First National Inaugural Pee Wee Baseball Championships, Adelaide 1984 poster

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1984

Overview

A poster advertising the First National Inaugural Pee Wee Baseball Championships. It has a mustard yellow background with a white border. Main text is maroon with yellow and maroon borders or white with maroon borders. Other text in white, gives the location and dates of the championships. In the bottom third of the poster is a maroon and white sketch of two forearms and two hands (one gloved) gripping the neck of a baseball bat. In the bottom right-hand corner is a sponsor's name, contact details and logo printed in maroon.

Historical information

With the aim of promoting greater community involvement in Under-13 baseball by introducing Pee Wee Baseball, the Australian Baseball Federation entrusted the South Australian Baseball League to organise the inaugural national pee wee championships in January 1984. The tournament Director was Peter Thompson.

The championship was held at a time when baseball was undergoing rapid growth in participation throughout Australia, and promoting the sport at the junior level was seen to be of tremendous benefit to the sport as a whole.

The tournament was held at the Henley & Grange Baseball Club's grounds in Adelaide, South Australia, with teams competing for the Dave Roberts Trophy. Dave Roberts was a prominent advocate and administrator of junior baseball in South Australia and a fitting person to have the trophy named after him.

Competing teams were from the Northern Territory, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.707

Item type

Posters

Themes

People
Social History
Sport

Material

Paper

Width

50 cm

Height or length

76 cm

Inscriptions and markings

'First National Inaugural Pee Wee Baseball Championships'
'Henley & Grange Baseball Club Grounds'
'Military Road, Grange'
'Adelaide'
'6th.-15th. January 1984'
'Proudly co-sponsored & supported by...'
'Screengraphics'
'181-183 Grange Road, Findon. Ph.268 7344.' [and logo]

Contextual Information

Several Western Australian pee wee players at the 1984 championships, later went on to develop significant baseball careers with Perth Heat—Lyall Barwick, Stuart Harben and Scott Metcalf.

This poster was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by Lyall Barwick.

Keywords

1984 National Pee Wee Championship

First National Inaugural Pee Wee Championship

Australian Baseball Federation

Dave Roberts Trophy

South Australian Baseball League

Henley & Grange Baseball Club

Screengraphics

Place made

Findon
South Australia
Australia

Year

1984

Statement of significance

This rare poster has historic and social significance as it identifies the Australian Baseball Federation's first national pee wee baseball championships. The Inaugural National Tournament included seven of eight Australian States and Territories. The item comes from a member of the Western Australian team and therefore has impeccable provenance.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Baseball WA

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