We have 14 days to make the Basing Hill Ballpark project a reality
The Basing Hill Ballpark project has been given a lifeline in the campaign to secure funding but the odds are still stacked heavily against it with the deadline looming. In March, Herts Baseball Club came very close but missed out on receiving funding from the Mayor of London for the project. Despite securing pledges from […]
Herts to battle on all fronts in the national youth baseball championships. Badenhorst and Barrett to manage the U18s.
The Herts adult league teams may be struggling to qualify for the playoffs, so the club’s youth teams may have to carry the flag in the national baseball championships (NBCs) this season. Herts is preparing to enter teams in all age divisions, U18/U17, U15, U13 and U11. The club has submitted a bid to host […]
The kids put on a show in dramatic season finale
The Herts Londoners clinched the Under-11 division of the Herts Youth Baseball League after a dramatic race with the Herts Raptors and the Herts Falcons which went right down to the wire. At the start of the day the Londoners and Eagles were in third and fourth place, two games back on the Falcons and […]
Herts Falcons appoint Clark as interim manager
Herts Baseball Club has confirmed that interim manager, Carlos Casal, has stepped down from his position and the club has appointed Phil Clark as the new interim manager while manager Cris Hiche is out of the country for family reasons. Clark is one of the longest serving members of the Herts Falcons. He joined the […]
Herts Hawks appoint Purewal as new manager
Earlier this month Herts Hawks player-manager, Tetsuro Shinkawa (pictured below), was informed that he will have to undergo a non-baseball medical procedure and he is expected to require a period of recovery after it which will keep him away from baseball. Everyone at the club hopes that the procedure will go well and that Tets […]
Herts submits bid to host the 2021 National Baseball Championships
Herts Baseball Club has submitted its bid to host 2021 Postseason Playoff games in the adult leagues of the British Baseball Federation (BBF). If the BBF awards any of these events to Herts, they will be staged at the club’s Grovehill Ballpark in Hemel Hempstead. The events which clubs are invited to bid for include […]
Basing Hill Ballpark campaign boosted after Barnet pledges £4,000
The Basing Hill Ballpark crowdfunding campaign has received a boost with the news that its pitch to the London Borough of Barnet was successful and they have made a pledge of £4,000 to the project. Herts Baseball Club suffered a setback in March when they learned that they narrowly missed out on funding from The […]
Coach Matt Davis to work with Herts players this summer
In June 2019, just ahead of the MLB London Series between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, Herts baseball players had the rare opportunity to be coached by Monte Brooks, head coach of The Master’s University baseball team with over 700 college wins. He was accompanied by a number of player-coaches from […]
14th Herts baseball team makes a late league entry
The 2021 baseball season is now in full swing. Last weekend there were eight adult and four youth league games involving five Herts adult league and eight youth league teams. Herts Baseball Club is growing and now has thirteen teams. The news of the Herts Youth Baseball League (HYBL) which was launched this season has […]
Herts Baseball Club receives grant to promote baseball for children in Grovehill
Herts Baseball Club has been awarded a £1,000 Herts Sports Partnership grant from its Active Local Tackling Inequalities Fund secured from Sport England. The fund aims to help reduce the negative impact of COVID-19 and the widening of the inequalities in sport and physical activity in ten Active Local areas around Hertfordshire which have high […]