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75th Claxton Shield Anniversary - Perth Heat Champions Pennant

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Overview

A commemorative pennant for the champion team of the 75th Anniversary Claxton Shield competition. The black and white pennant is triangular and made of synthetic fabric. It has a black border and black printing on a white background. The Perth Heat logo is to the left of the words 'Back 2 Back', signifying that the Perth Heat team had also won the Claxton Shield Series in the previous year.

Historical information

The 2009 Diamond Anniversary Claxton Shield was the 75-year anniversary of the Claxton Shield and was held from 2 December 2008 to 8 February 2009. It was the Shield's Diamond anniversary. The Perth Heat won the tournament after defeating the New South Wales Patriots 3–2 in the third game of a best of three series, held at Baseball Park in Perth, Western Australia.

Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Claxton_Shield]

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Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.449

Item type

Sports Memorabilia

Themes

People
Social History
Sport

Material

Synthetic Fiber

Width

14 cm

Height or length

31 cm

Inscriptions and markings

'Barbagallo Perth HEAT' [logo]
'Claxton Shield Champions'
'Back 2 Back'
'Claxton Shield 75th Anniversary'

Contextual Information

Perth Heat won back-to-back Claxton Shields in 2007/08 and 2008/09, which was the 10th national championship win for a Western Australian team.

The pennant was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by Bill Sinclair.

Keywords

75th Claxton Shield Diamond Anniversary

2008/09 Claxton Shield

Claxton Shield 2008/09

Claxton Shield Champions

Baseball Park Thornlie

Baseball WA

Baseball WA

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