Final Standings

Pos	Team	P	W	L	T	RF	RA
1	Dublin City Hurricanes $	5	4	0	0	43	8
2	Dublin Spartans	5	3	1	1	46	15
3	Baseball Scotland	5	3	1	1	25	12
4	Belfast Hornets $	5	2	2	0	10	15
5	Cavan Comets	5	2	1	2	9	27
6	Belfast North Stars $	5	1	3	0	16	28
7	Liverpool Trojans $	5	1	2	1	17	36
8	Tonbridge Baseball Club	5	0	4	1	25	50

Note: $ Match Results currently unknown.

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Plate Semi-Finals
21.06.2015	Cavan Comets	6	Liverpool Trojans	6
21.06.2015	Belfast North Stars	8	Tonbridge BC	4
	7-8 Place
21.06.2015	Liverpool Trojans	9	Tonbridge BC	8
	5-6 Place
21.06.2015	Cavan Comets	W	Belfast North Stars	L
	Semi-Finals
21.06.2015	Dublin Spartans	9	Belfast Hornets	2
21.06.2015	Dublin City Hurricanes	3	Baseball Scotland	1
	3-4 Place
21.06.2015	Belfast Hornets	3	Baseball Scotland	4
	Final
21.06.2015	Dublin Spartans	4	Dublin City Hurricanes	8

Group Standings

	P	W	L	T	RF	RA	GB
Group A
*Dublin Spartans	3	2	0	1	33	5	–
*Baseball Scotland	3	2	0	1	20	6	0.0
+Belfast North Stars	3	0	2	0	1	23
+Liverpool Trojans (Eng)	3	0	2	0	2	22
Group B
*Dublin City Hurricanes	3	2	0	0	32	3	–
*Belfast Hornets	3	1	0	0	5	2
+Cavan Comets	3	0	1	1	10	22
+Tonbridge Baseball Club (Eng)	3	0	2	1	13	33

Note: * Qualify for Championship Semi-Finals; + Qualify for Plate Semi-Finals

Group Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group A
20.06.2015	Dublin Spartans	15	Liverpool Trojans	0
20.06.2015	Belfast North Stars	0	Baseball Scotland	9
20.06.2015	Belfast North Stars		Liverpool Trojans
20.06.2015	Dublin Spartans	4	Baseball Scotland	4
20.06.2015	Belfast North Stars	1	Dublin Spartans	14
20.06.2015	Baseball Scotland	7	Liverpool Trojans	2
	Group B
20.06.2015	Dublin City Hurricanes	13	Cavan Comets	1
20.06.2015	Tonbridge Baseball Club	2	Belfast Hornets	5
20.06.2015	Tonbridge Baseball Club	9	Cavan Comets	9
20.06.2015	Dublin City Hurricanes		Belfast Hornets
20.06.2015	Tonbridge Baseball Club	2	Dublin City Hurricanes	19
20.06.2015	Belfast Hornets	W	Cavan Comets	L

Venue: Hydebank Playing Fields, 19 Newtownbreda Rd, Castlereagh, Belfast BT8

Report

Dublin City Hurricanes won the second Ulster Baseball Championships, played at Hydebank Playing Fields, Castlereagh, near Belfast from the 20th to 21st June 2015.

Two Belfast teams (the North Stars and Hornets), two Dublin teams (the Hurricanes and Spartans), Cavan Comets from Ulster (ROI), Baseball Scotland National Team, and two teams from England (Liverpool Trojans and Tonbridge Baseball Club) battled it out in two groups of 4 followed by semi-finals and Finals, with Dublin City Hurricanes defeating old enemy Dublin Spartans 8-4 in the Final.

Paolo Barbero of the Dublin City Hurricanes won the Individual Award for Home Run King. Jeffrey Shiau (Dublin Spartans) was named MVP (Most Valuable Player).

Reference

Internet Archive

[1] Belfast Baseball | Internet Archive (2015) Ulster Baseball Championship 2015 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20151109180643/http://belfastnorthstars.wix.com/northstars2 [Accessed 4 April 2020]

[2] Belfast Baseball | Internet Archive (2015) Ulster Baseball Championship 2015 Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20151109180643/http://belfastnorthstars.wix.com/northstars2 [Accessed 4 April 2020]

Social Media

[3] Baseball Ireland Facebook (2015) Post to Page by Peadar O,Caomhanaigh, June 22, 2015:”Congratulations to Jose Angel Santos and Jon Carter and all the Belfast Northstars Baseball, Belfast Buccaneers Baseball Club and Belfast Hornets Baseball Club on a wonderful weekend at the Ulster Open Baseball Championship 2015.” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/groups/51106610873/permalink/10153352797790874/ [Accessed 4 April 2020]

[4] Baseball Scotland Facebook (2015) Post, June 20, 2015:”Team Scotland end the day undefeated as we beat Liverpool 7 to 2.” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/BaseballScotland/posts/847365682024119 [Accessed 4 April 2020]

