G'day and welcome to the pre-season edition of Batchat. Winter baseball and many other winter sports are starting to wrap up now and summer is almost upon us. If you haven't visited the website for a while we must welcome C-Net as a sponsor for this season. C-Net (Pty Ltd) specialises in providing SAP based Occupational Health & Safetymanagement solutions. C-Net has been providing SAP solutions since 1995. In 2000 C-Net was awarded SAP Complimentary Software Partner Status and the Intellectual Property to SAP's Occupational Health & Safety component. C-Net's charter was to develop and support localised functionality and legislative compliance as SAP's endorsed solution. C-Net develops and delivers SafetySuite Software, services and support for great number of businesses in Australia from all industry sectors. Through its understanding of OH&S and in partnership with business C-Net strives to further enhance the rich functionality that SafetySuite delivers and provide powerful practical solutions to manage OH&S. The Melbourne Baseball Club thanks C-Net for its support and invites all to visit its website www.c-net.com.au to learn more. The website which I started talking about earlier offers members an opportunity to update their details. If you have changed mobile, address, work number or want a different email address as your contact, please visit our website to update your details. There is a link from the front page. You have to let us know so that we can contact you easily. If you have any friends, family, neighbours, cousins or strangers that you meet in the street that might even be thinking about baseball, you can direct them to: Rodney Hough MCC Baseball Section - Chairman Junior Program (Phone: 9272 4226) or email: RHough@rohmhaas.com We need players for Teeball, all the way through to under 18s It is never too late to register interest. We will be able to find a spot for whoever is interested. Senior Training will start Sunday 10th September. It is really important that everybody attends. If you can't make it let coach Brett Caufield know on 0412 559 286 Last season while being difficult on the field, was also difficult off the field.  Especially financially. The club is always looking for help to assist the committee in the running of the club. However small the offer, we are always looking for help. Give Matt Duckworth a call on 0423 089 088 or send an email to matthewrhys@gmail.com.