Welcome to the Ram Dome ~ Home of the Newport Rams Baseball & Cricket Club

* congratulations to Cable and Emily on the safe arrival of Mackenzie 9lb 7oz * 4/2/10

The Newport Baseball Club is sad to inform all members of the passing of Kevin Hodge yesterday at the age of 72 as a result of illness. Kevin was a long time social and former playing member of the RAMS family going back to the days before the RAMS called Park Cres their home, through to the 80’s. Kevin’s son Stewart also played from the age of 8.

The funeral for Kevin was held at Altona Memorial Park, Cnr Dohertys Road and Grieve Parade at 2pm last Thursday 21^st January followed by the wake at the RAMS club rooms onwards

Heath & Nat & Tyler are proud to announce the arrival of Mikayla Leila Ann Black born @ 11.44am 11/11/09 weighing 5lb 12 oz. Mum & Bubs doing well

New addition to the Gallo household with the birth of Jaxson 03/11/2009
On behalf of all at Newport congratulations to Damian & Kelly Gallo on the birth of Jaxson born at 8:49pm on 30/10 (6.8lb). An exiting addition for all especially siblings Brioni & Maison.

ABL Meeting to be held at Newport; 6:30-7:30pm Mon 12 October 03/09/2009
Mr Mark Peters, Chairman/CEO of the Australian Baseball League and the Management of the Victorian Aces Team would like to invite all people to attend an informal meeting to discuss forming a partnership for this years Claxton Shield and the launch of the ABL in 2010.

The idea behind the meeting is to inform you on what's happening with the ABL and to discuss how we (the baseball fraternity) can best partner with Victoria Baseball Clubs in a way that is to be beneficial to both organisations.

This meeting will be held on Monday October 12 from 6:30-7:30pm at the Newport Club rooms. The meeting is open to all club members not just from Newport but all clubs who may be interested in attending. The convenors of the meeting hope to have a large turnout for this important meeting.

For further information contact Christine Turner (Assistant General Manager - Victoria Aces) 9645 8000

For further information on the progress of the ABL CLICK HERE
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Recruitment of American Catcher to join the RAMS for 2009-10 Season 10/09/2009
The Committee and Coaching Staff at the Newport baseball Club are pleased to announce the recruitment of Kyle Moore from the University of Alabama to take the role of primary catcher for the coming season. Kyle will add much needed consistency to the position for the season ahead and free up others such as Chris Bramwell, Scot & Troy Malthouse among others to focus on their role on the mound. He joins us after completing College Ball in Alabama with some very impressive stats in both catching as well as offensively with the bat, he is 23 years old and 6ft tall so will be a good fit to the RAMS outfit which has a lower average age than most other Division 1 clubs. Kyle joins us with quite an accomplished Baseball CV considering his relative young age, he has played in a number of College Level Representative Sides including an exhibition series against Cuba. He has also played in numerous Post Season Series so is no stranger when it comes to big games and added pressure. "Kyle certainly comes to us with great credentials and a good reputation as a committed player and strong competitor, I look forward in anticipation to what he can bring to the team both on and off the field" said Darren Malthouse.

Kyle comes to the RAMS along with his partner Lauren, who herself is quite an accomplished athlete playing Volleyball throughout her time in College. All at Newport Baseball Club club are looking forward to welcoming Kyle and Lauren to the RAM-DOME. ________________________________________________________________________________________

The passing of Barbara Minett, wife of Life Member Bill Minett 01/09/2009

Newport Baseball Club is saddened by the news of the passing of Barbara Minett as a result of illness on the 31st of August. Barbara was a long time RAMS member and will always be remembered for her glowing smile and always being immaculately presented, not to mention her love of the old bingo tickets that even when she won, she usually donated the winnings back to the club. Barbara was the wife of RAMS life Member Bill Minett and the mother of RAMS champion player Greg. The Committee and Members of the Newport Baseball Club wish Bill, Greg, Karen and Lisa our sincere condolences.

The funeral service for Barbara will be held in Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Nelson Place, Williamstown on Friday (4 Sept) at 10am, followed by a private cremation.
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Dean Anglin appointed as General Manager of K-Rock 01/09/2009
Last week Dean Anglin was appointed as the General Manager of K-Rock Radio Station (based in Geelong). K-Rock is in the BIG LEAGUES of radio stations and is at FM 95.5 broadcasting from Werribee to all along the Surf-Coast. It is a huge role and a credit to Dean, who now as the GM no longer has to ask anyone to do NBC work whilst on the job... Well done Dean!!!_______________________________________________________________________________________

