Sunshine Eagles’ women’s program is continuing to grow with the club fielding two teams in the Baseball Victoria women’s north-west competition.
After having one side last season, the Eagles had big growth across the off season that they now have the numbers for a second side.
Both are playing in the same competition this season.
Eagles’ Peter Beer said it was exciting to see the growth in the program and setting a pathway for those coming through.
“It’s really good,” he said. “We have a more experienced team and we have a development team which is good.
“The development group is mainly 15-16-year-olds with a couple of older faces.
“A couple of the girls in the development side were in the only team we had last season and with the more experienced women didn’t get much of a go.
“They are now doing everything. Fielding in the infield, pitching and catching. We’re hoping they’ll develop into a team that can stick together for a number of years.”
Beer said the players in the Blue said they had been playing for a while and it showed on the scoreboard.
The side is yet to lose a game and were sitting 4-0 on top of the ladder.
It had a 23-3 win on Saturday against DCBC-GMBC.
Beer said they had been expecting to have a good result against DCBC-GMBC which is one of the lower sides.
Among the runs was a home run to Kat Salkovic.
With the start to the season, Beer said they had now set their sights on going out and winning the premiership.
The development side, or White side, is currently without a win after four games.
On Saturday, the Eagles lost to Essendon, 16-6.
Essendon scored seven runs in the first innings and the Eagles couldn’t come back from that.
Beer said development was the biggest thing for that side.
“They are batting well, their pitching is good as is the catching,” he said. “They’re making a few errors in the field that are letting them down.
“Hopefully they’ll continue to improve and can win a couple of games along the way.”
The White team will play DCBC-GMBC this Saturday while the Blue team will follow them at Barclay Reserve as it faces Fitzroy Gold.
Meanwhile on Saturday in the men’s premier 1 first nine competition, Sunshine remains undefeated after beating Blackburn, 3-0.
The Eagles are the only undefeated team after five rounds.
Sunshine faces Fitzroy this Saturday in round six.
