Southern Districts Baseball Club
Southern Districts is a South Australian baseball club playing in the South Australian Baseball League. Known as the Hawks, their home ground is Peregrine Park in the Southern Adelaide suburb of Christie Downs. Establishment. The club was established in 1972 when the Marion Baseball Club relocated to the Southern suburbs and formed the Southern Districts Baseball Club. It was not until the 1980/81 season that the club was granted District status by the SABL, which gave it the right to challenge to become a Division One Club. In the 1982/83 season the club won an A  Grade premiership in Division Two and then challenged the Goodwood Baseball Club to a 3-game series to earn the right to become a Division One Club. The club won the series and was promoted to a Division One club where it remains to this day. 1 Capps Medallists. The Capps Medal is awarded to the "best and fairest" player in the South Australian Baseball League during the Home and Away season. Southern Districts has no Capps Medallists. Division 1 Squad. 2016: Benjamin Short, C, 2; Jai Payne, C, 3; Braydon Edwards, C, 4; Mitchell O'Neil, OF, 5; Conor O'Neil , SS, 11; Ben Jones, 2B, 18; Troy Harrison, P, 19; Jason Martin, 2B, 20; Michael Johnston, P, 21; Lachlan Rees, 1B, 23; Nick Hutchings, P, 26; Andrew Rodgers, 3B, 28; Luke Hansen, 2B, 33; Zach Lunnon, SS, 37; Jake Macnamara, 3B, 38; Daniel Hobson, 3B, 39; Byron Turner, CF, 55; Matthew Hutchings, LF, 62; William Burke, P, 73; Corey McGill, P, 74; Carey Mcleoud, Cf, 79; Michael Slee, C, 96; SABL Batting Title. The SABL Batting Title is awarded to the player with the best batting average at the completion of the South Australian Baseball League Home and Away season . A batter must have a minimum number of Plate Appearances to qualify. (Based on a formula of 3.1 x number of games the team played in a season). Southern Districts has one SABL Batting Title recipient: SABL All Star Team. The SABL selects an All Star team at the completion of the Home and Away season. Players considered the most outstanding player in their position are selected as members of the team. Southern Districts has had five players selected in the SABL All Star Team.: SABL Rookie of the Year. The SABL each year selects a rookie of the year  recipient. This player must be in his first full season and have demonstrated consistent and outstanding performance in the Division 1 competition. Southern Districts has one SABL Rookie of the Year award recipient: Claxton Shield Representatives 2002 - present. The Claxton Shield is an annual event held by the Australian Baseball Federation. Generally now held during the lead up to the Australia Day long weekend in January, the Shield began in 1934 and after a hiatus between 1989/90 and 2000/01 due to the Australian Baseball League, was reformed as a week-long State based tournament in 2002. Since 2002, Southern Districts  has had seven players compete in the Claxton Shield for South Australia: Club Life Members. ^ deceased Player Life Members. Player life members must have played for more than 10 years and 500 games for the club.