Bayside Westhaven Baseball Club

baseball club — Glendowie · Auckland

About Bayside Westhaven Baseball Club

Bayside Westhaven Baseball Club is based at Crossfield Reserve in Glendowie, with its listed address at 83 Crossfield Road. The website says it has the largest number of simultaneous baseball diamonds of any Auckland club: two junior and two adult diamonds that can all run at the same time. The grounds have been extensively sanded by Auckland Council over many years to improve drainage. Players from as young as seven practise on the same evenings as the premier league team, so the club has a busy, community feel.

The four diamonds each have a set purpose. The main adult diamond, Crossfield 1, has clay cutouts, a clay mound and a home run fence. Crossfield 2 is the main junior diamond, with a home run fence and dual pitching rubber lengths for the 10U, 12U and 13U age groups; the website says it is the only junior ground in Auckland with a regulation home run fence. Crossfield 3 is a smaller junior diamond for T-ball and 10U teams, and Crossfield 4 is a second adult diamond with a drop-in mound and a home run fence. The backstops and mounds are removed in winter for soccer. The club's newsletter, The Bayside Howler, carries club news. For a player or family in Glendowie or east Auckland who wants baseball across all age groups, the club's grounds are the main draw.