Victoria Aces
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The Victoria Aces are an Australian baseball team who compete in the Claxton Shield
Baseball
Championship. One of the founding teams of the Claxton Shield in 1934, they competed until 1988. Thereafter the Claxton Shield was awarded to the winner of the Australian Baseball League until 2002. In 1999 the Victoria Aces accepted an invitation to join the International Baseball League of Australia
. They competed in the League for two seasons (1999–2000 and 2002); after this point the Claxton Shield reverted back to a competition similar to 1988.
Baseball Victoria
(BV) selects the Victoria Aces team to compete in the Claxton Shield. BV also governs all levels of baseball in the state of Victoria, and directly runs the State League, regarded as the top level of competition in the state and the source of the majority of Australian-based players selected for the Victoria Aces.
for 2009 Claxton Shield, announced by Baseball Victoria,
consisted of:
Claxton Shield
The Claxton Shield was the name of the premier baseball competition in Australia held between state-based teams, as well as the name of the trophy awarded to the champion team...
Baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
Championship. One of the founding teams of the Claxton Shield in 1934, they competed until 1988. Thereafter the Claxton Shield was awarded to the winner of the Australian Baseball League until 2002. In 1999 the Victoria Aces accepted an invitation to join the International Baseball League of Australia
International Baseball League of Australia
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 when it was near financial collapse...
. They competed in the League for two seasons (1999–2000 and 2002); after this point the Claxton Shield reverted back to a competition similar to 1988.
Baseball Victoria
Baseball Victoria
Baseball Victoria is the governing body of Baseball within Victoria. Baseball Victoria is governed by the Australian Baseball FederationIn 2006, the Victorian Baseball Association and the Victorian Provincial Baseball League entered into a Memorandum of Understanding...
(BV) selects the Victoria Aces team to compete in the Claxton Shield. BV also governs all levels of baseball in the state of Victoria, and directly runs the State League, regarded as the top level of competition in the state and the source of the majority of Australian-based players selected for the Victoria Aces.
2009 Claxton Shield Squad
Victoria Ace's 19-man rosterRoster
A roster is a list of names of people involved with an organization of some kind.A roster can be a list of people and the times when they are required to work or a list of students in a classroom....
for 2009 Claxton Shield, announced by Baseball Victoria,
consisted of: