Thank you everyone for what was an exciting year. I found the year amazing but incredibly busy with all the activity.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED IN 2025. YOU MADE IT A SUCCESS
Elections for the BI National Executive Committee (NEC) were held in November. This election excluded the positions of President, Treasurer and Secretary which as Board positions, must be held at the Annual General Meeting.
The NEC remains largely unchanged with Matt Altman stepping down as Adult League Co-ordinator and Alan Fox stepping into the role.
Thank you Matt for your hard work in 2025.
The elected NEC officials were
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Alan Fox – Adult League Co-ordinator
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Pietro Nieddu – Youth League Co-ordiantor
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Emer Gallahar Hall – Field Director
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Gareth Donnelly – Club Liaison Officer
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Karen Mertig – Grants and Promotions Fundraising Officer
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Alexandra Byrne – Corporate Fundraising Officer
Congratulations to our league champions and award winners.
A Division
Pennant – Dublin Spartans
Playoff Champion – Dublin Spartans
Batting Champion – Trevor Peacock
Silver Slugger – Michael O’Brien
Pitcher of the Year – David Casey
MVP – Dominic De Felice
B Division
Pennant – Cork Renegades
Playoff Champion – Dublin City Hurricanes
Batting Champion – Dhevan Bergman
Silver Slugger – Paavali Soini
Pitcher of the Year – Jaime Cuevas
MVP – Filip Zakrocki
Cadet
Pennant – Mariners Baseball
Playoff Champion – Mariners Baseball
Little League
Pennant – Red Rox Baseball
The Irish Baseball Academy is underway with 83 participants across 5 different age groups.
This is a great opportunity to improve your abilities and its not too late to join.
Contact John Dillon for more information.
Two very successful coaches clinics
BI Level 1 Coaching Certification Course
Sean Mitchell lead the course on October 18, 2025 at Strike Zone.
25 coaches got their level 1 certification.
ISG Baseball Coaches Clinic
ISG Baseball returned in 2025 to put on another great clinic November 14-16 at Strike Zone.
Over the 3 day event, 4 US baseball coaches led class room sessions on Friday night and Saturday.
On Sunday, the coaches worked with our players helping them with their game.
Thank you to Tom O’Connell of ISG Baseball for organizing the clinic.
Thank you to
Todd Naskedov – Cincinnati Red
Boh Whalen – Dartmouth College
Ryan McGinnis – Kimberley High School for coming to Ireland to help grow the game.
ISG Raffle
In addition to hosting the clinic, ISG Baseball provided us with prizes for a raffle.
Sponsors who provided prizes include
Evoshield and
the Cincinnati Reds.
Thank you for your support.
Winners of the Mustard Baseball pitching analysis application were:
Mike Moehler, Mariners Baseball
Elaine Smith, Ashbourne Baseball
APRIL
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2025 Season Starts
May
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Cinco De Mayo Hitathon
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BI Pub Quiz
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Makeshift Fields Book Signings
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Kent Buccaneers vs U15 Academy Team
June
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Mariners compete in Federation Cup
July
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DHYS vs U12 Academy Team
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U18 National Team finish 3rd in U18 European Championship Qualifier
August
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Dublin Spartans win British Summer Cup
2025 AGM
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February 2026
Fundraising
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Save the Date for a potential fundraising social event on February 28th.
Potential Academy Events
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U12: Teams from Georgia and Pennsylvania
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U15: Teams from UK and New York
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U18: Team from Newfoundland
International Play
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Federation Cup(Mariners) – June
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European Baseball Championship Qualifiers – July
Thank you to everyone for an amazing 2025.
Baseball Ireland is a small volunteer organisation. Without the efforts of our coaches, umpires, executive members, parents and other volunteers, we couldn’t have accomplished as much as we have in 2025.
Please continue to look for ways to help grow the game we love in Ireland.
Happy Holidays to all and hoping you have an amazing New Year.
Jason
