SSK Europe
The European
Baseball Centre

Supporters of
Baseball Ireland and
the Irish National
Baseball Team

National Team

2nd May 2012:

Schedule

Day Date Event Location Time Opposition
Tue May-22 Training #1 Corkagh Park 6pm
Tue May-29 Training #2 Corkagh Park 6pm
Mon Jun-04 Training #3 Corkagh Park 6pm
Fri Jun-08 Training #4 Corkagh Park 6pm Note Date Change
Mon Jun-11 Training #5 Corkagh Park 6pm
Fri Jun-15 Training #6 Corkagh Park 6pm Note Date Change
Mon Jun-18 Training #7 Corkagh Park 6pm
Wed Jun-20 Training #8 Corkagh Park 6pm
Fri Jun-22 Game Corkagh Park 6pm Rota Blue Devils
Sat Jun-23 Game Corkagh Park 10am President's Nine
Sat Jun-23 Game Corkagh Park 4pm Rota Blue Devils
Mon Jun-25 Training #9 Corkagh Park 6pm
Wed Jun-27 Training #10 Corkagh Park 6pm
Fri Jun-29 Fly to New York
Sat Jun-30 Game Clarkstown South High School, West Nyack 3pm Rockland Astros - College
Sun  Jul-01 Game Albertus Magnus High School 3pm NYC Thunderdogs
Mon Jul-02 Training Provident Bank Park 10:30am
Mon Jul-02 Fundraising event Halligan's Pub 4:30pm
Tue Jul-03 Training Provident Bank Park 10:30am
Tue Jul-03 Game Clarkstown South High School, West Nyack 7 pm Rockland Astros - College
Wed Jul-04 BBQ Pat Gorman's House
Thu  Jul-05 Game Pecks Pond Haverstraw, NY 7pm New City Outlaws
Fri Jul-06 Training Provident Bank Park 10:30am
Sat Jul-07 Fundraising event Provident Bank Park 12pm
Sat Jul-07 Game Provident Bank Park 3:30pm FDNY
Sat Jul-07 Game Provident Bank Park 7pm Rockland Boulders v Quebec Les Capitales 
Sun  Jul-08 Day Off
Mon Jul-09 Fly to Dublin

1st May 2012:

2012 National Team:

Ireland-based Team
1 Bluett William   16 Kelley Tom
2 Calawen Mark   17 Kelly Eric
3 Coombes Paul   18 Kelly Jason
4 Cuevas Jamie   19 McKendry Robert
5 Divito Steve   20 O'Connor Darran (Captain)
6 Donnelly Dennis   21 O'Riordan Cian
7 Fairbairn Jack   22 O'Sullivan Michael
8 Farrell Leo   23 Pierce Forrest
9 Farrell Jack   24 Pita Jimmy
10 Fleming Patrick   25 Powers Colin
11 Fox Alan   26 Rizo Sal
12 Franks Brian   27 Scott Brendan
13 Geoghegan Frank   28 Treacy Mark
14 Hernandez Tommy   29 Tully Colm
15 Joyce Dermot   30 Woodburne Daniel
Travelling Team
1 Anglin Doug   13 McKendry Robert
2 Anglin Greg   14 O'Connell Pat
3 Anglin Nat   15 O'Connor Darran (Captain)
4 Bluett William   16 O'Leary T.J.
5 Fairbairn Jack   17 O'Riordan Cian
6 Farrell Leo   18 O'Sullivan Michael
7 Farrell Jack   19 Pierce Forrest
8 Finn Sean   20 Powers Colin
9 Fox Alan   21 Scott Brendan
10 Geoghegan Frank   22 Smith Brian
11 Gorman Pat        
12 Kelly Eric        
Reserves
Donnelly Dennis
Franks Brian
Tully Colm
Tryouts in NY
Enright Tom
Finnerty Keith
Hourihan Brendan
Lally Vincent
Molloy Pete
Monaghan Kieran
Murphy Mike

 

12th April 2012:

National Team Trials are scheduled for Sunday 22th April 2012 @ Corkagh Park.
More information to follow .....

