Redcliffe Padres Baseball Club 09/10

Action from the Redcliffe Padres Baseball Club, 2009/10 season.

Premiers - SQBL A
Minor Premiers - Major A, SQBL A
Preliminary Finalists - Major A, SQBL B
Semi Finalists - Major B, U20 Pool A, U16 Div 1

The Redcliffe Leagues Padres Baseball Club, also known as Peninsula Padres Baseball Club is a baseball club located in Redcliffe, Queensland that participates in the Greater Brisbane League competition and Brisbane North Region competition. As of the April 2009, it was the largest club in Queensland and second largest in Australia behind the Waverley Baseball Club in Victoria.

As of the 2009-2010 season, the club fields a team in every division and age group of the Greater Brisbane League and consists of 22 junior teams from Under 8 to Under 20, as well as six senior teams including a Over 35 Master's team. On 9 December, 2008 it was named by the Australian Baseball Federation as the Club of the Year.

The clubs regular season was the best ever for a Redcliffe A-Grade team, finishing with a 14-4 record securing the minor premiership and top seed for the finals. The team included Jay Nilsson leading the league in batting average (.443) and Rodney Wodson leading the league in ERA (1.77). It was also the first season of Daniel Nilsson who represented Australia in the 2009 World Youth Baseball Championship before the season and managed to hit a home run in his debut at bat.

The B-Grade team scraped into 4th spot for finals with a season disrupted by roster changes to accommodate the A-Grade players who were participating in the 2010 Claxton Shield. The SQBL A team secured the minor premiership with a 15-3 record and SQBL B team finishing 14-4 to finish 2nd. The SQBL C and Masters teams both missed out on finals by one win, ending their season in 5th position.

The finals run was less than ideal for A-Grade who went down to Windsor in three games (6-5, 5-6, 5-6) in the semi-final and Wests (9-0, 9-18, 2-8) in the preliminary final. Wests went on to beat Windsor for the premiership. The only successful team in the season being the SQBL A team who defeated Pine Hills 11-4. Major B ended up being knocked out in the semi-finals and SQBL B in the preliminaries. The clubs U16 division 1 team being the only junior team to make GBL finals, being knocked out in the semi final.

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