Major Milestones & Significant Events in the
Pirates Baseball Club's History
Year | Milestones/Significant Events |
1988 |
Inception as the “Parklea Pirates” (seniors team): founded by Howard Ryan |
1991 |
Allocated Corbin Reserve and formed the Quakers Hill Pirates Baseball Club |
1995 |
Incorporated as the Quakers Hill Pirates Baseball Club |
1996 |
Hosted the Korean Friendship Series at Corbin Reserve (a 4 team comp including Kyungsan High School, Korean Golden Eagles, Cumberland Allstars and the Pirates….the Pirates won) |
1999 |
Howie Ryan departs the Pirates Baseball Club after a decade of amazing service - Howie inducted as Club's 1st Life member. At the 1999 AGM, a Motion is put to Quakers Hill to merge with Kings Langley – the amalgamated club would be known as the KL Pirates. Initial vote: For the Motion = 18; Against the Motion = 18. Second vote: For the Motion = 22; Against the Motion = 23………Motion Denied. |
2000 |
Steve Milliss inducted as Club's 2nd Life Member |
2003 |
Dennis Castle inducted as Club’s 3rd Life Member |
2007 |
Awarded the Australian Baseball Federation’s Club of the Year |
2008 |
Neil Austin inducted as Club’s 5th Life Member. The Pirates debut in the Sydney Winter Major League competition |
2009 |
Our Club’s 21st Anniversary! The Pirates ground at Corbin Reserve expands to encompass 6 playing fields Corbin Reserve selected to host many of the baseball games from 2009 World Master's Games The Pirates 1st Grade Side wins the Sydney Winter Major League Premiership |
2010 |
Phil Jones and Mark Scully inducted as the Club's 6th and 7th Life Members U14 Red win a premiership in the Hills Junior Baseball Association summer season |
2011 |
Quakers Hill Pirates forms an alliance with Quakers Hill Softball Club to offer and expand the softball offering within the club. Club immediately expands from 1 softball team to 7 softball teams. In this year 4 of the 7 softball teams win a premiership and one team was runner-up. |
2012 |
Pirates 1st grade player Josh Guyer is signed to a professional contract with the Minnesota Twins |
2013 |
The Pirates 25th Anniversary... the club has grown from 1 team in 1988 to 50 teams across all age groups and offering both baseball and softball. |