Baseball Development Foundation Annual Report 1991-1992
A 15-page, A4-size Baseball Development Foundation annual report, 1991-1992. The front and back covers are mid-green light-weight card, bound with black cloth tape. The black, rectangular BDF logo is in the top left-hand corner of the front cover and the document title and year date are in black text between black horizontal lines. Inside pages are black text on off-white paper.
The Baseball Development Foundation (BDF) was formed in 1991 to coordinate and fund development among all elements of the baseball community. Financed initially by a grant from the West Australian Health Promotion Foundation (Healthways) of $280,000, the BDF would promote the health message from the Cancer Foundation "Protect yourself in the sun" over a period of three years. According to the General Manager of the BDF, Ms Jan Thurley, the Foundation was designed to assist players, coaches, scorers and administrators in improving their skills through new and innovative programs.
National Library of Australia [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/rendition/nla.news-article249892825]
In 1999 the Baseball Development Foundation, the West Australian Baseball League and the West Australian Junior Baseball League were amalgamated into a single entity named Baseball WA.
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'Baseball Development Foundation'
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'1991/1992'
This document reports on the initial year of operation of the Baseball Development Foundation, which grew out of an identified need to address the increasing numbers of players, coaches, umpires, scorers and administrators being drawn to the game by the twin influences and success of tee-ball and National League Baseball. "By meeting the challenges of providing for the game's future the Baseball Development Foundation is leading the game's charge to major sport status," (G.L. Johnson, Director of Development, West Australian Baseball League - 1991/92 BDF Annual Report Foreword).
The report had been in the possession of Baseball WA and was passed to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives.
The annual report has historic significance as a record of governance of a Western Australian baseball foundation during its initial period of operation. It has social significance, reporting on its aims of contributing to the development of the sport and generating sponsorship.
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