ACT Rebels Baseball Club

Shout out to our very own Ellen Bentley!

She’ll be a C / Util for the BCW Rangers. If you’d like to donate to support her and the rest of the Canberra Rangers women’s program and follow along, click the link in the post!

Best of luck 🫡

Meet Ellen! She's a Catcher/Utility for your BCW Rangers!

15 years in the game, two reconstructions, and a baby boy along the way and she's still showing up and throwing down. Her role model? Her dad. Her proudest moment? Playing beside him on the field.

Now Ellen is on the Road to the 2026 Women's Country Championship and she needs YOUR support to get there. Your generous support will help cover costs associated with travel, accommodation, uniforms, training ground hire fees and tournament expenses.

Donate to the Canberra Rangers Women's program today. P.S...it's tax deductible!

https://asf.org.au/campaigns/baseball-canberra/bcw-rangers-road-to-2026-women-s-country-championships-1

Help support our very own Ellen Bentley make it to the 2026 Women's Country Championships

Meet Ellen! She's a Catcher/Utility for your BCW Rangers!

15 years in the game, two reconstructions, and a baby boy along the way and she's still showing up and throwing down. Her role model? Her dad. Her proudest moment? Playing beside him on the field.

Now Ellen is on the Road to the 2026 Women's Country Championship and she needs YOUR support to get there. Your generous support will help cover costs associated with travel, accommodation, uniforms, training ground hire fees and tournament expenses.

Donate to the Canberra Rangers Women's program today. P.S...it's tax deductible!

https://asf.org.au/campaigns/baseball-canberra/bcw-rangers-road-to-2026-women-s-country-championships-1

****Save the date for BC Winter Pathways 2026****

The program kicks off the week of Monday 20 July and runs through to Friday 25 September and Cam Warner returns for his 3rd year in a row as BC Pathways Lead (volunteer)!

There will also be an optional team entry into the Greenies Cup in Sydney over the October long weekend (subject to interest and numbers).

We encourage all previous Pathways players, as well as those aiming to make BC Charter and AYC teams, to get involved.

For children ages 9 years+

More information coming soon.

Club Awards!
Each year the club gives out 3 awards for 3 exceptional people who have contributed greatly to the club and to baseball in general.

Club person of the year:
Club person of the year is presented on those occasions where a member or members commitment to and passion for the Club off the Diamond has contributed greatly to the success and prosperity of the Club.

Your 2025/2026 club person of the year is Dave Cochrane! Dave Cochrane

Mark Stowers Club Sportsman award:
this trophy is presented each season to the player from any senior grade that the Executive believed represented the Club with distinction both on and off the diamond, and in so doing, observed the highest ideals of sportsmanship

Your Mark Stowers Club sportsman Award Winner is the 🐐 Chris Gould! Gouldy also collected the 4th Grade sportsman’s award, the batting award and a championship!

Mr Baseball award:
This Award is presented each season to honour those who Jan regards have, via his or her performance on or off the field over many years, brought great credit not only to the Club, but to Baseball in general.

This years Mr…well…Mrs Baseball award winner is Belina Adams! In true Bel fashion, getting a picture was difficult. She’s often found behind the scenes, faithfully scoring for the club for several years. Congratulations Bel!

1st Grade!

1st Grade this year made it to the Semi finals but went down in the series 2-1 to the bears. A great season with many standouts but these guys took home the choccies

Fielding award & Jubilee: Young gun debutant Oscar Kelly made his 1st Grade debut on the 1st November 2025 playing catcher. He went on to play 20 games, catching 108 innings at the first grade level fielding .992. Incredible work from a young player who’s going to see plenty of time in 1st grade. Congrats!

Players Player & Hitting: Markus Bracey
Voted players player for his performances on the field, Markus was a force in the box and on the mound. 24 games, .409 avg, .470 OBP and .716 slg, Markus had 13 doubles, 1 triple, 4HRs 22 RBI all while pitching in 14 games for 71 innings, 105 Strikeouts (13.3 k/9) for a 3.2 ERA. Insane stats from a great guy.

Wayne Stephen’s sportsman’s award: Given for his on and off the field play, awarded to Phil Whelan. First to arrive, last to leave with a great attitude and great play. Locking down CF fielding 1.000 with 30 putouts, Phil was a clutch #2 hitter. .267 avg, .416 OBP, this man got on, stole bases (16) and scored runs (32). Can’t wait to see him in year 3.

Can’t forget, the two most important awards, given to our Strikeout and error leaders.
Strikeout — Ruben Cordina.
Errors — Kenta Hitoni & Markus Bracey tied. Wonder how our MVP gets an error award? Incredible range locked him in with 100 total chances, 30 above the next guy, Kenta.

Wear these awards with a badge of pride, you’re forever engraved now!

Congrats to all!

2nd Grade!

Hitting: hitting .484 over 12 games with 1 double, 3 triples and 17R scored at the top of the order. 0 strikeouts all season, Katz got on, got round and let the others knock him in.

Fielding: Lachlan Ives, locking down CF with a 1.000 average.

Players Player: Returning Rebel Kobe brought a great attitude and a veterans head, 10/10 teammate Kobe was voted players player by the team.

Sportsman’s award: Nate Adams, awarded for his 2 way ability and chatty demeanour (one of those is true), Nate pitched 14 innings with 3 starts, for a 2.9 ERA. He also hit .565 across 23ABs, for 3 doubles, 10 RBI, and 6 stolen bases (speed demon??). While still technically a junior, Nate has been smashing it in 2nds and looking to build a long term spot in 1sts. We think we’ll be seeing plenty of him there soon.

Congrats!!

Third Grade!

From your Third Grade Blues, Michael Budge and Mooch took out the awards.
Hitting: Budgey hit .432
Players player: club favourite, Mooch jones
Fielding award: Winning his 100000th Fielding award, Mooch Jones

Third Grade Maroon
Hitting & Sportsman’s award: Lachlan Ives awarded these for his 2 way ability, hitting .675, 31 RBIs and 2 HR while throwing 13 innings striking out 18.
Fielding: Tom Rosser played a combo of 1B, 2B and LF, fielding .932 on the season to lead the team.

Players Player: awarded by team Vote, Ulysses “more bombs than Ives” Mavrogenes hit .587 with 3 doubles, 3 triples and 3 HRs while stealing 23 bases.

Congrats to these guys and the third grade maroon squad who finished as champs!

Here are your award winners from our Sunday teams!

From 5th Grade, Scott Chapman took out the Sportsman’s award. Scott finished the season playing multiple positions, pitching in 8 games total, starting in 4. He hit .560 with a .686 OBP. Congrats!

From 4th Grade, Mick Patton, a club legend, took out the Players Player while Mitch Waddell earned the fielding award.

Mitch pitched and played 1B and LF, fielding 1.000 over the regular season.

Mick was awarded players player. Mick played 3B and LF predominantly, hitting .417 with 17 RBIs.

Congrats guys!

P.s we know we left someone out. Stay tuned for the 🐐

Thanks to all to attended our annual presentation night. Thanks to the Statesman Hotel for hosting and for your sponsorship throughout the season.
We had a great turnout with plenty of awards given out. Please stay tuned as these are announced over the next few days.

Starting first with our Jubilee award winners! These go to Tristan Wilson, Eric Cochrane and Aiden Bates who all made their 1st Grade Debuts this year.

These players were a huge help in the dugouts and got to learn and see what it’s like to play at higher levels. We will definitely be seeing more of them in the future.