Canberra Cavalry

The Canberra Cavalry are a baseball team from the Australian capital Canberra . You play in the North-East Division of the Australian Baseball League . The team won the only championship title in the league so far in the 2012/13 season.

history

The association was founded in 2010 and is one of the six founding teams of today's Australian Baseball League , which until 1998 the existing predecessor League replaced. In the first season, the team ended up in last place in the league at the end of the regular season. In the following season, the Canberra Cavalry remained the last-placed team. In the 2012/13 season, however, the breakthrough followed and the team was able to reach the final for the first time. The team won the final series against Perth Heat . In the same year, the Canberra Cavalry also won the Asia Series , becoming the first Australian team to do so.

The final series of the 2013/14 season took place again between Perth Heat and Canberra, but this time Perth won the title and Canberra had to be satisfied with second place. After missing the playoffs in the 2013/15 season with a fourth place , the team had to admit defeat in the semifinals against Adelaide Bite the following year . Also in the 2016/17 season only fourth place was achieved. In the 2017/18 season Canberra reached the playoffs again, but lost the final series to the Brisbane Bandits 2-1 in three games.

Current squad

Canberra Cavalry squad ( 2018/19 season )
Catcher Kyle Perkins Robbie Perkins Infielder Zach Wilson Boss Moanaroa Cameron Warner Outfielder David Kandilas Moko Moanaroa Michael Crouse Koko Aoyagi		Pitcher Steven Kent Frank Gailey Steven Chambers Josh Warner Zech Lemond Shota Imanaga Yuki Kuniyoshi Tomoya Mikami		Coaches Felipe Blanco Michael Collins Brian Grening (pitching) Manager Keith Ward Assistant manager Michael Collins

Coaching staff and management

Coaching department

Manager

#	Head coach	From	to	reference
1	Steve Schrenk	2010	2012
2	Michael Collins	2012	June 2018
3	Keith Ward	July 2018	today

Club management

General Manager (GM)

#	Surname	from	to	reference
1	Tony Fraser	2010	2011
2	Peter Bishell	2011	2012
3	Peter Bishell Thom Carter	2012	2013
4th	Thom Carter	2013	2014
5	Donn McMichael	2014	today

Assistant General Manager (AGM)

#	Surname	from	to	reference
1	Megan Salic	2010	2011
2	Thom Carter	2011	2012
3	Anthony Cangelosi	2013	2014

Home ground

The home stadium of the Canberra Cavalry is the Narrabundah Ballpark in the suburb of Canberra of the same name. The stadium has a capacity of 2,250 spectators (seats). The stadium was massively renovated in 2010 and 2017. Among the fans, the stadium is nicknamed "The Fort" ("the fortress").

Narrabundah Ballpark, home of the Canberra Cavalry

Fan culture

Team mascot Sarge .

mascot

The Canberra Cavalry's mascot is a cowboy named 'Sarge' based on the cartoon character Yosemite Sam .

Community work

The team is known for its collaborative work, which manifests itself in the donation of part of the revenue from the sale of team merchandise to social institutions such as the Canberra Hospital Foundation and the Red Cross .

Former MLB players

The following former Canberra Cavalry players have been or are active on Major League Baseball teams:

• Didi Gregorius ( shortstop with the Cincinnati Reds , Arizona Diamondbacks and New York Yankees )
• Donald Lutz ( outfielder in the Cincinnati Reds )
• Kevin Kiermaier ( Tampa Bay Rays outfielder )
• Aaron Thompson ( pitcher for the Minnesota Twins )

Web links

Commons : Canberra Cavalry  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ^ A case of the Blues for Canberra in OJ . In: The Roar . ( com.au [accessed October 8, 2018]).
2. ↑ Canberra Cavalry win ABL championship. February 9, 2013, accessed October 8, 2018 . 
3. ^ David Polkinghorne: Canberra Cavalry wins Asia Series. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 7, 2014 ; Retrieved October 8, 2018 (American English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ ABL 2018/19 player signing tracker | Australian Baseball League News | The Official Site of the Australian Baseball League. Retrieved October 17, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Tom Fraser: Former Philadelphia Phillies Pitcher to Serve as Canberra Cavalry Head Coach . Canberra Cavalry. September 8, 2010. Retrieved September 8, 2010.
6. ↑ [1] , Team Story about appoiontment
7. ↑ Keith Ward Named Cavalry Manager, Brian Grening Named Pitching Coach | Australian Baseball League News | The Official Site of the Australian Baseball League. Retrieved October 17, 2018 . 
8. ↑ [2] , SMH about Fraser's hiring with Basketball ACT and reference to time with Cavalry
9. ^ [3] , Team Story about appoiontment
10. ↑ [4] Canberra Times, Cavalry CEO returns to States 1 July 2014
11. ↑ The Canberra Elite Cavalry, and Baseball ACT welcome the appointment of Mr Donn McMichael , The ABL, September 16, 2014, accessed January 6, 2015
12. ↑ Meet the Cavalry , Barry Barnes, September 28, 2010, accessed January 25, 2011
13. ↑ team story , 3 January 2012, accessed 7 January 2012
14. ^ ACT Government; PositionTitle = Director; SectionName = Corporate Management; Corporate = Chief Minister and Treasury: An upgrade for Canberra's premier ballpark. May 30, 2016, accessed October 8, 2018 . 
15. ↑ David Polkinghorne: ACT govt to give Narrabundah Ballpark $ 4.5m facelift in budget. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 5, 2017 ; Retrieved October 8, 2018 (American English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.