Eagles close in on Cardinals in baseball
Berkeley Eagles narrowed the gap on top of the table Wests Cardinals in Saturday’s round 11 match played at Cringila Community Park. Cardinals were cruising along holding a 3-0 lead after the fourth inning but one error made in the seventh inning, when two outs had been retired, allowed the Eagles to swoop and score five unearned runs.
Eagles rally was ignited by Stuart Thompson’s two run single and backed by Chris Morgan’s two run double and Kaine Abbott’s RBI single. Eagles outhit Cardinals 10-3, Morgan and Abbott registering three hits each.
Cards starting pitcher Blake Handley pitched six innings of the game and in conceding no earned runs on six hits deserved a winning result. Eagles’ starter Josh Doyle allowed two earned runs on two hits in four innings and reliever Joe Anson allowed one earned run on one hit in three innings. Chris Morgan closed the game with two hitless shutout innings.
In a similar outcome Dapto Chiefs got up over Bulli Pirates for the first time in three meetings this season with a 4-3 result at Thomas Dalton Park, Fairy Meadow. Pirates had established a 3-0 lead in the third inning but allowed Chiefs to equalise when some tardy defence in the fifth saw three errors made and three runs scored, two of which were unearned. Chiefs scored the game-winning run in the sixth inning on hits by Mitch Thompson and Mark Spears.
Pirates outhit Chiefs 8-7, Thompson (3 / 4) and Spears (2 / 2) topping chiefs batting. Asa Schuster and Joe Duldig batted 2 from 5 each for Pirates. Brendan Lower threw a complete nine innings for Pirates conceding two earned runs with seven hits and Jonathan Hall was the pick of Chiefs three pitchers with 2.1 hitless shutout innings.
Table – Cardinals 78% (win percentage), Eagles 71%, Pirates 50%, Chiefs 38%, Braves 13%
In next week’s round 12 Major League fixtures Bulli Pirates play Wests Cardinals at Thomas Dalton Park, Fairy Meadow and Dapto Chiefs play Kiama Braves at Hector Harvey Reserve, Dapto. Berkeley Eagles have a bye in firsts but play Shoalhaven Mariners in lower grade games at Fred Finch Park, Berkeley.
First grade games commence at 2.15pm. Hawks swoop on Spiders
In last weekend’s Waratah Australian Basketball League game the Illawarra Hawks proved too strong for the Hornsby Spiders running out winners 147 – 105. Top scorers for Illawarra were Dominique Cooks (26), Josh Woods (23), Cameron Fincher (21) and Brad Simpson (18). For the Spiders David Bastian top scored with 22 points and Drew Williamson scored 20.
The Hawks are now 7th in the 13 team competition and will need to keep winning and have other results fall their way in the last few rounds to make the play offs. Draws galore as junior Wolves take on United
In last weekend’s Premier Youth League games the Wollongong Wolves took on Sydney United in all grades except for the 18s which has been postponed till Sunday 20 July. In the other 4 games there were three draws with the only victory going to Wolves 15s who top the table.
In unexpected results the 6th placed Wolves under 16s held third team United to a one all draw while the Wolves 14s shocked their 4th place opponents with a similar score line. Similarly the Wolves 13s who are bottom of the table held 6th team United to a scoreless draw.
Results for Round 17 between Wollongong Wolves and Sydney United were:
Under 18: Postponed to 20 July
Under 16: Wolves drew 1 all
Under 15: Wolves won 2 nil
Under 14: Wolves drew 1 all
Under 13: Wolves drew nil all
For stories on previous games and links to overall competition tables go to: http://wollongong.sportslive.com.au/index.pl?page=2812 Cricket Australia Level 1 Coaching Courses
As discussed in last week’s column, Cricket Australia is providing Level 1 coaching courses. The level 1 Coaching Course is a comprehensive program that is directed towards coaches at under-age and community cricket level. By completing this course you will broaden the knowledge you have of the technical skills of the game, understand appropriate and effective ways to conduct sessions and improve your skills as a coach.
The course has no pre-requisites and involves an online component as well as an 8 hour practical day. The online component you will undertake is the Australian Sports Commission Beginning General Coaching Principles course. The practical component will be conducted over one day (8 hours) and each person completes a practical assessment at the end of the session.
For more details contact Donna Little, coach education coordinator, (Ph: 0414 708 591) or keep an eye on the link below for a list of courses coming soon. The booking process is completed online and a form can be downloaded from this link as well.
http://www.cricketnsw.com.au/coaching/hgdocs.cl?PT=dd&exp=1&L1=Accred&L2=L1&exclusive=0 Volunteers in sport
There’s no doubt that volunteers are vital to the successful running of a sports club. NSW Sport and Recreation recently commissioned Griffith University to complete a study of innovative volunteer club practices and the issues facing volunteers throughout New South Wales. Read the study’s report on http://www.dsr.nsw.gov.au/sportsclubs/ryc_volunteer.asp Reminder: Sportsman’s luncheon to Rescue in Germany!
On Friday 27 June at Bulli Workers Club a Sportsman’s Luncheon will be held by BULLI SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB to raise much needed funds for life saving equipment & assist in sending a team to Rescue 2008 Germany, the World Life Saving Championships in July/August this year.
Steve Carfino (NBL Hall of Fame & Foxtel Sports Presenter) will be the MC with special guests;
• Laurie Daley (Channel 9 NRL Footy Show & former NRL legend)
• Shannon Eckstein (Australian Surf Life Saving Iron-Man Champion)
• Les Boyd (Former ARL legend)
Cost is $70 (12midday to 4.30pm) which includes meal, refreshments & entertainment. On the day there will be a lucky door prize, large raffle, silent auctions & a sporting memorabilia auction to be conducted.
Contact Keith Caldwell 0414-258295 (mkcaldwell@bigpond.com) or Barry Adams 42-843817 (stalky@1earth.net) for tickets. Videos of local Sports on YOCTV
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