CLUB HISTORY
St Pats Baseball Club was first established as a baseball club in Sutherland in 1966. Since its inception, the club has grown from strength to strength to the large "family" orientated baseball club it is today.
Throughout its proud history, St Pats Baseball Club has inspired its players to take pride in their club and uniform, and to do their best, both on and off the playing field. Ultimately, as junior players graduate to more senior baseball, they are encouraged to pass on their expertise and knowledge of the game by assisting with coaching, umpiring or managing of junior teams. In this way, they assist by perpetuating the finest traditions of baseball under the black and green banner of St Pats Baseball Club.
“The uniform I wore in the inaugural (‘66) season of the club in under 14s was made by my mother. All of my teammates wore similar homemade uniforms made to the same pattern. The intervening years don’t allow me to recall how “uniform” they were. Still, I believe this to be the first true club uniform. The pants and shirt were green with white and black piping. We had a shamrock on the breast pocket. I wore that uniform for the 3 years I played juniors.
For the under 16 team in the inaugural season the uniform was different. It was a borrowed grey “away” uniform with a club name of “Red Wings” displayed. I have no idea where they came from. My brother Peter played on that team.
Unfortunately, I have no photographic evidence of either of these uniforms.
When I returned to the club to play seniors (‘89 or ‘90 I think) we wore black pants with a white and green vertical stripe down each leg. The shirt was green with black piping. It had same “StP” logo as shown on the “Beauman” jersey (below under Image Gallery) but did not have the badge on the left sleeve.
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50th Anniversary Celebrations
The club commemorated it's 50th year anniversary, with celebrations having commenced in the morning of Saturday, 10 September 2016 with 'season opener' styled celebrations at Waratah Oval, both during and following the first day of the junior baseball 2016/17 competition. It was a wonderful day!
To further the 50th anniversary, a Patrons vs Presidents baseball game was then later played on Sunday, 4 December 2016 at Waratah Oval. Details can be viewed by clicking here. Click here (via Google Drive) to view photos taken at the Patrons v Presidents Game held on Sunday, 4 December 2016 at Waratah Oval
Finally, a gathering of past and present players and significant others was held on Saturday, 18 March 2017 at Gymea Bowling Club. A fabulous evening was had by all and sundry. Click here to view photos taken at the 50th-anniversary get-together held on Saturday, 18 March 2017 at Gymea Bowling Club.