Hello and welcome to a new year and a new edition of Rounding Third. Line Drive is all you avid readers out there have had a great new Christmas and new year and are enjoying the summertime with your families. Even though the Ranger men are not playing, the busy bees down at the Ranch in Targoora park have a few irons in the fire and this little write up will quench your thirst for knowledge about what the guys and gals of Wangaratta Rangers Baseball Club have been up to.

New year and New ideas.

Tony “Spinner” Smith is full of ideas and motivation for the season ahead. Ably assisted by his merry band of men and women on the Wangaratta Rangers committee, Spin has got some great ideas to help engage us all in the smooth running of club. Looking at the list of agenda items down for discussion in the next few months, times are going to busy. So far the club has already poured a new footing for a light pole which will be stood up in the coming weeks. The club is looking to spruce the place up a bit and ideas are most welcome. If you got some spare time and get a tap on the shoulder to help out. Just get in and have a crack. It’s the Ranger way!

Wyatt is the Captain of the Ship

Well not a ship as such, Leader of men and all round great bloke, Mick Wyatt capped off a successful year by winning not a ship but a boat in the 2015 Cod Classic. It took a couple of phone calls to get “The Skipper” to pick the phone up. Once he did then the fun began. Well done Mick. Superstar!

About time Cam

It has been a season of celebration over the past few months. Just before Christmas a good friend to this writer Cam “The Soak” Scott finally popped the question to Lauren Grenfell. It was most romantic said Lauren. Cam pretty much said it in his usual matter-of-fact way. Yeah well done Cam and Loz. Cam has been reminded by many it was about time!

Nice one Sean

It has also been noticed on social media that Sean Warfe quietly got engaged overseas over the festive season. Many congrats to you and your fiancee Sarah. hope to see you down at the Ranch soon.

COD Season

The Victorian Masters Baseball Championships is fast approaching. The boys are pumped and ready to go with a few minor changes to the roster. The bulk of the inaugural squad are heading to Ballarat from March 18th-20th with a few new editions to the roster. Mick Brownlie and Ash Meyers have been added to the Cod squad. Welcome boys. For the rest training is on Mondays from 6pm in Wangaratta. Find the glove and roll down to get organised for what is a great weekend.

Wednesday night t-ball

Wednesday night t-ball has returned to ranger land with over thirty in attendance the past two Wednesday nights. Ranger legend Kevin Pool is leading the way with his trusty assistant Bryan “Moose” Wilson and many other ranger players lending a hand. Line Drive saw it first hand last week and it was great to see the kids running around  having a great time. Without the help of the club members these great programs would not happen.

A Moose is a Moose and he felt like a little bit of a Goose!

Our favorite Canadian has been at it again. Last week Cam “The Soak” Scott was doing some club business and asked the committee for a “quote” on some uniform items. Cam assumed everyone in the group conversation knew what “quote” he was after. Moose then rattled off baseball lyrical quotes from everywhere. Finally Kyle Gilmore stepped in and informed Moose that Cam was after a monetary quote on uniforms! For the record there were some very good “quotes” in there. Maybe we could grab one a week from you Moose for our Facebook page and for Rounding Third too!

Ranger Ramble V 2016

Already there has been movement at the station in regards to Ranger Ramble V. Over the past week, the Big ideas man of the trip Dan “Chopper” McCullough has been thinking how to to lasts years trip to Bendigo. He has come up with a plan. Adelaide!!!!. Already seven of last years members have signed up. Looks like the punters club may return this year too to help get the boys get over the border. Watch this space for more details in the coming weeks.

Muster night a success. 

Last Friday saw the come and try night for season 2016. From what Line Drive has been told all your usual favorites were there with a few new additions. Sean Warfe was up and about taking some drills. While the usual suspects supported the club in the best way they know how! Training for 2016 will be on Friday nights till the start of the season from 6pm. All are welcome to come join the Ranger family.

Well that is about it for the first edition of 2016.  Might be a bit rusty on this episode, but like anything got to do the preparation to get the results (is that a quote Moose?) Some club things to let you know about

• Cods training 6pm Mondays Wangaratta.
• Victorian Masters Championships March 18th-20 Ballarat
• Rangers training Friday nights from 6pm Wangaratta
• Punters club interest. Register with Cam Scott.
• keep up-to-date with all Rangers news on Facebook Wangaratta Rangers and on Twitter @WangRangers and team app Wangaratta Rangers
• http://www.wangarattarangers.baseball.com.au

Have a great week. Stay cool going to be a hot one in the north east!

Go Rangers.