Barwon Sports Academy 2024

Geelong Baycats is continuing their partnership with Barwon Sports Academy (BSA) to offer membership for selected male and female athletes to join the BSA program in 2024.
To be considered for selection in this program, players must:
• be members of Geelong Baycats Baseball Club
• be aged 13, 14, 15 or 16 in the year 2024* depending on a number of factors, we could extend this age bracket beyond age 16.
• be aspirational in terms of their goals for themselves as players (eg: have a vision of participating in State or National representative teams, play College or Professional baseball in the future)
• demonstrate a positive attitude towards training and playing
• demonstrate a commitment to improving themselves as players
• demonstrate a commitment towards athletic and personal development, including participation in relevant education sessions detailed above
Selection process:
1. Applications submitted via the BSA online application by the due date. Application can be found: https://www.barwonsportsacademy.org.au/baseball
2. Advisory panel meet to consider applications
3. A decision made on the successful applicants for 2024 intake
4. Letter sent to both successful and unsuccessful applicants. This will include
the date and venue for the Induction evening in the first week of February
when all details of the program will be shared.
Note:
• Athletes will need to have submitted their applications to the Academy by Monday 27th of November 2023
• The BSA Induction night for 1st year athletes will be held Monday 5th February 2024 and you will receive notification through an acceptance email/letter

Bruce Wood is the current coordinator of the program. If you have queries, please direct them to Bruce via the following email address: geelongbaycatsbaseball@gmail.com. Please include ‘BSA’ in the subject line.

Geelong Baycats are immensely proud of all our Club Members.

When they are recognised further afield we like to announce our

Proud Club Moments

Leanne Gibbons

1.11.23

Proud Club Moment

Congratulations to these Baycats players who have been selected to represent Victoria at the 2024 Australian Youth Championships early next year.

U18 - Tanner Stack and

Will Cavanagh

U16 - Jordan Ellis and

Riley Peoples

We wish the boys all the best.

#gobaycats

Leanne Gibbons

28.10.23

Proud Club Moment

Congratulations to our own

Liam Spence who has been selected on the Australian Roster for the upcoming 2023 Asian Professional Baseball Championships to be played in Tokyo from 16th to 19th November. Good Luck Liam

Leanne Gibbons

· 8.5.23

Proud Club Moment

Good luck to Tanner, Cade, Jordan, Bradyn and Will at the School Sport Australian Championships.

You can follow them on the game changer link

https://gc.com/g/2023SSA

Good Luck boys

#gobaycats

Leanne Gibbons

· 6.3.23

Proud Club Moment

Yet another proud moment for the club this season.

A huge congratulations to

Cade White, Will Cavanagh, Jordan Ellis and Tanner Stack

for being selected in the School Sports Victoria 18 & Under Team and also Bradyn Barker as an emergency.

More details to follow as they come to hand.

#gobaycats

Leanne Gibbons

· 26.5.23

Proud Club Moment

Congratulations Jordan Ellis on being invited to the Under 16 National Camp to be held at the AIS in Canberra this September.

#gobaycats

Leanne Gibbons

· 6.5.23

Proud Club Moment

Congratulations to our Baycats ladies Nyah O’Brien and Lily Kevelham who have been selected to play in the Australian Women’s Championships from Friday 7th April to Thursday 13th April at Melbourne Ball Park.

Nyah in the Victorian State Team and Lily in the NSW Combined team.

Good Luck ladies

#gobaycats