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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]

The club

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.

GBL

In 2017/18 the club entered into the Senior Div 1, Div 2, U16 Div 1 and U14 Div1 GBL competition for the first time.

Junior Baseball Academy

In 2013 the club introduced 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

Aaron Whitefield[8] (Minnesota Twins)

Josh Warner[9] (Philadelphia Phillies)

Darren Trainor[10] (Lewis-Clark State College)

Jack Waters [11] (Grand Canyon University)

Division 1 Roster

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Managers

Phil Stockman[12] - (2018-2019)

Andrew Azzopardi[13] - (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. ^ "All-American Darren Trainor Signs with Coomera Cubs". Lewis-Clark State College Athletics. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  11. ^ "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)
  12. ^ "Former MLB and Olympian Phil Stockman set to lead the Coomera Cubs Baseball Club". Coomera Cubs Baseball Club Inc. 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  13. ^ "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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