Coomera Cubs Baseball Club

Coomera Cubs Baseball Club
Coomera Cubs Baseball Club
Information
League	GBL and GCBA
Location	Oxenford, Australia
Ballpark	Gambamora Park
Founded	2006
Nickname(s)	Cubs
Former name(s)	Coomera Cougars
Colors	Purple and Teal
2024–25 Season Record	5–11
Ownership	Nick Day
Manager	Michael Sharp
President	Nick Day
Website	www.coomera.baseball.com.au
Uniforms
Home	Away

The Coomera Cubs Baseball Club is a baseball club located on the Gold Coast in Queensland, that participates^[1] in the Greater Brisbane League and the Gold Coast Baseball Association League.^[2] The club is also a host to the annual Summer Classic.^[3]

History

The club has a history dating back to the 1990s and was originally known as the Coomera Cougars. The club shared playing fields on the eastern side of the M1 where the Coomera Soccer fields now reside. The club was moved in the early 2000s to the current site at Gambamora Park and was officially incorporated in 2006 as the Coomera Cubs Baseball Club Inc. That year the club entered multiple Junior and Senior teams in the Gold Coast Baseball Association competition.

GBL

In 2017/18 the club entered into the Senior Div 1, Div 2, U16 Div 1 and U14 Div1 GBL competition for the first time. The following year saw the U16 team make the grand final and the U14 team win the championship. 2019/20 in the third year of the GBL senior competition the Senior Div 1 and Div 2 both made the playoffs. The Div 2 side sitting equal top of the table after the regular season on for and against and narrowly losing to Surfers on head to head results for the minor premiership.

In what can only be described as unprecedented times the season finals series were not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the competition was awarded based on placings during the regular season. Div 1 came 4th and Div 2 came 2nd.

Junior Baseball Academy

In 2013 the club introduced the first club based junior elite academy^[4] on the Gold Coast. This academy is aimed at 10 to 14 year olds and in 2019 was run inhouse at the club by the team at South Coast Academy of Sport. The academy continues to support the club's training activities.

Little League

In 2018 there was a large representation from the club that represented the Gold Coast at the Little League^[5] District State Titles. This Gold Coast^[6] team became the first team from Queensland to win National Little League Australian Championships in June 2018 and progress to the Little League World series.^{[citation needed]}

Notable players

Aaron Whitefield^[7] (Minnesota Twins) signed but did not play*

Josh Warner^[8] (Philadelphia Phillies)

Darren Trainor^[9] (Lewis-Clark State College)

Jack Waters (Arizona Western College)

Liam Sherer (Canberra Cavalry, Colby Trojans)

Records

Notable individual records set in one game, these include all games between the 2020–2021 season from Div 1 and 2

	Record	Holder	Grade	Year
Most Strikeouts	19	Jack Waters	Div 1	2020–2021

Current Statistical Leaders

Hitting Leaders

Current Statistical Hitting Leaders of the 2024-2025 GBL Season

	Statistic	Holder	Grade	League Position
AVG	.465	Zackery Calicetto	Div 1	3rd
OBP	.540	Zackery Calicetto	Div 1	2nd
OPS	1.098	Zackery Calicetto	Div 1	6th
Hits	20	Zackery Calicetto, Shotaro Usui	Div 1	T-6th
Doubles	5	Shotaro Usui, Kokoro Aomatsu	Div 1	T-3rd
Triples	2	Shotaro Usui	Div 1	T-1st
Homeruns	2	Shotaro Usui	Div 1	T-5th
RBI	15	Kokoro Aomatsu	Div 1	T-4th
Walks	9	Nick Hawkins	Div 1	T-6th
Plate Appearance	64	Shotaro Usui	Div 1	T-9th
At Bats	55	Shotaro Usui	Div 1	T-8th
Stolen Base	13	Shotaro Usui	Div 1	2nd

Pitching Leaders

Current Statistical Pitching Leaders of the 2024-2025 GBL Season

	Statistic	Holder	Grade	League Position
Innings Pitched	36.0	Patrick Day	Div 1	5th
ERA	3.34	Jake Muscat	Div 1	N/a
Strikeouts	43	Patrick Day	Div 1	3rd
Wins	2	Patrick Day	Div 1	N/a
Losses	3	Jake Muscat, Patrick Day, Rui Narasaki	Div 1	N/a

Top 5 Team Leaders 2024-2025

Top 5 Hitting Leaders

Current Statistical Hitting Leaders of the 2024-2025 GBL Season Players Must Have Minimum 15 Plate Appearances For the Cubs

*Denotes Leads the League

	Statistic	Holder	Grade	Team Position
AVG	.571	Riley Cooper	Div 1	1st
	.465	Zackery Calicetto	Div 1	2nd
	.364	Shotaro Usui	Div 1	3rd
	.318	Takashi Mizuno	Div 1	4th
	.270	Kokoro Aomatsu	Div 1	5th

