Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Double Win for Warriors

Berri Warriors Double Grand Final Win



3 in a row for A grade



1st for Little League


A spectacular win in Friday night's Riverland A Grade Baseball Grand Final has seen our A grade team win their 3rd premiership in a row, defeating Barmera Lakers 18 - 8 and taking Berri's premiership tally to 4 wins in the past 5 years.

An inspiring all-round performance saw Jedd Miller (warriors) named Best on Ground. Winning Pitcher Steven Goldspink pitched the first 6 innings for the Warriors, with Jason Golding pitching out the game for the Lakers.

With Barmera unable to score, the Berri Warriors were awarded the match under the mercy rule at the bottom of the 8th.

Barmera Lakers 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 - 8

Berri Warriors 2 0 2 8 3 0 1 2 - 18

Our Seniors celebrated their win, in true Warrior style, well into the following day.


Back (from left) - Brenton Halupka (coach), Steve Goldspink, Tim O'Connor, Jedd Miller, Tim Cooksley, Steven Scott, Paul Reid, Peter Moritz. Front - Ryan Moritz, Phil Goldspink, Mark Lang and Brad Monaghan.

As a curtain raiser to the A grade final was the Little League Grand Final, which also saw the Berri Warriors take on the Barmera Lakers. With The Lakers being at the top of the table all season it was sure to be an exciting game. And it was!! Our young Warriors rose to the challenge and defeated the Lakers 15-9, with the game being called at the top of the 5th. Kenny Karpany pitched a solid game, restricting Barmera's batters, and was awarded Best on Ground.

With 8 wins and 4 losses leading into the Final, our Little League team has shown tremendous improvement this season under the guidance of their coaches, Harry Bantolas & Andrew Kambouris. Both Harry & Andrew would like to sincerely thank their team for their efforts, and wish all the very best to Sarah Peltz, Cody McKinnon, Kenny Karpany & Jackson Cliff who have now played in a premiership team in their last year of Little League. what a send off!!!


back row- Harry bantolas (coach), Tristen Karpany. Middle row-Cody McKinnon, Paul Spilios, Lachie Monaghan, Jackson Cliff, Sarah Peltz, Austin Karpany, Andrew Kambouris (coach). Front row- Ty Jesser, Travis Parry, Taso Bantolas, Kenny Karpany, Declan williams, Zoe Bellchambers, Christine Kambouris.

Thank you to ALL our supporters throughout this season.



Keep an eye out for the WARRIORS in 2009-10.

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