1999/2000 Claxton Shield 'Western Heelers' Champions Trophy

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c. 1999

Overview

The 1999/2000 Claxton Shield Champions Trophy is vase-shaped, clear cut-glass with the name of the champion team etched into the glass. The trophy stands on a square wooden plinth which bears a black metal plaque.
Two baseball bats and a ball are engraved on the metal plaque above the WoolMark logo and the name of the baseball series.

Historical information

The International Baseball League of Australia was a baseball league which existed from 1999 to 2002. The league was created by David Nilsson after he purchased the rights to the Australian Baseball League in 1999.

The 1999–2000 International Baseball League of Australia season was conducted as a National League with a team based in each of the major Australian mainland cities and a second team based in Country New South Wales.

Western Heelers, the team from Western Australia, defeated the Queensland Rams 2 games to 1 in the Championship series held at Palm Meadows, an Australian baseball field located on the Gold Coast, Queensland.

Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Baseball_League_of_Australia]

This trophy was awarded to the Western Heelers, as winners of the National Baseball Competition in the 1999/2000 season.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.12

Item type

Material

Width

22 cm

Height or length

35 cm

Depth

22 cm

Themes

Social History

Sport

Inscriptions and markings

[Etched into the side of the glass trophy]
'Western Heelers'

[Engraved on the metal plaque]
'1999/2000 Claxton Shield Champions'
'WoolMark' [and Woolmark Symbol]
'Claxton Shield'
'Championship Series'
'Baseball'

Contextual Information

This trophy was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by the Australian Baseball League's Western Australian team, the Perth Heat.

Keywords

Baseball

Trophy

Claxton Shield 1999/2000

Western Heelers

Woolmark

Year

c. 1999

Statement of significance

The International Baseball League of Australia lasted for only three seasons. As an item of memorabilia from a period of great change in the history of Australian baseball, this trophy has historic and social significance.

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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