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There are seven recognized clubs - Howick-Pakuranga, Bayside-Westhaven, Central City, West City, Northland, Canterbury and Manawatu. Cola Yeh runs his own teams outside the purview of Baseball New Zealand. The Auckland-based clubs work together under the umbrella of the Auckland Baseball Association.

The clubs run their own competitions with little input from Baseball New Zealand. The New Zealand development officer attends the Auckland Baseball Association meetings and provides additional structure and input.

edit Howick-Pakuranga

The Howick-Pakuranga club is located in Pakuranga opposite the rugby club at Lloyd Elsmore Park.

edit Bayside-Westhaven

Bayside Westhaven has been going for a number of years and fields teams from peewee (T ball) up through to a seniors team.

As well as being part of the Auckland Baseball Association and Baseball New Zealand, Bayside Westhaven is also affiliated with the Little League Organisation World.

The season runs from November through to March with a break over Christmas. Home fields are at Crossfield Reserve, Crossfield Road in Glendowie, Auckland

edit West City

West City Baseball Club plays its home games at McLeod Park in Te Atatu South and is part of the Auckland Baseball Association.

West City Baseball Club’s inaugural campaign took place in the 1997-98 season, founded by Wayne McCullough.

In 1999, West City hosted the New Zealand Baseball Federation All-Star Game, and has welcomed visiting teams from the United States and South Korea, boosting its profile internationally. In December 2008, West City hosted Masashiro Tanaka, star Olympian Japanese Baseball player from the Rakuten Eagles of Japan.

West City’s senior team has been a perennial powerhouse since the club was established, winning the Auckland Club Championship on many occasions during the past nine seasons and has won the title three times in the last four years, including the inaugural Championship in 2006, and are the current National Champions.

edit Canterbury

The Canterbury Baseball Club was founded in 2003 by David Ballinger and is located at Avonhead Park, on the western edge of Christchurch. Members compete from age 5 (T-Ball) up to 50+ (Seniors).

All games are currently intra-club, with representative teams for each age group selected to compete in nationals each December.

edit Northland

Northland challenged Bayside-Westhaven for the right to go to the regional qualifier for the LLWS in 2007. Bayside successfully survived the challenge, prevailing 15-0 with a combined one hitter in the first game and 17-2 in the second.

edit Manawatu

edit Central City

The Central City Baseball Club was formed in 2007 in order to bring youth baseball to the central Auckland area. Affiliated with the Auckland Baseball Association and Baseball New Zealand, the club attracted many top players, many of whom represented New Zealand in the Little League World Series in 2006 and 2007. In its first season, Central City fielded the undefeated Auckland Baseball championship U12 team, the Rangers, coached by Mike Rielly and Chris Simmons.

Central City was founded by President Joel Canfield, VP Rob Gadbaw, Treasurer Simon Kelly and Secretary Lisa Canfield, with Carolyn and Andrew Clerk serving on committee. In 2008, the club received a charter from Little League International and faced Bayside in the second New Zealand Little League challenge tournament for rights to field a team to the LL World Series in Hong Kong. In 2009, they fielded the national championship U12 team, coached by Rodd Fowler.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_New_Zealand

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