Founded in 1991, the Mariners are the oldest and largest baseball club in Ireland.
The club is based in Greystones, Co. Wicklow, and can be contacted at mariners@greystonesbaseball.org
Also, see our Greystones Mariners page on Facebook, or twitter @GreystonesBB.
Adult team AGM
The Adult team will hold its AGM Saturday evening in Oli’s coffee shop in Bray. It will start at 7.30pm and is located near the dart station. See you there!
Baseball Bat Guide
For anyone thinking of buying a baseball bat as a present for that special player in their life this Christmas, or for buying a bat at any time of the year, and/or as a present for yourself, check out the ‘Baseball Bat Guide’ link on our news page. I hope the info presented is of some use and the charts are not to difficult to decipher. There is also a link to a ‘Glove Guide’. Happy bat-hunting!
2011 Mariners Adult team award winners
MVP – Dennis Donnelly
Best Hitter – Steve Stone
Player’s Player – Leo Farrell
Most improved Player – Jack Farrell
N/S MVP – Cian O’Riordan
N/S Chump – South side infield for walking off before end of the inning
Highlight reel – Cian’s speech
N/S derby winner – THE SOUTH
Annual North-South Derby this Saturday!
This saturday (8th october) is the 10th annual north/south derby. It is arguably (normally with Conor Duncan) the most hotly contested game all year. There'll be cursing, dirt kicking, blood, spit more cursing, and that'll only be when Steve Stone has been asked to play right field (never gets old!!!). The North sit ugly (this is not a biased e-mail) 5-4 ahead. The South have never even been level on games (not since it was 0-0 anyway), but have won 3 of the last 4.
The game will be preceded by the annual home run derby (Chuck is looking to defend), and will be followed later that night by a night of gloating and drinking in the Grove Bar (Colly's), Kilpeddar (Chuck is looking to defend here also).
This year see's the return of Trevor Martin and Richie Power as captains. They both captained the teams back in 2002, with Trev coming out on top. Richie will be hungry for revenge over his old foe (this is no xmas day trivial pursuit boys!!!). Captains will be in touch at some point this week. Please let them know of your availability.
Greystones Mariners Adult B Team in Final
The Mariners take on the Blacksox in a best of three series in Shanganagh Park on the 25th of September. The game will have a live feed on twitter. Follow us @GreystonesBB.
Schedule for our club BBQ
This is the Schedule for our annual club BBQ which takes place this Sunday, September 11th. The BBQ will take place on the baseball field at Charlesland Sports Centre in Greystones. All are welcome to attend!
10.30 - Coach Pitch & Tee Ballers assemble
11am - Coach Pitch/T-ball game start
12.30 - Game end & Food served for this group
12.30 -Little Leaguers assemble
1pm - Little League game start
3pm - Game end & food for this group
3pm - Mixed LL, Parent & Coaches Softball game
4.30pm - End
Our New All-Ireland Campions!
Mariners are Little League Champs!
The Greystones Mariners are Little League All-Ireland Champions 2011. Our young Mariners came through two tough play-off games to retain the Mike King Trophy at Corkagh Park yesterday. Our Little Leaguers (9-12 years) won the playoff semi final vs Cavan 17-5 in a much tighter game than the score suggests, before going on to win a very tense see-saw final vs our friends and big rivals Garristown Gruffaloes 5-4, with our youngest player John Ascough sliding home in the bottom of the final inning to send the Mariners players and family supporters into ecstasy. Great pitching from Brian Coronella, Osas Ewansiha, Andrew Aling and Matthew McCann - superbly supported by gritty catcher Jordan Whyte, was complemented by a near faultless shift at 1st base by Dylan Kelly, agile infield by Jonathon Howell and Cathal Eddy, textbook base scampering by Daniel Joyce and "nothing gets past me" outfield by Matt Falci. All the players showed real character to fight through the tight spots to make sure that the Mike King Trophy stays with the Mariners into the clubs 21st year in 2012. This was a most competitive Little League season and thus a great achievement by this young team; ten of todays team of eleven are eligible for next season. Well done to all the players, to coaches Michael, Steve and David, and thanks as always for our fantastic parental support. Next Sunday we can celebrate it all at our club's annual BBQ.
Club BBQ set for September 11th
Our Annual club barbeque will take place on Sunday, the 11th of September, start time to be confirmed. We hope to have a game for each of our youth age groups and then finish the day with either a softball or baseball game for those parents present. Our barbeque has always been a fun day in the past so please feel free to come and join us on Sunday week. And here's hoping for a sunny day, or a dry one at the very least!Three Mariners off to Euro Qualifiers
Mariner's Cian O'Riordan, Jack Fairbairn and Leo Farrell travel to Barcelona this Saturday, July 23rd, to represent our National Team in the European Championship Qualifiers. All three players are products of our own youth program. The National team will play against Switzerland, Hungary, host Spain and Finland. You can follow the team's progress on the Baseball Ireland link on our 'News' page above. Best wishes to the National Team and to the three lads!!
The winning team from the Greystones blitz...the Greystones Mariners!
The winning team from the Greystones blitz...the Greystones Mariners!
But everyone went home happy.
Greystones Blitz 2011
Our annual blitz for Little Leaguers will take place this Saturday, June 18th, on the baseball field in Charlesland Sports Centre. First pitch will be 11am. Teams from Garristown, Galway, Clondalkin and Portstewart are expected to attend for a fun day of baseball. There will also be a Coach Pitch game between the Mariners and the Garristown Gruffaloes, starting at 11am. All are welcome to attend and support the teams.Mariners Vs Galway Jays 4/6/2011
Our Little League Mariners returned from a very enjoyable weekend in Oranmore, Galway, with their winning record still intact. The young Mariners split their double-header with the Galway Jays on Saturday, winning the first game by a score of 19-5, and losing a very close second game 3-6. A fun time was had by all, and a few friendships made, which was evident in the friendly game which took place on Sunday morning. The Mariners now have 4 wins and 2 loses so far this this season. Thanks to the Galway Jays for hosting us!
Photo: Bob Aling.
On three! Mariners Vs Galway Jays
Mariners Vs Gruffaloes 15/5/2011
The Greystones Mariners Little League team headed to County Meath yesterday to take on the Garristown Gruffaloes and returned having secured a win in both games of their double-header. The young Mariners are off to a flying start in defense of their title and are now 3-1. Next stop Galway!
Pitching against the Gruffaloes
Our Coach Pitch team also travelled to Meath to play the Coach Pitch Gruffaloes, and though they weren't as successful in their game, they all enjoyed their fun (half) day out.
Youth Training Schedule: New Players Always Welcome!
The three youngest age groups train on Fridays at the following times:
T-Ball (5-7 yrs) 4.30-5.30pm
Coach Pitch (7-9 yrs) 4.30-6pm
Little League (10-12 yrs) 4.30-6pm
Cadets (13-15 yrs) train on Thursdays from 7 to 9pm. *Note: This is a new training time for Cadets.
Our registration forms should be available from the coaches at training times but are also available for download as PDF's if you cannot view or print out a PDF, Adobe Reader can be downloaded for free here.
Please note that if your child is in Cadets or Little League you will need to fill out the Baseball Ireland form as well.
Hopefully see you all there!
Softball 2011 Open Days Announced
The Softball Mariners would like to invite all men and women over the age of 18 who would be interested in playing recreational league softball this season down to one or both of our open days on Monday the 4th and Thursday the 7th of April at Charlesland Recreational Park.
All are welcome to come on down and check it out. More Info