20th May 2011:

Schedule

Mon
June 20th
 
Training Session #1
 
 
 
Wed
June 22nd
Training Session #2
 
 
 
Mon
June 27th
 
Training Session #3
 
 
 
Wed
June 29th
 
Training Session #4
 
 
 
Sun
July 3rd
 
Ireland vs P9
 
 
 
Mon
July 4th
 
Training Session #5
 
 
 
Wed
July 6th
 
Training Session #6
 
 
 
Sun
July 10th
 
Ireland vs P9
 
 
 
Mon
July 11th
 
Training Session #7
 
 
 
Wed
July 13th
 
Training Session #8
 
 
 
Sat
July 16th
 
11:00
Ireland vs Rota Blue Devils
 
 
 
14:00
Rota Blue Devils vs President's Nine
Sun
July 17th
 
12:00
Rota Blue Devils vs Ireland
 
 
 
15:00
Ireland vs Rota Blue Devils
Mon
July 18th
 
18:00
Rota Blue Devils vs Ireland
Wed
July 20th
 
Training Session #9
 
 
 
Fri
July 22nd
 
Training Session #10
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sat
July 23rd
Fly to Barcelona
 
 
 
 
Sun
July 24th
Practice in Barcelona
 
 
 
Mon
July 25th
Ireland vs Switzerland
 
 
 
Tue
July 26th
Day Off
 
 
 
 
 
Wed
July 27th
Ireland vs Hungary
 
 
 
 
Thu
July 28th
Ireland vs Spain
 
 
 
 
Fri
July 29th
Ireland vs Finland
 
 
 
 
Sat
July 30th
Finals
 
 
 
 
 

16th May 2011:

European Championships Travel Squad
1 Anglin Doug
2 Anglin Greg
3 Anglin Nat
4 Cuevas Jamie
5 Dillon John (Captain)
6 Divito Steve
7 Fairbairn Jack
8 Farrell Leo
9 Finn Sean
10 Fox Alan
11 Gorman Pat
12 Hernandez Tommy
13 Kelley Tom 
14 O'Connell Pat
15 O'Connor Darran
16 O'Leary TJ
17 O'Riordan Cian
18 O'Sullivan Michael
19 Pita Jimmy
20 Powers Colin
21 Rizo Sal
22 Smith Brian
23 Smith Mark
24 Woodburne Daniel

Reserves
25 Bluett William
26 Farrell Jack
27 Geoghegan Frank
28 McKernan Ross
29 Mitchell Sean
30 O'Connor Eoin
31 O'Shaughnessy Emmett
32 Pierce Forrest
33 Rowan Niall
34 Scott Brendan

Taken together, the Travel Squad and the Reserves make up the entire 2011 Irish National Team.  All Reserves will train with the team and participate in all Ireland based games and activities.  They are expected to also be on standby to travel to Barcelona in the event that someone from the Travel Squad is unable to travel.


3rd May 2011:

Trials/Barcelona Information

Sun May 8th: Trials

2pm for Setup, Registration & Warmups
3pm - 5pm Drills & Evaluations


Still looking for volunteers to help run drills on the day as well.

Sun May 15th: Squad Announced

Mon May 23rd: €200 deposit needs to be in from every player travelling to Barcelona as uniforms are being ordered on Tues 24th

Training schedule will commence week of June 13th.

All players need to have a valid Irish passport and need to be available for the week starting the 16th July in Dublin and the week starting the 24th July in Barcelona.

2nd March 2011:

National Team Trials are scheduled for Sunday 8th May 2011 @ Corkagh Park.
More information to follow .....

