Adult Premier & Reserves baseball

The Auckland Baseball Association Premier League is the top level of baseball in New Zealand. Howick-Pakuranga has a long history in Premier baseball – with strong teams playing each season.

Our Premier teams have coaches who expect very high levels of commitment and performance from players, including training and game day attendance.

All Premiers games have umpires and score keepers, and results are tracked on the MyBallClub scoring website.

Games

Premiers and Reserves games are mostly played on Sundays at the following fields:

• Counties – Karaka Sports Complex

• Lloyd Elsmore Park – No 1 diamond

• Bayside Westhaven – Crossfield Domain

• Central City – War Memorial Park, May Road, Mt Roskill

• West City – McLeod Park, Te Atatu

• Waitakere Bears – McLeod Park, Te Atatu

• Hamilton Raiders – Resthills Park, Glenview, Hamilton

Gear

Premiers players are provided with a club jersey for games, which must be returned at the end of the season, and a hat they can keep.

Equipment

Players will need to provide the following equipment - see the guys at the Fieldhouse - 1/57 Ben Lomond Crescent, Pakuranga

• Pants – white baseball pants

• Glove – players will need their own baseball glove

• Shoes – most players wear Baseball cleats.

All other gear is provided by the club, including bats (wood only), batting helmets, catchers gear, balls etc.