18 November 2016
14 November 2016
Vikings Juniors - Weekend "Round Up"(12 Nov)
A
great weekend for Vikings with four of our five Junior teams getting a win!!!
(and five of our six senior teams scoring wins over the Bears)
Now
for the “Junior Wrap”, this week we start with our u9’s who had an impressive
win on the weekend 28-16 against the Bear Black side. The team continues to
improve each week in both batting and fielding to record consecutive wins. A
special thanks to Sam H, Hamish and Bentley for backing up from their U7’s game
and helping out. They did their U7 coach proud. The spirit award went to Aiden
Smith who took his first catch for the season, caught the ball well at first
base and continues to improve with his batting.
The
u11’s had a great day out winning 9-7. Coach Mac and Coach Simon were impressed
by the teams batting & fielding and are pleased that the hard work being
put into practice is starting to pay off on game day. The team has a number of
first time players and its great to see the level of improvement from the
beginning of the season.
U13s
won 23-4 off the back of some good pitching from Hector. All players did really
well at the plate and everyone had a hit or a walk. Well done to Ethan who
received the game ball for his efforts of 4 hits from 4 appearances at the
plate – his first bunch of 4 hits.
U15s
had a tough day on the diamond to record a 21-0 loss to the Bears. A promising
start by Jeye Turner on the mound despite best efforts, wasn’t backed up in the
field. What could have been a 1-0 score after two innings turned into the team
being behind12-0. The lesson learned this week was that you have to back up
your pitchers by playing catch well otherwise the down side is you don’t get a
lot of at bats. The team will regroup at practice and prepare to take on the
Rebels on Wednesday. Player of the day went to Flynn O'Connor for his diligent
backing up and relay throws throughout the game and his quality at bat. First
season player Ryan Jones continue to improve in his infield play and catchers
Corey Foley and Aaron Kon worked hard and did good jobs behind the dish.
The
u7's continue to play better each week and scored plenty of runs to win on
Saturday. Coach Jeremy is enjoying coaching the kids and is loving the
enthusiasm being shown by his players and parents.
Have
a great week!
Erni,
Club Coach
10 November 2016
09 November 2016
Vikings Juniors - Weekend "Round Up"(5 Nov)
Vikings Juniors - Weekend "Round Up"(5 Nov)
Hi,
I thought it might be good to start to share on the Club Blog how are junior
teams went on the weekend and include any team based messages for the week
ahead. I'm hoping to make this a regular thing.
First
up, thanks to Cathy, Sharon and the Committee for distributing the
'replacement' junior playing tops. Our Vikings teams all looked the part in a
not as bright but much more Vikings Red top. For anyone waiting for a hat, the
latest order has arrived and will be available from the Canteen at Home games.
If coaches know a player is waiting on a hat, please email the club (vikingsbaseballtuggeranong@gmail.com)
and we'll try and organise to have it at either your next practice or at the
game on Saturday. Now for the "weekend wrap":
#
u7s had a good game against the Indians on Saturday scoring lots of runs
and having fun on the field. Jeremy asked me to mention that the team has
training on Wednesday at VP from 5.30 till 6.15;
#
u9s played well to score a 26-18 win over Indians. Coach Gordon and Coach
Joe are seeing big improvements each week and are encouraging the players to
keep working on catching & throwing and learning the rules as the team
prepared to move from the T to machine pitch. Team training is on Wednesday;
#
u13s played solidly for most of the game but got chased down in the final
inning for a 1 run loss. You have a midweek game on Wednesday - good luck. As
you learnt on the weekend you only need to be in front by one to win.....
#
u15s played its best game of the season in a much improved 6-4 loss to
Eagles. The team played good catch, pitchers threw first pitch strikes and the
batters made consistent contact at the plate. That gave the team the chance to
run the bases and put pressure on the opposition, which we did well nearly
taking the win off the second placed side. Training this week Wed & Fri
4.45 till 6.15.
#
u11s had a close 11-8 loss to Rebels White. The team is getting close to
switching from machine pitch to player pitch. They are practising hard getting
ready for the switch. Coach Mac & Coach Simon are getting back to me on
about your game. I'll add your "wrap" as soon as its in.
I
also wanted to mention that the Club was invited to participate in a
"Sports Gala" at Bonython Primary School last Friday (4Nov). We had
over 100 K - Yr 6 kids participate and try their hand at baseball. They tried
hitting, throwing and learnt about the equipment used to play the game. A big
thank you to Karen Gill for inviting Vikings to be part of the day and Zac
Rauter for his help running the drill and games.
Erni, Club
Coach
04 November 2016
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