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Coomera Cubs Baseball Club
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The Coomera Cubs Baseball Club is a baseball club located on the Gold Coast in Queensland, that participates[1] in the Greater Brisbane League and the Gold Coast Baseball Association League.[2] The club is also a host to the annual GCBA Summer Classic[3]

In 2018/19 season the club entered teams in the Senior Div1, Div2, U16 Div1 and U14 Div1 GBL competition and 1 Senior team 8 Junior teams in the local GCBA competition. The club also participates in the GCBA Winter competition in A, B, C and Masters grades.

History

The club has a history dating back to the 1990s and was originally known as the Coomera Cougars. The club shared playing fields on the eastern side of the M1 where the Coomera Soccer fields know reside. The club was moved in the early 2000s to the current site at Gambamora Park and was officially incorporated in 2006 as the Coomera Cubs Baseball Club Inc. That year the club entered multiple Junior and Senior teams in the Gold Coast Baseball Association competition.

Junior Baseball Academy

2013 saw the introduction of the first club based junior elite academy[4] on the Gold Coast.

Little League

In 2018 there was a large representation from the club that represented the Gold Coast at the Little League[5] District State Titles. This Gold Coast[6] team became the first team from Queensland to win National Little League Australian Championships in June 2018 and progress to the Little League World series.[7]

Facilities

The club has 1 x fully fenced senior diamond and 1 x fully fenced Little League diamond with covered dugouts and scorers sheds. The club has fully lit twin batting tunnels and triple bullpen along with multiple other bullpens around the park.

Notable players

Josh Warner[9] (Philadelphia Phillies)

Jack Waters [10] (Grand Canyon University)

Managers

Andrew Azzopardi[11] - (2019-Present)

Location

References

  1. ^ "Champions Surfers Paradise and newcomers Coomera taking different focus into GBL season". Gold Coast Bulletin.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "GBL". Baseball Queensland. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  3. ^ "Gold Coast Baseball Association Inc". gcba.baseball.com.au. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  4. ^ "Logan baseball academy links USA". www.couriermail.com.au. 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  5. ^ League, Little. "Little League Baseball and Softball". Little League. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  6. ^ "Gold Coast Baseball Association Inc". www.gcba.baseball.com.au. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  7. ^ "Little League World Series in Australia", Wikipedia, 2019-06-11, retrieved 2019-08-05
  8. ^ "Aaron Whitefield signs with the Coomera Cubs for the 2017/18 Season". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  9. ^ "Ex-Philadelphia Phillies minors pitcher Josh Warner makes big impact on return for Coomera Cubs". Gwww.goldcoastbulletin.com.au. Retrieved 2019-03-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) (subscription required)
  10. ^ "Coomera Cubs pitcher Jack Waters has signed with division one college Grand Canyon University". www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au. Retrieved 2019-11-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) (subscription required)
  11. ^ "Andrew Azzopardi has been announced as the Coomera Cub's new GBL coach for the upcoming summer season". (subscription required)

Category:Australian baseball clubs Category:Baseball teams in Australia Category:Sport on the Gold Coast, Queensland Category:Baseball teams established in 2006

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