The Harrogate Tigers Baseball team is gearing up for the 2013 season.

The Tigers are currently holding indoor training sessions every Sunday from 12 - 3pm at the Harrogate High School Sports Hall, HG1 4AP.

The cost is £5 each per session to cover hire fees.

Coaching Staff will be offering basic instructions on throwing, fielding, hitting and base running and are CRB checked.

The Tigers are looking to promote Baseball in the local community and North Yorkshire while recruiting new players and volunteers to help run our youth and adult teams. We are a Community Based Sports Club which is open to everyone from 5 years old to enjoy an alternative sport in a safe, friendly environment.

We are ALWAYS looking for new players to join our club and experience is not required. We are looking for those to join our Adult team and the Youth age groups are between 5-9 years, 10-13 years and 14 years and older.

Our Adult season runs from April to September and we play on Sundays. Our youth program is new and we intend to schedule friendly games throughout the spring and summer.

Currently we are making contact with local schools and planning to start a school league to compete either after school or on Saturday's.

For more information please contact the Tigers via email harrogatetigers@yahoo.com or the manager at dcriss568@yahoo.com

Kind Regards
Harrogate Tigers Baseball Club

The Tigers completed the 2012 season this past weekend with a double-header verses the Sheffield Bladerunners at Tiger field.

Harrogate were the hungry for a victory to keep their chances of catching the Bladerunners in the standings and produced an impressive 19-9 win in game 1 over their rivals.

Game 2 started well for the Tigers as we grabbed a quick 5-2 lead after one inning. Sheffield then took the lead 6-5 after scoring 2 runs in the third and fourth innings. The Tigers clawed back the lead adding two more runs in their fourth for a 7-6 advantage. But Sheffield were not finished and score one to tie the game in their top half of the 5th. The Tiger defence then committed 2 fielding errors which opened the door for Sheffield to score four more runs and take an 11-7 lead. The Tigers then came to bat in their bottom half of the 5th but the bats fell silent. Both managers and the umpire then held a conference at homeplate and it wad decided that because of the severe weather with lightning and rain closing in that the game would be ended after 5 innings.

The victory secured  the AA North Title for Sheffield with a 21-3 record. They will now host the 2nd place Midlands Milton Keynes Bucks on the 19th Aug. Harrogate finished 2nd with a 18-6 record and will now travel to AA Midlands Champs Nottingham Rebels also on the 19th.

The winners from both games will then advance to the AA Final 4 Championships in Hertfordshire 25/26 August. 

Pre-season begins with indoor practice sessions on Sunday 22rd January from 12noon - 3pm at RAF Menwith Hill.

These sessions will be a combined training session with players from Menwith Hill which is the same format that we have adopted over the past 4 years.

The sessions are scheduled for every Sunday until the 1st April. If the weather is nice we will go outside to do some training so please bring appropriate outdoor training kit i.e. studs or spiked shoes and light jacket to keep warm.
 
We need the following info in order for you to be signed in as a visitor at the base. If your mum/dad wish to come then we'll need the same information from them:

Full Name
Home Address (Current)
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Contact Phone Number

You will need to bring a photo ID on the day to be signed in. Please email Dave Criss with this information dcriss568@yahoo.com

Pre-season begins with indoor practice sessions on Sunday 23rd January from 12noon - 3pm at RAF Menwith Hill.

These sessions will be a combined training session with players from Menwith Hill which is the same format that we have adopted over the past 3 years.

The sessions are scheduled for every Sunday until the 27th March. If the weather is nice we will go outside to do some training so please bring appropriate outdoor training kit i.e. studs or spiked shoes and light jacket to keep warm.

