce Pain, a Life Member of Falcons Baseball Club, a member of the Bendigo Baseball Association’s Hall of Fame and one of the founding members of Falcons, 50 years ago this year. Special guests Cr Rod Fyffe and Cr Rod Campbell along with Alison, visited the complex during the day, with Cr Campbell there to watch the season’s first pitch.
The A grade games saw Falcons and Strathfieldsaye Dodgers in a rematch of last year’s grand final, as well as Scots playing against Bendigo East.
Hall of Fame Member Bruce Pain and BBA Secretary Cass Fuller with the certificate presented to Bruce.
ORDNANCE BASEBALL CLUB
As the then coach of the baseball team pictured in "The way we were", Bendigo Advertiser, May 26, many memories came flooding back.
The Ordnance Baseball Club was formed in 1952 with two senior teams (A and B grade) being entered into the Bendigo baseball competition.
To assist further development of our club (and association) we sought to field a team in the then only junior section (under 17 years).
To this end I (as club secretary) contacted the then Bendigo Junior Technical School in Chapel Street to enlist their interest.
Our first training session at the then Nolan Street ground, now the tennis courts, resulted in most of the boys in the photo turning up. They were about 13 to 15 years old in 1953. From complete novices they settled well into the task of learning basic baseball routines.
They had plenty of mischievous (lively) and enthusiastic abilities, such that, in their third year of playing, they won the 1955 premiership in the under 17 competition. The picture is of the premiership team.
The year 1953, (when the team first came together) is indeed quite a way back; it makes the boys pictured now in the 72 and over age range. They finished their schooling, gained employment, mostly married and had families. Sadly, several are now deceased. To my knowledge, only two are currently residents of Bendigo.
All are fondly remembered.
JOHN HUTCHISON, Hall of Fame member and lifetime member of the BBA.
- Bendigo Advertiser, 10 June 2011
This page last updated: 23 May 2012 11:20PM
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