Well the new season is approaching fast, so it’s time to start looking for those mitts, cleats, bats and balls, 

dusting them off, and start practising!

All Pre-season Practises are open to all seniors, including U16’s. As well as the Inter Squad Game 

scheduled for the 6th September.
There is a Training Programme set out for all these dates. All Sunday training will start at 13h00 until 15h00
30th August Sunday (Pre-season)
3rd September Thursday (Pre-season)
6th September Sunday (Inter-Squad Game)
10th September Thursday (Regular season)
15th September Tuesday (Regular season)
17th September Thursday (Regular season)
20th September Sunday (Pirates?)
22nd September Tuesday (Regular season)
29th September Tuesday (Regular season)
01st October Thursday (Regular season)
06th October Tuesday (Regular season)
08th October Thursday (Regular season)

Junior Winter Training

Winter training for the U10/U12/U14 will take place on Sundays, from 14h00 until 16h00; this will continue 

upuntil 20th September, thereafter, they will train on Mondays and Wednesdays from 18h00 until 19h30.

Social Side Training

Those of you who have more experience picking up a beer than a baseball, but still want to show 

the kids a thing or two about baseball, are encouraged to join the social side (emphasis on social!), every

Sunday from 11h00. All sizes, shapes and skill levels are most welcome to join in the fun.

Please contact Dylan Le Roux (082 249 8943) for more info.

Masters Side Training

For the guys, who still think that they are capable of playing, not quite over the hill, even though the body

is telling them to sit down and relax, but want to show off their skills to the kids, for the more serious 

players, they are training at 11h00 on Sundays.

Please contact John Dunlop on 082 415 6794.

Coaches/Managers/Scorers

This is a request from the Club committee to all members, to please make an effort to get involved in 

supporting your children who are participating in baseball. As members of DBC, we are ALL responsible 

to assist with the activities of the sport of baseball. No club can survive if the members are not active in 

supporting its core activities!

Please contact Steven Combrink on 073 406 9960.

Position Vacant - Fund Raising Coordinator

Who will be willing to take up this post? There are already members who have made themselves available

to help out with fund raising activities, Oktoberfest, etc. All they require is someone to coordinate all the

different facets of the fund raiser, while they get on with the hard work!

Please contact Tine Ferreira on - 083 287 8999

Position Vacant - Clothing Coordinator

The Club is looking for someone to fill the above position which was previously run by Jenny Zimring, all

interested parties to please contact Anna Herholdt. (021)947-1145

BAWP Website

The new BAWP inter-active website is up and running. Some of DBC members have experience some 

problems when trying to register to receive general correspondence. This is being investigated and 

addressed with BAWP

DBC Website

The committee has approached a web site designer to revamp our website to make it more inter-active 

and user friendly!

31st July Meeting

Marc Moreau and Peter Joubert had a very successful meeting with the City of Cape Town to discuss the 

best way to make use of the R100 000 allocated for capital improvements. The Club would like to install

men’s toilets in the old tuck-shop and to lay a foundation and slab, with a roof, for a new future bar area.

Forth-coming Attractions!

Please diarize this date and support DBC in their fundraising efforts. We are notifying everybody in 

advance to make this a really great event! Tickets are available from Gayleigh or Helen every Sunday 

from 13h00 – 15h00. There are only 120 tickets, so buy them now to avoid disappointment!

We will be holding our annual open day to kick-start the drive for new members and to register all players.

Details of program will be announced.

The weekend of 10/11 October has been made available to DBC to host an U10 and U12 pre-season 

tournament.

This tournament is sanctioned by BAWP. Please can all junior coaches assist to make this a successful

tournament?

Please contact Steven Combrink on 073 406 9960.

Junior Coaches Contact Details:

U10 Coach Pitch:
Coach: Louie Opperman 083 679 3119
Manager: Steve Smith 084 526 0926

U10 T-Ball

Coach: Bernie Dettmer 072 334 9303

Manager: Mark Sproston 082 570 6285

Under12

Coach: Randall Phillips 082 449 7983

Manager: Lyn Moreau 083 633 0870

Under 14

Coach: Steven Combrink 073 406 9960

Manager: Dylan Le Roux 083 249 8943

Under 16

Coach: TBA

Assistant Coach: Les Pond

Manager: Andrew Armstrong 082 990 7425

Junior Season

The junior season will run from 17th Oct – 5th Dec and 16th Jan – 13th March (17 weeks of games)

Kit and Uniforms

The Club supplies a playing top and the baseball equipment used in a game, bats, balls, and catcher’s 

kit. Every individual player must purchase baseball pants, boots or cleats, DBC cap, DBC warm-up top, 

undershirt and mitt. The contact details and costs will be available shortly.

BAWP Workshop Meeting for all Committee Members
There is a BAWP Workshop meeting this Sunday at 13h00, to review and ratify all the decisions taken at 
the BAWP Workshop weekend. Please can all Committee members make an effort to attend, to give
input on all points raised at BAWP Workshop?
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