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The Nottingham Thieves (or University of Nottingham Baseball Club) are the official representative baseball team of the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. They are currently not affiliated to any organised league but play several friendly fixtures and compete in tournaments throughout the season.

1 Team History
2 Team Name
3 Team Structure & Management
4 Current Season
5 Team Statistics
- 5.1 Batting
- 5.2 Pitching
6 Team Roster

[edit] Team History

The idea for a University of Nottingham baseball club was originated by two students at the university, Adam Brown & Oli Ross. In 2006 the two met and discovered their shared love for the game, together they decided to establish a university baseball team. The drive to recruit players began with a poster campaign throughout the university, and soon a base of players was formed. The team became affiliated to the univerity's athletic union later in the year and was now recognised as an official university sports team.

The Thieves played their first competitive match against another official club on the 28th October 2006 away against the Southampton University Mustangs resulting in a 7 - 1 victory for the Thieves. The club's first official home game (at Grove Farm) was played on the 4th March 2007 against national club side, the Manchester Eagles. The game resulted in a 9 - 5 victory for the Thieves.

The club continues to grow, increasing popularity of the game throughout the university. The team represents itself at university fairs in a bid to increase membership. Many of the team's active players are foreign students studying at the university.

[edit] Team Name

The name "Thieves" was chosen for the team for two reasons. Firstly, it is to signify the city of Nottingham's connections with the legendary Robin Hood, famous for his attempts at stealing from the rich to give to the poor. Secondly, it is a tongue in cheek reference to the baseball practice of stealing bases.

[edit] Team Structure & Management

The club's day to day running is overseen by an elected committee. The committee is elected anually at the club's AGM (usually held in April). The current committee positions available at the club are: President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Fixture Secretary, Social Secretary, Head Coach & Webmaster. It is the job of the committee to arange all fixtures and practice sessions; to organise the logistics of road trips; to keep the club's finances in order and to arrange social events for the members of the club. The current committee was elected at the AGM on 22nd March 2007 are as follows.

Position	Name
President	Adam Peel
Vice-President	Oli Ross
Treasurer	Tatsuya Yogo
Fixture Secretary	Lynn Kozak
Social Secretary	Khalil Rhazaoui
Head Coach	Adam Brown
Webmaster	John Irving

[edit] Current Season

The current season (calculated from October 2006 - July 2007) has seen the Thieves win 5, lose 3 and tie 1 game. The first games of the season were played at the Drunken Cup, a tournament organised by and held at the University of Southampton. The Thieves played 4 games, winning 3 and losing 1, finishing 2nd in the overall standings. A home win against Manchester Eagles followed, and then a tie against Southampton and defeat against Bournemouth. The Thieves last game was played against the University of East Anglia Blue Sox and resulted in a defeat. Upcoming games include a road trip to Oldham and home and away games against Durham University

Versus	Date	Result
Southampton Mustangs	28.10.2006	Thieves 7, Mustangs 2 Venue: Southampton University WP: A. Brown
Southampton B	28.10.2006	Thieves 12, Mustangs 2 Venue: Southampton University WP: T. Yogo
Surrey	29.10.2006	Thieves 17, Surrey 1 Venue: Southampton University WP: A. Peel
Southampton Mustangs	29.10.2006	Thieves 5, Mustangs 8 Venue: Southampton University LP: B. Reinhart
Manchester Eagles	4.3.2007	Eagles 5, Thieves 9 Venue: Grove Farm WP: A. Brown SV: F. Funes
Southampton University	17.3.2007	Thieves 14, Southampton 14 Venue: Southampton University
Bournemouth University	18.3.2007	Thieves 13, Bournemouth 14, Venue: Southampton University
University of East Anglia	4.5.2007	University of East Anglia 13, Thieves 9, Venue: Grove Farm LP: T. Yogo (2-2)
Oldham North Stars	02.06.2007	Thieves 45, Oldham North Stars 6 Venue: Oldham WP: Adam Brown HR: J. Irving 3(3), P. Cho 2(2), A. Brown 4(4)
University of Durham Bishops	09.06.2007	Durham Bishops 10, Thieves 31, Venue: Grove Farm WP: Adam Brown (4-0) HR: J. Irving (4), P. Cho (3), A. Brown 2(6)

[edit] Team Statistics

[edit] Batting

Qualification is 10 At Bats (AB)

Name	AB	H	R	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP
J. Irving	11	10	8	3	6	.909	.929
A. Brown	38	25	19	4	35	.658	.711
M. Bray	20	13	15	0	7	.650	.759
A. Hall	18	11	20	0	9	.611	.781
P. Cho	12	7	5	2	7	.583	.667
A. Peel	22	11	9	0	11	.500	.577
P. Kielthy	14	7	3	0	8	.500	.588
T. Yogo	26	12	18	0	7	.462	.622
R. Ellis	16	6	6	0	0	.375	.444
T. Preece	12	4	4	0	1	.333	.556
L. Kozak	25	7	8	0	4	.280	.500
K. Rhazaoui	22	5	3	0	6	.227	.346