Winter Royals – Match Report v Mornington Black

Our Sandy Winter team bagged another victory on Saturday after over-powering the Mornington Pirates Black team. The final score saw us at 13-3 , bases loaded and two out with our final batter trying desperately to smack the cover off the ball and score some extra runs when Geoff Francis chimed in with the 10 run rule to finish us off. Standing at two runs apiece going into the third we eventually got moving with two out. Pete Forwood drew

Match Report – Winter Royals v Bonbeach

Saturdays clash at Tulip Street was delayed by rain but with some good ground work by the Sandy team we got underway just 25 minutes late. Bonbeach came into the round as a team on the rise and the Royals had to battle hard all day in order to retain top spot on the ladder. True to our plan for the year we started young Ben Kaplin with an experienced infield backing him up. In three innings of work he

Match Report – Winter Royals v Mornington

Saturdays game against Mornington Black was more of a struggle than the score line may indicate for your Sandy Royals winter team. A seemingly comfortable victory at 9-3 comes into true focus when it is revealed we scored 6 runs with two out in the third dig and a further run in the last in junk time. Down a few regular contributors we struggled to hit the ball long in the perfect but chilly conditions.  Josh Smith was again unstoppable

Winter Royals Match Report – Wow and Wow Again!

Wow and Wow again! Wanting to make a statement in the top of the table clash with Dingley last Saturday, the Sandy Royals smashed their way to a very comfortable 13-1 victory. On a great day for baseball out at Dingley we put one of our strongest line-ups into the field and from the top of the first headed towards victory after scoring three runs. Hits to Twinkletoes Steve Lester, Josh “Sticks” Smith and Robbie Anthony gave us a great

Winter Royals – Round 6

Sandy v Pakenham 1 June at Jack Guiliano Field Our Winter Royals cruised to a reasonably comfortable 10-4 victory on Saturday against a gallant but under-performing Pumas team. The Royals are now sitting at 6-1 and in second position. We enjoy the rare luxury of having two complete batteries to interchange throughout the season. This week it was Dave McKinnon starting with Steve Lester in relief pitching to Scott McLaughlin. Each one performed their role well with the pitchers surrendering

Winter Royals Round 5 Match Report

Our Winter team traveled to Mornington on this past Saturday to face winter conditions for the first time this season. With a limited roster due to other commitments our ten included Josh Smith back for the first time in two seasons. It was great to have the lanky baseball tyro back with us. Ban Kaplin again started the game as per our goal to give him lots of pitching experience this season. After we escaped the bottom of the first

Winter Royals – Round 4 Match Report

Round 4  v Mornington On a perfect day for winter baseball we hosted Mornington on Saturday in a game we needed to win to stay in touch with ladder leading Dingley. Responding to an early run the Sandy team batted sensibly extending the Pirates pitcher and drawing walks where available. Dave McKinnon made second after an absolute cannon shot burst through Left Fields glove and then in typical fashion Rob Anthony drove the ball low and hard into the outfield

Match Report – Round 3

Your Winter Royals team hosted Dingley in a top of the table clash last Saturday. Staving off problems in the first after their lead-off hitter got to third with none out the Royals waited until the second innings before hitting the scorecard. A first pitch bomb into the left field trees with a man on saw one of our new players make a startling debut for the Winter team. Adam Diamond was on fire and launched a second at bat

Winter Baseball Match Reports – Round 1 and 2

8th May:   Our winter baseball C1 team has kicked off the season with a couple of good results. Round 1:  Match Report 28 April v Mornington Final Result 8 – 3 Draw Your Winter Royals started the season with a hard fought 8-3 win against a gallant young Mornington line-up. Sandy have recruited well this off-season and have added some real fire-power into the batting line-up with Rob Anthony and David Housden signing on for the season. Alongside this experienced

Senior Presentation Night – 23rd March

When:  Saturday 23 March 2019 Where:   Southern Golf Club (Lower Dandenong Road Keysbrough) Time:     Arrive 6.30 for 7.00pm start Dress:    Smart Casual (no denim) Cost:   $60.00 ph 3 course meal Drinks at bar prices BOOKING SECURED BY DIRECT DEPOSIT (Book asap) BSB 633 000 Acc  129181285 Name as ref. The night also incorporates our 90 year celebration,please ensure you are there on the night. Please advise special dietary requirements to Rick Wills (0416032500) No further booking will be accepted

Senior Scorecard – 17th Feb

Senior Teams 17th Feb

Senior Teams 10th February

Senior Teams for Teal Day – 3rd February

Senior Teams 27 January

Senior Teams 20 January

Senior Teams – Sunday 13th December

Senior Training Resumes

Senior training resumes this Thursday 3rd January, with first senior games starting on 13th January.

Senior Scorecard – 15 December

Senior Teams – Saturday 15th December