[5] Baseball Scotland Facebook (2015) Post, June 20, 2015:”Team Scotland ends the game 4 to 4 to the Dublin Spartans. Spartans come back to tie it in the last inning.” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/BaseballScotland/posts/847312685362752 [Accessed 4 April 2020]

[6] Baseball Scotland Facebook (2015) Post, June 20, 2015:”Team Scotland takes first game versus Belfast North Stars 9 to 0. Team manager Jason Derr throws a shutout and the team batted around in the top of the fifth scoring 8 to put the game away.” [Internet] Available from:https://www.facebook.com/BaseballScotland/posts/847219225372098 [Accessed 4 April 2020]

[7] Belfast Northstars Baseball Facebook (2015) Post, March 25, 2015:”Ulster Open Baseball Championship, weekend of June 20th-21st. Official team Line-ups,” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/NorthstarsBB/posts/651458121626116 [Accessed 27 March 2020]

[8] Dublin City Hurricanes Baseball Club Facebook (2015) Post, June 20, 2015:”Game 1: Hurricanes 13 Cavan 1″ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/DublinCityHurricanes/posts/888161297922339 [Accessed 4 April 2020]

[9] Liverpool Trojans Facebook (2015) Post, June 19, 2015:”Trojans advance party in Belfast ahead of this weekend’s Ulster Baseball Championships .” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/liverpooltrojans/photos/a.222075011136165/999129550097370/?type=3&theater [Accessed 3 April 2020]

[10] Tonbridge Baseball Club Facebook (2015) Post, June 20, 2015:”Tonbridge 9 – Cavan Comets 9″ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/tonbridgebaseball/posts/890880274306956 [Accessed 4 April 2020]

[11] Tonbridge Baseball Club Facebook (2015) Post, June 20, 2015:”Tonbridge 2-Belfast Bucs 5″ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/tonbridgebaseball/posts/890831087645208 [Accessed 4 April 2020]

[12] Baseball Scotland Facebook (2015) Post, June 21, 2015:”Team Scotland drop the game to the Dublin Hurricanes 3 to 1. Playing for 3rd place.” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/BaseballScotland/posts/847803961980291 [Accessed 4 April 2020]

[13] Baseball Scotland Facebook (2015) Post, June 21, 2015:”Team Scotland wins a nail biter against the Belfast Hornets. Final score 4 to 3 and take 3rd place in the Ulster Open.” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/BaseballScotland/posts/847944721966215 [Accessed 4 April 2020]

[14] Dublin Spartans Baseball Club Facebook (2015) Post to Page by Alan Fox, June 21, 2015:”” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dublinspartans/permalink/10155772142010381/ [Accessed 4 April 2020]

[15] Liverpool Trojans Facebook (2015) Post, June 21, 2015:”Trojans Triumph on Day 2 of the Ulster Baseball Championships! “ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/liverpooltrojans/photos/a.222075011136165/1000386869971638/?type=3&theater[Accessed 3 April 2020]

[16] Tonbridge Baseball Club Facebook (2015) Post, June 21, 2015:”Tonbridge 4 – Belfast North Stars 8″ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/tonbridgebaseball/posts/891285060933144 [Accessed 4 April 2020]

[17] Tonbridge Baseball Club Facebook (2015) Post, June 21, 2015:”Tonbridge 8 – Liverpool Trojans 9″ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/tonbridgebaseball/photos/a.572380792823574/891369600924690/?type=3 [Accessed 4 April 2020]

[18] Tonbridge Baseball Club Facebook (2015) Post, June 21, 2015:”Tonbridge 2 – Dublin Hurricanes 19″ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/tonbridgebaseball/posts/890948200966830 [Accessed 4 April 2020]

[18] Comets Baseball Facebook (2015) Post, June 21, 2015:”Great team performance by the Comets at the Ulster Baseball Open this weekend- winning 3 out of 5 games – beating Liverpool, the Belfast North Stars & Tonbridge (London) …” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/Cavan.Comets/posts/916346698406978 [Accessed 5 April 2020]

Images

[20] Ulster Open Baseball Championships (2015) Post to Page by Jon Carter, June 19, 2015:”The clock is ticking, less than 12 hours to go guy & gals! Really hope your all ready for this, it will be EPIC!!!” [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/10527540_10153520892356454_8538585337183442953_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_sid=02d79f&_nc_ohc=SEM1N35kvC8AX9qzqU9&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=2df60e14acebed902c61c21cf871bb54&oe=5EB00E54 [Accessed 4 April 2020]

[21] Dublin City Hurricanes Baseball Club Facebook (2015) Post, June 22, 2015:”Champions — in Belfast, United Kingdom.” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/DublinCityHurricanes/photos/a.804799506258519/889208441150958/?type=3&theater [Accessed 4 April 2020]

[22] Dublin City Hurricanes Baseball Club Facebook (2015) Post, June 23, 2015:”Paolo Barbero wins Home Run King award at Ulster Invitational at #Belfast“ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/DublinCityHurricanes/photos/a.804799506258519/889751804429955/?type=3&theater [Accessed 4 April 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Brian Connolly, Panthers.

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