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Post by kc on Mar 13, 2020 21:43:52 GMT 10
Because of rapidly moving developments with the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers have opted to postpone the 2020 Victorian Masters Baseball Carnival and will seek to reschedule for later this year - possibly 18/19/20 September (prior to summer baseball, at the start of school holidays and coinciding with AFL Preliminary Finals that weekend).
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Post by kc on Apr 11, 2020 20:49:17 GMT 10
VICTORIAN MASTERS UPDATE (11 April 2020)
It has been an extraordinary and very different past several weeks for all of us, as Australia strives to confront the threats posed by COVID-19 and to minimise the damage of a lethal and unforgiving virus that has already created unimaginable carnage across the globe.
While it is still very early days, Australia appears to be making a decent fist of its response to the challenge as we seek to avoid the frightening scenarios that have been unfolding in other countries.
It seems that Australians have in general embraced the strategies and restrictions put in place by governments – and have done so in our typically pragmatic and good-natured manner.
Our baseball community is comprised of overwhelmingly decent human beings. There is no doubt that same community will be collectively doing its very best to comply with requests and directives issued by governments and health professionals in seeking to manage the crisis and to save lives.
We know that Australians can together work towards addressing the challenge of our lifetimes and hopefully moving into a recovery phase in the not too distant future, when we can restore a degree of normality to our lives.
For all – including our baseball community - that time will be eagerly anticipated.
As far as the Victorian Masters Baseball Carnival is concerned, we are now looking towards 2021, with a reschedule later this year not appearing to be practicable – given a range of uncertainties surrounding the virus itself, our community health situation and the potential timing of state and national competitions when they are able to go ahead.
Accordingly, the Victorian Masters Baseball Carnival will not be rescheduled for 2020 but is projected to return in 2021 should all circumstances permit.
The Carnival will be scheduled as a three-day event after the Victorian Labour Day weekend in 2021.
Depending on timing of Baseball Victoria Summer League, the dates will be either Friday 12 March to Sunday 14 March or Friday 19 March to Sunday 21 March (that is, prior to Easter and to Term One Victorian School Holidays).
The Carnival will again be held at Prince of Wales Reserve, Gillies Street, Ballarat – where the baseball fields are incidentally in fantastic condition at the moment, thanks to work done by council and the local clubs over recent months!
Baseball governing bodies – here and overseas – will all be looking forward with optimism to the resumption of competitions, many of which will hopefully occur sooner rather than later.
In the meantime, I encourage our Masters community to stay engaged – including through social media outlets such as the Vic Masters Facebook page, which will be providing updates over the weeks and months to come.
We will continue to post historic material from previous Carnivals – especially images - and we encourage everyone to contribute in any ways that they deem fit.
Good health and best wishes to all.
Kingsley Collins (Administrator) 0488 735297 03 53329202
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