Do you want to play baseball?
If you want to play baseball and join a team, Essendon baseball club operates all year round and is a great place to play. Essendon are a Division 1 club in the Summer Competition in Senior and Womens baseball, and also a C Grade Senior club in the Winter Competition.
Learn more about our programs
The great thing about Essendon Baseball Club is that we cater for all-comers! Our programs support beginners to the most advanced, Junior baseball, Seniors Baseball and Womens baseball. As for what level you will play, it all just depends on your ability and your availability to train and play.
Our club is located at Boeing Reserve, Boeing Road, Strathmore Heights.
Our contact people are :
Junior Baseball Inquiries: Peter Breckenridge 0404 836 920
Senior Baseball Inquiries: Julie Jones 0408 170 695
Tee Ball Inquiries: Peter Breckenridge 0404 836 920
Womens Baseball Inquiries: Duane Davenport 0404 542 328
Contact Email: essendonbc@gmail.com
Alternatively, drop into a training session, see our club and meet our people.
If indeed you want to go ahead with playing at Essendon we ask that you complete a club online registration form. Doing so is just an indication that you are wanting to play and it gives us all your pertinent contact details to followup with you. It can be found at here.
Summer Season
The Summer Season runs from the start of Oct until mid March.
Summer Seniors & Womens baseball preseason training normally starts in August and continues every Thursday night from approx 6.00pm onward and, during the preseason, Saturdays from 10.30am.
In the Summer we normally field at least 7 Senior Senior teams, 3 Womens teams, 2 Masters teams (Over 38s) along with 3 Under 12s, 3 Under 14s, 1 Under 16s and 2 Under 18s teams. We also run an Aussie T-Ball competition on Friday nights during Summer.
- Senior baseball teams, play (primarily) on Sunday afternoons.
- Womens baseball teams play Saturday Afternoons.
- Masters teams play on Monday evenings.
- Junior baseball teams play Sunday mornings on a home and away basis.
Winter Season
In Winter we have at least 4 Senior Men’s teams, 2 Under 13, 2 Under 15 and I or 2 Under 17 Junior teams.
The Winter Season runs from early April until approx the end of August.
Trainings times in Winter. Main training day for all Senior Men’s and Juniors is Thursday evening at Boeing Reserve. There is also optional training on the Tuesday nights for the Senior Men’s. Also Tuesdays are the main training evening for the Senior Women’s team.
Playing days :
- In Winter Seniors play Saturday afternoons on a home and away basis.
- The Winter Women play on Sundays and all Women’s teams play at the one venue each week on a rotational basis. (Spread around 6 clubs)
- The Winter Juniors play Saturday mornings.
All Winter Under 13 teams play at the same venue all season. This is arranged to cut down on the amount of travel required. This season it is Banyule Flats Reserve, Banyule Road, Viewbank.
All Winter Under 15 and Under 17 teams play on a home & away basis at club grounds.