ABOUT
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BECOME A PLAYER
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Whether you've played before or are just interested in learning the game, we would love to hear from you. We are looking for players for the 2019 season and beyond. The season starts in April and runs until September, with midweek training sessions and league games played on Sundays.
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TRAINING
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Training will take place (weather permitting) during the spring and summer mid week evenings on Thursdays from 630pm to 830pm at our Forge Valley diamond (Stannington). This is an open training season for existing players and anyone wishing to get into the sport. (£3 per session) First session free for new players.
Indoor training will take place during the winter off season, times and dates will be communicated as necessary. Cost is £4 per session. Everyone welcome, no experience needed. |
50/50 RAFFLE
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FIRST INTRODUCED IN 2016
2016 was the first year the club was going to try something new by introducing a fun way to win money and help the club at the same time. 1st May was in the diary, not only for the Bladerunners home season opener, but for the draw for the first 50/50 event. If you are not familiar with a 50/50 draw, it’s really simple. Participants will buy tickets to the draw by purchasing your unique number from one of our team. Your purchase will come with the knowledge that 50% of the fund will go to helping the club further develop the sport of baseball in your local area thanks to you and more importantly you’ll have the chance to win the jackpot. The hope was to evolve this event throughout the season, however for the first ever draw; we had our team out selling tickets and raising the prize fund. Tickets were priced at only 50p, but the best value will be getting 5 tickets (5 chances to win) for £2. To make this a success and to help secure the future of this event, it is was in the Bladerunners hands. We wanted everyone to have fun and get involved and contribute as little or as much as you can, as someone has to walk away with the money on May 1st. If you would like to buy some tickets please email us at info@sheffieldbladerunners.co.uk and we’ll get straight back to you and get you involved. Alternatively you can visit us on Facebook and contact our 50/50 team and they'll be in touch, with ticket details. The first draw went as follow : We’ll have a guaranteed prize fund of at least £50 and we’ll update the total as it rises. We’ll announce the final amount on Sat. 30th by 9pm. The draw will take place on the Sunday evening after the games against Liverpool Trojans II and will be recorded and we’ll broadcast the draw via our media channels. The lucky winner will receive their prize as soon as we identify them and can get the money to them. Then we’ll hopefully announce the dates for future draws and detail how the 50/50 will help the team going forward. |
THE FRONT OFFICE
Following the 2018 season AGM, the following positions were elected :
Manager - Rich Green rich@sheffieldbladerunners.co.uk
Captain - Miguel Juarez captain@sheffieldbladerunners.co.uk
Head Coach - Nestor Martinez
Assistant Coaches - John Briscoe, Damien Kilkenny
Treasurer - Jon Gardner treasurer@sheffieldbladerunners.co.uk
Press/Media Team - Kirsty Jones, Martin Hingley, Ryan Kendall press@sheffieldbladerunners.co.uk
For general enquiries to the club - info@sheffieldbladerunners.co.uk
Manager - Rich Green rich@sheffieldbladerunners.co.uk
Captain - Miguel Juarez captain@sheffieldbladerunners.co.uk
Head Coach - Nestor Martinez
Assistant Coaches - John Briscoe, Damien Kilkenny
Treasurer - Jon Gardner treasurer@sheffieldbladerunners.co.uk
Press/Media Team - Kirsty Jones, Martin Hingley, Ryan Kendall press@sheffieldbladerunners.co.uk
For general enquiries to the club - info@sheffieldbladerunners.co.uk
LOCATION
From 2015, the home diamond for the Sheffield Bladerunners will be situated at Forge Valley Community School in Stannington, Sheffield, S6.
After being forced to leave its council owned ground at Thorncliffe recreation ground (home for the previous 3 seasons), due to building work being undertaken on the playing fields, the management have secured the use of the fantastic facilities at Forge Valley to develop its roots deep in the community on the north side of Sheffield.
After being forced to leave its council owned ground at Thorncliffe recreation ground (home for the previous 3 seasons), due to building work being undertaken on the playing fields, the management have secured the use of the fantastic facilities at Forge Valley to develop its roots deep in the community on the north side of Sheffield.
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Forge Valley was founded in 2011 and has over 1100 students, it was opened with an investment of £21 million, of which a significant portion was invested in the sports facilities. The Bladerunners are looking to quickly find their feet in their new surroundings and establish themselves and form an imposing diamond for visiting teams to come to. In addition to the outdoor diamond, the facility also offers Sports Hall, changing facilities, 3G pitch, 1km cycle track, gym, as well as further grassed playing surfaces.
The future looks bright, any potential sponsors wishing to form links to the Sheffield Bladerunners we would love to hear from you contact - info@sheffieldbladerunners.co.uk. Address : Forge Valley School , Wood Lane, Stannington, Sheffield, S6 5HG |
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BLADERUNNERS PROUD TO BE A CO-ED TEAM
Kirstie Wright - 2015 Rookie of the Year
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Baseball is commonly seen to be a male orientated sport, however since the 1980's the Sheffield Bladerunners have always been proud to be a team represented by both male and female players.
Throughout the years the team has, virtually every season, had a female on the playing roster, which is great testament to the club, in a society which still struggles to break the professional image of it being solely a male sport. With the lack of softball in Sheffield, the step for females, and for that matter, anyone with no experience of the sport, is huge. Our club welcomes anyone to try the sport, and as our track record has proved, despite our diversity being in the minority for the sport in general, things are changing and more teams are becoming mixed sex. We actively encourage this dynamic of the teams make up to continue in a positive direction The crowning glory on this diversity was the awarding of the 2015 rookie of the year to Kirstie Wright - as voted for by her fellow teammates. If you are thinking of joining our team and would like more information, please feel to contact us at info@sheffieldbladerunners.co.uk and we'll be happy to assist. |
CLUB INFO - ARTICLES
Please check out the pages linked to this 'About' and 'News', where you will find articles related to the history of the team as well as archived stories related to more recent activities of the team.