Womens Baseball! Essendon Baseball Club has an active Womens Baseball program, which has supported women’s sport via Womens Baseball teams since 2012/2013.
The Bombers currently have 3 summer teams in the Victorian Summer Baseball League coached by women’s coach Duane Davenport. Essendon welcomes new and experienced players to our program.
The current program emphasizes enjoyment of women’s baseball, while supporting development from beginner to an elite level in this team game.
We expanding our program from 2 to 3 teams last season. We were fortunate enough to secure a Change Our Game grant last year. This grant has been invested in the training development of our women’s baseball players and training equipment to monitor our development.
For Essendon female juniors, the program provides an integrated pathway for female athletes, to play the team game they love, transitioning from Junior Baseball to Womens baseball.
A women’s sport available to those aged 13 and up.
Coaches and Team Managers
Womens Head Coach – Duane Davenport
Womens Pitching Coach – Victoria Brown
Div 1 Womens Coach – Duane Davenport 0404 542 328,
Div 1 Womens Assistant Coach – Victoria Brown,
Div 1 Womens Assistant Coach – Courtney Fiora
Div 2 Womens Coach – Victoria Brown
Div 3 Womens – TBA
Training Times
Baseball training is held on Monday & Wednesdays evenings from 5.30 pm.
Location
Training and home games are held at:
Essendon Baseball Club
Don Cornish Field, Boeing Reserve, Strathmore Heights, 3041, VIC, AU.
Game Time
The Summer 2022-23 season will be a home and away format and games are played on a Saturday. The Division 2 team typically starts earlier that the Division 1, however please check the fixture for an accurate time. The Division 3 team will play in the VSBL Womens Division 3 West.
Fixtures
To be advised.
Umpiring Roster
We support our juniors by umpiring their home games. The club has created an umpiring roster for senior players. Find out more information here.
Contact Duane
Telephone: 0404 542 328
History
Essendon Baseball Club’s Women’s program originally started in the latter 1990s and ran for a few seasons. The current program restarted in 2012/13, coached by Ron Copperwaite.
You can read about the Essendon Women’s Baseball history here.