Bayside Westhaven Baseball Club

⚾️💙 HAPPY FATHER’S DAY! 💙⚾️

Wishing all our Bayside dads a very Happy Father’s Day! 🥳 Enjoy your day, you legends! 💙⚾️

🚨 BAYSIDE GIVEAWAY ALERT🚨
‼️5 OFFICIAL BAYSIDE NEW ERA HATS TO BE WON....VALUED AT $80‼️

All you have to do is ⬇️ 📸 Take a selfie of yourself next to any of our Bayside road signs. ⚾ Upload the photo to your socials and make sure to tag us . Show us your style, get creative, strike a pose, share and upload.

Congratulations to Paul Harvey and Doug Powers on your appointments!

⚾ Baseball NZ Board & Leadership Update

Baseball New Zealand is pleased to announce several updates to our leadership team as we look ahead to the next chapter for our game.

We’re excited to welcome Glenn Campbell as Baseball New Zealand’s inaugural President, a newly established role that will allow Glenn to continue contributing his experience and passion for baseball in Aotearoa.

We also congratulate Paul Harvey on his appointment as Chair, Steven Upfold as Deputy Chair, and welcome Doug Powers to the Board as a Director.

We look forward to the leadership, experience and fresh perspectives this team will bring as we continue working together to grow and strengthen baseball across New Zealand⚾🇳🇿

Please join us in congratulating Glenn, Paul, Steven and Doug on their new roles!

Well deserved Tait, an outstanding season with McCook. Now the new chapter with Dayton begins 💪🏼🇳🇿⚾️

Congrats to both Stu Robertson and Ryan Purcell Player of their games, Ryan making the championship bracket for Cal Ripken taking on Mexico and taking out player of the game. Stu in their bracket game against Kelso. Both outstanding performances.

NZBUA Umpire School 2026 is on 16-18 October in Auckland, and it's free to attend.

The school runs across three days and builds progressively. We start with rules and game management theory, move into on-field mechanics and plate work, then finish with live game situations and a full scrimmage so you can apply what you've learned under game conditions.

It's open to umpires at every level, from those just starting out to experienced umpires wanting to sharpen their mechanics and positioning.

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/mr3rzhmm

Any questions, email [email protected] or send us a message here.

Baseball New Zealand is looking for nominations for the 2026 Baseball New Zealand Awards. If anyone in the Bayside wolfpack has seen volunteers, coaches, scorekeepers, players or teams that have done something amazing we encourage you to follow the instructions in this Baseball New Zealand post and submit a nomination before they close on August 12th!

🏆 MEET THE 2026 BASEBALL NEW ZEALAND AWARDS JUDGES! 🏆

We’re excited to introduce this year’s judging panel, who will help determine our 2026 Baseball New Zealand Award winners:

⭐ Lynn Torgerson — Board Director
⭐ Mark Irwin — National Selector
⭐ Dan Tan — Diamondblacks Manager

Now it’s your turn to help recognise the people who have made an outstanding contribution to baseball in New Zealand this year! ⚾

👉 Submit your nominations using the form linked in our bio or through this link: https://sportsboxnz-web.github.io/bnz-awards-2026/

📝 How to submit your nominations

1. Complete your nominations on the form provided and tick the confirmation checkbox at the bottom.
2. Then click “Review nominations” to check everything before sending.
3. On the review screen, click “Copy nominations” to copy your nominations to your clipboard.
4. Open a new email, paste your nominations into the body and send them to [email protected]
5. Your nominations are not received by Baseball NZ until the email has been sent.

📩 You should receive a confirmation reply from us within two working days. If you don’t receive one, please get in touch to ensure your nominations have been received.

⏰ Nominations close August 12 — don’t miss your chance to recognise someone deserving!

It’s been cool hearing about your experiences first hand while we’ve been with you in Dallas Tait. Can’t wait to follow the next stage.

✈️🇺🇸 And they're off! 🇺🇸✈️

We have 6 Bayside ballers who are heading to Branson Missouri USA, as part of the Pac-Man team to compete in the Babe Ruth and Cal Ripken baseball tournaments. What an incredible opportunity to represent New Zealand on the international stage!

Good luck boys, have fun, play hard and enjoy the experience. The wolfpack is behind you all the way! ⚾🐺

Baseball New Zealand is running a fantastic free event next Sunday 7th June. This is especially great for any Baysiders to bring a friend they are trying to convince to give baseball a go and join them in our junior teams aged 5-12. Please share this in your networks!

Baseball is coming to Auckland this winter — and it’s FREE!⚾️🇳🇿

Baseball New Zealand is hosting PLAY BALL Weekend Aotearoa on Sunday 7 June, 10am–1pm — our first-ever local event as part of MLB’s global PLAY BALL Weekend, happening across six continents every June.

We’re bringing a fun-filled morning of baseball activities to a central Auckland indoor venue for tamariki aged 5–12:
- Pitch, Hit & Run competitions
- Wiffle ball games
- Meet your local baseball club
- Free entry — all equipment provided
No experience needed. Just show up and play!

Venue to be confirmed — register your interest now at the link in our bio or below to be the first to know and lock in your spot for what’s shaping up to be a brilliant morning of sport.

https://membership.mygameday.app/regoform.cgi?formID=121289&programID=78395

National registrations open 1 August — come along on 7 June and take your first step into the 2026/27 season!