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Baseball in Darwin


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Sports in Australia is a celebration of sorts. Be it cricket, soccer, baseball or golf, the Australians are simply crazy about anything and everything that involves hitting, kicking or throwing a ball. Come down to Darwin in the Northern Territory and you will find things no different from the rest of Australia. Baseball, a popular sport in Darwin, is an addiction here that shows no signs of wearing off. Baseball in Darwin is a popular pastime and also a serious career option for many Darwin dwellers.

About The History of Baseball in Darwin

Baseball in Darwin had its tentative beginnings courtesy the Japanese anglers and the American servicemen settled here. Things became more organized and regulated only since 1953, thanks to a basketball buff named Charles Se Kee, who was a prominent member of the Darwin Chinese Community and also the president of the Darwin Basketball Association.

Baseball in Darwin, Australia was not the grand affair that you see today. In fact, the Darwin baseball scene was too sedate with competitive matches being held amongst four teams only. It was a time when there wasn't even a properly-shaped baseball field; the players had to make do with the Darwin Oval, a venue more popular for hosting private parties.

Unknown to many, baseball in Darwin, in its nascent days, used to played during the rainy season, that is from the beginning of October to the end of March. However, things changed with baseball in Darwin getting more competitive and ultimately the Darwin Baseball League implemented the dry season playing rule from 1984.

About the Clubs Playing Baseball In Darwin

Baseball in Darwin has had a complete makeover from its early days of faulty sporting gear, sporting venues that had no grass on the pitch and a playing season where more than the players it was the rain that played, the spoilsport that is.

Today, the Darwin baseball scene boasts of many Darwin baseball clubs, playing competitive games and many talented pitchers and hitters. You have amongst the Darwin baseball clubs, the Palmerston & Rural Baseball Club, the Pints Baseball Club, the South Darwin Baseball Club and the Tracy Village Baseball Club. The Nightcliff Baseball Club is one of the more popular of the Darwin baseball clubs and the proud winner of many Premiership titles.

These Darwin baseball clubs and the team members augment the talent pool of baseball in Australia and are also instrumental behind baseball soaring up the popularity charts of the various Darwin sports.

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