Victoria Aces

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Victoria Aces
League	IBLA (1999-00 & 2002), Claxton Shield (1934-88, 2003-present).
Location	Victoria
Ballpark	Melbourne Ballpark
Year Founded	1934
Year Defunct
Former Names	Victoria
2007	3-2 (2nd)
	Defeated Patriots 6-3 in major semi-final then defeated Patriots 4-3 in Final.
Manager	David White
Uniforms
Home	Away
Ace's Championships
1999-00	3rd
2002	1st
2003	2nd
2004	6th
2005	2nd
2006	2nd
2007	1st

Victoria Aces compete in the Claxton Shield Baseball Championship in Australia. They were one of the founding teams of the Claxton Shield in 1934 and competed until 1988 where the Claxton Shield was thereafter awarded to the winner of the Australian Baseball League until 1999 when they were invited to join the International Baseball League of Australia which they competed in for 2 seasons(1999-00 and 2002), after this point the Claxton Shield reverted back to a competition similar to 1988.

[edit] 2007 Claxton Shield Squad

Victoria Ace's 21 man roster for then 2007 Claxton Shield, Announced by Baseball Victoria.[1]

[edit] Player Roster

Surname	First	D.O.B.	Uni#	Bats	Throws	Position
BARKER	Dean	15/05/85	4	L	L	LHP
BERG	Daniel	21/11/84	5	R	R	UTL
BLACKLEY	Adam	22/02/85	15	L	L	LHP
BLACKMORE	Matthew	19/06/82	18	R	R	RHP
BOOTH	Ryan	22/05/83	24	L	R	OF
FORBES	Cameron	28/02/77	45	R	R	RHP
HARMAN	Brad	19/10/85	7	R	R	SS
HENDRICKS	Donavon	9/03/86	19	L	L	LHP
HOGAN	Lee	8/05/74	29	R	R	RHP
JOHNSTON	Rikki	2/04/81	20	L	L	1B
KENT	Matthew	17/02/80	35	L	R	C
LAWMAN	Matthew	26/06/87	6	S	R	Inf
McKENZIE	Andrew	28/03/76	28	L	R	UTL
MOYLAN	Peter	2/12/78	34	R	R	RHP
RUSSELL	Andrew	27/04/84	3	R	R	OF
RUTGERS	Paul	17/01/84	25	R	R	2B
SHUMPERT	Derek	30/09/75	27	R	R	OF
SPEAR	Russell	30/08/77	10	R	R	RHP
UTTING	Ben	22/12/75	30	L	R	3B
WEICHARD	Paul	7/11/79	32	S	L	OF
WILTSHIRE	Greg	1/03/80	12	R	R	RHP

[edit] Coaching Staff

Position	Surname	First	Uni#
Manager	WHITE	David	40
Assistant Coach	McCONNON	Dan	21
Assistant Coach	HOLMES	Nathan	33
Assistant Coach	GILES	Peter	13
Executive Officer	LINLEY	Sean

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