	Statistic	Holder	Grade	Team Position
OBP	.700	Riley Cooper	Div 1	1st
	.540	Zackery Calicetto	Div 1	2nd
	.444	Shotaro Usui	Div 1	3rd
	.400	Jack Huawai	Div 1	T-4th
	.400	Thomas Ryan	Div 1	T-4th

	Statistic	Holder	Grade	Team Position
OPS	1.462	Riley Cooper	Div 1	1st
	1.098	Zackery Calicetto	Div 1	2nd
	1.081	Shotaro Usui	Div 1	3rd
	.757	Takashi Mizuno	Div 1	4th
	.746	Kokoro Aomatsu	Div 1	5th

	Statistic	Holder	Grade	Team Position
Hits	20	Zackery Calicetto	Div 1	T-1st
	20	Shotaro Usui	Div 1	T-1st
	12	Riley Cooper	Div 1	2nd
	11	Rui Narasaki	Div 1	3rd
	10	Kokoro Aomatsu	Div 1	4th

	Statistic	Holder	Grade	Team Position
Doubles	5	Shotaro Usui	Div 1	T-1st
	5	Kokoro Aomatsu	Div 1	T-1st
	4	Riley Cooper	Div 1	T-2nd
	4	Rui Narasaki	Div 1	T-2nd
	2	Liam Kiddle	Div 1	T-3rd

	Statistic	Holder	Grade	Team Position
Triples	2	Shotaro Usui*	Div 1	1st
	1	Zackery Calicetto	Div 1	2nd

	Statistic	Holder	Grade	Team Position
Homeruns	2	Shotaro Usui	Div 1	1st
	1	Kent Ward	Div 1	T-2nd
	1	Liam Kiddle	Div 1	T-2nd
	1	Nick Battese	Div 1	T-2nd

	Statistic	Holder	Grade	Team Position
RBIs	15	Kokoro Aomatsu	Div 1	1st
	10	Rui Narasaki	Div 1	2nd
	7	Shotaro Usui	Div 1	T-3rd
	7	Liam Kiddle	Div 1	T-3rd
	7	Zackery Calicetto	Div 1	T-3rd

	Statistic	Holder	Grade	Team Position
Walks	9	Nick Hawkins	Div 1	1st
	8	Jack Huawai	Div 1	2nd
	7	Zackery Calicetto	Div 1	3rd
	6	Rui Narasaki	Div 1	T-4th
	6	Riley Cooper	Div 1	T-4th

	Statistic	Holder	Grade	Team Position
Stolen bases	13	Shotaro Usui	Div 1	1st
	9	Zackery Calicetto	Div 1	2nd
	7	Riley Cooper	Div 1	3rd
	5	Kokoro Aomatsu	Div 1	4th
	4	Nick Battese	Div 1	5th

Top 5 Pitching Leaders

Current Statistical Pitching Leaders of the 2024-2025 GBL Season Players Must Have Minimum 2.1 Innings Pitched For the Cubs

*Denotes Leads the League

	Statistic	Holder	Grade	Team Position
IP	36.0	Patrick Day	Div 1	1st
	35.0	Jake Muscat	Div 1	2nd
	28.0	Rui Nakasaki	Div 1	3rd
	7.0	Dylan Sippel	Div 1	4th
	4.2	Lewis Day	Div 1	5th

	Statistic	Holder	Grade	Team Position
Wins	2	Patrick Day	Div 1	1st
	1	Kyle Watson	Div 1	T-2nd
	1	Jake Muscat	Div 1	T-2nd
	1	Rui Nakasaki	Div 1	T-2nd

	Statistic	Holder	Grade	Team Position
Losses	3	Jake Muscat	Div 1	T-1st
	3	Patrick Day	Div 1	T-1st
	3	Rui Nakasaki	Div 1	T-1st
	1	Dylan Sippel	Div 1	T-2nd
	1	Jayden Battese	Div 1	T-2nd

	Statistic	Holder	Grade	Team Position
K's	43	Patrick Day	Div 1	1st
	28	Rui Nakasaki	Div 1	2nd
	27	Jake Muscat	Div 1	3rd
	7	Dylan Sippel	Div 1	T-4th
	7	Shotaro Usui	Div 1	T-4th

	Statistic	Holder	Grade	Team Position
BB	14	Patrick Day	Div 1	1st
	11	Jayden Battese	Div 1	T-2nd
	10	Rui Nakasaki	Div 1	T-2nd
	7	Dylan Sippel	Div 1	4th
	6	Lewis Day	Div 1	5th

	Statistic	Holder	Grade	Team Position
ERA	3.34	Jake Muscat	Div 1	1st
	4.82	Rui Nakasaki	Div 1	2nd
	5.75	Patrick Day	Div 1	3rd
	8.31	Kyle Watson	Div 1	4th
	10.29	Dylan Sippel	Div 1	5th

Division 1 roster

Coomera Cubs Division 1 roster - 2024–25 GBL

Active Roster

Pitchers

Right-handed pitchers

Kyle Watson
Patrick Day
Jake Muscat
Shotaro Usui
Dylan Sippel
Jayden Battese

Left-handed pitchers
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Catchers

