About Mackillop Baseball
MacKillop Baseball Club is a Baseball/Softball Club that offers teams and organised competitions for players ages 4 to Adults.
MacKillop Baseball Club was established in 1989 with students from Mary MacKillop Primary School in South Penrith with an initial 3 junior teams and 1 senior team.
MacKillop Baseball Club participates in:
- Junior Baseball through the Greater Western Baseball Association
- Softball in the Penrith City Softball Association
- Senior Baseball with Sydney Metro Baseball
Proudly Serving the Penrith Community
MacKillop Baseball Club is home to over 250 players and their families.
MacKillop hosts home games and trains out of Chapman Gardens Baseball Complex in Kingswood NSW (3km from Penrith CBD)
MacKillop Baseball Club has celebrated success on regular occasions while maintaining a strong focus on community development and a family friendly atmosphere. MacKillop Baseball Club has a reputation for inclusion, fair play and developing a love of the game of Baseball.
MacKillop operates as a fun, family friendly environment that welcomes all into our sport and encourages participation from all skill levels.
Our Players
Over the last 30+ years, MacKillop has been home to over 1500 players.
MacKillop Baseball Club makes a high priority of celebrating service to our club and commitment to the club.
Of this 1500+ players, more than 280 have been awarded our 100 Game Awards.
A player within our club will play 100 games of baseball over 6 seasons, we see this as a significant commitment to our club and we celebrate these achievements at our season presentations.
Currently we have:
- 100 Games (6 Seasons) – 199 Players
- 200 Games (12 Seasons)– 45 Players
- 300 Games (18 Seasons) – 24 Players
- 400 Games (24 Seasons) – 7 Players
- 500 Games (30 Seasons) – 4 Players
- 600 Games (36 Seasons) – 1 Player
- 700 Games (42 Seasons) – 2 Players
Our Current Games record holder is Joshua Gately at 46 Seasons of Baseball (as of Winter 2021)
Our club was established in 1989 and has grown to be not only a home to high quality baseball development and performance, but a home for families and has become a community within its own right.
Baseball is a developing sport in Australia. Still small in comparison to other “mainstream” sports, but what we have shown is an ability to cater for a broad range of ages and skill sets . MacKillop Baseball club is home to players from age 4 to 71 years.
Our History
MacKillop Baseball Club has a proud history in Penrith dating back to the end of 1989.
MacKillop Baseball Club was founded by John Gately, and a number of parents from Mary MacKillop Primary School in South Penrith (now St. Mary MacKillop Primary). After years of playing and coaching Baseball and Softball, John, his wife Leanne and families including the Billington’s, The Willis Family, The Manuel’s and others established a new club that they could guide and build in their own way, using the same values being taught to their children at Mary MacKillop Primary.
MacKillop Baseball was built as a place to promote and develop the game of baseball, giving all members an opportunity to fulfil their potential.
In 32 years of baseball in Sydney’s Greater West, MacKillop has been home to more than 1500 players.
In the 2020/21 Seasons MacKillop hosted :
- 10 Juniors Baseball Teams
- 1 Softball Team
- 10 Senior Baseball Teams
MacKillop Baseball Club has been served by many volunteers over its history with Presidents including our founder John Gately, Ian Willis, Steve Angus, and our current President Josh Gately.
Life Members and Diamond Club
Our club has a Life Member Program and a Diamond Club.
The Diamond Club is for patrons and volunteers who have given time above and beyond the conventional. To help other members of the club beyond their own needs, and have done so over an extended period. Our Diamond Club was established in 2020, and was opened with two members, Sharon Shahoud and David Bird.
Our Life Membership is an exclusive club, with names that are the foundations and corner stones of our club. These people built this club from the ground up and are responsible for the reputation and culture of the club. These Life Members have given years of meritorious service to the club in many facets and worked to ensure a solid and safe future for this club.
Life Members
Jarryd Manuel
Phil Margerison
Pauline Margerison
Paul Crellin
Louise Bucholtz
Sylvia Falls
Alison Dunne
John McGee
John Gately
Leanne Gately
Scott Gately
Craig Willis
Ian Willis
Ray Manuel
Bernadette Manuel
Nathan Manuel
Presidents
Josh Gately (current)
John Gately
John McGee
Ian Willis
Steve Angus
Russell Leonard