Sydney Women's Baseball League History
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| Year | President | # of Teams | Premiers | Notable Achievements | |||||
| 2008 | Oriel Webster | 10 | Babs reinvention, encompassing community, traditions, strong yet playful women on a lazy sunday afternoon. Introduction of the inaugural photo competition, "The Little Wine Company" sponsors The Golden Barley Hotel - club house, with SWBL HAPPY HOUR! Introduction of Code of Conduct and other community empowering policies and procedures Structured Training Program offered to all members to develop and promote the skills of the league |
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| 2007 | Vourneen Ward | 10 | The Saints | Obtained an equipment lockup 200 metres fromt he grounds at Moore Park. The League pays it's internal Plate Umpires for every game umpired. 'Blues' are locked in for the final series. Final Series changed to be in line with other baseball leagues. |
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| 2006 | Lois Dickson | 10 | The Saints | ACON become a premier partner in a 4 year agreement | |||||
| 2005 | Stacy Warren | 8 | The Players | Introduction of bulk sms for fast communication with players | |||||
| 2004 | Janna Richert | 7 | The Stealers | The League becomes an incorporated Association | |||||
| 2003 | Lena Caruso | 8 | The Stealers | Dolerite Mounds introduced | |||||
| 2002 | Mel Fyfe | 8 | UNSW | The Babs Logo was born\Inaugural All Star Game Played | |||||
| 2001 | Jen Crothers | Sydney Uni | League name changed to Sydney Women’s Baseball League at Special General Meeting 6th October 2001\www.swbl.org launched | ||||||
| 2000 | Max Costello | Buzz | Back Nets introduced and trailer used instead of the back of Max's car | ||||||
| 1999 | Pip Marks | Sydney Uni | Grounds moved to Moore Park cnr of Lang and Roberston Rd | ||||||
| 1998 | Gillian Fong | 7 | The Stealers | The inaugural SWBL Pool Comp was played | |||||
| 1997 | 4 | Erskineville | |||||||
| 1997 | Sydney Uni | ||||||||
| 1996 | Amanda Hill | 6 | |||||||
| 1995 | Amanda Hill | 4 | Newtown | Establishment of Inner-City Women’s Baseball League forms (ICWIBL)\ grounds at hockey fields at Centennial Parklands\ committee objective was to promote women in baseball \ Read the first ever League Newsletter here and here |