Kevin Hogan (Page, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Last weekend, for the first time in competition history, the Far North Coast Baseball Association's senior league team competed on their home field in Lismore after qualifying for the 2018 Australian Senior League Championship. Far North Coast gained qualification to the senior league recently with a hard-fought, come-from-behind win over Brisbane Metro in the Queensland senior state titles. This win has not only sealed a place at the Australian titles for Far North Coast but given the team an opportunity to represent Australia on the international stage. The winner of the Australian Senior League Championship will earn an all-expenses-paid trip to the USA to compete in the prestigious Senior League World Series, the pinnacle of senior league baseball.

The Far North Coast squad for the national championship is Nick Battese, Lennox Bird, Nathan Beszrouchko, Sean Bolton, Kynan Davis, Molly Donald, Luke Dransfield, Tom Gooley, Josh Healy, Kave Henderson, Jacob Ponton and Xavier Thacker. The squad is managed by David Boulton with assistant coach Brad Donald and executive officer Lois Ponton. I'd also like to add that the Far North Coast junior and little league teams have also qualified for their respective Australian titles, making this the first time in the association's 81-year history when all three levels have qualified. I congratulate the Far North Coast Baseball Association and wish the teams the very best.