TIMELINE
(Including Major Milestones)
July 2021
| 2021 |
Main Field Fly Net replaced by KCC (Estimated cost
$60,000) |
| 2021 |
Winter Season truncated when State Locked Down
|
| 2021 |
Pitching Machine (Hack Attack) ($6,000)
|
| 2020 |
COVID-19
Pandemic – Winter Season cancelled, Summer 2020-21 restricted. Govt Grants totalling $10k – survival and reimagining. Impact likely to be felt through to 2022 |
| 2019 |
BV Most Inclusive Club Award
|
| 2019 |
Lighting on Main Field – LL and Social Baseball Standard
|
| 2019 |
Batting
Tunnel Refurbishment ($22,000 inc VG $5000 labour, Ian Curnow, Al Gribbin, Stu Holding. Lighting Jarrod and Laurie Hall) |
| 2016 |
Little League Field Back Net ($35,000 inc Federal Govt
$15,000) |
| 2016 |
Main Field and Field 2 Dugouts Concrete Floors (Andrew
Gribbin) |
| 2016 |
Electronic Scoreboard (Frazer and Darren Hiddlestone,
Stuart Holding) |
| 2014 |
100 Year Anniversary Celebration
|
| 2010 |
Landscaping in front of pavilion ($85,000 KCC)
|
| 2006 |
Clean Sweep all State Junior Titles
|
| 2005 |
Back Net Senior Field No 3 ($7000 inc VG $3,500)
|
| 2004 |
First Major Leaguer Travis Blakley
|
| 2003 |
Little League Fields – cut outs all 6 fields
|
| 2002 |
Bullpen Right Field on Main
|
| 2001 |
Little League Centre Established – 6 fields with back
nets |
| 1999 |
Canopy on Main ($15,000 Provided by KCC due health and
safety) |
| 1999 |
Batting Tunnel Extended/concrete floor
|
| 1997 |
Cockchafer Beatle Crisis Grounds unplayable
|
| 1997 |
Back net replaced Main Field (KCC)
|
| 1997 |
Scorers Box Field No 2 (Trevor Hogben)
|
| 1997 |
Cool room (Tony Bailey
|
| 1997 |
Ride on Mower (Village Grant)
|
| 1997 |
Bullpen Third base Main Field
|
| 1996 |
First Professional Signing Matthew Gourlay
|
| 1996 |
Home Run Fence Main Field
|
| 1996 |
Scorers Box Main Field
|
| 1996 |
Rustler BBQ (Tony Jackson)
|
| 1996 |
Club Family Tree Bronze Plaque (Dave Stenhouse)
|
| 1995 |
Scoria cut outs on Main Field
|
| 1994 |
Training Lights Main Field. Terry Reid & Laurie
Hall) |
| 1991 |
KCC seal and drain main car park
|
| 1991 |
Hosted BV U12 Tournament for the first time. Huge
Success |
| 1990 |
Main Field Drainage Terrace in front of Clubrooms
(Reter Paturzo, Kevin Howe Mark Phillips for landscaping effort). |
| 1989 |
Batting Tunnel $8500
|
| 1989 |
Kitchen Bench Tops $5000 John Coghlan
|
| 1988 |
State Pee Wee Title
|
| 1988 |
State Tee Ball Title
|
| 1988 |
Pitching Machine purchased
|
| 1987 |
Clubrooms Opening (12 April 1987). Total Cost $450,000
KCC Club Contribution $25,000 |
| 1987 |
Equipment Room Shelving (Frank Babidge Jr)
|
| 1986 |
Club Incorporated 6 January
|
| 1986 |
Back Nets Main Field
|
| 1985 |
Tee Ball Centre established
|
| 1985 |
Back Net on Senior Field No 2
|
| 1985 |
U14 State Champions (First after Amalgamation)
|
| 1984 |
Moved to Kingston Heath Reserve
|
| 1978 |
Moved to Gasworks, Nepean Highway
|
| 1976 |
Summer becomes BV Major Season. DBA continues Winter
season |
| 1972 |
Amalgamation (Playing Park Road and Kingston Aged Care
Centre) |
| 1958 |
Cheltenham wins first DBA A Grade Premiership
|
| 1955 |
Moved to Como Park from Prahran Cricket Ground
|
| 1953 |
Original Cheltenham BC formed (Tuesday 24 March)
|
| 1949 |
BV A Grade Champions
|
| 1942 |
Suspended WW2. (18 out of 29 senior players enlisted)
|
| 1941 |
Prahran Victorian Champions
|
| 1926 |
Prahran re formed
|
| 1916 |
Suspended WW1
|
| 1915 |
Prahran’s first A Grade Premiership
|
| 1914 |
Prahran Runner Up first BV A Grade Competition
|
Names: Lead member(s)
KCC = Kingston City Council
VG = Village Grant
