Heritage Day 2013

Heritage Day 2013 Heritage Day 2013 is upon us !!! Don’t miss the action at Merri Park this coming Sunday (rain hail or shine)   2nds v Research at 10am ……. As the curtain raiser to launch the 1st ever senior triple header at Merri Park! Heritage Legends (WBC v Melb Uni) around noon Ones v Research at 2:40pm   And the BIG Butcher BIG Breaky will be available at Merri Park from 8.30am on Sunday morning. Lunch and dinner will be served throughout the afternoon Check out our menu: Heritage Day Menu Heritage Day Umpires eat for free !!! Westgarth’s Heritage Day 2013 is proudly sponsored by the 2 Lipton Drive, Thomastown More

Westgarth stalwart Eddie Illingworth enters MCC Hall of Fame

Long time Westgarth BC member Eddie Illingworth has proven his status as an all round sport star with his entry into the Melbourne Baseball Club Hall of Fame along with a cricket honour. WHEN it comes to picking between cricket and baseball, don’t make Eddie Illingworth choose. The 74-year-old Glen Iris resident was recently inducted in to the Melbourne Cricket Club Baseball Section Hall of Fame, and on the same night was inducted in to the Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club Hall of Fame. When it came to deciding which event he’d attend, it simply came down to which invitation he received first, with cricket getting the nod in the end, only just. Eddie has a long and colourful history with both sports. As a young cricketer, he was looking for a way to keep his eye in, his arm turning over and his fitness up during the winter, so someone suggested baseball. In those times, cricketers who weren’t interested in playing the more popular winter sport, football, baseball was the ... More

Westgarth Ladies Day Saturday May 11th

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Living Legend – Eddie Illingworth

The attached comes from the MCC news magazine and has our very own Eddie being elected to the Melbourne Baseball Club Hall of Fame So Ed's baseball pedigree grows ever longer - Multiple Victorian Honors - All Australian selection - VBA team of the Century selection - WBC Life Member & living legend whom the Club MVP Trophy is named after - MUBC & WBC play annually for the Illingworth / Bitmead Trophy And now honored with being selected in the Melbourne Baseball Club Hall of Fame Congrats Ed More

Free Come and Try Day 2013

Free Come and Try Day at the Westgarth Baseball Club Saturday March 23, 2013 9.30am – 11am Merri Park Northcote, Cnr Sumner Avenue and St Georges Rd Northcote (Next to Northcote High School) Meet coaches and players and enjoy some interactive baseball drills and activities. The Melbourne Winter Baseball League season starts late April, so come along, bring your friends and give it a go. Registration available on the day. Open to all junior players from T-Ballers to under 17’s. For further enquiries, please email us at WestgarthBaseballClub@hotmail.com or call Liz on 0416 23 11 10. More

Major Award Winners 2012

Association MVP ‘s Dick Legge Rising Star Award Staci Rogers Gough Family Best Clubman Award Peter Kelly & Jamie Catt Brownley Medal   Cameron Deeble 4ths Award winners Most improved Award  Aaron Gallagher & Yeo Choong Best 1st year Player Andrew Cherry Batting Average Leader  Ian Brown 3rds Award winners 3rds Batting Average      1st – Troy Hellingman               .606 3rds MVP Gary Pawley Trophy 1st – Ryan Bartlett 2nds Award winners 2nds Batting Average 1st – Stacey Rogers                  .484 2nd – Adam Marshall                    .418 3rd – Aaron brownley                   .307 2nds MVP  Graeme Bartlett Trophy 1st – Steve Hunter                 (26 votes) 2nd – Staci Rogers                ... More

Westgarth take out B Grade premiership

Westgarth BC - B Grade Premiers 2012 Mark Le Grew, Monday, 17 September 2012 Congratulations to Westgarth BC, taking out the B grade flag after a hard fought win against a gallant North Coburg Rebels Westgarth take out B Grade premiership in against a gallant North Coburg Rebels Melbourne Winter Baseball League's B Grade Grand Final at Deep Creek Reserve, Warrandyte on Saturday saw North Coburg take on minor premiers, Westgarth.   In the major semi-final two weeks ago, North Coburg had a late surge of runs, enabling them to get over the top of Westgarth in a close finish. On Saturday however, Westgarth were able to reverse the result, taking out the B Grade title with a 11-4 victory.   Aaron Petri took the ball for North Coburg, with Westgarth regular starter, Andrew Reeves heading to the mound.   The minor premiers got out to an early 1-0 lead however, North Coburg were not to be outdone, hitting straight back with three runs of their own.   ... More

Grand Final Photos 2012

(B Reserves) Westgarth  vs North Coburg (B Grade) Westgarth vs Diamond Creek – 15th September 2012 More

Preliminary Final Photos 2012

(B Reserves) Westgarth  vs Forest Hill (B Grade) Westgarth vs Ringwood – 8th September 2012     More

Following the”w” in MLB

The month ahead promises more celebratory occasions for the Washington Nationals than their victory Monday afternoon, more games when they can plant a flag or maybe spray champagne. The significance of their 2-1 win over the dismal Chicago Cubs will hardly register in the standings, where they sit above every team in the major leagues. But history and arithmetic elevated the importance of Ross Detwiler’s seven dazzling innings and Adam LaRoche’s upper deck home run. Their fifth win in six games nudged the Nationals’ record to 82-52. Go back and read that win total again. Think about what it means. Insight on the Nationals and all the latest news from Post reporters Adam Kilgore and James Wagner. The Nationals clinched the first winning season in Washington since 1969, the year Ted Williams managed the Senators to 86 wins at RFK Stadium. Since baseball returned in 2005, the Nationals had never surpassed the 81-81 record of their inaugural season. Washington has 28 ... More