Southern Districts Baseball Club

Southern Districts is a South Australian Baseball club playing in the South Australian Baseball League. Known as the Hawks, their home ground is Peregrine Park in the Southern Adelaide suburb of Christie Downs.

Establishment

The club was established in 1972 when the Marion Baseball Club relocated to the Southern suburbs and formed the Southern Districts Baseball Club. It was not until the 1980/81 season that the club was granted District status by the SABL, which gave it the right to challenge to become a Division One Club. In the 1982/83 season the club won an A Grade premiership in Division Two and then challenged the Goodwood Baseball Club to a 3 game series to earn the right to become a Division One Club. The club won the series and was promoted to a Division One club where it remains to this day. 1

Club Details

• SABL Division 1 Premierships: Nil
• SABL Division 1 Grand Finals: 2
• SABL Division 1 Runners Up: 1994/95, 2004/05
• SABL Division 1 Mid Week Premierships: 1 (1992/93)
• Home Ground: Peregrine Park
• Most Games: Wayne O'Loughlin
• Most Years as Coach:

Capps Medallists

The Capps Medal is awarded to the "best and fairest" player in the South Australian Baseball League during the Home and Away season. Southern Districts has no Capps Medallists.

SABL Batting Title

The SABL Batting Title is awarded to the player with the best batting average at the completion of the South Australian Baseball League Home and Away season. A batter must have a minimum number of Plate Appearances to qualify. (Based on a formula of 3.1 x number of games the team played in a season). Southern Districts has one SABL Batting Title recipient:

• 2004/05 Shane Jennings (Batting Average of .502)

SABL All Star Team

The SABL selects an All Star team at the completion of the Home and Away season. Players considered the most outstanding player in their position are selected as members of the team. Southern Districts has had five players selected in the SABL All Star Team.:

• 1997/98 Troy Cook (Third Base)
• 1997/98 Darren Ballard (Designated Hitter)
• 1997/98 Gary Rice (Coach)
• 2003/04 Jason Scarabotti (Right Field)
• 2004/05 Shane Jennings (Catcher)
• 2006/07 Taj Merrill (Pitcher)
• 2007/08 Ben Brusnahan (First Base)
• 2009/10 Ben Brusnahan (Designated Hitter)

SABL Rookie of the Year

The SABL each year selects a rookie of the year recipient. This player must be in his first full season and have demonstrated consistent and outstanding performance in the Division 1 competition. Southern Districts has one SABL Rookie of the Year award recipient:

• 2007/08 Patrick Inglis
• 2008/09 Brady Green

Claxton Shield Representatives 2002 - present

The Claxton Shield is an annual event held by the Australian Baseball Federation. Generally now held during the lead up to the Australia Day long weekend in January, the Shield began in 1934 and after a hiatus between 1989/90 and 2000/01 due to the Australian Baseball League, was reformed as a week-long State based tournament in 2002. Since 2002, Southern Districts has had seven players compete in the Claxton Shield for South Australia:

• 2004 Troy Cook (Infielder)
• 2005 Ben Brusnahan (1st Base), Shane Jennings (Catcher) & Dushan Ruzic (Pitcher)
• 2006 Ben Brusnahan (1st Base), Adam Widdison (Pitcher) & Tyler Green (Pitcher)
• 2007 Taj Merrill (Pitcher)
• 2008 Troy Cook (Infielder), Taj Merrill (Pitcher) & Tyler Green (Pitcher)
• 2009 Adam Crabb (Pitcher)

Club Life Members

• Ken Martin ^
• Don May
• John Blunsden
• Trevor Dodman
• Max Wight
• Robert Mead ^
• Anthony Bobos
• John O’Loughlin
• John Bannister
• Joy Bannister ^
• Gary Maynard
• Darren Ballard
• Terry Kitto
• Greg Wood
• Roger Bosley
• Trevor Powell
• Wayne O’Loughlin
• Paul Szymanski
• Glennys Sporne
• Glen Harris
• Malcolm Sporne
• Paul Ingram
• Darren Bosley
• Ray Hann
• Marino Scarabotti
• Sue Jennings
• Kym Stanley
• Kevin Jennings

^ deceased

Player Life Members

Player life members must have played for more than 10 years and 500 games for the club.

• Wayne O’Loughlin
• Darren Ballard
• Malcolm Sporne
• Darren Bosley
• Craig Bosley
• Todd Goldfinch
• Geoff Puckett
• Andrew Short
• Jason Scarabotti
• Paul Harvey
• Shane Jennings
• Adam Widdison
• Julian Smith
• Ben Brusnahan
• Troy Cook
• Ben Jones

External links

• Southern Districts