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18 Aug 2006 Newsletter Editor appointed
11 Aug 2006 BQI CEO and DO to visit
12 Aug 2006 Region AGM
22 Nov 2005 What if baseball was Played on Mars?
 
Wayne Michel, Friday, 18 August 2006

Megan Breid has been appointed to produce and distribute a regular newsletter for the Region

Newsletter Editor appointed

This is part of the strategy to keep all members and the media informed of events that occur on the Sunshine Coast.

Megan has asked that any person with a news item, event or interesting story concerning baseball should email it to her at newsletter@sunshinecoastbaseball.org.

Photos can be included but please remember to obtain the permission of the parents on the Release for Minors form from our web site if the photo includes an Under 18 player.
 
Wayne Michel, Friday, 11 August 2006

Our Secretary, Wayne Michel, has been able to organise a meeting with officials of Baseball Queensland to come and speak with us on Thursday, August 10th

BQI CEO and DO to visit

As I am sure a lot of you are aware, our membership numbers have been dwindling. We are all concerned about the future of our sport on the Sunshine Coast. If we are not successful at increasing participation at all levels and age groups, baseball could disappear from the coast. This will mean a lot of travel for children that want to play.

The meeting will discuss strategies to increase participation and membership in our sport.

We will keep you posted with details from the meeting
 
Wayne Michel, Saturday, 12 August 2006

The Sunshine Coast Region Baseball Association AGM was held on Sunday, August 6th.

Region AGM

I am happy to announce that Jason Leigh was elected unopposed to the post of President, John Morris is our new Vice-President and Wayne Michel cocntinues in the role of Administrator.

All officers can be contacted via the website.

Our region has a lot or work to do to restore it to our past size and scope.

We look forward to working with the new  board members and families to grow our sport on the Sunshine Coast
 
Wayne Michel, Tuesday, 22 November 2005

What if baseball was Played on Mars?

Mars has been in the news a lot lately Here are a few things to consider when baseball is someday played on Mars…

  • Dust storms are an occasional problem, but rain-outs are not.
  • Good news: A year on Mars lasts 687 Earth days, so the baseball season will be longer.
  • Bad news: The average temperature is minus 27 degrees Celcius. (A pitcher’s ballpark…could result in the batter’s hands being stung if they don’t wear a batting glove.)
  • Gravity is only 0.375 that of Earth, so home runs will travel a lot farther.
  • At its closest, Mars is about 35 million miles from Earth. At its farthest, it is 399 million miles from Earth. For any team on Mars that has to travel to Earth for the Interplanetary Series, it will take months and sometimes years to make the trip. Until a faster method of travel is developed, the 11-year-old tournament team may have to be chosen when they are 8 or 9 years old.
  • Even though Mars is 4,220 miles in diameter (Earth is 7,926 miles in diameter), there’s plenty of land for baseball and softball fields. Since there is no liquid water on Mars, the total land area is about the same as Earth.
  • Gravity on Mars is only one-third that of Earth. That means if you can reach a point seven feet high to snag a fly ball on Earth, you could jump 21 feet high on Mars.
For lots of information about Mars, and how human beings are using exploration of space to learn more about our own planet, visit http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/allabout
 

 

 

  
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