The Oconomowoc Area Baseball Club would like to thank The Greater Milwaukee Foundation and The Oconomowoc Area Foundation for their grant from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation's Scherffius Fund. The grant will allow the Oconomowoc Area Baseball Club to make various field and facility improvements to the baseball fields in the area, including some new bleachers at Roosevelt Field. The current bleachers are over 40 years old! The new bleachers will provide a safe, fun enviornment for fans to enjoy games at one of the best fields in Wisconsin.
The Greater Milwaukee Foundation is a family of over 900 individual charitable funds, each created by donors to serve the local charitable causes of their choice. Grants from these funds serve people throughout Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee and Washington counties. Started in 1915, the Foundation is one of the oldest and largest community foundations in the U.S.
November OABC newsletter available
The November issue of the Oconomowoc Area Baseball Club newsletter is now available! Click the image to the left to view the newsletter.
2008 OABC Saturday Baseball Clinics
Baseball players are invited to participate in the Oconomowoc Area Baseball Club (OABC) 2008 Baseball Clinic. These clinics begin January 5 (2:00 pm) and run every Saturday up through March. They are open to all High School students that plan on trying out for the 2008 Freshman, Junior Varsity or Varsity Baseball Teams. In addition, this clinic is open to all players from Coach Turner's 12 U team and Coach Klink's 14U team.
This clinic is subsidized by the OABC and the volunteer staff, so it makes the cost low to encourage the Oconomowoc players to improve in the off season. Typically this would cost $30 to $50 per day per player. We have plans of:
$10 per day
$35-40 per month per player.
$75 for all 13 Saturdays
The World Class Sports Facility is located in the Hartland business park 10 minute drive from Oconomowoc. This facility was chosen because of the quality of the indoor facility, 50 yards of turf, two batting cages and pitching mounds. Its a great set up for an indoor baseball training facility. The Staff is made up of mostly former Oconomowoc High Baseball Players, many of them have played in college and professionally.
Players must bring this signed waver from their parent or guardian. Contact Dan Huffaker at 262-567-7985 or Sean Smith at 262-893-0364 with any questions.
2008 Baseball Open Gym at YMCA
The Pabst Farms YMCA holds an open gym for baseball training for the grades listed below. The cost is free for YMCA members and $35 for a 7-use card for non-members (or $5 per session). Grades 5-8: Every Friday afternoon from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm starting January 4th. The open gyms will be on 1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 2/22, 2/29 and 3/7. Grades 9-12: Every Sunday afternoon from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm starting January 13th. The open gyms will be on 1/13, 1/20, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24 and 3/9.
New Officers and Board Members Announced
The Club would like to welcome all the new board members and officers. Stepping down at President is Pat Neary, stepping down as Vice President is Lee Fenzl and stepping down as Secretary is Dave Schlosser. All men will remain in the Club as members. The Oconomowoc Area Baseball Club and entire baseball community in Oconomowoc would like to thank them for their great leadership. Taking on the role of President is Sean Smith. Vice President is Dave Nold and Director of Communications is now Dan Huffaker.
2007 Raffle Winners Announced
Below are the winners for the annual Oconomowoc Area Baseball Club raffle. All money raised is used to support the various local baseball teams. The Oconomowoc Area Baseball Club would like to greatly thank everyone who participated!
Thomas Trepczyk
Oconomowoc
$500
Peter Delvecchio
Oconomowoc
$150
Mike Brockway
Ixonia
$150
Matt Schref
Oconomowoc
$150
Michael Stupecky
Oconomowoc
$150
Damon Matti
Hartland
$150
Chris Lamp
Oconomowoc
$75
Chris Lamp
Oconomowoc
$75
John Nettesheim
Oconomowoc
$75
Thomas Trepczyk
Oconomowoc
$75
In 1997 the Oconomowoc Area Baseball Club, Inc. (originally Oconomowoc Parents For Baseball) was established. The purpose of the organization is to enhance the baseball program in the Oconomowoc Area School District area. Is is not an organization exclusive to the City of Oconomowoc. All parents of participating youth or any participating player 18 years or older are considered members of the organization. No fees are required for membership. Regular meetings are held monthly during the year. Anyone is welcome to attend the meetings.
In keeping with the purpose of the organization, the Oconomowoc Area Baseball Club (OABC) has provided thousands of dollars since 1997, upgrading area baseball facilities and sponsoring teams from age 10 through the Five O's adult team. The club has invested thousands to improve baseball facilities at Roosevelt Park, Oconomowoc High School, The YMCA at Pabst Farms, and Ski Slide Field in Ixonia. In addition the club has provided donations to purchase equipment and uniforms for the high school teams and the summer teams, including the Senior and Junior Legion teams, and the Five O's. Recently, a new batting tunnel at Roosevelt Park was completed with the assistance of funds provided by The Les Winger Fund. This coming season the club will sponsor a number of teams from ages 10 and up through high school, legion and Five O's.
Please see our upcoming events which includes try out dates, clinics and meeting times. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact us.
