Teams starting to enter the 2021 Herts Spring League
The Herts Spring League (HSL) has confirmed the game dates for the 2021 edition of the competition. The government announced a tentative timetable which indicated that baseball games could resume from 29 March 2021 in accordance with the approved Covid-19 protocol. In order to give teams three weeks of training to prepare for HSL games, […]
5 Herts baseball teams enter the 2021 BBF adult leagues
Herts Baseball Club has confirmed that five teams will enter the various adult leagues of the British Baseball Federation (BBF). Herts Falcons manager, Cris Hiche, will be looking for his team to improve on their 2019 record when they finished in third place in Britain’s top league, 17 games back on the London Mets and […]
Club elects five new board members
The results from the 2021 board elections of Herts Baseball Club have been published confirming that five new members have joined the board. Ken Pike (pictured above) returns to the board as manager of one of the adult league teams based at Grovehill Ballpark. The identity of his team and which league it will enter […]
Prime Minister unveils plan to come out of the Covid lockdown
On Monday, Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, unveiled a new four-step plan to ease England’s lockdown which could see all legal limits on social contact lifted by 21 June, if strict conditions are met. It was good to see that organised sport will be one of the first sectors which will be allowed to resume outdoor […]
Herts Baseball Club pitches to the Mayor of London as part of its Basing Hill Ballpark crowdfunding campaign
Herts Baseball Club has launched a crowdfunding campaign to build a baseball venue at Basing Hill Park in North West London and hopes that the Mayor of London will also back the project. Herts adult and youth teams began playing baseball in Basing Hill Park in 2019, but there were significant challenges to this. Their […]
Herts publishes AGM details
AGM NOTICE In accordance with the Club’s Constitution, this is a notice of the upcoming 24th Annual General Meeting of Herts Baseball Club. The AGM will take place as follows: DATESunday, 31 January 2021 TIME10:30am (meeting room opens at 10:15am, AGM expected to end at around 2:30pm) VENUEDue to Covid-19 restrictions, this year’s AGM will be […]
Provisional 2021 HSL dates
Over the last few weeks, Herts Baseball Club has been in discussions with the British Baseball Federation to co-ordinate the best way to approach the scheduling of the 2021 Herts Spring League. Prior to the government’s announcement of the current national lockdown, the BBF indicated that, subject to Covid restrictions, the Opening Day of the […]
Changes expected in the Herts youth baseball department for 2021
Herts Baseball Club is looking to unveil plans for the launch of a new regional youth baseball league for 2021. The pandemic disrupted the youth baseball season last year and the club is determined not only to turn things around but to put in place a model which has good potential to develop and grow […]
Players now registering for the 2021 baseball season
Player registration for the 2021 season has commenced. 2020 was a difficult year for everyone but yesterday’s announcement that the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has been approved has given us a reason to look ahead to Spring with increasing optimism that we will be able to play a full baseball season in 2021. Despite the pandemic, […]
First rainout of 2020
All five games involving Herts baseball teams tomorrow, Sunday, 16 August, have been cancelled due to waterlogged diamonds. The fields were desparate for water but the sheer volume of rain over the last few days has saturated the ground causing drainage complications. All five Herts teams will be back in action next Sunday, 23 August, […]