The Geelong Baseball Association (GBA), is an Australian 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...

 association and league based in Geelong, Victoria

Geelong, Victoria

Geelong is a port city located on Corio Bay and the Barwon River, in the state of Victoria, Australia, south-west of the state capital; Melbourne. It is the second most populated city in Victoria and the fifth most populated non-capital city in Australia...

. It runs a the Geelong Winter League, one of the premier winter

Winter

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 competitions in Victoria. The GBA is affiliated with 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...

.

History

In 1889, the first match of interest played at Geelong between Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

 and Geelong Baseball Clubs. Melbourne won the game 25-15.

Established over seventy years ago, in 1937 the GBA offers senior and junior competitions to clubs and teams from metropolitan Geelong, Colac, Werribee, Bacchus Marsh, Lara and Ballarat.

Since the Waurn Ponds Baseball Centre was opened in , Geelong has attracted numerous major baseball events, including Provincial series, international matches, two Japanese

Japan

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 training camps, international friendly games, AAA Youth series, Claxton Shield

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...

games and Masters series.