1st March 2011:

European Championship Qualifier 2011 Schedule

CEB
Date Home   Away
Monday 25th July Ireland v Switzerland
Tuesday 26th July
FREE DAY
Wednesday 27th July Ireland v Hungary
Thursday 28th July Spain v Ireland
Friday 29th July Finland v Ireland
Saturday 30th July
FINALS

14th January 2011:

Nancy Bluetts documentary on the Rhode Island National Team trip is now available for download: Click here

4th January 2011:

Winter Training Sessions will be taking place at the Morton Stadium indoor facility in Santry, every Saturday afternoon, from January 15 to March 26, 2011. This will run from 1.30 to 4pm. There will be extra training for the National team squad from 4pm to 5pm.

29th October 2010:

The Senior European Championships Qualifier tournament will be held from 25th - 30th July, 2011 at 5 locations around Europe.

Antwerp, Belgium
Barcelona, Spain
Krymsk, Russia
Tel Aviv, Israel
Zagreb, Croatia

There will be 5 or 6 teams at each location. Format is round robin and then a best of 3 final between the top two placed teams. (The round robin head-to-head game is counted as game 1). The groups have yet to be decided.

www.www.baseballeurope.com

22 Oct 2010:

Rock The Green!
Click here
to see people proudly "Rocking The Green" around the world.

If you have any pics showing off "The Green" please email them to baseball@zedwebdesign.com

25th August 2010:

Click here for details from the Rhode Island trip 2010.

4th August 2010:

National Team Rhode Island trip results:

Ireland
4
-
9
Cranberry All-Stars
Ireland
6
-
5
Good Knights of East Provence
Ireland
12
-
2
Providence Sports Leadership
Ireland
6
-
7
Team Connecticut Blue Jays
Ireland
0
-
1
Al Thomas A's

Ireland v SBC Alumni - Rained Out

1st July 2010:

URI
The schedule for the National Team Rhode Island trip is now online here
A full schedule can be downloaded here

2nd June 2010:

The 2010 Irish National Baseball Team training sessions:

Sun Jun 13:  12:00  Game vs visiting French team
Mon Jun 21:  18:30 - 21:30
Wed Jun 23:  18:30 - 21:30
Mon Jun 28:  18:30 - 21:30
Wed Jun 30:  18:30 - 21:30
Sat Jul 3:  Game vs P9 - time to be announced
Mon Jul 5:  18:30 - 21:30
Tue Jul 6:  18:30 - 21:30
Wed Jul 7:  18:30 - 21:30
Sun Jul 11:  Game vs P9 - time to be announced
Mon Jul 12:  18:30 - 21:30
Wed Jul 14:  18:30 - 21:30

All training is at Corkagh Park, Dublin


26th April 2010:

The 2010 Irish National Baseball Team is as follows:
 
1
Anglin Nat
12
Kelley Tom
2
Anglin Doug
13
O'Connor Darran
3
Callaghan David
14
O'Connor Eoin
4
Dillon John
15
O'Riordan Cian
5
Eklof Cormac
16
O'Shaughnessy Emmett
6
Fairbairn Jack
17
O'Sullivan Stephen
7
Farrell Leo
18
Pita Jimmy
8
Finn Sean
19
Rizo Sal
9
Gannon Chris
20
Rowen Niall
10
Hernandez Tommy
21
Smith Mark
11
Hoye Jason
22
Fox Alan
Manager Mitchell Sean
Assistant Manager Manning Mick
 
 
The following players have also been selected to travel as Development Players.
 
Development Bluett William
  Keaney Connor
  Pierce Forrest
  Powers Colin
 
The following players have been selected as Reserves who will train with the team in Ireland but will not be travelling to Rhode Island.
 
Reserves Greenfield Jason
  Keane Danny
  Scott Brendan
 
And, finally, the following players will be trialled in Rhode Island for a potential spot on next year's squad.
 
Triallists Buckler Thomas
  Duffy Brendan
  Gorman Pat
  Moriarty-Root Sean
  Smith Brian
 
The national team will be travelling to Rhode Island from the 16th - 25th July for a series of challenge games.  A training schedule will be published soon.


The trials for the Adult National Team will be held on Sunday, 18th
April from 2pm-4pm in Corkagh Park.
 
Anyone who will be over the age of 16 on July 1st of this year is
welcome to try out for the adult team.  Anyone younger than that who's
interested in trying out will be reviewed on a case by case basis.  In
order to represent Ireland in international competition, a player needs
to hold a valid Irish passport.  Exceptions might be made for the US
trip if it's clear that a player will have a valid passport in place in
time for the European Championships tournament next summer.

Learn more about the University of Rhode Island Baseball Team here:
http://www.gorhody.com/sports/m-basebl/uri-m-basebl-body.html

GREEKS MUSCLE THEIR WAY TO WIN OVER IRISH (5-1)
Ireland competed well in their final game of the 2008 European Championship Qualifying campaign but fell short against a very strong and pumped up Greek team, losing 5-1 on Friday, July 11. The finals take place on Saturday with Greece facing either Russia or host nation Portugal who play one another on Friday night. Click HERE for a Boxscore of Ireland's Game 3.


IRELAND FIGHT BACK BUT LOSE IN 10 INNING THRILLER 5-4
Ireland scored a run in the eighth and two in the ninth to tie Russia a 4-4 but lost in 10 innings in their 2008 European Championship Qualifying second game on Thursday, July 10. Jason Hoye hit two homers for the Irish and Sean Finn pitched nine brilliant innings for the Boyz in Green. Ireland play Greece on Friday. The finals take place on Saturday. Click HERE for a Boxscore of Game 2.
IRISH LOSE TOUGH ONE TO PORTUGAL IN EURO OPENER (11-8)
Ireland opened their 2008 European Championship Qualifying campaign with a tough loss against Portugal 11-8 on Wednesday, July 9. Ireland play Russia on Thursday and Greece on Friday. The finals take place on Saturday. Click HERE for a Boxscore of Game 1.
IRISH NATIONAL TEAM - 2008

The final roster for the 2008 Irish National Baseball Team has been announced.

Irish National Baseball Team - 2008
Player Player Player
John Dillon (Captain) Nat Anglin Douglas Anglin
CJ Browne Steve DiVito Sean Finn
Tommy Hernandez Jason Hoye Tom Kelley
Darran O'Connor Eoin O'Connor Stephen O'Sullivan
Niall Rowen Daniel Woodburne  
Reserves
Leo Farrell Kara McCole Emmet O'Shaughnessy
Management Team
Sean Mitchell Mick Manning Will Beglane

2008 National Team Practice Schedule
JUNE
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 Practice #1 - Corkagh 6:30 11 12 Practice #2 - Corkagh 6:30 13 14
15 Game Corkagh Park 12:00 16 17 Practice #3 - Corkagh 6:30 18 19 Practice #4 - Corkagh 6:30 20 21
22 23 24 Practice #5 - Corkagh 6:30
25
26 Practice #6 - Corkagh 6:30 27 28 Dublin Tourney
29 Dublin Tourney 30  
JULY
  1 July Practice #7 - Corkagh 6:30 2 3 Practice #8 -Corkagh 6:30 4 5 Game Corkagh Park 12:00
6 7 Fly to Lisbon 8 Practice Session 9 Ireland v Portugal 10 Russia v Ireland 11 Ireland v Greece 12 Playoffs

2008 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

JULY

Event Location Opponent & Time Result
9 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
(B-POOL)

Abrantes, Portugal

Portugal Portugal 11 - Ireland 8
10 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
(B-POOL)

Abrantes, Portugal

Russia Russia 5 - Ireland 4
11 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
(B-POOL)

Abrantes, Portugal

Greece

Greece 5 - Ireland 1

12 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
(B-POOL)

Abrantes, Portugal

Finals Day  

 


Click HERE for more information about the Irish Team and how they fared in the Euro Qualifiers in 2004 & 2006.

Click HERE for more information about the Irish Team and how they fared in the Euro Qualifiers in 2002.


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