The All Stars Baseball Club Incorporated is a baseball club located in Hendra

Hendra, Queensland

Hendra is a suburb of the city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It lies roughly six kilometres north-east of Brisbane central business district.- History :...

, Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia, that participates in the Greater Brisbane League

Greater Brisbane League

The Greater Brisbane League or formerly the Greater Brisbane Baseball Board league is the largest baseball league in the Australian state of Queensland and covers all teams from Brisbane North, South, West, Metro as well as two Gold Coast teams. These are from age groups Little League through to...

 competition and the Brisbane Metro competition. It is the oldest club in Queensland after the Windsor Engineers

Windsor Royals

The Windsor Royals, originally known simply as Windsor baseball club and formerly the Windsor Engineers is a baseball club that participates in the Greater Brisbane League competition and Brisbane Metro Baseball competition.-History:...

 who were formed in 1946, but renamed the Windsor Royals in 1956.

History

Mark Gilley, the Queensland Baseball President after World War II

World War II

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 organised the re-birth of baseball in Queensland by featuring the Windsor Engineers to play a composite side of what was left of the rest of the competition. This side, he named the 'All Stars'. The team then was formed into a club with the backing of inaugural club president Alan Dempster. The team played in various grades until 1958 when the club acquired its second team and moved to its current home field, Bannister Park in Hendra. The team then won its first A-Grade premiership in 1960 largely due to experienced Lismore

Lismore, New South Wales

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 coach, Lawrie Thew. In this year, All Stars junior teams were formed and the club continued to grow.

The Hendra team won the wooden spoon

Wooden spoon (award)

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 in the Greater Brisbane League 2008-09

Greater Brisbane League 2008-09

The Greater Brisbane League 2008–09 season is annual summer baseball competition of South East Queensland run by Baseball Queensland.-Standings:-Playoffs:Best of three game series-Team leaders:...

season, but their B-Grade team managed to place as runners up in the competition.

External links

• All Stars Website
• ABF Profile
• Padres thump All Stars Redcliffe Herald
• Mark 'The Ear' Oberhardt gives the rundown on sport Courier Mail