NEWS PAGE -
Training (men): Next training session is on Wednesday 14th May at Sevenoaks Park (6pm). All players, old and new, are most welcome to attend.
First Game (men): Is against local rivals, Grange Catholics, at Sevenoaks Park on Monday 19th May. 6pm knock off.
First Game (ladies): Was against St Peter's at the Harlequins Ground, Roath on Thursday 8th May. Both sides batted very well and with light failing the game was called off and will be rescheduled.
2007 Awards Evening: The Club's annual presentation evening for the 2007 season took place on Saturday 16th February at the Clubhouse. The event was very well attended and a great night was had by all. This was due in no small part to the excellent live music provided by up and coming group, Six One Seven. They really are a superb group and we wish them well for the future.
On the awards front, we had a number of special guests to present the awards. The ladies awards were presented by Mrs Giles (mother of David and Paul Giles) who played for our ladies team over 50 years ago! The two ladies awards went to:
- Ladies Players' Player of the Year - Emma Richards.
- Ladies Manager's Player of the Year - Natalie Ayres.
The men's awards were presented by former Welsh football international and media pundit, David Giles, Club President, Alan Barnett, and Welsh Baseballer of the Year, Michael Sullivan, of the Grange Catholic's Club.
The two men's awards went to:
- Mens 2nd Team Player of the Year - Dean Brockway.
- Mens 1st Team Player of the Year - David Beattie.
Awards were also made to the four players who achieved Welsh A&B caps last season. These were:
Tyrone Vale.
Stephen Ayres.
Nathan Taylor.
Matthew Hopkins.
Well done to all players, managers and officials. Let's hope for a good season in 2008.
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Centenary Celebrations: The 2007 season saw Grange Albion Baseball Club celebrate its 100th birthday! We held a number of events throughout the season and received tremendous support from local businesses. Some of the events were:
* CENTENARY DINNER - This took place on the evening of Friday 8th June and was the highlight of our centenary celebrations. Please go to the 'Centenary Dinner' page for further information and photographs.
* TREE PLANTING AT THE MARL - On the afternoon of Wednesday 21 March 2007, members of Grange Albion Baseball Club and officials from Cardiff County Council held a joint tree planting ceremony at the Marl to commemorate both the Club's Centenary season and the reopening of the redeveloped facilities at the Marl. The event was well attended with a number of former players getting together to mark the occasion.
The photograph below is of former players (l to r) Alan Barnett, Mark Jones (international cap), Billy Clifton (int. cap), Gary Jones, Mattie Lloyd, Tony Hicks, Mac Purchase (int. cap), Trevor Rees (int. cap) and Graham Finn (int. cap). 
* LOCAL SCHOOLS TOURNAMENT - Our Centenary celebrations continued on the afternoon of Friday the 18th May with a local junior schools tournament for the 'Grange Albion Centenary Trophy' at The Marl. The four schools involved were Ninian Park, St Paul's, Grangetown and St Patrick's.
The schools produced an exiting and memorable tournament which was thoroughly enjoyed by the children, teachers, parents and spectators (including Lord Mayor, Gill Bird) alike. In the first round of games, St Patrick's defeated Ninian Park and St Paul's beat Grangetown to see those two schools compete in the final. In a terrific final, St Paul's just edged out St Pat's by two runs to leave captain Alex Goodman to collect the Centenary Shield from the Lord Mayor.
The winning school, St Paul's:
* GRANGE ALBION v COMBINED WALES/ENGLAND TEAM - This match followed on from the schools tournament. The combined international team was made up of:
Mike Sullivan, Tony Miles and Mike Deacy (Grange Catholics),
Leighton and Russell Martin (ISTL Llanrumney),
Chris Duffin (Caerau),
Peter King (Gower Sports),
Brian Curtis (St Albans),
Norman Parselle (St Michael's), and
Jeff Linge, Paul Hughes and Barry Hughes (Liverpool and England).
The combined international team was led out onto the diamond by former player and Grange Albion legend, Charlie Kinsey. Prior to knock off, both sides were introduced to the Lord Mayor. The game proved to be an excellent spectacle for the 400 plus crowd with the international side taking a first innings lead. The Albion's bowlers did well against a highly skilled batting side with youngster, Matthew Hopkins, causing the 'internationals' many problems.
An honourable draw was the final outcome and captains, Matt Hopkins and Jeff Linge, jointly collected the trophy from the retiring head of Cardiff Parks Department, Mike Clark.
The match was followed by a night of celebration and stories of the 'old days' back at the Grange Albion Sports and Social Club.
We would like to offer a special thanks to all of the local businesses who have kindly offered their support of the above events and the Club. Please take a look at who these businesses are by visiting our 'Sponsors' page.