Junior RAM – Ayden Norman receives a Heroes award 07/08/2009
Last week Ayden Norman who plays in the U12’s Winter & Summer teams was awarded a Junior Triple Zero Hero Award. Ayden was one of a small number of children nominated for this award by emergency workers for acting bravely and dialing triple zero when his mother took ill last year. In effect Ayden saved his mother’s life on this occasion. Ayden called triple zero alerting the ambulance to his mother’s condition and managed to look after his younger sister, all the time keeping himself and his sister calm until the ambulance arrived and took over. Since this time Ayden has called triple zero again, as both times his father was away with work. Ayden’s family is immensely proud of his quick thinking and mature actions and so are we here at the RAM-DOME. We would like to congratulate Ayden and also his family for making him aware of the importance of responding quickly and calmly.
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Newport Baseball Club is saddened by news of the passing of Rohan Crotty at such a young age of 42. Rohan came to play with Newport in the early eighties with his 2 brothers David & Peter. Rohan played juniors and then seniors with the Rams, and as with all the Crotty family they fitted straight into the club. Rohan went on to play for the Saints in Geelong in the winter and was always known as a strong competitor. The Committee and Members of the Newport Baseball Club wish all the Crotty family our sincere condolences.

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Well it is coming up to that time of the year when we start preparing for the Summer Season.
This year will be another tough year with Newport staying up in DIV 1 and the season extended to 33 games. As with last year we WILL be competitive but we will have to put in a strong and steady pre-season. With this in mind it has been decided to start training on Sunday 2^nd August at 1.00pm followed by a BBQ.
All players who are looking to play in the 1sts, 2nds & 3rds are expected to attend these preseason trainings. Players are to bring all of their gear plus ( RUNNERS AND CLEATS).
These trainings will be sharp sessions with fitness and skills being the priority.
Could all players please notify me with their intentions for the coming season (Playing / Not Playing) on 0438622709 or malt@impaq.com.au
All of the coaching group look forward to seeing you for the coming season.

P.S. Unfortunately Harvey Norman will not the continuing their sponsorship for the 2009/10 season. To this end please ensure you remove their advertising logo from your playing top prior to the 1^st game of the season.
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Lenny's mum Ineke very proudly announced to the rams that Lennart and Nancy have welcomed into the world Maddox Nathan Koster!
He was born at 4.25 weighing 3330 grams. "He is beautiful" (of course!) Ineke said. "and seems to be healthy as well"

You can view the photos we have here PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, PHOTO 3 or I am sure view more on facebook.

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Newport Baseball Club is very happy to announce the appointment of Darren Malthouse as the Head Baseball Coach for the coming season. Darren and the senior playing group had a tough year last season missing a few wins by small margins so confidence is high with Darren at the helm for the 2^nd year. With the average age of senior players younger than many clubs, Darren has had various input throughout most of these players baseball careers at Newport. We consider Darren to be the ideal person to take the players and Newport Baseball Club to the next level as we are poised for strong growth which will impact strongly on the next 10-15 years.

Darren has strong support from both the Committee as well as ALL members and brings so much to the table through his own personal experience, not to mention growing up through the junior ranks at Newport himself. Momentum is building at Newport as younger players mature and Darren is the ideal coach to take Newport forward.

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Josh Dunstone off to Timber Jacks...
Baseball Victoria recently announced the Victorian Little League Touring Teams for this years tournaments in Lismore and the team to tour San Francisco in July.

Newport Baseball Club would like to congratulate James Lewer and Max Katilius for making the San Francisco Team and Josh Dunstone who made the Lismore Team.

These Little League Touring Teams are seen as a great opportunity for the boys who have worked hard to gain selection. At such a young age and early stage in their baseball careers these boys will benefit enormously from the experience confidence they will gain from playing in these teams with other talented young players, as well as the level of competition they will be playing in. This experience is something they will certainly benefit from personally, but will also bring back to Newport where many other junior players will also benefit from.

Everyone involved at the Newport Baseball Club wishes James, Max and Joshua all the best for the coming tournaments and has every confidence they will do well.
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Geelong names two sides for Little League Championship... 12/7/2009
Geelong Baseball Association has named two sides to contest the Little League Winter Championship to be held at Knox Baseball Club over the weekend of 18 and 19 July. The squads are as follow:

TEAM 1: Taylah Bachmann (Werribee), Lewis Crichton, Harry McGovern, Emerson Rickard (Saints), Ethan Jolly, Lachlan Medew, Blake Nicholls, George Polley, Liam Spence (Guild), James Lewer, Jamie Young (Newport), Quinn O'Malley (Lara) and Lachlan Stott (Bellarine). Coach is Chris Rickard, Assistant Coaches are David Morrissey and Ashley Hoe. Executive Officers are Gavin Young and Tony Spence.

TEAM 2: Kirsten Bezzina, Nathan Bezzina, Jaiden Wilson, Devan Watts, Nick Watts (Werribee), Matthew MacAdam, Liam Reyland (Lara), Ethan Hosking, Cameron Chandler (Saints), Phoebe Jakubzik, Dylan Buhrmann (Guild), Josh Dunstone (Newport) and Alex Sinclair (Bellarine). Coaches are Mark Riches and Larry Meager. Assistant is Liam Jakubzik and Executive Officer is Jason Bezzina.

Congratulations to members of both squads and best wishes for a terrific weekend of baseball. Draw, scores and updates will be posted on the GBA junior pages as they become available