

EBC Annual General Meeting 30th May

NOTICE TO MEMBERS
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
of the
ESSENDON BASEBALL CLUB INC
will be held on
Thursday 30th of May, 2019 at 7.30 pm
at the
EBC Clubrooms
Boeing Reserve
Nominations for all positions close on Thursday, 24th May 2019 with the Secretary
123 Sailors Gully Road, Sailors Gully, Vic, 3556
Positions
President, Vice Presidents (2), Treasurer, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Junior Co-Ordinator, Junior Secretary, Canteen Manager, Activities Manager, Ground Manager, Clubroom Manager, Equipment Officer, Public Officer,
EBC Club BV Award Winners

Congratulations are in order for 2 of our esteemed Members who were presented with prestigious awards at the 2018/19 Baseball Victoria Awards Night.
Our President, Tony Cornish was presented with the BV Volunteer of the Year Award. (Presented by Baseball Victoria Life Member, our very own superstar Julie Jones)
Our Div 1 Women’s Premiership winning coach, Duane Davenport was presented with the BV Coach of the Year Award.
Also 2 members of our Div 1 Women’s Premiership winning team made the nominations list for some of the main Women’s awards.
Women’s Div 1 MVP nomination Allie Bebbere and Abbey Kelly.
The Women’s Div 1 Pitcher of the Year nomination Allie Bebbere and Abbey Kelly.
The Women’s Div 1 Batting award nomination Abbey Kelly.


EBC Presentation Night Awards 2018-19

Under 18 Bombers
MVP | Mitchell Hughes |
Batting | Jedd Tatam (.370 average) |
1/9th award | Caelan Porter |
Most improved | Nathan Axiaq |
Under 18 Jets
MVP | Tim Reid |
Pitching award | Mitchell Hughes (ERA 3.00) |
Batting & Quality at Bat | Bailey Marcola (0.425) |
Coach’s 1/9th award | Charlie Sutherland |
Div 4 Bombers
Best player | Cody Dertell |
Most improved | Caidan Gardner |
Coaches award | Harry Stevens |
Div 4 Jets
MVP | Robbie Guisti |
Batting | Bill Leropoulos |
Most Improved | Daniel Hussein |
4ths
MVP | Christopher Goodrope |
Runner up MVP | Troy Grady |
Batting | Michael Sullivan |
3rds
1/9th award – joint winners | Brodie Wise & Bailey Marcola |
MVP – joint winners | Ben White & Byron Trichardt |
Women’s 2nds
MVP – joint winners | Chelsea Stewart & Claire Costa |
Batting | Brighde McGrath (.480) |
Coaches Award | Anju Karavalia |
Quality at Bat | Brighde McGrath |
2nds
MVP | Hayden Gardner |
Batting | Zach Breen |
1/9th | Jaidyn Wilson |
Women’s 1sts
MVP – joint winners | Abbey Kelly & Allie Bebbere |
Batting | Abbey Kelly (.578) |
Coach | Kira Jansen |
Quality at bat | Kayla Adams |
Women’s pitcher | Abbey Kelly (ERA 3.41) |
1sts
MVP | Michael Formisano |
Batting | Michael Formisano (.320) |
1/9th | Luke Abels |

EBC are pleased to advise that we will be holding a Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Day.
The day is in support of Zachary McIntyre. Zachary is the young son of Dean & Jody McIntyre and the little brother of sister Addison.
Date is Sunday the 10th of February.
On that day the 1sts & Reserves will be playing Fitzroy and the Div 4 (Baby) Bombers will be playing Mitchell Majors
It will be a day for everyone of any age. We hope to see as many people as possible.
If you would like to find further information on Prader-Willi Syndrome you can do so at the following link :
RSA Course Feb 6th at EBC

Hi all,
There will be an RSA Course at the Essendon Baseball Club (located at Boeing Reserve, Strathmore Heights) on Wednesday 6th February 2019.
This session is open to all clubs throughout the municipality and surrounding areas. This course is a great training opportunity for volunteers at a highly subsidised rate. (TAFE fee up to $150)
- $40 Good Sports club members (EBC is)
- $80 non-Good Sports club members
I have attached a registration form if you are interested. If so, please ensure you return the form to :
Alcohol and Drug Foundation
Bill Karametos
PO Box 818, North Melbourne 3051
Email: bill.karametos@adf.org.au

We are happy to inform all Members that the official opening of our new clubrooms will be Friday night the 8th of Feb.
In conjunction with the Moonee Ponds Council there will be a Strathmore Movie Night to celebrate the event.
There will be an outdoor cinema set up on the ground. Being shown is a kids’ favourite “The Sandlot”.
This is a free event for all the surrounding communities and especially all EBC Members and Family and Friends.
Grab a rug or a Beanbag and set yourself up for a goodnight.
6.30pm till late .


Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the 1988/89 Premiership
Sunday 27th of January at approx 7pm following the conclusion of the Div 1 1sts game
$10 per head, finger food provided.
Disco Bingo, games and dance music from the 80s! Prizes for best dressed.
Please RSVP by the 18-01-19
essendonbc@gmail.com
Looking for something to do over the holiday period.
Baseball Victoria in conjunction with Melbourne Aces have scheduled 2 events.
- Sandlot Little League Camp 7th-11th Jan held at Cheltenham Baseball Club
- Summer School Holiday Camp 12+ 14th-16th Jan at Essendon Baseball Club


Mills Oakley Lawyers Onboard

Dear EBC members, I would like to introduce you to our major new sponsor for the next two years, Mills Oakley Lawyers. As the number one law firm in the country, it’s only fitting they sponsor the number one sports club in the country 🙂
Tony Cornish,
EBC Club President.
Mills Oakley is proud to sponsor the Essendon Baseball Club in its bicentenary year. We have an equally long and proud heritage serving the community and understand and share the unique values that manifest in longevity and tradition, while continually supporting and developing its members and looking to the future as an organisation.
Mills Oakley is a national full-service commercial law firm. We pride ourselves on our technical service, accessible culture, and competitive pricing. Our Corporate Advisory team helps all types of organisations, including sports practice, to achieve their goals. We place a strong emphasis on building long-term relationships to provide the best possible service to ensure our clients achieve a commercially focused and cost-effective outcome, and hope to serve the EBC community for the foreseeable future.