FUNCTIONS & EVENTS

 

 

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Presidents Luncheon/ Past Players Day

Hall of Fame Inductees

& Mariners Beat Wolves to top off a Great Day

 

On Sunday November 26th the Port Melbourne hosted a great day of reminiscing of past glory, catching up with old friends, recognising extraordinary achievements & defeated a long time rival to top off one of the most memorable days in recent club history.

The Club held its Annual Presidents Luncheon / Past Players Day with a crowd of over 100 people in attendance, the key functions of the day were to get as many Past Players back to the club as possible and show them how our Club has grown and prospered, but the most important function of the day was to reward 3 great Club people with induction into the Port Melbourne Baseball Club Hall of Fame.

Firstly the inaugural inductee Kevin Longstaff whom was originally inducted in 2004 at our 75th Anniversary Dinner, but Kevin was unable to attend on that occasion so the club took the opportunity to make a presentation to him & congratulate Kevin in person.

Kevin’s achievements list as follows

 Kevin was an either President, Secretary, Treasurer or Assistant Secretary unbroken from 1962 to 1999

Hall of Fame Member

Life Member

Team of Century

Second Nine MVP 1959, 1969

Third Nine MVP 1982-83, 1989-90

815 Senior Games (Club Record)

 

Second to be inducted was the Late Talbot Hill, the award of which was presented to Talbot’s Niece Lois

Talbot’s Achievements list as follows

Talbot was either President or Secretary from 1960-1972

 

Hall of Fame Member

Life Member

Team of Century

First Nine MVP – 1952, 1960, 1966, 1967

400 +  Senior Games

 

The Third to be inducted was John Ramsay

Rag’s Achievements list as follows

 

Hall of Fame Member

Life Member

Team of Century

First Nine MVP – 1976, 1977, 1978/79, 1981/82

770 Senior Games

469 First Nine Games (Club Record)

 

To Kevin, Talbot & John, on Behalf of everyone who has ever been involved at the Port Melbourne Baseball Club, Congratulations and Thank you for the many years of service you gave to this great club of ours, your efforts and achievements are admired and greatly appreciated and you have all played a massive part in molding the Port Melbourne Baseball Club into what we have the pleasure of belonging to today.

 

Kevin , Lois & John each had the honours of throwing the first pitch of the game.

To top off what was already a great day our First Nine put on one of their best performances in recent times in front of a huge home crowd to beat arch rivals Williamstown 9 runs to 4 in convincing fashion, Co Coach & Pitcher  Ben Burke had a great day on the mound allowing only 2 hits and 1 run in 6 innings, Ben also chimed in with a 3 run Double in the 8th inning to seal the win and put beyond doubt he was the player of the game and a deserving winner of the Stan Camov Medal awarded to the player adjudged best a field in all Mens First Nine games played between Port & Williamstown, Samuel Morris had an outstanding game behind the plate to finish second in the voting for the medal & Ashley Meyers had a great game at Third base to finish third in the voting.

Ben & Co Coach Chris Macey also had the pleasure of being awarded the Wayne Rowe Memorial Shield award to the winner of the first game played each season between Port & Williamstown.


PORT MELBOURNE MARINERS BASEBALL CLUB

PRESENTATION NIGHT 2007-2008

Held on Saturday March 29, 2008
at the Port Melbourne Baseball Clubrooms

 

 

UNIFORM NUMBERS RETIRED BY THE CLUB

 

  7   Wayne "Boogie" Rowe

         1   Kevin "Kev" Longstaff

           Stan "Stinger" Camov

       24   Paul "Hedgey" Bradley

 

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARDS

 

Mrs Nonie Hill Perpetual Trophy

MEN'S 1st NINE - Ben Burke

 

Paul Bradley / Wayne Rowe Memorial Trophy

MEN'S 2nd NINE - Ian McGowan

 

MEN'S THIRD NINE - Tim Puyk

 

MEN'S FOURTH NINE - Jason Denes

 

WOMEN'S FIRST NINE - Shelli Marklew

 

WOMEN'S SECOND NINE - Emily Porritt

 

 

MEN'S CLUB CHAMPION

Tim Puyk

 

WOMEN'S CLUB CHAMPION

Aleisha Dakin

 

BATTING AWARDS

 

MEN'S FIRST NINE - Michael Alldis                .371

 

MEN'S SECOND NINE - Daniel Kendall           .600

 

MEN'S THIRD NINE - Tim Puyk                        .804

 

MEN'S FOURTH NINE - Steven Morris             .471

 

WOMEN'S FIRST NINE - Aleisha Dakin           .455

 

WOMEN'S SECOND NINE - Stacey Ashdown  .522

 

 

COACHES AWARDS

 

MEN'S FIRST NINE - Samuel Morris

 

MEN'S SECOND NINE - Matthew Bellingham

 

MEN'S THIRD NINE - Andrew Vartan

 

MEN'S FOURTH NINE - Liam Heywood

 

WOMEN'S FIRST NINE - Amanda Napier

 

WOMEN'S SECOND NINE - Daniella Garofolo

 

 

 

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 

Tim Puyk - 400th SENIOR GAME
versus WILLIAMSTOWN  24-2-2008

 

Tim Puyk - GRAND SLAM HOMERUN
versus PRESTON  16-12-2007

 

Tim Puyk - 5 HITS FROM 6 AT BATS
versus ST KILDA  18-11-2007

 

Wade Clester - GRAND SLAM HOMERUN
versus FOOTSCRAY  11-11-2007

 

Stacey Ashdown - GRAND SLAM HOMERUN
versus UPWEY  10-11-2007

 

Shelli Marklew - 28 GAME HITTING STREAK
4th Feb 2006 to 3rd November 2007

 

Daniella Garofolo - ALL 3 OUTS IN ONE INNING
1-3-2008 v Upwey

 

MR DRUNKHEAD 2008 - WADE CLESTER

 

MISS DRUNKHEAD 2008 - SHEENA DELANEY

 

 

 

 

BEST CLUBWOMAN - LEAH MORRIS

 

BEST CLUBMAN - ALAN MORRIS

 

 

Congratulations to all Award Winners and everyone that played a part at the Port Melbourne Baseball Club during season 2007-2008


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