Jack Hauwai
Kokoro Aomatsu

Infielders

Liam Kiddle
Rui Narasaki
Shotaro Usui
Kent Ward
Cooper Amiet
Riley Cooper
Kokoro Aomatsu
Nick Battese

Outfielders

Nic Hawkins*
Lewis Day
Zakery Calicetto
Thomas Ryan

8 November 2024
*Denotes over from college

Division 2 roster

Coomera Cubs Division 2 roster - 2024–25 GBL

Active Roster

Pitchers

Right-handed pitchers

Dylan Sippel
Garreth Miya-Jones
Jayden Battese
Kyle Watson
Lachlan O'Sullivan
Lachlan Travis
Lewis Day
Michael Sharp
Mitchell Anderson

Left-handed pitchers
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Catchers

Jack Hauwai
Dallas Knapp

Infielders

Ben Bristow
Case Bunting
Cooper Amiet
Damian Gregson
Nick Battese
Kent Ward
Liam Kiddle
Riley Cooper

Outfielders

Haruto Okano
Adrian Perrin
Takashi Mizuno
Thomas Ryan
Lewis Day
Zakery Calicetto

9 November 2024

GCBA D2

Coomera Cubs Green roster - 2022–23 GCBA Seniors

Active Roster

Pitchers

Right-handed pitchers

Paul Walberg
Lachlan Travis

Left-handed pitchers
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Catchers

Garreth Constan

Infielders

Isiah Howard
Jasper King
Lincoln Thompson
Paul Walberg

Outfielders

Beau McKenzie
Cory Robinson
Dennis De Cicco

12 October 2023

Coomera Cubs Purple roster - 2022–23 GCBA Seniors

Active Roster

Pitchers

Right-handed pitchers

Lewis Day
Mitsuki Kudo

Left-handed pitchers
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Catchers

Dallas Knapp

Infielders

Will Richardson
Jordan Salmon-Patrick
Lincoln Thompson

Outfielders

Noah Reynolds
Adrian Perrin
Joshua Patrick
Nathan McEwan

16 November 2022

Managers

Phil Stockman^[10] – (2018–2019)

Andrew Azzopardi^[11] – (2019–2020)

Case Bunting – (2020–2023)

Michael Sharp – (2023–present)

Assistant Coach

Scott Nieass – (2019–2021)

Glen Hall – (2021–present)

Dylan Sipple – (2023–present) Pitching Coach

Brent Iddon – (2022–2024)

James Somerville – (2022–2024)

Dallas Knapp – (2023–present) Hitting Coach

Location

Coomera Cubs

References

^ "Champions Surfers Paradise and newcomers Coomera taking different focus into GBL season". Gold Coast Bulletin. (subscription required)
^ "GBL". Baseball Queensland. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
^ "Gold Coast Baseball Association Inc". gcba.baseball.com.au. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
^ "Logan baseball academy links USA". www.couriermail.com.au. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
^ League, Little. "Little League Baseball and Softball". Little League. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
^ "Gold Coast Baseball Association Inc". www.gcba.baseball.com.au. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
^ "Aaron Whitefield signs with the Coomera Cubs for the 2017/18 Season".
^ "Ex-Philadelphia Phillies minors pitcher Josh Warner makes big impact on return for Coomera Cubs". Gwww.goldcoastbulletin.com.au. Retrieved 28 March 2019. (subscription required)
^ "All-American Darren Trainor Signs with Coomera Cubs". Lewis-Clark State College Athletics. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
^ "Former MLB and Olympian Phil Stockman set to lead the Coomera Cubs Baseball Club". Coomera Cubs Baseball Club Inc. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
^ "Andrew Azzopardi has been announced as the Coomera Cub's new GBL coach for the upcoming summer season". (subscription required)

External links

[1] "Champions Surfers Paradise and newcomers Coomera taking different focus into GBL season". Gold Coast Bulletin. (subscription required)

[2] "GBL". Baseball Queensland. Retrieved 6 February 2019.

[3] "Gold Coast Baseball Association Inc". gcba.baseball.com.au. Retrieved 6 February 2019.

[4] "Logan baseball academy links USA". www.couriermail.com.au. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2019.

[5] League, Little. "Little League Baseball and Softball". Little League. Retrieved 16 April 2019.

[6] "Gold Coast Baseball Association Inc". www.gcba.baseball.com.au. Retrieved 16 April 2019.

[7] "Aaron Whitefield signs with the Coomera Cubs for the 2017/18 Season".

[8] "Ex-Philadelphia Phillies minors pitcher Josh Warner makes big impact on return for Coomera Cubs". Gwww.goldcoastbulletin.com.au. Retrieved 28 March 2019. (subscription required)

[9] "All-American Darren Trainor Signs with Coomera Cubs". Lewis-Clark State College Athletics. Retrieved 9 December 2019.

[10] "Former MLB and Olympian Phil Stockman set to lead the Coomera Cubs Baseball Club". Coomera Cubs Baseball Club Inc. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2019.

[11] "Andrew Azzopardi has been announced as the Coomera Cub's new GBL coach for the upcoming summer season". (subscription required)

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