We need the following info in order for you to be signed in as a visitor at the base. If your mum/dad wish to come then we'll need the same information from them:

Full Name
Home Address (Current)
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Contact Phone Number

You will need to bring a photo ID on the day to be signed in. Please email Dave Criss with this information dcriss568@yahoo.com

The Harrogate Tigers Baseball Club are recruiting for all positions within the club for the 2011 season which will start in April next spring. Preparations have begun to book indoor facilities at Harrogate High School Sports Hall on the dates below. Each participant will be charged £4.00 to help cover the Sports Hall Booking costs.

Dates

November 7th: 12 noon - 3pm
December 5th 12 noon - 3pm

Please download the following Information Document for more info.

The Tigers made the long trip North to Glasgow uncertain whether the games would be played because of an awful weather forecast for the area. Surprisingly the forecasters were wrong and no rain and humid conditions were the norm for the afternoon of AAA baseball action.

The Tiger squad is nursing some injuries combined with player unavailability and holidays made the trip with only 9 players which forced the Manager Ray Brownlie to get into the line-up in both games.

The Tigers managed to sweep GBA but only after an extra inning extravaganza in Game 2. Here are some links for the games reports for Game 1 and Game 2.

The race for the division title just became more of a battle with four clubs each staking a claim to win it all. Liverpool dropped two games against the solid Manchester A’s and The Menwith Patriots easily won their games against Halton Jaguars. From this point onwards complacency will not help any of the four clubs and they will all need to find ways to win if they want to play in the National Baseball Championships in September.

On Deck June 13th Tiger Field – Halton Jaguars

This weekend saw a split at Tiger field between the top two in the league. Players again braved a cold day and wished summer would hurry up and get here. Game reports are up, please use the following links for Game 1 and Game 2.

The Tigers and the rest of the league are off next weekend as this is a scheduled rain date but some Tiger players will be competing with the Northern Knights in Austria. The Tigers next 2 games are on the road in Manchester May 30th and Glasgow June 6th. The team returns home to Tiger Field June 13th when the play host to the Halton Jaguars.

May 2^nd sure felt like February 2^nd at Tiger Field Sunday afternoon as the first meeting of North Yorkshire Derby between the Menwith Hill Patriots and the home town Tigers.

Under dreary skies and a biting wind both teams put on their games faces and played the double header in brutal conditions. The Tigers came out on top sweeping the Patriots, 10 - 7 and 11 - 1. Game reports are available for Game 1 and Game 2.

The two wins now have the Tigers at 5 wins and 1 loss which keep the team on track and should have the guys focused for next weekend as the Tigers play host to the Manchester A’s. Please note that this fixture was initially scheduled as away but because Allen Field has been double booked the fixture on the 15^th August will now be played in Manchester.

This past weekend saw the Tigers drop their first game of the season, not something they are use to. Complacency was strife in the small squad but take nothing away from the Jaguars, they capitalized on the weaknesses and mistakes made. Game reports and pictures are available for Game1 and Game2.

We would like everyone to welcome new faces Scott (House) Spurlock and Graham Crothers to the team, Graham made his debut against the Jaguars in left field and Scott played at first base and pitched. Most of you will already know Scott from his appearances with the Northern Knights and Edinburgh over the past few years. Two great guys who will make a good impact on the team.

Next weekend the Tigers host the Menwith Hill Patriots at Tiger Field which will showcase two of the top three teams sporting a 3 - 1 record. Glasgow (0 - 4) plays host to the Liverpool Trojans (3 - 1) and Manchester (2 - 2) travel to Halton (1 - 3).

The reigning National AAA Champions Harrogate tigers opened their 2010 campaign by sweeping Glasgow in double header action in the North Yorkshire town of Harrogate. Under pleasant conditions the Tigers clawed their way through both games with some timely hitting, good base running and over all a team effort to win both games against the Glaswegians who made the long trip south with 10 players. You can read the game reports for Game 1 and Game 2.

Next weekend sees the Tigers on the road as they travel to Halton to face the Jaguars (0-2) and will be back at Tiger Field (Harrogate High School) May 2, 2010 when we will host the Menwith Hill Patriots.