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* 2010 SEASON REGISTRATION *

Sat 18, 25 Sept 11am-2pm

Wed 13 Oct 5:30 - 7:30pm

Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga

DiamondBlacks Waiheke

YES - THERE IS BASEBALL ON WAIHEKE!

Thanks to the efforts of Bill Godbout, this season DiamondBlacks Waiheke will start up with Junior Baseball teams

More details to follow...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 August 2010 20:46

Umpires Wanted!

The Auckland Baseball Association, in cooperation with Baseball New Zealand, local youth and senior baseball organizations, is recruiting baseball umpires for the 2010/2011 season.

Date: Saturday 02/10/2010

Time: 09:00 – 16:00

Venue: Diamond Blacks Baseball Club (Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga)

Without game officials, it is the athletes and the sport program that suffers. It is critical for today, and the future, that new umpires are properly trained, each year, for all levels of competition. The role of a sport official is to ensure fair play. “If it isn’t fair, it isn’t fun.”

Without parents, players, player-alumni or friends of baseball coming forward to contribute to the sport program as an umpire, there will be games cancelled or played with insufficient or unqualified umpires.

Whether it’s umpiring youth baseball, senior baseball in your local community or calling balls and strikes at national championships, BNZ has an umpire development program that ‘covers all the bases!’

What does it take?

Why be an umpire?

Love of the game of baseball
Confidence and pride
Hustle, physical and mental alertness
A sense of fair play and impartiality
Willingness to learn and gain experience

It keeps you active in baseball
You get to give something back to the game
"Best Seat in the House"
You get to meet some great people
Opportunities to travel and umpire with NZ teams abroad
Fastest growing sport in the Nation
Umpire at International Level

Interested? If so click the link below to download the form and bring it along to the session:

http://baseballauckland.co.nz/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=6&Itemid=5

Pre-Season Training Finalised

Pre-season training for 12-17 year old players starts this Sunday. Our club development officer, Aaron Campbell and our club coaches will be taking the sessions, with a focus on getting players back up to speed and ready for the new season.

When: Sunday 12:30 to 3:00/3:30pm from 15^th August to 19^th Sept

Cost: Cost is $10 per session or $60 for all 6 sessions

Where: Somerville Intermediate on the hard courts (see the link below for directions, easiest access is from Meadowland drive – there is a walkway near no 34 which leads through to the hard courts)

Somerville Intermediate Map

Any questions – email Aaron Campbell

Also don't forget about the Performance Baseball Camp in the Sept school holidays.

This is an amazing oppourtunity to be around the best coaching New Zealand has ever seen. All the information about the camp is available at:

http://www.performancebaseball.co.nz/

For more information contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with any of your questions.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 August 2010 22:38

Under-14 National Baseball Development Squad/Team Queensland State Tournament Trip

Australia’s Queensland State Tournament will commence on Saturday 18 September and conclude on Monday 20 September and will be played in Lismore. New Zealand will send its twenty (20) best Under-14 baseball players to compete in this prestigious Australian metal bat tournament, and it is the first time Queensland has allowed an 'outside' or foreign team to play in their state championship.

The selected team will stay in Lismore for the tournament and a minimum of five (5) games, and then will travel to a second location on the Gold Coast (1.5 hours away) and will play a series of games (minimum of five {5} as well) against two of the top Under-14 teams in Australia.

Twelve (12) of the players were originally chosen by former coaches, and BNZ has decided to retain this group and reward them for the selection by continuing to keep this group together.

Additionally, another six (6) alternates were selected to work out with the team. Baseball New Zealand has made the decision to add to this list of alternates over the next several weeks (as was originally intended) and then allow the coaches to select their final 20 players out of the list of up to 30 alternates to allow for maximum exposure and to truly gather together the top national team possible over the next month.

This week, trials will run simultaneously with team training sessions on Sunday, 1 August; Tuesday, 3 August; 5 August; 7 August; 8 August.

Exact training details are as follows for the next week(additional training dates for the next seven (7) weeks will follow shortly):

Sunday 1 August One Tree Hill College Indoor Gymnasium #2 - carpark entrance via approx 31, Rockfield Road (off Great South Road), Penrose, Auckland. 14:30 - 18:00 hrs TRIALS/TRAINING
Tuesday 3 August Panmure Y- Indoor Stadium - situated across the road on Lagoon Drive, Panmure, Auckland (opposite to where Lagoon & Leisure Pools are located). 16:00 - 18:00 hrs TRIALS/TRAINING
Thursday 5 August Panmure Y- Indoor Stadium - situated across the road on Lagoon Drive, Panmure, Auckland (opposite to where Lagoon & Leisure Pools are located). 16:00 - 17:30 hrs TRIALS/TRAINING
Saturday 7 August Lloyd Elsmore Field #1 - carpark entrance off Cascades Road, Pakuranga, Auckland. 13:00 - 16:30 hrs TRIALS/TRAINING
Sunday 8 August Lloyd Elsmore Field #1 - carpark entrance off Cascades Road, Pakuranga, Auckland. 13:00 - 16:30 hrs TRIALS/TRAINING

Coaches will require that all interested players will need to make at least one of these sessions before the coaches put the final list together of the maximum 30-player national development squad/team. The final travel team of 20 will be chosen between 29 August-6 September.

More information about this team, fundraising efforts and additional details will follow in the coming week.

Thank you for your support!

Regards,

Ryan Flynn

Executive Officer

Baseball New Zealand

mob:021 665 339

Last Updated on Monday, 02 August 2010 20:25

Fundraising Activities

During the off-season, many of us are working on fundraising plans to help us achieve the goals of the club for the season coming up and beyond.

We rely on fundraising activities to bring in money to pay for:

equipment - bats, helmets, balls, etc
uniforms - jerseys, hats and t-ball pants
Fields maintenance equiment - bases, rakes, watering etc
Coaching - development officer, coaching clinics and resources
Major projects - such as the dugouts, batting cage, storage units etc.
Umpires - development, training and travel to local and overseas events
Travel - to assist sending players overseas

As you can see from above, there are many different programmes and initiatives that we need to raise money for, so we need to prioritise and focus on a few areas at a time.

Initial fundraising activity will focus on funding for our Development Officer, Dugouts and getting our No2 field up to standard. We also have plans around building a permanent batting cage and getting our gear and jersey stock ready for the start of the season.

We have a fundraising committee headed up by Adelita Sotutu - so if you are keen to help or have ideas for raising money please contact Adelita - click here to send her an email.

Last Updated on Sunday, 20 June 2010 15:58

Diamondblacks Mission Statement

"To promote the game of Baseball to the young people (and their families) in the Howick and Pakuranga area as a serious summer sport in a professional and responsible manner"