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FUNCTIONS & EVENTS
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for the 2008-2009 Season 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 UNIFORM NUMBERS RETIRED BY THE CLUB 7
Wayne "Boogie" Rowe
1 Kevin "Kev"
Longstaff
3 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 Tim Puyk - GRAND SLAM HOMERUN Tim Puyk - 5 HITS FROM 6 AT BATS Wade Clester - GRAND SLAM HOMERUN Stacey Ashdown - GRAND SLAM HOMERUN Shelli Marklew - 28 GAME HITTING STREAK Daniella Garofolo - ALL 3 OUTS IN ONE INNING 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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