The Geelong Baseball Association (GBA), is an Australian

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association and league based in

Geelong, Victoria Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, a ...

. It runs the Geelong Winter League, one of the premier

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competitions in Victoria. The GBA is affiliated with Baseball Victoria. Established in 1937, the GBA offers senior and junior competitions to clubs and teams from metropolitan Geelong, Colac,

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Bacchus Marsh Bacchus Marsh (Wathawurrung: ''Pullerbopulloke'') is an urban centre and suburban locality in Victoria, Australia located approximately north west of the state capital Melbourne and west of Melton, Victoria, Melton at a near equidistance to th ...

, Lara, Newport and

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. Competition is conducted from early April through to September.

History

In 1889, the first match of interest played at Geelong between

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

and Geelong Baseball Clubs. Melbourne won the game 25–15. Established over seventy years ago, in 1937 the GBA offers senior and junior competitions to clubs and teams from metropolitan Geelong, Colac,

, Lara and

. Since the

Waurn Ponds Waurn Ponds is a mainly residential southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The suburb is bounded by Rossack Drive, Princes Highway, the Geelong to Warrnambool railway, Reservoir Road, Draytons Road, Pigdons Road, Deakin University and ...

Baseball Centre was opened in , Geelong has attracted numerous major baseball events, including Provincial series, international matches, two

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ese training camps, international friendly games, AAA Youth series, Claxton Shield games and Masters series.

Clubs

* Alfredton Eagles * Bacchus Marsh Tigers * Ballarat Royals *

Bellarine Bears The Bellarine Peninsula (Wathawurrung: ''Balla-wein'' or ''Biteyong'') is a peninsula located south-west of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, surrounded by Port Phillip, Corio Bay and Bass Strait. The peninsula, together with the Mornington Pe ...

* Colac Braves *

Corio Tigers Corio may refer to: *Corio, Piedmont, a commune in the province of Turin, northern Italy *Corio, Victoria, a residential and industrial area in Geelong, Victoria, Australia *Division of Corio, an Australian electoral division in the state of Victor ...

* Deakin Blues *

East Belmont Saints The East Belmont Saints is a baseball club playing in Australia's Geelong Baseball Association. The team plays their home games at Pioneer Park in Geelong, Australia. Saints is a welcoming, family-friendly baseball club catering for all age ...

* Guild Lions * Lara Wildcats * Newport Rams * Sunshine Eagles

References

External links

Official website

History Snapshot
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History

Clubs

See also

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